ncaa Page 172 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
LIU-Brooklyn Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds , who in beating Robert Morris 90-73 won the NEC tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
Lehigh Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Lehigh Mountain Hawks, who in beating Bucknell 82-77 won the Patriot League tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBSS]...
South Dakota State Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, who in beating Western Illinois 52-50 in overtime won the Summit League tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
Detroit Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Detroit Titans, who in beating Valparaiso 68-50 won the Horizon League tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN]...
Western Kentucky Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, who in beating North Texas 74-70 won the Sun Belt Conference tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. This is the same WKU that lost to a team playing six players then fired its coach for it. [ESPN2]...
The Scandal Is What The Media's NCAA Scandal Cops Think Is A Scandal
We've been around the block with Yahoo's scandal hunters a time or two, but this latest scoop is really reductioing their worst absurdum into the ground:...
For The First Time, The NCAA Selection Committee Reveals How The Brackets Are Built
There is no more compelling broadcast in sports than the unveiling of a bracket. We see it with the quadrennial World Cup draw, and this Sunday is the single most anticipated and controversial day of the college basketball season: Selection Sunday, when 68 teams find out where they're going and who ...
Davidson Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Davidson Wildcats, who in beating Western Carolina 93-91 in double overtime won the Southern Conference tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
St. Mary's Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the St. Mary's Gaels, who in beating Gonzaga 78-74 in overtime won the WCC tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
Loyola (Maryland) Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Loyola (Md.) Greyhounds, who in beating Fairfield 48-44 won the MAAC tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
VCU Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Virginia Commonwealth Rams, who in beating Drexel 59-56 won the CAA tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN]...
Creighton Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Creighton Bluejays, who in beating Illinois State 83-79 in OT won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBS]...
Belmont Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Belmont Bruins, who in beating Florida Gulf Coast 83-69 won the Atlantic Sun tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
Murray State Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Murray State Racers, who in beating Tennessee State 54-52 won the Ohio Valley tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
UNC-Asheville Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs, who in beating VMI 80-64 won the Big South tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
NCAA's "Cecil Newton Rule" Closes A Loophole That Should Have Been Closed 50 Years Ago
Did you know there was a big Cam Newton scandal? It's true! People were getting all mad about it and everything! I know we've all got short memories, and Newton's better known for being Tim Tebow, but black and good, but it was just 14 short months ago that the NCAA was rocked by reports that Newton...
College Football Is Willing To Discuss Talking About Having A Playoff, Maybe
The commissioners of the 11 FBS conferences, plus Notre Dame's athletic director, gathered together today in New Orleans to talk about where to go next with the game's postseason structure. According to the New York Times, there was much more "openness" to the idea of a four-team playoff than there...
The <em>New York Times</em> Has A Five-Point Plan For Fixing College Sports
Here's Joe Nocera, writing in The New York Times Magazine this weekend:...
Not This Shit Again: Now It's South Carolina Football Players Promoting A Nightclub Party
Two days after we brought you the story of UNC receiver Dwight Jones's now-cancelled birthday party at a North Carolina nightclub—a party that rendered Jones ineligible, briefly—here's another fiesta being promoted on Facebook using the likenesses of some college athletes—this time from South Carol...
UNC's Party-Planning Receiver Dwight Jones Has Been Cleared To Play By The NCAA
North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones, suspended for his team's Independence Bowl matchup with Missouri after we found his birthday party plans, has been reinstated by the NCAA after issuing an apology. [CBS Sports]...