Duke faces four foes as NCAA playoffs loom weekend
Duke and four other regional winners prepare for the NCAA semifinals with matchups set across College Park East Lansing Lawrence and Provo. Duke leads a slate featuring N Y U West Virginia St Joseph's Bowling Green Illinois Loyola Mississippi State Texas Cincinnati Arizona State Oregon State and UCLA Stanford in a high stakes path to the March 23 final.
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Bearcats rated No 1 in final AP basketball poll
Cincinnati coach Ed Jucker notes the Bearcats held the top spot all season as Cincinnati finishes 23-1 11-1 MVC and dominant in the final AP ratings. Duke follows with seven first-place votes and 420 points in the poll.
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NCAA Regionals Begin Mounties NYU Survive First Round
Chicago Loyola Arizona State and New York University advanced to the NCAA regional semifinals after first-round wins. Loyola overwhelmed Tennessee Tech 111 42 in Evanston while Arizona State edged Utah State 79 75 in overtime at Eugene and NYU beat Pittsburgh 93 83 in Philadelphia. West Virginia St. Joseph's also won in the Eastern region.
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Thomasville Bulldogs Aim for Western Title Sweep
Thomasville faces Rutherfordton Hudson for the Western North Carolina High School Activities Association championship in a 9 pm tip off after the girls final. The Bulldogs enter 17 3 and trail only in state lore by chasing a first ever Western crown. The Hornets stand 19 1 and rely on slow control against the Bulldogs fast pace as three buses ferry Thomasville supporters to the arena.
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Heyman Kramer Duel Set After NYU Duke Win
NYU and Duke advanced to the NCAA Eastern Regional semifinals as Barry Kramer and Art Heyman led their teams in a 93-83 NYU win over Pitt. West Virginia beat Connecticut 77-71 and St. Josephs beat Princeton 82-81 in overtime, setting up Friday battles in College Park.
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Giants rout in Arizona exhibition play with Cepeda holdout looming
In Phoenix exhibition action the Giants beat the Angels 9-7 as Willie McCovey belted homers and Orlando Cepeda sat out salary disputes in Puerto Rico. Cubs toppled Houston 5-1 at Mesa, while Cleveland shut out the Angels 5-1 at Tucson and Baltimore won 7-5 over Washington at Pompano Beach.
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Cassius Clay Seen As Throwback Boxer by Goldman
Charley Goldman, who trained Rocky Marciano, calls Cassius Clay a throwback to old time fighters and predicts he will stop Doug Jones in Madison Square Garden. Jones fights with confidence. promoters forecast a large gate and TV reach as Clay chases the greatest title.
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