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25
Mar
2012
7:46pm, EDT
Kansas celebrates 80-67 victory over North Carolina
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Kansas Jayhawks forward Thomas Robinson and guard Tyshawn Taylor celebrate their victory over the North CarolinaTar Heels.
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North Carolina Tar Heels Justin Watts, P.J. Hairston, John Henson and Kendall Marshall sit on the bench during their loss to the Kansas Jayhawks.
Tyshawn Taylor broke out of his slump in a big way Sunday, scoring 22 points and leading Kansas back to the Final Four with an 80-67 victory over former coach Roy Williams and top-seeded North Carolina.
--The Associated Press
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16
Mar
2012
10:09pm, EDT
No. 15 Lehigh ousts No. 2 Duke in NCAA Tournament
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Duke's Miles Plumlee defends Lehigh's C.J. McCollum during the second half of an NCAA tournament second-round college basketball game in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, March 16, 2012. Lehigh won 75-70.
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Austin Rivers #0 of the Duke Blue Devils reacts as he stands between Gabe Knutson #42 and B.J. Bailey #32 of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in the second half on Friday night.
NBC Sports.com reports:
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Head coach Brett Reed of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks reacts after the Mountain Hawks defeat Duke 75-70.
Less than two hours after Norfolk State pulled off an NCAA tournament rarity, Lehigh made some history of its own. The Mountain Hawks stunned second-seeded Duke 75-70 Friday night, becoming the sixth 15 seed to win an NCAA tournament game.

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I don't understand what all the HOOP la is all about ....
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11
Mar
2012
4:51pm, EDT
Vanderbilt takes down Kentucky, FSU beats North Carolina as March Madness nears
Jonathan Bachman / Reuters
Vanderbilt Commodores forward James Siakam (35) celebrates with his teammates after their team defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 71-64 during the final of the SEC men's NCAA basketball tournament in New Orleans, La., March 11. Vanderbilt has not won the SEC Championship since 1951.
The Commodores took down No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 in the SEC tournament title, denying the ‘Cats a chance to sweep the league’s regular-season and tourney titles, not to mention taking some of the sheen off the nation’s most dominant team. Kentucky entered the game with 24 consecutive wins.
No. 17 Florida State used a sharp-shooting performance from three-point range and 18 points from all-conference guard Michael Snaer to beat the No. 4 Tar Heels, 85-82, and win the ACC tournament title.
It was a much closer game than the 33-point beatdown that the Seminoles gave North Carolina on January 14th, but Florida State was helped to victory on Sunday afternoon by many of the same things that got them a win earlier in the year.
-- Reported by CollegeBasketballTalk on nbcsports.com

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The Florida State Seminoles celebrate after they won 85-82 against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the Final Game of the 2012 ACC Men's Basketball Conference Tournament at Philips Arena on March 11, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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10
Mar
2012
7:43pm, EST
Chris Keane / Reuters
Florida State Seminoles center Jon Kreft, center, fights for a rebound with his teammate forward Okaro White, bottom right, against Duke Blue Devils forward Josh Hairston, top right, and forward Miles Plumlee, left, during their ACC college basketball tournament game in Atlanta, Ga., March 10.
FSU beats Duke in ACC semis, 62-59

Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton said his team learned something when the Blue Devils mounted their inevitable charge to erase the deficit.

"I thought we grew up a little bit in that stretch when the game was in doubt," Hamilton said.

Florida State advanced to only the second ACC tournament championship game in the program's history by beating Duke 62-59 on Saturday. Michael Snaer scored 16 points, including a 3-pointer with 3:27 remaining that gave the Seminoles the lead for good.

-- Reported by the Associated Press
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4
Mar
2012
5:24pm, EST
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Maryland Terrapins players celebrate after defeating the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the ACC Women's Basketball Tournament championship game at Greensboro Coliseum on March 4, in Greensboro, N.C. Maryland won 68-65 to capture the title.
Maryland tops Georgia Tech, 68-65, to take women's ACC hoops title
Alyssa Thomas scored a career-high 29 points and No. 6 Maryland beat No. 15 Georgia Tech 68-65 on Sunday to win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship.
-- Reported by The Associated Press
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3
Mar
2012
9:01pm, EST
Gerry Broome / AP
North Carolina's John Henson jumps over Duke's Miles Plumlee (21) for a shot during the first half in Durham, N.C., Saturday, March 3. At rear, Duke's Seth Curry and Austin Rivers (0) watch with North Carolina's Tyler Zeller (44).
North Carolina flies high over Duke to quiet Cameron Crazies, 88-70
North Carolina avenges its home loss by winning one on the road in college basketball's greatest rivalry.
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25
Feb
2012
7:10pm, EST
Orlin Wagner / AP
Missouri guard Michael Dixon (11) hold his head while Kansas guard Travis Releford waves a towel in celebration following Kansas' win over Missouri 87-86 in overtime, in Lawrence, Kan.
Kansas rallies to defeat Missouri 87-86 in OT

Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson made it a memorable ending for Kansas.

Robinson kept the game going with a three-point play in the closing seconds of regulation, and Taylor's two free throws with 8.3 seconds left in overtime gave the fourth-ranked Jayhawks an 87-86 win over No. 3 Missouri on Saturday in their final scheduled regular-season matchup.

-- Reported by the Associated Press
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9
Jan
2012
5:59pm, EST
Fans from 'Bama, LSU party down for BCS title
Kerry Maloney / AP
Alabama student Sara Berthaume taunts LSU students Joel Boudreaux, left, and Leif Dubois in the French Quarter before the BCS title football game in New Orleans, Jan. 9, 2012.
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AP reports: NEW ORLEANS - LSU and Alabama fans pitched tents, flew banners and cooked up Deep South staples like gumbo and barbecue in what had turned into a massive party ahead of Monday night's BCS national championship game.
Alabama fans started lining up at the stadium shortly after dawn to pick up tickets for the night's game, featuring the nation's two top-ranked college teams in a rematch of a November game won by LSU.

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LSU alumni, from left, Troy Aucion and Matt Sotile throw beads to fans in the French Quarter before the BCS title football game in New Orleans, Jan. 9, 2012.
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Fans cheer before the BCS National Championship college football game between LSU and Alabama, Jan. 9, 2012, in New Orleans.

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What concerns me more is why insurance companies are allowed to decide who lives or dies in this country. Why are they allowed to ruin peoples lives?
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29
Dec
2011
11:59pm, EST
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Prince Okoroh #3 of the Howard Bison loses the ball as Elijah Johnson #15 of the Kansas Jayhawks defends during the game on Dec. 29, 2011 at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.
Overmatched Howard loses 89-34 at No. 17 Kansas
AP reports: LAWRENCE, Kan. - Howard knew what it was getting into when it scheduled a two-game swing through the Sunflower State. It can only hope to fare better against Kansas State than it did at No. 17 Kansas.
Prince Okoroh had seven points and six rebounds to lead the Bison, who fell 89-34 to the Jayhawks on Thursday night. Howard watched as the bigger, stronger team from the Big 12 raced out to a double-digit lead in the opening minutes and never looked back as it prepped for conference play.
"We got our butts kicked," Howard coach Kevin Nickelberry said.
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12
Nov
2011
9:59pm, EST
Joe Jaszewski / The Idaho Statesman via AP
Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore reacts after losing to 36-35 to TCU on Nov. 12, in Boise, Idaho.
No. 5 Boise State falls to TCU, dreams of perfect season crushed
According to AP:
TCU coach Gary Patterson made a gutsy call, opting to put the game in Pachall's hands and go for the lead instead of the tie. It worked. Pachall tossed a short pass to Josh Boyce, who fought his way into the end zone, putting TCU up 36-35 and quieting a raucous Bronco Stadium crowd.
Patterson said the decision to go for two points was easy considering the circumstances.
"We're not going to win this if this keeps going," Patterson said. "So, the only way we're going to be able to do it is to steal it. We were able to get the play and get the points and we were fortunate that they missed a field goal. It's just as simple as that."
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11
Nov
2011
7:50pm, EST
Carrier Classic under way on board USS Carl Vinson
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North Carolina plays Michigan State in the first half of the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game on Friday night.
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North Carolina forward John Henson fights for a rebound with Michigan State center Adreian Payne and forward Branden Dawson during the first half of the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game on Friday night.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk through an honor guard on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 11, 2011.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama speak to the crowd on Friday night.
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Former NBA star Earvin 'Magic' Johnson poses with U.S. sailors at the NCAA Carrier Classic men's college basketball game on Friday.
AP reports:

CORONADO, Calif. - President Barack Obama says every American should make a solemn pledge to find some way to support U.S. troops - not just on Veterans Day but every day.

Obama made the comments to military personnel on board the USS Carl Vinson, where he was spending a memorable evening watching a college basketball game being played on the 95,000-ton Navy warship that buried Osama bin Laden's body at sea.

Michigan State takes on North Carolina Friday night before an audience of 7,000, including President Obama on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports.
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Izzo: Carrier Classic to be a ‘memory-maker’

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who else but obama could pull a stunt like this? George W. Bush lands a fighter jet on the deck of a carrier and the far left screams "it's grandstanding!" So what do you call a hoops game on a carrier that has an operating cost of one million dollars per day??? once again the left-wing media gives …
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10
Nov
2011
9:03pm, EST
Preparations underway for historic hoops game on board USS Carl Vinson
Alex Gallardo / Reuters
Workers prepare the Carrier Classic NCAA men's basketball court on board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011.
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Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels talks to his players during practice for the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game aboard the USS Carl Vinson on Nov. 10, 2011 in San Diego, Calif.
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Members of North Carolina Tar Heels practice for the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game on board the USS Carl Vinson on Nov. 10, 2011 in San Diego, Calif.
By James Cheng
Wow, that is one big aircraft carrier.

From AP: As long as the rain stays away from the Carrier Classic on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Friday afternoon, coaches Tom Izzo of Michigan State and Roy Williams of No. 1 North Carolina are confident their teams will put on a great Veterans Day show for the approximately 7,000 in the crowd, including the nation's basketball-fan-in-chief, President Barack Obama, plus a national TV audience.

Izzo and Williams said they and their players were blown away when they boarded the nuclear-powered carrier, which stretches 1,092 feet, weighs 95,000 tons and has four steam catapults that can accelerate a jet fighter from 0 to 165 mph in just more than two seconds.

Read the full story here. Also, listed below are other stories from our site related to the ball game.

Izzo: Carrier Classic to be a ‘memory-maker’

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Rebuilding at Michigan State? Don’t tell Izzo

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Fantastic idea . Haze gray and underway , Lets shoot some hoops . Go Heels !!!
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