Ncaa basketball

• Baylor got more than it bargained for Thursday night against South Dakota State, but ultimately the Bears' sheer amount of talent proved too much. After falling behind early, No. 3 seed Baylor escaped with a 68-60 victory over No.
(Washington Post)
• After Virginia Commonwealth's stunning run to the Final Four a year ago, nobody is calling the Rams a Cinderella this time around. But make no mistake, Coach Shaka Smart's group is still more than happy to wreak havoc on brackets nationwide.
(Washington Post)
• ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — John Jenkins made all six of his free throws down the stretch and finished with 27 points to help No. 5 Vanderbilt hold off No. 12 Harvard 79-70 Thursday in the second-round NCAA tournament game being called The Brain Bowl.
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• Nov. 9 will mark the live broadcast of a college basketball game from the USS Midway Museum. When the date approaches, the museum will have to realign planes on the deck in order to make space.
(msnbc.com)
• Butler and Virginia Commonwealth defied the odds with Hoosiers-like runs to the Final Four last season, leaving a trail of ripped-up NCAA tournament brackets across the country.
(FOXSports.com)
• For March Madness fans who are glued to every moment of the 2012 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Championship®, obsessed with their brackets and with cheering on their teams to victory or defeat, Coke Zero has the perfect solution for enjoying everything.
(Yahoo Finance)
• LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When the time came for BYU to make a run, Marquette was ready.
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• Like the rest of the nation, were temporarily suspending our interest in politics to devote every ounce of our mental energy to the NCAA mens basketball tournament.
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• GREENSBORO, N.C. — John Adams started a total of eight games his first three seasons at Lehigh. The senior forward has started the last eight games in his senior campaign.
(Allentown Morning Call)