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• A Triumph for the Least Daring Among Us
• By Josh Alper 3/31/2008 10:00 AM ET
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• I'm not sure what's replaced the watercooler as the gathering place in offices of the 21st century but, whatever it is, the buzz around it this morning is the Final Four. For the first time ever all ...
• The List of Things Kevin Love Can't Do Keeps Getting Smaller
• By Josh Alper 3/30/2008 8:10 AM ET
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• Yesterday Michael David Smith asked if Xavier could control Kevin Love in last night's Elite Eight matchup. The answer came back with a resounding no, which shouldn't come as too much of a shock at ...
• Joe Alexander's Missed Free Throw Will Haunt Him For a Long Time
• By Shiloh Carder 3/28/2008 1:02 PM ET
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• With all due respect to my fellow FanHouser Charles Rich, I think that Joe Alexander's missed free throw towards the end of regulation is the biggest un-clutch play of the tournament. I hesitate to ... More »
• Kevin Love Can Do Everything
• By Michael David Smith 3/28/2008 6:18 AM ET
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• UCLA beat Western Kentucky 88-78 Thursday night, and freshman center Kevin Love's stat line was incredible: Minutes: 38 FGM-A: 10-14 FTM-A: 9-12 Rebounds: 14 Assists: 4 Blocks: 4 Fouls: 2 Points: 29 ...
• Western Kentucky Mounting Comeback Against a Foul Troubled UCLA
• By Shiloh Carder 3/28/2008 12:04 AM ET
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• Since I last talked to you, Western Kentucky has made a run on UCLA. After trailing by 21 at the half, the Hilltoppers have outscored the Bruins 29-15 in the second half to trail (as I write this) by ...
• UCLA Locks Down and Dominates Western Kentucky at the Half
• By Shiloh Carder 3/27/2008 11:13 PM ET
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• Using a 28-7 run to end the first half, the UCLA Bruins are cruising against Western Kentucky. At the break, they lead their Sweet 16 game with the Hilltoppers, 41-20. It's the classic matchup between ... More »
• West Virginia Leaves the Shooter Open for 3... Again
• By Charles Rich 3/27/2008 10:35 PM ET
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• It's not fair to tag Joe Alexander with goat horns because he missed that free throw on the "and 1" with 15 seconds left. Yes, it would have given WVU a 1 point lead, but there is no guarantee that ...
• West Virginia Following a Familiar Script in Trailing Xavier at the Half
• By Charles Rich 3/27/2008 8:19 PM ET
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• At halftime Xavier has a 32-25 lead over West Virginia. Surprisingly, West Virginia should feel pretty good considering they fell behind by 18 with 9 minutes to go. They clamped on defense, holding ...
• Who Will Cincinnati Root For in Sweet 16: Xavier or Bob Huggins?
• By Shiloh Carder 3/25/2008 12:00 PM ET
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• A very interesting occurance has come to Cincinnati fans: the Xavier Musketeers will meet the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Sweet 16. Normally, that doesn't mean much ... but WVU is now coached by ... More »
• Did UCLA Get Another No-Call?
• By Charles Rich 3/23/2008 11:58 PM ET
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• No matter what the final score actually turned out to be, UCLA won. The Bruins came back and Texas A&M wilted under the pressure. Donald Sloan, the Aggies leading scorer had the ball and was ...
• UCLA-Texas A&M Score Changed
• By Shiloh Carder 3/23/2008 8:21 PM ET
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• Many people were a bit puzzled that the final dunk at the end of last night's UCLA-Texas A&M game counted. The final score was listed as 53-49 even though the dunk clearly came after the buzzer. ...
• Kevin Love, Darren Collison Lead UCLA Past Texas A&M
• By Michael David Smith 3/22/2008 11:44 PM ET
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• No. 1 seed UCLA managed to survive a tough onslaught from No. 9 Texas A&M tonight in Anaheim, holding on to win 53-49 in by far the toughest challenge a 1 seed has had so far in this year's NCAA ...
• West Virginia Dumps Duke in 2nd Round; Haters Everywhere Rejoice!
• By Shiloh Carder 3/22/2008 4:18 PM ET
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• Over the last few years, West Virginia has found a niche of being the NCAA tournament darlings. In 2005, we were Kevin Pittsnogle-d into a surprising Elite 8 team (they went to the Sweet 16 the next ... More »
• Duke Leads West Virginia 34-29 at Halftime
• By Michael David Smith 3/22/2008 2:55 PM ET
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• Duke got off to a solid start and took an early lead but hasn't been able to shake a game West Virginia squad in the first half of the first game of the NCAA Tournament's second round. The Blue Devils ...
• Mountaineers Won't Shoot Against Duke Like They Shot Against Arizona
• By Michael David Smith 3/22/2008 11:15 AM ET
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• Given the way that 7 seed West Virginia handled 10 seed Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and given the way 2 seed Duke struggled against 15 seed Belmont, you might think a West ...
• The Tampa Trap
• By Charles Rich 3/22/2008 12:42 AM ET
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• Round 1 in Tampa was brutal for the higher seed teams. Epic, record-setting even. Two 4-13 games and two 5-12 games. In all four, the double digit seeds won. That has never happened before in the NCAA ...
• Western Kentucky's Website Takes Sweet Time in Celebrating Big Win
• By Shiloh Carder 3/21/2008 7:14 PM ET
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• We know that the south loves football, but c'mon. The above picture is a screenshot of the Western Kentucky University athletics website (WKUsports.com) at about 7:00 p.m. EDT tonight. The main story ...
• History Not on Duke's Side After Last Night's Belmont Scare
• By Shiloh Carder 3/21/2008 1:20 PM ET
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• Duke had quite the scare against Belmont last night. As history has shown us, that's not good news for Duke. Using the last 12 years, the ACC Now blog looked at #2 seeds who won their games over the ... More »
• Gerald Henderson Saves Duke's Season; Leads Devils Over Belmont
• By Shiloh Carder 3/20/2008 9:29 PM ET
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• Again, as I said a few days ago, the Belmont-Duke game was going to be better than most people figured. And, boy, it was! Belmont had a one point lead until Gerald Henderson rebounded a miss, took it ... More »
• Belmont Is Backdooring Duke to Death
• By Shiloh Carder 3/20/2008 7:52 PM ET
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• I earlier told you that Belmont and Duke would be exciting. So far, it has been. Heading into halftime, the Belmont Bruins are hanging tough and trailing the Blue Devils by just 7 points. Belmont's ...
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