Jonathan Peoples scored a career-high 23 points and Tim Abromaitis added 22 to lead Notre Dame to a 93-78 victory over Providence on Wednesday night. People and Abromaitis hit five 3-pointers each for the Fighting Irish (12-2, 1-0 Big East), who shot 50 percent from 3-point range. Notre Dame used a 13-0 run early in the game to go ahead 15-4 and finished the half on a 13-1 run to open a 53-32 lead.
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Notre Dame uses 3s to defeat Providence (AP)
William & Mary claimed another Atlantic Coast Conference victim Wednesday night, defeating Maryland 83-77 to extend its winning streak to nine games and hand the Terrapins their first home loss of the season. Sophomore Quinn McDowell scored a career-high 28 points and Danny Sumner added 17 for the Tribe (9-2), who beat Wake Forest in November.
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Roy Williams hasn't been shy about talking about everything his North Carolina team is doing wrong these days: the silly mistakes, the bad shot selection, the lost look on defense. And yet, his oft-repeated message of frustration still hasn't gotten through. The defending national champions beat Albany 87-70 on Wednesday night for their third straight win by double figures.
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College Sports Headlines. College football: Former SJSU star Rick Kane dies · South Bay Sports Person of the Year: Stanford running back Toby Gerhart wins honor · College basketball: Stanford defeats James Madison · Cal wins Golden Bear …
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Michael Thompson scored 14 points as Northwestern won its seventh consecutive game Wednesday night, defeating North Florida 84-54. Five other Wildcats scored in double figures besides Thompson, as Luka Mirkovic had 13 points and a career-high eight assists, Jeremy Nash and John Shurna added 11 apiece, and freshmen Drew Crawford and Alex Marcotullio each scored 10.
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Despite a sluggish effort against winless Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Georgia Tech believes it's ready for the start of Atlantic Coast Conference play this weekend. Gani Lawal had 15 points and 15 rebounds and freshman Derrick Favors added 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead the 22nd-ranked Yellow Jackets to a 65-53 victory Wednesday night.
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Lawal’s 15 and 15 lift No. 22 Ga. Tech (AP)
A fresh and motivated UAB team refused to let No. 25 Cincinnati rebound or grab rebounds. Elijah Millsap had 22 points and 15 rebounds Wednesday night to lead the Blazers to a 64-47 victory over a Bearcats team that was outhustled from the start and dominated on the boards three days after a double-overtime loss at cross-town rival Xavier.
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Millsap helps UAB rout No. 25 Cincy (AP)
Fittingly, Sam Ashaolu was standing on the court at a pregame shootaround, wearing his Duquesne University basketball sweats, when he received the best news of his life. The former player who has inspired a college campus with his determination to graduate despite being the most seriously wounded of the five Duquesne basketball players shot in September 2006 will receive his college diploma on…
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Ignoring any hard feelings about his abrupt departure for Indiana, Tom Crean returned to Marquette and was inducted into its sports hall of fame along with Dwyane Wade and the rest of the 2003 Final Four men's basketball on Saturday night. The celebration was held at the Bradley Center, the site where Crean helped lead Marquette's resurgence in college basketball and, eventually, in the…
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Indiana coach Crean returns to Marquette (AP)
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to order a psychiatric exam for the woman accused of trying to extort $10 million from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. In a motion filed Friday, prosecutors say Karen Cunagin Sypher may be “so mentally incompetent” that she doesn’t understand the legal proceedings or cannot assist in her own defense. Sypher has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of trying to extort money from Pitino and lying to the FBI.
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Former Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight will be inducted into the university's athletics Hall of Fame nearly a decade after he was fired for violating a zero-tolerance policy imposed by then-IU President Myles Brand. The announcement by Indiana on Saturday is the first move to bring the two sides together since Knight was fired in 2000 for what school officials called a..
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The woman accused of trying to extort as much as $10 million from Rick Pitino over a sexual encounter says the Louisville coach orchestrated a plot to keep her silent, including a claim that her current husband was paid to marry her. Karen Sypher, whose extortion charge is still pending, says in Friday’s edition of the New York Post that Pitino – a married father of five – engaged her at a Louisville restaurant in 2003, where the sexual encounter is said to have occurred.
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The woman accused of trying to extort as much as $10 million from Rick Pitino over a sexual encounter says the Louisville coach orchestrated a plot to keep her silent, including a claim that her current husband was paid to marry her. Karen Sypher, whose extortion charge is still pending, says in Friday’s edition of the New York Post that Pitino – a married father of five – engaged her at a Louisville restaurant in 2003, where the sexual encounter is said to have occurred.
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Report: Accuser says Pitino plotted against her
The woman accused of trying to extort Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino approached him in a restaurant six years ago, and the two had sex later that night, the coach told police. Two weeks after they met, the married father of five gave her $3,000 after she said she needed an abortion and didn’t have health insurance. Pitino told police he had been drinking at the restaurant and had consensual sex with Karen Sypher in August 2003 at a table near the bar
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Pitino had sex with accuser, funded $3K abortion
John Wooden's friends, family and former players all say they didn't need an award from a national magazine to confirm the identity of the greatest coach in American sports history. Yet the Sporting News made it official Wednesday, recognizing the 98-year-old Wooden as the pinnacle of a profession that was redefined by the UCLA coach over his unmatched career in Westwood.
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The West Coast Conference tournament is staying in Vegas. The WCC and the Orleans Arena signed a three-year contract extension to keep the men's and women's conference basketball tournaments in Las Vegas through 2012. It's a significant step for a mid-major league looking to make more of an impact nationally, considering the top conferences play their tournaments at neutral sites.
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WCC tourney to stay in Vegas through ’12 (AP)
Mike Krzyzewski coached the Americans back to the top and he's sticking around to help them stay there. USA Basketball announced Tuesday that Krzyzewski will return to lead the United States in next summer's world championships and when it defends its gold medal in the 2012 Olympics. The Americans won the championship last year in Beijing and will bring the leadership of that team back for…
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Providence men's basketball coach Keno Davis has been given a contract extension after his first season in which the Friars won 19 games. Davis, the 2008 AP Coach of the Year at Drake, guided Providence to a 19-14 overall record — and a 10-8 Big East mark. The win total was the most by a Providence coach in his first season.
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Rick Pitino’s lawyer says police have interviewed Pitino and have been investigating allegations brought by a woman charged with trying to extort money from the Louisville coach. Attorney Steve Pence said Monday that Pitino has been cooperating with investigators and the allegations are false. The woman, Karen Cunagin Sypher, pleaded not guilty last month in federal court to charges of trying to extort money from Pitino and lying to the FBI
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