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Seattle group raises offer for Sacramento Kings

2013-04-12 22:26:00

The Seattle group attempting to buy the Sacramento Kings says it has reached agreement to raise the purchase price by $25 million. Chris Hansen, who is teaming with Steve Ballmer to lead the group, announced the decision to raise the valuation late...

Tony Bland accepts offer to join USC basketball staff, report says

2013-04-10 12:39:00

Tony Bland, a San Diego State assistant who played for the school and also at Westchester High, has accepted an offer to join USC Coach Andy Enfield’s staff as associate head coach, according to a report. Bland told UTSanDiego that Enfield offered...

NCAA Tournament: Syracuse topples top-seeded Indiana, 61-50

2013-03-28 21:20:00

WASHINGTON -- It took winning a national title for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim to get over a late-shot loss to Indiana the last time the schools faced off in the NCAA tournament. This meeting, 26 years later, was never close enough to come down to the...

NCAA Tournament: Marquette shuts down Miami, 71-61

2013-03-28 18:30:00

WASHINGTON -- Vander Blue's buzzer-beater came at the end of the first half. For a change, Marquette didn't need one at the end of the game. After sweating through a pair of edge-of-your-seat comebacks in the NCAA tournament, Blue and the Golden...

NCAA Final Four outcomes are not shocking

2013-04-06 21:46:00

ATLANTA -- Florida Gulf Coast was a carnival cruise while it lasted and Wichita State was a hoot, but there will be nothing "mid" about the majors playing for Monday's national title. The final call is strictly blue grass vs. blue blood. Louisville,...

Michigan makes NCAA final by holding off Syracuse

2013-04-06 20:43:00

ATLANTA -- This one, Michigan fans, is on the books. Two decades after the famed Fab Five led the Wolverines to two NCAA tournament championship games that were later vacated, another group of fabulous young players has Michigan back in the title game...

Things could be stifling at the Final Four

2013-04-05 22:05:00

ATLANTA -- This Final Four will be "lights out" on the scoreboard only if there's a second-half power outage at the Georgia Dome. (Hey, it already happened at one football stadium this year.) Saturday's two games in a vacuous, 75,000-seat venue have...

NCAA Final Four: Syracuse vs. Michigan

2013-04-05 22:00:00

SYRACUSE Starters P; Ht.; Wt.; Statistics F; C.J. Fair; 6-6; 215; 14.3 ppg F; James Southerland; 6-8; 215; 13.5 ppg C; Rakeem Christmas; 6-9; 242; 4.6 rpg G; Brandon Triche; 6-4; 210; 13.7 ppg G; Michael Carter-Williams; 6-6; 185; 12.1 ppg...

Louisville-Syracuse final would make fitting Big East swan song

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Ask Louisville Coach Rick Pitino or Syracuse's Jim Boeheim about Madison Square Garden or Big East Conference founder Dave Gavitt. Even the tight-lipped Boeheim becomes sentimental and is apt to weave a story about a Big East classic. "I would have been...

Darius Morris, now a Laker, has a legacy at Michigan

2013-04-04 12:55:00

Born in Hawthorne and raised in Carson, Darius Morris spent his childhood cheering for the Lakers – largely because of his his admiration for Kobe Bryant. Morris is less than four years removed from his playing days at Windward School, and now his...

Andy Enfield is USC's choice as new coach

2013-04-01 23:18:00

USC's 2 1/2-month search for a basketball coach ended Monday when the school hired Florida Gulf Coast Coach Andy Enfield, who took the 15th-seeded Eagles to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament last month. USC spokesman Tim Tessalone confirmed the hiring...

For Louisville, injury leads to inspiration in NCAA win over Duke

2013-03-31 20:55:00

Tears are part of the NCAA tournament. They flow when teams win and flow when they lose. The tears shed for Louisville guard Kevin Ware on Sunday, though, were different. They almost spontaneously gushed in response to Ware's gruesome leg break during...

The Titans are a fifth-year Division I program making its first NCAA tournament appearance. Their roster is equal parts Michigan, Canada and Long Island. The Fighting Irish are 10-4 but losers of their past two, both to Syracuse.

2013-05-05 00:00:00

Strength: Run-and-gun offense featuring an attack of brothers Lyle and Miles Thompson (pictured) and their cousin Ty. Entering Thursday, Lyle was averaging 6.6 points per game for the nation's most explosive offense (15.8 goals per game).

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Strength: Fifth-year senior Rob Pannell (34, 41) quarterbacks an offense that's scoring 14.5 goals per game. Pannell has eclipsed many school and Ivy League scoring records (including career assists and career points). Weakness: Defensive midfield and overall lack of depth.

2013-04-27 00:00:00