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Doug Collins checkered coaching career has taken yet another turn. The guy who never stays longer then 3 years, or looking at it another way, the guy who burns out fast and burns his team out fast is packing and leaving another gig, after lasting just 3 years

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Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft hit the game-winning shot against Iowa State on Sunday.  Find out who committed a cardinal sin on the play.

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The UAlbany Great Danes take on Duke at 12N - and we are of course pulling for Albany to win. We will be live tweeting the UAlbany NCAA action - follow us @1045theteamfor nonstop updates or check out the tweets below. Feel free to tweet your thoughts at us

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This morning if you asked who the best team in the college basketball was, the answer would be Duke. Wednesday night however you'd be hard pressed to be able to say Duke was playing like the #1 team as they were blown out of their #1 spot. The loss caused fans to storm the court. 

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According to the Atlantic Coast Conference, Notre Dame has been accepted as a new member and will be a part of the league in all sports but football, in which the Fighting Irish will play five ACC teams each year without actually being a part of the league

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Almost everyone in sports has an opinion about the Duke Blue Devils. Like the Yankees in baseball and the Patriots in football, Coach K runs a polarizing “love ‘em or hate ‘em” program, and if you hate ‘em, well, this has been a good week for you. After putting up 19 points in Duke’s stunning 1st round loss to 15th seeded Lehigh, guard Austin Rivers has announced that he will hire an agent and declare for the NBA draft.

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For the first time in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament, two No. 2 seeds — Duke and Missouri — were upset by No. 15 seeds on Friday. Several other lower seeds also won to advance to the third round of play on Sunday. Here’s a full recap of the day’s action in the NCAA basketball tournament:

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File this under “You've Gotta Be Kidding Me.” Today, UPS‘ PR team released a statement addressing their NCAA “logistics” themed commercial that they've been running during tournament. The commercial features clips of the famous Christian Laettner buzzer beater that beat Kentucky in the National Championship 20 years ago. Kentucky Wildcat fans have been so offended by this commercial that they are demanding that UPS pull it. You can check out the ad below, and read the some of the comically ridiculous PR statement that goes along with it. Kentucky fans: get a life.

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The North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils have one of the best rivalries in sports.  So it's no surprise that after Duke beat them earlier this year, that North Carolina was looking for a little redemption.

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The rivalry adds another chapter, and Duke takes away what looked like a sure win for North Carolina thanks to a big shot by Austin Rivers.  Dukes wins 85-84.

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Don't go crazy on me, based solely on the headline of this entry.

Of course, no team wants to lose any game they play - cue former New York Jets coach Herm Edwards, "You play to win the game."

Although I did not attend, Syracuse University, I have been a Orange fan for much of my life

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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski collected his 903rd career coaching victory on Tuesday night, the most wins for any division I head coach in NCAA history as Duke defeated Michigan State 74-69.

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