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Ultimately, Heat didn't fall for flop rule
A funny thing happened to the Miami Heat amid this season's NBA crackdown on flopping: nothing. A team with limited shot-blocking that relies on defensive positioning and taking charges was not cited for any of the 24 infractions recorded by the...
Tags: Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Gerald Wallace
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Basketball blog | Kentucky latest to offer Curie's Cliff Alexander
Cliff Alexander was walking around last weekend's AAU event outside of Milwaukee with a boot protecting his sprained ankle, leaving the Curie and Team Rose center's status in doubt for this weekend in Las Vegas.
As much as the 6-foot-9 rising junior...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Sprained Ankle
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Sixteen reasons to love the Sweet 16
Sixteen reasons to love the Sweet 16: 1.Florida vs. Florida Gulf Coast University. Florida is aristocracy. Florida Gulf Coast is in its second year of tournament eligibility. Florida won successive national championships. Florida Gulf Coast lost...Tags: Michigan Wolverines, Miami Heat, Jeffrey Loria, Basketball, Dwyane Wade
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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: Southeastern Conference, West Coast Conference, Kentucky Wildcats, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Broken Leg
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Mom helped 'coach' Magic's Lamb
Mother knows best. Just ask new Magic guard Doron Lamb. When you see Lamb drive and float an arching shot over taller players in the lane, remember this: His mom gets an assist. She taught Doron "The Floater" when he was a fifth-grader. "When I...
Tags: Kentucky Wildcats, Long Island University, Nick Anderson, Andrew Bynum, Anthony Davis
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UCLA basketball's fresh start hits sour notes
It's nearly midnight on a rainy Wednesday, and Ben Howland is sitting in the only part of new Pauley Pavilion that is not spacious and sparkling. The coaches' locker room. That's right, in the only place in this basketball palace that Howland can...Tags: Malcolm Lee, Basketball, UCLA Bruins, University of California, Irvine, Sports
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Notre Dame men's basketball: Men in black dress down young Wildcats
SOUTH BEND - Bunch of bad dudes wearing black Thursday night. Bullies. The old kids swiped the lunch money from a gaggle of youngsters. Notre Dame's new-look men's basketball team did little wrong in its 64-50 victory over Kentucky. Now was the time to...
Tags: Southeastern Conference, Kentucky Wildcats, Alabama Crimson Tide, College Sports, Basketball
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No vacation is no problem for new Virginia Tech coach James Johnson
James Johnson did not take a vacation this summer. No beach or mountain getaway. No Nike boondoggle. No international excursion. Save the postage on those sympathy cards, though. Johnson spent his time just as he prefers. Grinding. "Same ole, same ole,...Tags: Virginia Tech Hokies, North Carolina Tar Heels, Murray State University, Atlantic Coast Conference, Seth Greenberg
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Parker tantalizes DePaul and Chicago
One day as Mark Aguirre was taking the L from his West Side home to DePaul for another recruiting visit that included a Cubs game, the feeling hit him. Aguirre still struggles to describe the sensation now, almost 35 years later. "I just suddenly...
Tags: Oliver Purnell, ESPN (tv network), David Haugh, Big East Conference, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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Alabama's Nick Saban favors plus-one playoff
It's the million dollar question.
Correction.
It's the 360-plus million dollar question and everyone with any ties to college football has been asked it one time or another over the past several weeks: What are your thoughts on a playoff?
Alabama coach...Tags: Facebook, Southeastern Conference, Western Athletic Conference, Kentucky Wildcats, Boise State Broncos
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Butler, VCU should make Atlantic 10 stronger than ever next basketball season
In 1993, four Atlantic 10 Conference teams advanced in the NCAA tournament. Eleven years later, the league's Xavier and Saint Joseph's were a victory away from the Final Four. As exceptional as those seasons were, commissioner Bernadette McGlade believes...
Tags: Temple Owls, Virginia Commonwealth Rams, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Basketball, Conference USA
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From the Commonwealth to the Hoosier State? Darius Miller enjoys Pacers Pre-Draft Workout
The Kentucky Wildcats are treated like a professional team within the borders of the Commonwealth. Darius Miller thrived under the bluegrass spotlight the last four years and wouldn't mind continuing his basketball career in another state known for its...Tags: Southeastern Conference, Kentucky Wildcats, Larry Bird, Vanderbilt Commodores, NBA Draft
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