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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012

Vandals clinch at least third seed

Once again the Idaho Vandals got off to a scorching start on the road. And unlike last week at Utah State, Idaho was able to keep up the white-hot pace at Hawaii late Thursday night. Read on for more on UI's 82-63 win that clinched…

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Time to tip a busy weekend 

A GRIP ON SPORTS It's Thursday. That's a pretty crowded news day in its own right. But it's also the first day of the Washington state basketball tournaments. And it's also a busy college basketball week. With all that being said, no reason to chit-chat.…

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Vandals in Hawaii for huge game

The Idaho Vandals, as coach Don Verlin put it this week, are in a seeding race. It's pretty simple, If they win tonight, they lock in the third seed for the WAC tournament (with a remote chance of still earning the second seed). A loss…

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GU men, women await WCC openers

It's the time of year where I have double duty, covering the GU men's and women's teams at the WCC Tournament in Las Vegas. So, I put together a short men's preview of the tournament that ran in Thursday's S-R and another for the women's…

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