NCAA Tournament and Sports Schedule Highlights
Friday TV slate features Kentucky vs Florida A&M at 6 20 p m on Channel 7 Providence vs Pacific 6 25 p m Kansas vs Illinois Chicago 8 55 p m on channels 5 and 7 Toshiba Classic action begins at 4 p m Second round NCAA Tournament coverage continues on ESPN channels with Wisconsin and Missouri games also listed Saturday includes NCAA Division I Wrestling Nationals on ESPN2 Caltex Masters at 11 30 p m Motorsports Busch Diamond Hill 200 at noon FX F1 Malaysian Grand Prix at 12 30 p m New York at Chicago 7 30 p m on WGN NCAA Tournament second round games in Chicago begin at noon Women first round NCAA on ESPN and ESPN2 Missouri vs Stanford late night tennis ATP WTA Pacific Life Open at 2
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East Rutherford regional first round schedule update
Opening round games set in CST at HSBC Arena Buffalo and RBC Center Raleigh. Texas Tech beat Charlotte 76 to 73 while Saint Joseph's defeated Liberty 82 to 63 and Manhattan topped Florida 75 to 60 with Wake Forest over Virginia Commonwealth 79 to 78. Friday features Wisconsin versus Richmond and Pittsburgh against Central Florida in Milwaukee. Second round matchups include Saint Joseph's against Texas Tech and Manhattan facing Wake Forest at Raleigh.
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Baseball Wary of Curt Schilling Steroid Talk Leads Labor Fight
New York AP reports baseball labor chief Rob Manfred urged tougher drug testing than current policy and said the players need not bargain until 2006. He and Bob DuPuy criticized Curt Schilling and Johnny Damon for steroid remarks as Bud Selig seeks stricter zero tolerance. A California grand jury indicted four men in steroid distribution tied to Bonds trainer, with Bonds Giambi and Sheffield among witnesses who testified.
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Manfred
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Bob DuPu
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Barry Bonds
Bonds
Jason Giambi
Gary Sheffield
Kansas to face Illinois-Chicago in first-round tourney
Kansas Jayhawks prep at Kemper Arena before a first-round NCAA tournament game against Illinois-Chicago. Langford and Banks highlight USC guard matchup while Giddens and Miles rest and Jayhawks seek to erase recent early exits. Kansas holds a 21-8 record, USC is 24-7. nerves calm as team downplays pressure.
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Jay Hawks
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Arizona State
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Cedrick Banks
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Banks
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Kem
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University Daily Kanean
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Nevada Upsets Michigan State In NCAA Tourney Thriller
No 10 seed Nevada edged seventh seed Michigan State 72 66 in Seattle to claim its first NCAA tournament win and end a nine game Big Ten drought. Kirk Snyder scored 19 points including a decisive 3 pointer with 2:52 left as Nevada advances to face Gonzaga or Valparaiso.
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Snyder
Wolf Pack
Michigan State
Todd Okeson
Gonzaga
Valparaiso
Maurice Ager
Alan Anderson
Spartans
Key Arena
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Okeson
Kevinn Pinkney
Wisconsin
Sev
Texas
Paul Davis
Garry Hill-Thomas
Anderson
Nick Fazekas
Tim Bograkos
Trent Johnson
Jason Andreas
Tar Heels Nips Air Force In NCAA Opener Thriller
North Carolina defeated Air Force 63-52 as Sean May led with 14 points. The Tar Heels overcame slow shooting in the first half and used an 11-0 burst midway through the second to pull away, advancing to face Texas in the second round. Air Force, in its first NCAA bid in 42 years, kept it close with grind it out offense and strong defense.
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Smith
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Raymond Felton
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Kaden Satter
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