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Tide, Ducks sweep this ballot for spots in BCS title game
The election may not be until Tuesday, but I have already made up my mind. The choice is clear and I'm voting for Alabama and Oregon to meet up in the BCS National Championship Game in Miami on Jan. 7. Sure, it was difficult at first especially,...
Tags: Stanford Cardinal, AJ McCarron, Vanderbilt Commodores, Alabama Crimson Tide, Social Media
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For What It's Worth: Shockers' uphill battle
“I don’t think Cinderella left four glass slippers, she only lost one.” Gregg Marshall—most recently---on the Dan Patrick Show Fighting the perception--- I would rather fight for respect at the Final Four than the CBI, but...
Tags: Wichita State Shockers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Football, Basketball, College Basketball
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Ohio State, Wichita State vie to be best in the . . . West?
Some West Regional final this turned out to be. The closest school left, Wichita State, is located 1,380 miles from epicenter court at Staples Center. Ohio State in the NCAA West makes as much sense as Dallas in the NFC East. That is not to say...
Tags: Oregon Ducks, Wichita State Shockers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Football, National Football Conference
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For What It's Worth: March 26th
For What it’s Worth—March 26 -- There’s just a moment to breathe and do some laundry before the craziness of the Sweet 16. I know the bracket’s busted but… Wichita State, Florida Gulf Coast and LaSalle have grabbed...
Tags: Christianity, Oregon Ducks, Wichita State Shockers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Dayton Flyers
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True underdogs mix with pedigreed types in wide-open NCAA tournament
My dream of a West Regional foursome of Wichita State, La Salle, Harvard and Iowa State came only half true. Los Angeles fell two underdogs short from hitting for the Cinderella cycle. The disappointment abated when, in Philadelphia, the hallucination...Tags: Kansas Jayhawks, Georgetown Hoyas, Dayton Flyers, Louisville Cardinals, Roy Williams
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Only thing UCLA did was start the clock ticking
AUSTIN, Texas -- It wasn't so much a goodbye wave as a slap in the face. After 10 years of professionally serving a university he loved, Ben Howland was ushered out with two hours of everything he hated. Selfish shots. Lazy defense. Blank stares. In...
Tags: Larry Drew II, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Football, College Sports, Basketball
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College football could use a big dose of March Madness
Hopefully, the powers that be are watching. They saw the adulation and euphoria on the faces of the players from the likes of Harvard, Oregon, California and Ole Miss. They saw the look of disappointment on the faces of the fans who spent countless...
Tags: CBS Corp., National Collegiate Athletic Association, Basketball, College Basketball, Alabama Crimson Tide
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NCAA favorites, that's you Arizona and Gonzaga, better be on alert
SALT LAKE CITY -- Arizona is thrilled to be playing Harvard on Saturday on its way to next week's West regional in Los Angeles. No one can say that, but it's only human Tucson nature. Wanting to play No. 14 instead of No. 3 to reach the Sweet 16 is a...
Tags: Oregon Ducks, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Wichita State Shockers, Nevada Wolf Pack, Georgetown Hoyas
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For What It's Worth: Shockers Advance
For What it’s Worth---March 22 -- Best line of the week—so far—a good friend who admitted, during a ‘blonde moment’, that she recently sucked in her stomach while stepping on to the scales. Shocker Salt--- Wichita State...
Tags: Wichita State Shockers, Oregon Ducks, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big East Conference, Pittsburgh Panthers
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For What It's Worth: March 18th
For What it’s Worth---March 18 -- Was it a bigger deal that yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, or Selection Sunday? Ho-Hum number 1--- Kansas is a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time and for the fifth time in seven...
Tags: Kansas Jayhawks, Akron Zips, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Wichita State Shockers, Oregon Ducks
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There's no sugar-coating it, Ben Howland is on thin ice at UCLA
LAS VEGAS — Despite the sudden loss of one of its best young players, the UCLA basketball team showed up here Saturday night determined not to throw in the towel. The coach's suit coat was a different matter. Angered by a charging call on...Tags: Cirque du Soleil, Oregon Ducks, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Basketball
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The agony and ecstasy of NCAA tournament Selection Sunday
The hours before Selection Sunday are what Lakers announcer Chick Hearn used to call "nervous time." Defending national champion Kentucky might want to chew on some of Jerry Tarkanian's old towels after probably blowing its bubble bid with an early...
Tags: Chick Hearn, Minnesota Golden Gophers, West Coast Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Nerlens Noel
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