ATLANTA (Reuters) - Louisville won the 75th edition of the NCAA men’s basketball championship on Monday, beating Michigan 82-76 in a pulsating final in front of more than 74,000 fans at the Georgia Dome. The Cardinals overcame a slow start in which they twice trailed by 12 points in the first half to outscore Michigan 45-38 in the second half and capture [...]
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IOWA CITY – Through a door, a right turn through the lounge, a left turn through bathroom stalls and yet another left, cornered in dim lighting sat Skylar Diggins. The Notre Dame women’s basketball team invaded the Iowa women’s volleyball locker room. They called it home through the duration of their stay in Iowa City [...]
continue »GRINNELL – Within the walls of Darby Gymnasium it’s called “The Formulas for Success.” Sunday, the home of the Grinnell College men’s basketball exposed the formula to the world. Media ranging from the World Wide Leader in ESPN to the Boston Globe trekked to the alleged mecca of offensive basketball to witness David Arseneault’s creation. [...]
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We in Iowa know what kind of offensive madness has been created by the men’s basketball teams of Grinnell College over the years. But Tuesday night … oh my! Jack Taylor, a 5-foot-10 sophomore from Black River Falls, Wis., scored an NCAA-record 138 points for the Pioneers in their 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible. [...]
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[View the story "Jack Taylor's scoring explosion rocks social media" on Storify]Jack Taylor’s scoring explosion rocks social mediaGrinnell College (IA) guard scored 138 points in a single game to break the NCAA single-game scoring mark. Here’s what twitter and social media were saying Tuesday night.Storified by · Tue, Nov 20 2012 20:49:46Jack Taylor, a sophomore [...]
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Jarrod Uthoff was about a foot from playing for the Wisconsin Badgers this season. The Cedar Rapids Jefferson grad and 2011 Iowa Mr. Basketball was at the scorer’s table, getting ready to check in late in the first half of Wisconsin’s season opener against Kennesaw State in November. He steps on the court, he’s playing [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Kirkwood turned back Ellsworth, 71-49, Wednesday night at Johnson Hall in Cedar Rapids for its 15th straight victory, pulling away with a 16-0 run in the second half after Ellsworth had closed to within a point. The Eagles (17-2, 7-0 ICCAC) got 15 points from Teasha Harris and 11 apiece from Bianca [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS – You don’t need to have someone tell you who the North Carolina Tar Heels are, because you already know. But sometimes the North Carolina Tar Heels need to have someone tell them about you. So it was for Linn-Mar’s Marcus Paige. UNC was looking for a point guard for its 2012 recruiting class, [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS — Taylor Olson dribbled out the clock for another Cedar Rapids Jefferson win last week. Next thing you know, he’s nose to nose and jawing back and forth with Cedar Rapids Washington’s Cybryan Moa. Thankfully, before it could go all Cincinnati-Xavier, the players were broken apart and even ended up hugging during the [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS — Taylor Olson dribbled out the clock for another Cedar Rapids Jefferson win last week. Next thing you know, he’s nose to nose and jawing back and forth with Cedar Rapids Washington’s Cybryan Moa. Thankfully, before it could go all Cincinnati-Xavier, the players were broken apart and even ended up hugging during the [...]
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