Thom Loverro

Updated: Wed, Mar 27, 2013

I want to be a Florida Gulf Coast University Eagle. I want to ride along with Cinderella to the ball. I want a cabana by the beach to stack my beer can collection and listen to my Humble Pie records. The 15th-seeded FGCU Eagles have become the story of the NCAA tournament, the David among...

Jim Williams

Updated: Wed, Mar 27, 2013

The 2013 NCAA tournament's East regional will take place Thursday night at Verizon Center. Marquette will face Miami in the first game, and the nightcap will feature Syracuse taking on Indiana. The games will air nationally on CBS. To say the broadcast crew of Verne Lundquist and analyst Bill...

associated press

Updated: Tue, Mar 26, 2013

Victory sends Terps to MSG for NIT semifinals TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alex Len finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds and had a key block in the final seconds to help Maryland escape with a 58-57 victory over Alabama on Tuesday night in the NIT quarterfinals. Len's fifth block came on Rodney...

Rick Snider

Updated: Tue, Mar 26, 2013

Miami is supposed to be about South Beach, bikinis and surfboards. Where style meets sand along the sidewalks of late designer Gianni Versace's mansion. Sports? It has always been a football town thanks to the Miami Dolphins of the 1970s and the Miami Hurricanes of the 1980s that totaled five...

John Keim

Updated: Tue, Mar 26, 2013

One is the darling of the tournament; another probably doesn't belong in this group if it had been seeded right in the beginning. But all four of these teams are considered underdogs in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. How do they measure against one another? Here's how we rank the...

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...

John Keim

Updated: Mon, Mar 25, 2013

After George Mason announced it was going to the Atlantic 10, the first thing to find out, at least on our end, was this: Who actually will be playing in the conference? And what will this move look like in two or three years when conference realignment actually ends? The league is losing...

Joseph White

Updated: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

Move reunites it with former rival VCU First VCU, now George Mason. The two mid-majors that made stunning runs to the Final Four from the CAA will reunite in the Atlantic 10. George Mason is joining the A-10 as of July 1, an official with knowledge of the agreement told the Associated Press...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

Terrapins and Spartans plagued by a rash of torn ACLs Much has been written about the susceptibility of female athletes to knee injuries. Few basketball teams can speak to the trend with as much experience as Maryland and Michigan State. While the Terrapins lost three players in the fall to...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

Everyoneknew it was a wide-open NCAA tournament, but that's no excuse for the underwhelming performances from some teams this past weekend. These are the most disappointing efforts so far: 5. N.C. State » Unchanged and supposedly improved from the group that nearly beat Kansas to reach the...