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			<title><![CDATA[New UCLA basketball Coach Steve Alford's honeymoon was very short]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-18 13:45:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[UCLA and Steve Alford. 

A basketball program of unmatched pedigree led by a former prodigy who became a national champion and Olympic gold medalist before making a steady climb up the coaching ladder. 

On paper, a harmonic convergence. 

How they came...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Power conferences in college football gain even more strength]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-25 17:45:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rick Pitino among seven elected to basketball Hall of Fame]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-08 22:37:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Louisville Coach Rick Pitino is among seven people elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 

Joining Pitino in the class of 2013, announced Monday, are former NBA stars Bernard King and Gary Payton, former Nevada Las Vegas coach Jerry...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach; he has big job ahead]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-sp-0331-ucla-steve-alford-20130331,0,6809942.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-30 17:05:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Steve Alford, who spent the last six seasons at New Mexico, will take over the basketball program at UCLA less than two weeks after saying how happy he was to be signing a contract extension to remain coach of the Lobos.

The hiring came at the end of a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-30 09:35:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Steve Alford has been hired as UCLA&rsquo;s basketball coach, the university announced Saturday morning. 

Alford, 48, spent the last six seasons at New Mexico, compiling a 155-52 record. He replaces Ben Howland, who was fired after going 25-10 and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NCAA favorites, that's you Arizona and Gonzaga, better be on alert]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-22 21:30:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY  -- Arizona is thrilled to be playing Harvard on Saturday on its way to next week's West regional in Los Angeles. 

No one can say that, but it's only human Tucson nature. 

Wanting to play No. 14 instead of No. 3 to reach the Sweet 16 is a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Louisville earns top seeding in NCAA tournament field]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-17 16:15:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The red-colored and red-hot Louisville Cardinals earned the No. 1 overall seeding for this year&rsquo;s NCAA tournament. 

Rick Pitino&rsquo;s Big East Conference tournament championship team got the top spot in the Midwest Region and will open play...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Conference tournaments take their chances in Las Vegas]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-12 18:09:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The last Big East basketball tournament as we know it hits New York's stage this week at Madison Square Garden. 

What sportswriter Dan Wetzel recently described as "the most honest event in college sports" is breaking up after a messy divorce that will...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[San Diego State wins 20 games for eighth straight year]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-23 22:32:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[at San Diego State 88, Nevada 75: Jamaal Franklin had 23 points and 11 rebounds as the Aztecs (20-7, 8-5 Mountain West) extended their school-record streak of 20-victory seasons to eight. Malik Story made seven of 13 three-point field goals in scoring a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ariya Jutanugarn leads LPGA Thailand by three strokes]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-23 20:59:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Thai teenager Ariya Jutanugarn shot a two-under 70 to lead by three strokes after the third round of the LPGA Thailand at Chonburi despite finishing with two bogeys. 

Last year's top-ranked amateur, Ariya, 17 years old, had seven birdies &mdash;...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Long Beach State beats UC Riverside by 40 points]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-16 22:39:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[at Long Beach State 75, UC Riverside 35: The balanced 49ers shot 53% and handed the Highlanders their seventh loss in a row. It was the fewest points Long Beach (16-9, 12-2 Big West) has given up since UC Irvine scored 26 in 1980. Tony Freeland scored...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aztecs rout Fresno State]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-09 22:23:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[MEN

at San Diego State 75, Fresno State 53: Jamaal Franklin scored 14 points to surpass 1,000 for his three-year career and James Rahon also scored 14 to help the Aztecs (18-5, 6-3 Mountain West) rout the cold-shooting Bulldogs (8-14, 2-7). The Aztecs,...]]></description>
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