Archive | Basketball – Men’s
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NCAA approves tournament expansion
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved a recommendation to expand the Division I Men's Basketball Championship tournament Thursday by three teams. Beginning next year, the tournament will grow from 65 teams to 68 and feature four play-in games, one in each region.
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Column: Cyclones’ latest hiring seemingly based on ‘magic’
The so-called “Hilton Magic,” a supposed force Iowa State U. fans believe they have for their Cyclones at home, isn’t just something only they believe in anymore.
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Illinois coaches, players have mixed feelings on possible Big Ten expansion
Recent speculation that the Big Ten Conference could add one or more members in the near future has caused some concern — and excitement — among U. Illinois coaches and athletes.
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Hoiberg gets hero’s welcome as new Iowa State U. coach
Fred Hoiberg was introduced as Iowa State U.'s new head basketball coach Wednesday morning, to enthusiastic cheers at a packed Jacobson Athletic Building.
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Grad student uses physics to analyze basketball
A graduate student in physics at the U. Minnesota recently had a research paper recognized at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology conference, and it had nothing to do with matter, forces or energy.
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Column: Time has come for one-and-done change
Right now, as the NFL continues to undergo major reformation with Commissioner Roger Goodell, the NBA is still putting off fixing its major problem. The NFL has its overtime issues and character questions, while the NBA has the biggest rule flaw in all of sports — the age rule.
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Trick shot star films on UCF-area courts
Bruce Manley spends his days standing behind a counter at a U.S. Bank branch counting money and helping customers as a teller. When he gets off work, he trades in his professional attire and dress shoes for basketball shorts and sneakers.
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Questions linger about possible Big Ten expansion
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and a number of Big Ten presidents and chancellors met Sunday in Washington, D.C., to discuss conference expansion while attending Association of American Universities meetings.
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Home Sweet Butler: Men’s basketball head coach Brad Stevens signs 12-year contract extension
Brad Stevens is here to stay—at least for the next 12 years. The 33-year-old head coach of the Butler U. men’s basketball team signed a contract last week that could keep him at Butler through the 2021-2022 season.