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• These Final Four guards ready to make things happen

  April 2, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 HOUSTON – This NCAA tournament has been a story of upsets, and the main authors have been four point guards who have provided winning plot twists for their teams time …

• North Carolina dismantles Marquette in men’s Sweet 16

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 NEWARK, N.J. – Catch ’em if you can. After repeated early, deep deficits this postseason, North Carolina flipped the script Friday night, dismantling Marquette 81-63 in an East Regional semifinal …

• Butler a win away from returning to Final Four

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 NEW ORLEANS – Florida coach Billy Donovan looks at the Butler Bulldogs and sees a team built to succeed in the NCAA tournament. And that’s just what Butler has done …

• VCU at the elite level after win over Florida State in Sweet 16

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 SAN ANTONIO – Virginia Commonwealth is aiming to make it from the First Four to the Final Four. Along the way, they keep demonstrating just how much they do belong …

• Kentucky knocks out top-seeded Ohio State

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 NEWARK, N.J. – Brandon Knight did it again. So did Ohio State.

• Kansas wallops Richmond in men’s Sweet 16

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 SAN ANTONIO – Ramping up for perhaps the biggest game in school history, 12th-seeded Richmond huddled in the tunnel. That’s when Kansas players came trotting past and the trouble started. …

• Butler elite again

  March 25, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 NEW ORLEANS – Matt Howard and Butler are starting to make this look a little bit easier. After narrowly surviving its first two NCAA tournament games by margins of two …

• Kentucky Wildcats ready for No. 1-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes

  March 25, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 NEWARK, N.J. – Kentucky prides itself on its history, and rightfully so. The Wildcats have done just about everything there is to do in college basketball. Whether you’re talking about …

• Arizona Wildcats upset defending national champion Duke Blue Devils

  March 25, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 ANAHEIM, Calif. – Derrick Williams carried Arizona in the first half, keeping the Wildcats in the game against Duke. His teammates returned the favor in the final 20 minutes with …

• Examining the Sweet 16

  March 24, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 East Region (4) Kentucky (27-8) vs.

• Huskies must find inside players for future success

  March 23, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 SEATTLE – Lorenzo Romar anticipated the question before it was asked. The University of Washington men’s basketball coach hears it at about this time every year. Where will you get …

• Notebook: BYU had extra motivation

  March 19, 2011 in Sports DENVER – It’s no easy task defending BYU’s Jimmer Fredette, the nation’s top scorer. It’s even tougher when Fredette and his teammates are highly motivated. 2

• John Blanchette: A lesson learned too late

  March 19, 2011 in Sports Really, the Zags didn’t get Jimmered. They got grimmered. Grim offense, grimmer defense. Grim ball-handling, grimmer resolve. 2

• Jimmer, BYU too much for Zags

    March 19, 2011 in Sports DENVER – The chant went up from the thousands of BYU fans inside the Pepsi Center with roughly 30 seconds remaining: “You Got Jimmered, You Got Jimmered.” 8

• All The Jimmer lacks is ’stache

  March 19, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 DENVER – Bless Charles Barkley. In his new CBS/TNT/ Lizard- Lick- Towing- channel assignment to undo decades of the noxious Billy Packering of the NCAA tournament, he has approached his … 1

• Gonzaga-BYU matchup a WCC preview

  March 19, 2011 in Sports on Page C6 DENVER – This was the game – Gonzaga vs. Brigham Young – that wasn’t supposed to happen until next year. So let today’s third-round meeting in the NCAA tournament serve …

• Gonzaga takes its turn against BYU’s Fredette

  March 19, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 DENVER – The Gonzaga Bulldogs today take on a nationally ranked opponent coached by a close friend of Gonzaga’s Mark Few that features a prolific scoring guard but is missing …

• NCAA game capsules

  March 19, 2011 in Sports on Page C7 West At Charlotte, N.C.

• Blanchette: They have The Jimmer, we had The ‘Stache

  March 18, 2011 in Sports He’s a mythic figure. The Jimmer. This year’s version of The ’Stache.

• GU-BYU matchup an early look at upcoming WCC rivalry

  March 18, 2011 in Sports Today’s third-round meeting in the NCAA tournament serves as the preface to BYU’s entrance into the West Coast Conference for the 2012 men’s basketball season. 1

• Gonzaga’s turn to try and tame Jimmer Fredette

  March 18, 2011 in Sports The 11th-seeded Bulldogs (25-9) face third-seeded BYU (31-4) and their player of the year candidate Jimmer Fredette on Saturday in the round of 32 of the NCAA tournament. 1

• BYU, Fredette ultimately wears down Wofford

    March 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B15 DENVER – Slowing down The Jimmer? It’s possible. Stopping him altogether? Well, as the sign in the stands put it, “Fredette about it.”

• Washington eagerly awaits tonight’s game with Georgia

  March 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Three days on the road. And the wait isn’t nearly over yet.

• NCAA Southeast Regional game capsules

  March 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B16 Southeast At Washington D.C.

• Duke guard Kyrie Irving set to play in second-round game versus Hampton

  March 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B16 Kyrie Irving zipped down the floor toward an empty frontcourt and fired a pass to a teammate for an easy basket. Even during a simple drill with the reserves, the …

• Kinda like Zags of lore, and kinda not

  March 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 DENVER – Maybe these Gonzaga Bulldogs aren’t so much different from their basketball forebears. Or maybe they’re completely different. Whatever.

• East, Southwest and West game capsules

  March 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B16 East At Tampa, Fla.

• Blanchette: Kinda like Zags of lore, and kinda not

  March 17, 2011 in Sports Maybe these Gonzaga Bulldogs aren’t so much different from their basketball forebears. Or maybe they’re completely different. Whatever.

• Zags roll over St. John’s

    March 17, 2011 in Sports No. 11-seeded Gonzaga took command early with a 12-0 run, built an 11-point halftime lead and cruised to an 86-71 victory over No. 6 St. John’s on Thursday in the … 4

• Zags expect to find St. John’s in a zone

    March 16, 2011 in Sports The Gonzaga Bulldogs will go against a highly regarded zone, St. John’s trapping, turnover-inducing defense in an intriguing NCAA tournament matchup at the Pepsi Center Thursday night at approximately 6:45 …

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