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Comeback! Duke tops Wisconsin 68-63 for national title

By EDDIE PELLS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Call them freshmen. Please, do not call them kids. Led by Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor, Duke’s talented group of youngsters played like salty old pros down the stretch, outscoring […]

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Alabama hires Avery Johnson as basketball coach

By JOHN ZENOR MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is hoping Avery Johnson’s NBA pedigree will translate to success in the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Tournament. The Crimson Tide announced Monday night it had hired Johnson to […]

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NCAA Final Four: 31 arrested in Lexington after Wisconsin beat Kentucky

(AP) Kentucky fans didn’t take kindly to their team’s first and only loss of the basketball season Saturday night. Lexington Police said 31 people were arrested near the University of Kentucky campus after the Wildcats’ 71-64 Final Four […]

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New Orleans Saints cornerback Brian Dixon arrested

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints said they are aware cornerback Brian Dixon was arrested in Miami on Sunday morning and booked with resisting an officer. Nola.com reports (http://bit.ly/1CzO8ce ) that he posted bond […]

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Ole Miss WNIT: Father beats son for second time in coaching dual

(AP) Notch another victory for fathers coaching against their sons. Rick Insell’s Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders never trailed Thursday night in beating his son Matt’s Mississippi Rebels 82-70 in the third round of the Women’s […]

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A guide to the NCAA Tournament’s regional rounds

By JOHN MARSHALL Kentucky still has a shot at history. Tom Izzo has Michigan State on another deep March run. Former mid-major monsters Gonzaga and Wichita State are still going strong. OK, so maybe we won’t […]