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NCAA OKs Limited Fan Attendance at Men's, Women's Tourneys
The NCAA will allow a limited number of fans to attend all rounds of its men’s basketball tournament in Indiana and later rounds of its women’s tournament in Texas
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NCAA to Play All 67 March Madness Men's Games in Indiana
The NCAA announced Monday that this year’s 67 men’s basketball tournament games including the Final Four will be played entirely in Indiana.
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NCAA Tournaments to Limit Attendance Amid Coronavirus Concerns
The NCAA announced on Wednesday that its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be held without fans in response to the coronavirus pandemic, limiting attendance to “essential staff and limited family.”
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Porter Moser Enjoying More Family Time During Coronavirus Pandemic
Like so many families across Chicagoland and Illinois, Porter Moser and his family are adjusting to a new normal, as the Loyola coach, his wife and four kids are back together living under one roof in Wilmette due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We’ve played Spike Ball, we’ve played different things when the weather’s been better,” Moser said via FaceTime....
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Porter Moser Enjoying More Family Time During Coronavirus Pandemic
Like so many families across Chicagoland and Illinois, Porter Moser and his family are adjusting to a new normal, as the Loyola coach, his wife and four kids are back together living under one roof in Wilmette due to the coronavirus pandemic. NBC 5’s Mike Berman spoke to him on FaceTime.
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March Sadness: No Brackets and No Knowing What Might've Been
Before fears about the coronavirus scrubbed sports for the foreseeable future, Sunday was supposed to be the Big Reveal in college basketball
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NCAA Hoops Game in Baltimore Held in Empty Gym for COVID-19
A Division III men’s basketball NCAA Tournament game at Johns Hopkins University is believed to be the first U.S. sports event held without fans because of the new coronavirus
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An NCAA Tournament With Empty Arenas? It Can't Be Ruled Out
What normally would be thought an impossibility isn’t so far-fetched as the United States and the rest of the world attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
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WNBA All-Stars Penicheiro, Riley Hunter Headline Hall of Fame Class
Ruth Riley Hunter says her journey to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame began in front of her television set more than a quarter-century ago. Ticha Penicheiro’s own dream started when she received a basketball from her parents when she was 6. Both entered the Hall of Fame on Saturday night as part of a class that also included former...
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Illinois, UIC Make NCAA Baseball Tournament Field
The NCAA baseball tournament is set to get underway this weekend, and the Illinois Fighting Illini will get a chance to earn a spot in the College World Series for the first time in school history.
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Money Madness: AP Analysis Shows Growing Gap in NCAA Payouts
Powered by Ja Morant’s no-look passes and Dylan Windler’s step-back 3s, March Madness has been a bonanza for the Ohio Valley Conference. The league placed two teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament for the first time in 32 years. Then Morant’s Murray State Racers and Windler’s Belmont Bruins both won games during the first week of play, making them...
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Virginia Heads to Title Game After Beating Auburn 63-62
Virginia has clinched a win advancing to the NCAA Championship final, after beating Auburn 63-62.
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NCAA Final Four 2019: What to Know
Michigan State is a regular, making its eighth appearance in the national semifinals of the NCAA Tournament under Tom Izzo....
The Spartans will face Final Four newbie Texas Tech and its oxygen-sucking defense....
The Cavaliers and their impenetrable pack-line defense will try to stop the volume-shooting Auburn Tigers, who have poured in 3-pointers during this NCAA Tournament like they’re playing... -
Virginia, Texas Tech Give Final Four Certain New Look
Texas Tech shut down the nation’s most efficient offense to reach its first Final Four in 93 years as a program. Virginia erased the bitter taste of last year’s historic NCAA Tournament flop by surviving Carsen Edwards’ offensive onslaught to earn a spot in the national semifinals for the first time 1984. No doubt, there’s going to be a different...
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Changing Times: Baseball Rife With New Rules, Approaches
For a sport that leans so much on familiarity and tradition, baseball seems to be changing at an unusually rapid pace. Whether it’s because of new technology, new strategies or new rules, the game could look a lot different over the next decade or so. “I think the commissioner’s just trying to stay ahead of the curve, do what’s best...
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DePaul Women's Basketball Team Heads to NCAA Tournament for 17th Year
DePaul’s women’s basketball team will return to the NCAA tournament for their 17th straight year.
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No. 16 UMBC Stuns No. 1 Virginia 74-54 to Make NCAA History
Jairus Lyles couldn’t suppress a smile, knowing that a school known more for chess than hoops had finally made it happen — a 16 ousting a 1 in March Madness. The University of Maryland-Baltimore County stunned the sports world by pulling off the most surprising upset in college basketball history, trouncing Virginia 74-54 on Friday night to become the first...
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Fans Start Petition to Get Loyola's Sister Jean on ‘Ellen Show'
Fans are praying for Loyola’s 98-year-old Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt. Their prayer? For Ellen Degeneres to bring Sister Jean on “The Ellen Show.”
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What's an NCAA Tournament Upset Worth? Big Bucks
The NCAA’s payout system means that one upset by UMBC should be worth more than $1.7 million. The money goes to the conferences, unless the school is an independent in basketball. The NCAA encourages equal distribution by conferences among its members, but it is not required. Most do. The NCAA Tournament generates more than $700 million in revenue for the...