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Protect your sons — Jaime Nared is on the court! What happens when a 12-year-0ld girl is just a little too good.

Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 2:07 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Women, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Women's National Basketball Assn, Oregon Trail, Weil, Elizabeth

Packer Is Leaving CBS After 27 Seasons

Billy Packer, the occasionally controversial CBS Sports college basketball analyst, is leaving the network and will be replaced by Clark Kellogg.

Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 9:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, CBS Corp|CBS|NYSE, Packer, Billy

Tennessee 47, L.S.U. 46: Last-Second Score Lifts Tennessee to Title Game

The Lady Vols prevailed on a last-second follow shot by guard Alexis Hornbuckle and will play for their second consecutive national championship on Tuesday against Stanford.

Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 3:15 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of Tennessee, Louisiana State University, Parker, Candace

2007 Loss Continues to Motivate the Tigers

With the addition of the freshman point guard sensation Derrick Rose and the evolution of the junior guard Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis has lived up to Coach Joah Calipari’s optimism.

Posted Sunday, April 06, 2008 7:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of Memphis, Rose, Derrick, Calipari, John

Hansbrough Stays Quiet About His Future Options

In what could have been his last game as a collegiate player, Tyler Hansbrough, a three-time all-American, scored 17 points.

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 10:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of North Carolina

Kansas 84, North Carolina 66: Kansas Pulls Away Twice Before Advancing to Final

In a surprising showdown with unusual ebb and flow, Kansas defeated North Carolina. The Jayhawks will play the title game Monday night against Memphis.

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of North Carolina, University of Kansas

On Court, Rose Has Bearing of a No. 1

From the start, Memphis’s Derrick Rose had his way against U.C.L.A.’s Darren Collison in a battle of possible future N.B.A. lottery picks.

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Rose, Derrick

Memphis 78, U.C.L.A. 63: Moving Fast and Flying High, Memphis Races Into Title Game

In Memphis’s drive to win its first national title in basketball, point guard Derrick Rose was in the driver’s seat, finishing with 25 points against U.C.L.A.

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 5:45 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of California, Los Angeles

Women’s Final Four: Lady Tigers Are Hoping the Fifth Time Is a Charm

L.S.U. plays the most miserly defense in the country and does not appear burdened by the recent past as they prepare to play Tennessee.

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Louisiana State University

Sports of The Times: The Top 10 Reasons to Cover the Women’s Final Four

I ask for this assignment every year. I prefer the Women’s Fina Four to the men’s version. I have my reasons. Here are 10.

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 1:51 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Women

Men’s Tournament: For Kaun, a Lesson of Responsibility Learned at an Early Age

Kansas center Sasha Kaun will share in a great responsibility Saturday when his Jayhawks try to stop North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough. But Kaun has borne responsibility before.

Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 10:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of North Carolina, University of Kansas, Kaun, Sasha

Men’s Tournament: Whoever Wins in Final Four, Brown Can’t Lose

Larry Brown, the basketball world’s very own Kevin Bacon, has ties to every team in this year’s Final Four.

Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 9:26 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Brown, Larry

Final Four Roundup: Kansas Reserve Out With Fractured Kneecap

Rodrick Stewart, a senior reserve guard for Kansas, will miss Saturday’s game against North Carolina because he fractured his right kneecap trying to dunk at the end of practice Friday.