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NCAA reveals COVID-19 contingency plans for hoops tourneys

February 25, 2021 Dave Carney

By DAVE SKRETTA Turns out the top four teams left out of March Madness won’t have their bubbles burst quite yet. Under a contingency plan released Thursday by the Division I basketball committees, those four at-large teams that don’t make the original field in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments will be placed in order […]

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NCAA Tourney futures

February 22, 2021 Dave Carney

Dave Carney 2/22/2021 What’s on the table today?: NCAA futures (as of 2/22/2021) for the Top 15 teams according to sports books in Vegas and offshore, as well as what the newest Power Rankings show for those teams after another wild weekend of college hoops. Thanks to our friends at VegasInsider.com we’ve got the consensus […]

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UW-L women’s basketball headed to NCAA tourney

March 2, 2020 Drew Kelly

The year before they were freshmen, Dani Craig and Delany Schoenberger committed to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women’s basketball program. It was a team that had just gone 7-18 and experienced a coaching change. Four years later and the Eagles are headed to the NCAA tournament. UW-L coach Karen Middleton says her joy for […]

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NCAA tourney volleyball teams, including Badgers, to have open practice Thursday in Madison

December 10, 2019 Rick Solem

The University of Wisconsin volleyball team is hosting the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA volleyball tournament this Friday and Saturday. Before those games, though, the fourth-seeded Badgers and the three other teams in the regional will have open practice that’s free to the public Thursday at the UW Field House. Open practice schedule:Wisconsin, noon-1:30 […]

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Proud pop: Wisconsin’s Dick Bennett beams as son leads Virginia to title

April 10, 2019 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dick Bennett has a difficult time watching his son, Tony, coach Virginia. He rarely attends games. “I’m not a model of decorum or poise,” said Dick Bennett, the former longtime high school and college basketball coach. “But I needed to be here.” The Cavaliers didn’t make it easy on the elder Bennett, […]

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Virginia beats Texas Tech to win 1st NCAA title

April 8, 2019 Associated Press

Virginia won the first men’s basketball championship in school history, getting a career-high 27 points from De’Andre Hunter and clutch play from Kyle Guy to beat Texas Tech 85-77 in overtime. The first No. 1 seed out a year ago is the last one standing this year. Hunter drained a 3-pointer with 12.9 seconds left […]

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A guide to the teams, players and coaches at the Final Four

April 5, 2019 Associated Press

The NCAA Tournament needed a little time to warm up. There were a few upsets, some close games and breakout performances, but not the usual wow factor we expect in the early rounds. Once the bracket hit the Elite Eight, the madness returned to March. All four games were close, two went to overtime and […]

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FINAL FOUR: 3 newcomers, one standby arrive in Minneapolis

April 5, 2019 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Izzo certainly knows his way around the Final Four, even if the longtime Michigan State coach had never toured U.S. Bank Stadium until the Spartans arrived for practice Thursday. The rest of his coaching compatriots? They could probably use a road map. It’s not just getting around that is challenging, though […]

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Final Four runs don’t mask problems in college sports

April 5, 2019 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One team’s coach got kicked out of the sport for three years, and two of his assistants have been named in bribery scandals. Another team’s coach is the most high-profile name in an athletic department scarred by its handling of a massive sex-abuse scandal. Few would argue Auburn’s Bruce Pearl and Michigan […]

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Light-filled stadium creates complex Final Four conversion

April 3, 2019 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The losses last weekend by Duke, Gonzaga, Kentucky and Purdue pulled the curtains on their seasons, one painful game short of the Final Four. Those teams that made it to Minneapolis? The guys from Michigan State, Texas Tech, Auburn and Virginia will be greeted, literally, by giant drapes inside the building where […]

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