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Big Red upset
March 20, 2010 in Sports on Page C9 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Confident, relaxed and definitely on its game. Cornell lived up to its billing as the best team to come out of the Ivy League in more than …
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My name is Lucas
March 19, 2010 in Sports on Page B6 Quick, can anyone name last year’s Big Ten Conference Player of the Year? New Mexico State’s Jahmar Young can – now.
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Griz fall short
March 19, 2010 in Sports on Page B4 SAN JOSE, Calif. – After all of Darington Hobson’s big talk about a deep NCAA tournament run for New Mexico, Montana nearly shut up the Lobos right away. Roman Martinez …
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Huskies bank on Quincy
March 19, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 SAN JOSE, Calif. – When Quincy Pondexter grabbed an offensive rebound with 34 seconds left in a tie game, Washington coach Lorenzo Romar twice considered calling a timeout to set …
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Tourney replay
March 19, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 For 03-19-2010
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Pondexter, Hayward became Team USA pals
March 18, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 SAN JOSE, Calif. – Strangers at home in the United States, Quincy Pondexter and Lazar Hayward became fast friends in Belgrade, Serbia. Isolation will do that.
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Huskies burst NCAA bubble, beat Cal in Pac-10 title game
March 14, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 LOS ANGELES – Only a few hundred Washington fans were left in Staples Center when the celebrating Huskies started an impromptu dunk contest. They tried one elaborate slam after another … 1
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NCAA tournament buzzword: mediocrity
March 14, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 Think a woman singing “One Shining Moment” is an upset? Consider this: When CBS unveils the NCAA tournament bracket tonight, neither North Carolina, Connecticut, UCLA nor Indiana will be in …
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Eastern faces red-hot Cats
March 12, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 As time wound down on sixth-seeded Montana State’s 89-66 rout of No. 3 Sacramento State in the first round of the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball tournament at Reese Court …
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Oregon overcomes Cougars in overtime
March 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B1
LOS ANGELES – It is hard to defeat a team three times in a season. But it can be done. It just might take some extra time. And Tajuan Porter.
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Idaho moves to semifinals
March 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 RENO, Nev. – Shaena Kuehu scored a career-high 22 points and Yinka Olorunnife added 23 points and 10 rebounds as fourth-seeded Idaho defeated fifth-seeded New Mexico State 75-63 in the …
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Griz bound for NCAA
March 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 OGDEN, Utah – Anthony Johnson scored 34 of his career-high 42 points in the second half, leading Montana back from a 22-point deficit and into the NCAA basketball tournament with … 2
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Big Sky field even as it gets
March 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B5
If it’s the unknown that draws fans to sporting events, the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball tournament is made to order. The difference between the six teams gathering in Cheney …
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Long route for Pirates
March 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Rarely can a team ranked No. 4 in the nation legitimately adopt the role of spoiler. Yet that’s what Whitworth University has done heading into the Sweet 16 of the …
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Vandals count on adversity
March 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 MOSCOW, Idaho – He’s suspended four players in the last two months, had his second-leading scorer question him on Twitter and granted a scholarship release to his prized high school …
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Cougs’ season ends in loss to Ducks
March 10, 2010 in Sports
Tajuan Porter scored 32 points, including eight in overtime, and Oregon rallied for an 82-80 victory over Washington State on Wednesday night in the Pac-10 Conference tournament opener.
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Women’s basketball: Schuller’s home team will grow by 1
March 10, 2010 in Sports on Page B3
Wendy Schuller believed from the first day of practice this could be a special season for the Eastern Washington basketball team. She also knew it could be a long season.
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Cougars face flighty Ducks
March 10, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 LOS ANGELES – When Washington State and Oregon line up for the opening tip tonight at the Staples Center, less than 100 hours will have passed since UO senior guard …
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Griz, Wildcats advance in Big Sky tournament
March 10, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 OGDEN, Utah – Anthony Johnson scored 19 points and Will Cherry scored 10, including a jumper with 24 seconds left, as Montana scored the final six points in a 68-63 …
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Gaels storm GU
March 9, 2010 in Sports on Page B1
LAS VEGAS – The final score, Saint Mary’s 81, Gonzaga 62, was an appropriate reflection of the complete reversal from the last meeting. In Spokane last month, Gonzaga won 80-61 …
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St. Mary’s upsets Zags in WCC title game
March 8, 2010 in Sports
Mickey McConnell matched his career high with 26 points, Ben Allen added a career-best 20 and Saint Mary’s upset No. 18 Gonzaga in an 81-62 victory Monday night in the …
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Gonzaga women playing for WCC title again
March 8, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 LAS VEGAS – One statistic in the box score said it all: Gonzaga points off turnovers 27, Santa Clara 2. OK, make it two: GU’s edge in second-chance points, 18-4. …
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Bulldogs not pretty, but win
March 8, 2010 in Sports on Page B1
LAS VEGAS – Welcome to March basketball. High-pressure games, physical, grinding, hard fouls, floor burns. Hard-fought wins, season-altering losses.
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Tasty topping
February 28, 2010 in Sports on Page C1
Senior guard Matt Bouldin left Gonzaga’s locker room with a bag of ice on his right ankle and a net and WCC champions placard in his right hand. Bouldin and …
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Gregg carries Whits closer to Division III tourney
February 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Bo Gregg has been a part of the show all year, content to stay in the background and do all the little things that so often go unappreciated in college …
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GU women outright champs
February 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 Vivian Frieson scored 22 points and had seven rebounds as No. 19 Gonzaga cruised to an 83-52 win over Santa Clara (3-25, 1-12) and clinched the outright West Coast Conference …
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Gonzaga makes it 10 WCC championships in a row
February 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B1
This one looked nothing like the first go-around. Gonzaga dominated from start to finish, flattening Santa Clara 88-51 Thursday in front of 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic Center to clinch …
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Cal thumps Arizona
February 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 Jerome Randle scored 24 points and took over the game in the second half to help California move a step closer to clinching its first conference title in 50 years …
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GU delivers 10-pack with deserved pride
February 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 A decade back, the Gonzaga Bulldogs somehow managed to lose three basketball games in a February fortnight. Message board traffic did not crash servers up and down the coast. Alums …
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West Coast stranglehold
February 25, 2010 in Sports on Page B3
Streak check. Gonzaga’s run of consecutive NCAA tournaments: 11, and on pace for 12 next month. Gonzaga’s consecutive appearances in the West Coast Conference Tournament title game: 12, and counting. …
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