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Jack Taylor of Grinnell College sets college basketball record with 138 points

Jack Taylor of Division III Grinnell College in Iowa scored 138 points (not a typo) in leading the Pioneers to a 179-104 win over Faith Baptist Bible College on Tuesday. The number of points broke...

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Anti-gay attack against ex-Nebraska women's basketball player a hoax, police say

Charlie Rogers (photo via Omaha World-Herald) Charlie Rogers, a former player on the University of Nebraska women's basketball team,...

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NCAA says 2013 men's basketball Final Four to be held in Lithuania

The NCAA makes a big deal touting its commitment to "student-athletes," even though they don't let them share in the millions and millions they make for the organization and their universities....

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Kentucky the top cat in college basketball after beating Kansas in final

Photo: Derick E. Hingle-US PRESSWIRE Kentucky won the NCAA men's basketball title over Kansas, 67-59, in a boring, sloppy game that capped...

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Gallery: 16 hotties for the Sweet 16

Aaron Craft (Photo: Richard Mackson/USPRESSWIRE) The NCAA men's basketball tournament resumes with the Sweet 16, which will get down to the...

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Play the 2012 Outsports NCAA pool

Joe Harris (Photo by Geoff Burke-US PRESSWIRE) Outsports has set up a pool for the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament. Fill out...

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Gallery: Outsports readers pick the NCAA men's basketball hotties

Oliver McNally Corbin Miller (Photo by Greg M. Cooper-US PRESSWIRE) We asked our readers to select their hottest player of the NCAA men's...

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Connecticut beats Butler in stupdendously awful NCAA men's basketball final

Connecticut beat Butler, 53-41, in an NCAA tournament final that set men's college basketball back 60 years. It figures that a game pitting the Bulldogs against the Huskies turned out to be a dog. T...

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2 people out of 5,900,000 correctly pick men's Final Four in ESPN pool

VCU coach Shaka Smart Only two people out of 5.9 million people in ESPN'S NCAA men's basketball pool correctly picked the Final Four:...

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God has spoken! BYU is gone! Thank you Florida! (Plus Arizona's win over Duke...)

I haven't paid much attention to the NCAA tournament this year; The decline in talent, poor officiating and lack of compelling storylines just left me disinterested. But I got a lot more interested...

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VCU pep band leader Ryan Kopacsi likes to strip and is also a male model

Ryan Kopacsi Virginia Commonwealth is one of the surprise teams in the NCAA men's basketball Sweet 16, having been one of the final entries...

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March Madness is exciting and sloppy

I did not watch any regular season men's college basketball but did watch a fair amount of the tournament the past four days. I had not realized the quality of the sport had dropped so much. Jay...

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Play the Outsports NCAA pool

Outsports has set up a pool for the NCAA men's college basketball tournament. Fill out your bracket and see how you do against other Outsports readers. We are using CBS Sportsline this season. For...

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There is crying in basketball

We hear it every time this year. Waaaaah. Waaaaaaaaaaaah. All the way from Bristol, Conn., the rest of the country can hear Dick Vitale and countless other commentators whining because so-and-so...

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NCAA's plan for 68 teams

The NCAA has unveiled its 68-team tournament plan. It entails four "play-in" games, but not the way you might expect. Instead of teams ranked 61-68 playing for those coveted 16-seeds, two of the...

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Duke holds off Butler to win title

I was like millions of Americans hoping that Gordon Hayward's desperation, last-second shot would drop and give Butler an improbable NCAA men's college basketball title. But the ball caromed off...

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Butler to play Duke for NCAA title

Butler cutie Gordon Hayward CBS got the matchup it wanted in the NCAA men's college basketball final -- Butler vs. Duke, David vs. Goliath....

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Barack Obama's NCAA picks not so hot this year

Last year President Barack Obama was heralded as a genius and good luck charm for picking the favorite (North Carolina) to win the NCAA tournament (they did). This year, not so much. Obama's final...

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No. 1 seed Kansas loses in NCAAs

Well, so much for the Kansas-Villanova final I picked in the Outsports NCAA pool. Villanova, a No. 2 seed, lost to St. Mary's, but the even bigger stunner was Kansas losing, 69-67, to Northern...

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Last chance: Play Outsports NCAA pool

Once again we will host an NCAA men's basketball tournament pool. The field of 65 is set, with Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse the four No. 1 seeds. You can sign up any time prior to the start...

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March Madness to have 96 teams soon?

I love the first few days of March Madness. Even in a season when I don't pay a lot of attention, I'll watch those first couple rounds. But as if six rounds over three weeks wasn't enough, the NCAA...

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North Carolina wins a blowout

The North Carolina Tar Heels started the men's college basketball season as No. 1 and ended it that way with an easy 89-72 win over Michigan State in the final at Detroit. The Tar Heels were so...

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NCAA men: It's Carolina and Michigan State

The Final Four is down to the Final Two, after North Carolina thumped Villanova and Michigan State surprised No. 1 seed Connecticut in the NCAA's men's basketball tournament. I can only hope the...

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Another stupid NCAA rule

I forgot to mention this when I wrote about my day at the first round of the NCAA Tournament held at the Wachovia Center but was reminded of it during the telecast of Villanova's Elite Eight...

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Wanted: Some March Madness

Is it just me or has the men's NCAA basketball tournament been a big snoozer this year? There are no truly memorable games or moments (Gonzaga's buzzer-beater was cool, but nowhere near a Tivo...

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Thoughts from NCAA Round 1

"Weak" Pac-10? As there is every year, lots of talk centered on how "weak" the Pac-10 was this year, and how they didn't deserve six spots. Even President Obama got in on the mix, saying how weak...