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Get a jump on March Madness witꦦh these rivalry matchupꦇs 

Selection Sunday is a little over five week🌠s away. Here are some of the games to watch on Saturday as teams make their cases for an invite to the Big...

 The new col🉐lege basketball powers that can dominate March

🔯 North Carolina is in danger of missing the postseason. Kentucky is looking up at LSU and Auburn in the SEC. Defending national champion Virginia is on the bubble. Traditional Big...

Why Kansas is the team to beat in college bas♛ketball

LAS VEGAS — Seven teams have been ranked No. 1 in the AP poll this season. I rarꦡely look at the college basketball p💯oll, which exists only to stir up... 

How bettors can adjust to drop i𒈔n college basketball scoring

Is college basketball losing some of its appeal for sports investors? Well, if you like watching the ball go through the hoop, i🐭t certainly is becoming less fun to watch....

꧋ Basketball player gets beaten up in jail to end miserable night

 A co🌜llege basketball player started a jail fight that left him with a bloody nose and a bruised forehead on a night that got worse and worse. Sam Miller, a...

𓃲 Wichita Stateജ proves much tougher than normal No. 10 seed 

INDIANAPOLIS — Before he left the podium, another NCAA Tournament victory neatly tucked away, 64-58 over Dayton, Wichita ൲State coach Gregg Marshall wanted to make one point perfectly clear: “I...

Butler's awful tragedies, and March Madness' powerful stories

It’s as much a March tradition as the ever-popular 12-5 upset. After an NCAA Tournament win, great stories emerge, tale𓆉s of personal triumph in the face of adve♑rsity, winning for...

Syracuse drubs Daytonಌ, everyone who dissed their bid

ST. LOUIS -- He had the funky haircut and the stylish sneakers, but now we know Syracuse freshman Malachi Richardson can deliver a big-time gamꦏe in a big-time setting. The...

Your TV guide to Friday's NCAA Tournament action

12:15 p.🔯m., CBS: (7) Dayton vs. (10) Syracuse The second day gets started withꦏ Jim Boeheim’s Orange, who snuck in the field with an at-large bid. Syracuse is led by...

💞 Jim Boeheim where he belongs: Leading Syracuse in tourney

ST. LOUIS — Jim Boeheim was back in his element on Thursday, standing at center court in Scottrade Center with his arms folded, watching Syracuse go through 🍌an abbreviated practice...

For any superstitious bettor, UConn's cover one for the ages

It seemed like a pointless debate, like a child arguing to stay up an extra 10 minutes. The outcome already was decided. Cincinnati had just broken ꦗa tie on a...

Surpri♛sing NCAA hoops favorite emerges from sea of mediocrity  🐻

North Carolina was the preseason favorite. That soon switched to Kentucky, which flipped to Michigan State, then Ka♔nsas, which turned to Oklahoma, and back to North Carolina. Monday’s new No....

⛦ Oklahoma avoids upset bug, pulls away fr𓄧om Dayton 

COLUMBUS, Ohio — For a moment, it looked like everything was breakin🍸g Dayton’s way again. Playing in front of a raucous fan base at Natio✅nwide Arena, which sits just 70... 

Dayton and its ear-splitting advantage knocks out Providenc💜e

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It took until the last of the 16 games Friday for there to be a lowᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚer-seeded team to win an NCAA Tournament game. But while No. 11...

Providence swears it won't be bothered by Dayton crowd

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Providence will be the higher-seeded team in Friday evening’s second-round matchup with Dayton at Nationwide Arena. If you took 𒐪away the seeds and just listened to the🎶...

Tights gam𓆉e! Dayton player loses shorts, cheerleaders gasp

Trailing most of the game, Dayton squeezed every൩ last little bit out of its home-court advantage -- and held onto its shorts -- to get an NCAA Tournament win. Kendall... ൲

East Region: Watch o🅠ut for Michigan State

This bracket is flooded with match-uꦅps that will whet a basketball lover’s appetite. The first one that jumps out at us is No. 7 Michigan State and No. 2 Virginia...

VCU fulfills promise to sidelined star, grabs A-ཧ10 t💖itle 

Briante Weber knew this moment was coming. When Weber suffer✅ed a season-ending knee injury 43 days ago, no one knew what to expect of V🦋CU. Losing Weber’s 385 career steals,...

Florida ‘D’🥀 shuts out UD’s Sibert 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dayton, the last school from a non-BCS conference in the NCAA Tournament, saw its ups♚et run come to an abrupt end Saturday against top-seeded Florida. The Flyers’...

꧅ Florida whips Dayton 62-52 𒊎to reach Final Four 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The sight of 🌳Florida’s Scottie Wilbekin drilling a half-ending 3-pointer and running the length of the FedEx Forum court and all the way down the tunnel w🙈ith...