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Prediction Machine: Pitt One Of The Favorites To Make Final Four
PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Paul Bessire, better known by the name of his simulation program, “The Prediction Machine,” joined The Fan Morning Show on Wednesday to offer the machine’s advice for...
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Pitt Knocked Out Of Tournament, Loses 73-55 To Wichita State
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Malcolm Armstead scored 22 points, Cleanthony Early added 21 and ninth-seeded Wichita State defeated eighth-seeded Pitt 73-55 Thursday in the second round of the NCAA tournament....
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College Basketball Fans Celebrate Start Of Tournament, Upset Over Pitt Loss
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — March Madness has begun and a lot of Pitt Panthers’ fans were rooting for a win over Wichita State this afternoon. While outcome of the game was a disappointment for Pitt fans...
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Mike DeCourcy: Pitt Lacks Great Players Now, And Might Continue To In ACC
PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – The Sporting News’ Mike DeCourcy joined The Fan Morning Show on Friday to break down Pitt’s opening round NCAA Tournament loss to Wichita State, and to offer his...
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Pitt In Curious Spot With Dixon
Jamie Dixon shouldn’t be fired for losing to Wichita State on Thursday. Anyone who suggests so has a couple screws loose. Know what else shouldn’t happen? Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson and the...
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Pitt Analysts Comb Through Aftermath Of Loss To Wichita St.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – Former Panther Julius Page and Post-Gazette Panthers’ beat writer Ray Fittipaldo joined Starkey, Miller and Mueller to diagnose where things went wrong for the Panthers in...
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Wichita St.’s 3-Pointers Boot No. 1 Gonzaga 76-70
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The No. 1 got taken down by a bunch of 3s. Gonzaga is out of the NCAA tournament thanks to Wichita State, a No. 9 seed that made five straight shots from behind the arc Saturday...
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Tim Tebow Gives Impromptu Pep Talk To Sweet 16-Bound Wichita State
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Even Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has tourney fever. Tebow hopped aboard Wichita State’s team bus on Sunday to deliver an impromptu pep talk after the school’s upset over No....
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Rothstein: Thursday’s Sweet 16 Primer; X-Factors, Predictions & More
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns MARQUETTE VS. MIAMI Key matchup: Davante Gardner vs. Julian Gamble Don’t be surprised if: Miami freshman big man Tonye Jekiri sees extended minutes up front since Reggie...
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Five Things: Motivated Cardinals Prevail And Wichita State Stays Alive
By Andrew Kahn Even with limited drama—none of the regional finals were particularly thrilling—the NCAA Tournament is a wonderful thing, the perfect blend of fairness and unpredictability. The No. 1...
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Syracuse Focused On Journey To Final 4
JOHN KEKIS,AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Overcoming all sorts of adversity has been the norm for the Syracuse Orange of late. Player eligibility issues, negative headlines, slumps at...
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NCAA Announces Pool Of Officials For Final Four
ATLANTA (AP) — The NCAA has announced the pool of 10 officials who will work the Final Four. John Cahill, Tony Greene, Karl Hess, Lee Jones, John Higgins, Randy McCall and Mark Whitehead have all...
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Officials Facing Dilemma With Video Review
JOHN MARSHALL,AP Basketball Writer It happens seemingly every game of the NCAA tournament, most of the season, for that matter: Officials blow their whistles, huddle, then head over to the TV monitors...
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NCAA Final Four: We Made It Playlist
The Final Four teams heading into the NCAA tournament are an interesting mix, to say the least. From a Big Ten team with the one national player of the year candidate still in the running to the one...
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Does ‘Underdog’ Michigan Have Cardinals Right Where They Want Them?
By Eric Thomas Vegas says Louisville will win by four. It’s familiar territory for this young Michigan team; they’ve been the underdog since late in the regular season. Many people looked at South...
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Five Things: Cards Find A Way And Reserves Shine For Wolverines
By Andrew Kahn Tonight, the No. 1 overall seed takes on a team once ranked No. 1 and now playing its best basketball. On one side is Louisville, the favorite when the field was announced, trying to...
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Wolverine Fans Praise Team After Loss
ANN ARBOR (WWJ) – University of Michigan basketball fans in Ann Arbor took the heartbreaking loss as well as could be expected. Inside the M Den, the crowd was in high spirits, and just like their...
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Louisville Beats Michigan 82-76 For NCAA Title
ATLANTA (AP) – Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all. Luke Hancock produced another huge game off the bench, scoring 22 points, and Pitino became the...
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Michigan’s McGary Plans To Wake Up Today And ‘Get Back At It’
ATLANTA (97.1 The Ticket) “Everybody’s down a little,” an obviously emotional Mitch McGary said in the locker room after Michigan’s NCAA championship loss to Louisville. McGary, whose high-flying play...
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Rising Star: Wichita State Guard Fred VanVleet
By Andrew Kahn Wichita State doesn’t mind letting the shot clock run down to single digits. The Shockers’ average possession length is 18 seconds; only 34 percent of Division I teams hold the ball for...
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Five Things: NCAA Tournament Bids And Wichita’s Perfection
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles Not all conference tournaments are created equal. In the one-big leagues, the intensity is far greater than in the power conferences—it’s truly win or go home....
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Five Things: Life On The Bubble And Selection Sunday
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles America’s unofficial holiday, March Madness, has arrived. Conference tournaments, which served as an excellent warm-up to the NCAA Tournament, wrapped up this past...
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Keidel: Ides (And Idols) Of March
By Jason Keidel» More Columns Warren Buffet’s billion dollars aside, March Madness has something for every fan, even if it trivializes the regular season into granular irrelevance. Between the...
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Five Things: NCAA Tournament Opening Weekend
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles Thursday Thrillers Playing hooky last Thursday would have been a good idea for any college basketball fan. Four NCAA Tournament games went to overtime, setting a...
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Keidel: March Sadness Ends Cinderella Story
By Jason Keidel» More Columns So Cinderella died long before midnight. Assuming you can find a fairy tale within a 35-0 basketball team, Wichita State wore the slipper well. Of course, they are now...
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Wichita State Upsets Arizona 65-55 To Advance To Round Of 32
By Ryan Mayer Beware the Shockers. Wichita State, a senior laden team, led by guards Fred Van Vleet and Ron Baker seem to be a team on a mission. The Shockers and their number one rated defense...
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