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• Rutgers hires Lakers assistant Jordan to replace Rice

  Rutgers is closing in on hiring its next basketball coach while it closed the book on its previous one.  Lakers assistant coach Eddie Jordan and...  
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  Refocused Louisville intent on cutting down nets this time

  ATLANTA — It was an odd reaction to a loss, a loss to an arch-rival, a loss that ended the season, ended the dream so many kids share the first minute they dribble a basketball. The Louisville Cardinals were not devastated in the immediate aftermath...  

• UConn to face Louisville in women's final

  NEW ORLEANS — Breanna Stewart scored 29 points to help UConn beat Notre Dame 83-65 last night to advance to the NCAA championship game. The Huskies...  

• Robert Morris wrapping up probe on Rice

  Robert Morris University this week hopes to address allegations of physical confrontations with players and former coach Mike Rice during his three...  

• Louisville's Pitino could be first to win NCAA tournament at two schools

  ATLANTA — If Louisville beats Michigan tonight in the NCAA Tournament championship game, Rick Pitino will become the first coach to win titles at two...  

• Michigan win in the Cards

  Here’s to good health, an entertaining game and each player having a firm understanding of how many timeouts are left. Michigan (+4) over Louisville: I...  
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  Michigan fresman McGary copes with ADHD to emerge as tourney’s MVP

  ATLANTA — Louisville is the last obstacle standing in the way now for Mitch McGary. It is remarkable enough that his overnight transformation into Michigan’s Monster in the Middle, a 6-foot-10, 254-pound Fab freshman firebrand who has shed 20 pounds...  
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  Louisville PG Siva is reason dad turned life around

  ATLANTA — On the bench, the face of this Final Four will be sitting, his right leg shattered, but never his championship dream. Not as long as Kevin Ware knows Peyton Siva is the one with the ball and Louisville’s dream in his hands. “He’s been an...  
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  Rutgers prez, lame excuse for leader, should be next out door

  ATLANTA — By now, it’s impossible to determine who the biggest buffoon of this Rutgers mess really is. The candidates keep topping each other in an endless parade of absurdity. Mike Rice may have started it with his endless screen tests for the...  
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  AD Pernetti axed as Rutgers fall guy

  For months, Tim Pernetti stood by Mike Rice. Friday, he fell with the former coach, forced to resign as Rutgers’ athletic director following the unrelenting furor over the release of footage capturing Rice’s shocking physical and verbal abuse of...  

• Rutgers whistle-blower Murdock sues school

  Eric Murdock, the man responsible for former Rutgers coach Mike Rice’s abusive behavior coming to light, continued to make life difficult for his...  

• Boosters $lam Rutgers firing

  Leading contributors to Rutgers athletics threatened to cut donations following athletic director Tim Pernetti’s resignation. “We’ve invested so much...