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  • Thom Loverro: Trying to drink all this in about Florida Gulf Coast

    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...

  • Great escape for Maryland in win over Alabama

    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: Biggest stories in basketball world now reside in South Beach

    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...

  • What can NCAA tournament Cinderellas do for an encore?

    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...

  • 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...

  • With addition of George Mason, Atlantic 10 is almost unrecognizable

    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...

  • George Mason leaving CAA for Atlantic 10

    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...

  • Maryland, Michigan State women a bit out of their depth

    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...

  • Top Five: Flops this weekend in the NCAA tournament

    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...