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Other than Louisville, Final Four full of flawed teams
Kevin Dunleavy
Updated: Sun, Mar 31, 2013
The first game of the NCAA Elite Eight featured a gruesome shooting performance by Marquette. The last game will be remembered for a gruesome leg injury to Louisville's Kevin Ware. In between, fans found out a lot about contenders and pretenders for the NCAA title. In this year of parity, many...
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Syracuse simply in a zone as it beats Marquette to earn Final Four spot
Kevin Dunleavy
Updated: Sat, Mar 30, 2013
Dominant defense lifts Jim Boeheim, Orange In coaching circles, zone defense is the subject of derision. For those in the fraternity, it's for teams that don't have the wherewithal or will to play man-to-man. In his 37th season as coach at Syracuse, however, Jim Boeheim has elevated the...
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Miami jammed by Marquette's traffic in D.C.
Kevin Dunleavy
Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013
Hurricanes look lost in rout by Golden Eagles After spending 14 years at George Mason, Jim Larranaga knows all too well about traffic in the D.C. area. But Thursday was a reminder as his new team, the Miami Hurricanes, needed 45 minutes to make the mile-and-a-half trip from its Dupont Circle...
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Ranking Friday's NCAA tournament games
Kevin Dunleavy
Updated: Thu, Mar 28, 2013
Friday brings a wide range of NCAA tournament matchups -- some interesting, some not so much. We rank the Friday games from worst to best: 4. No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 12 Oregon » Don't call Oregon a Cinderella. Dana Altman's Ducks were justifiably angered over their low seed. Decisive wins...
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Breakdown: Miami Hurricanes vs. Marquette Golden Eagles
Kevin Dunleavy
Updated: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Path to Verizon Center No. 2 Miami Hurricanes Defeated No. 15 Pacific 78-49 Defeated No. 7 Illinois 63-59 No. 3 Marquette Golden Eagles Defeated No. 14 Davidson 59-58 Defeated No. 6 Butler 74-72 Starting lineups No. 2 Miami Hurricanes G - Shane Larkin 5-11, So. G - Durand...
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Durand Scott does a little of everything for Miami
Kevin Dunleavy
Updated: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Shane Larkin is the star point guard, the son of a baseball Hall of Famer. Kenny Kadji is the baby-faced, 6-foot-11 senior who shoots 3-pointers. Julian Gamble has a Mohawk, the sly grin of a knowing veteran and a way with a phrase. On the Miami basketball team, soft-spoken senior Durand Scott...
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Maryland won't have Seth Allen against Alabama in NIT quarterfinals
Kevin Dunleavy
Updated: Mon, Mar 25, 2013
Freshman breaks bone in left hand in practice Early this year, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon joked in his typical glass-half-empty way that injuries only happen when you can least afford them. Sure enough, in a season in which he has used 10 players in his rotation, the Terrapins have remained...
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