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2013 NCAA Tournament — Valparaiso, LIU Brooklyn and South Dakota State Win Championships, Advance to NCAA Tournament

Joe Student — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:35:03 +0000

Valparaiso rallied late in the second half on its home floor, becoming one of three teams to win its conference title and advance to the 2013 NCAA tournament on Tuesday night. Here's a recap of Tuesday's conference championships:
Horizon League Championship: Valparaiso 62 — Wright State 54
Erik Buggs scored 22 points and Will Bogan added 14, as Valparaiso beat Wright State, 62-54, in the Horizon League tournament championship game in Valparaiso, Ind

The One and Only: LSU Ranked #1

Chris Dee — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:26:22 +0000

It’s a great feeling when USA Today agrees with all of Tigers nation, that the LSU Tigers should be ranked #1!

Despite last season’s crushing loss in the National Championship game, LSU has many returning starters from last year.

Coach Bobby Petrino Fired for Lying About Affair

Mary Martin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:00:20 +0000

It is a bad day for Arkansas Razorback fans. Yesterday, Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino was fired because he "knowingly misled" his bosses and had an affair with a 25 year old female school employee. It sounds like Petrino was suffering from a midlife crisis, and it turned out bad.

Northwestern State University's President Helps Shape The Future Of NCAA

Rick Taylor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:50:16 +0000

NSU President Dr. Randall J. Webb found a great deal of common ground on ideas to reform intercollegiate athletics last week when he attended at an NCAA Presidential Retreat in Indianapolis. Webb was one of 50 presidents of Division I institutions selected to be part of the NCAA Presidential Advisory Group, which provided input to the [...]

UConn Beats Butler 53-41 in Sloppy NCAA Title Game

Rick Taylor — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:29:20 +0000

The NCAA title game can be summed up with one word: Ugly.

How ugly? The combined 95 points between UConn and Butler shattered the previous combined low in a shot-clock-era title game by a whooping 26 points… How ugly? Butler didn’t hit their second two point shot until 12:32 mark in the second half, and ended the game shooting an inconceivably bad 12 for 64. How ugly? UConn shot 34 percent from the floor, yet won with relative ease.

Obama's NCAA Brackets

Elaine Etheridge — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:50:36 +0000

The Commander-in-Chief has his Final Four picks. President Barack Obama predicts the top seeds in the NCAA Tournament – Duke, Kansas, Ohio State and Pittsburgh – will make it to the final four. He picks Kansas to win it all, defeating Ohio State in the championship game. For the third straight year, Obama has filled [...]