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Louisville players and Louisville guard Kevin Ware (5) celebrate their team's win over Michigan 82-76 after the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 for NCAA title

Paul Newberry, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - Rick Pitino held court in a tunnel beneath the Georgia Dome, going on and on about the grittiest bunch of guys he's ever coached...
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Carmine Ralph Cicurillo questions Rutgers University President Robert Barchi over the expenses of athletic programs as Barchi addresses a town hall meeting Monday, April 8, 2013, in Newark, N.J.

Rutgers reviewing all sports practice videos

Angela Delli Santi and Katie Zezima, Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers officials are scrutinizing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost men's basketball coach Mike Rice his job, the university president announced Monday...
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Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware answers questions during an interview Wednesday April 3, 2013, at the KFC Yum! Center practice facility in Louisville, Ky. Ware was released from an Indianapolis hospital Tuesday, two days after millions watched him break his right leg on a horrifying play trying to block a shot during an NCAA college basketball regional championship game against Duke. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kevin Ware upbeat despite broken leg

Gary Graves, Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Injured Louisville guard Kevin Ware will travel to the Final Four on his crutches and expects to be a big presence for the Cardinals....
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In this March 12, 2013, file photo, Rutgers coach Mike Rice yells out to his team during an NCAA college basketball game against DePaul at the Big East tournament in New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Rutgers fires basketball coach after player abuse exposed

Tom Canavan, Associated Press
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice.
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Baylor center Brittney Griner (42) grabs a rebound in front of Oklahoma State center Kendra Suttles (31) during an NCAA college basketball game in the Big 12 women's tournament Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Dallas. Baylor won 77-69. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Is Brittney Griner's career the real story of 'March Madness'?

Stefen Lovelace
OPINION - Brittney Griner is poised to join the WNBA, a league that has long been hoping to get noticed by the general sports fan...
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Florida State forward Natasha Howard (33) has her shot blocked by Baylor's Brittney Griner, right rear, as Alexis Prince, bottom, watches in the first half of a second-round game in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Brittney Griner dunks career high, 3 times

Stephen Hawkins, AP Basketball Writer
WACO, Texas (AP) — Brittney Griner certainly knows how to provide a farewell to remember — and an embrace Baylor coach Kim Mulkey will likely never forget...
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s players during a timeout against the Akron Zips during the second round of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at at The Palace of Auburn Hills on March 21, 2013 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

March Madness' black coaches making gains early

DJ Dunson, The Shadow League
SHADOW LEAGUE - Despite accounting for just seven out of 68 (fewer than 10 percent) of the coaches in the NCAA Tournament, black coaches delivered some of the first day’s most compelling action and storylines...
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Bill Clinton crashes college basketball celebration

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NBC Today - Former President Bill Clinton stopped by Madison Square Garden on Thursday and celebrated with the Louisville Cardinals mens basketball team.
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Head coach C. Vivian Stringer of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights talks during her post game press conference after defeating the South Florida Bulls 68-56 in a game at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on February 26, 2013 in Piscataway, New Jersey. The win was Stringers' 900th in her career. (Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images)

C. Vivian Stringer wins 900th game

Associated Press
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — C. Vivian Stringer fought back tears as her Rutgers women's basketball players celebrated their coach's entrance to the exclusive 900 win club, then let out a sigh of relief...
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NC star saves wheelchair-bound man

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VIDEO - NC State student Will Privette rushed the basketball court in his wheelchair to celebrate a win over Duke this past weekend when he was knocked over...
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