Last updated at 8:02 AM. Saturday 20 March 2010

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The Xavier men’s basketball is slam-dunking baskets and slam-dunking grades.

Nun Keeps Basketballers on the Correct Path

By some measures, the success of the Xavier men’s basketball team rests not with a sharpshooting guard or a ball-hawking forward.


Small-Town Roots Not an Obstacle as College Books a Ticket to Sweet 16

Hinkle Fieldhouse looks like a brick airplane hangar, rising above the neighboring houses at one corner of the Butler University campus. When a basketball game is played there, the cheers spill through its cracks, leaky roof and high windows.


Critics Dismiss NCAA March Expansion as Sheer Madness

Former President Bill Clinton sat courtside at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, chatting with Big East commissioner John Marinatto. The conversation turned to the potential expansion of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.


Disgraced Sprinter Turns to Basketball

Former sprinter Marion Jones signed with the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock on Wednesday, hoping to launch a new career in basketball after losing five Olympic medals for using steroids and doing jail time for lying to federal prosecutors.


Emmett Scores Record 71 Points in China Basketball League

Former NBA guard Andre Emmett scored 71 points for Chinese Basketball Association team Shandong Lions over the weekend, setting a new individual scoring record for the league.


Women’s Basketball Takes One on the Chin From ‘The Punch’

Shortly after noon on Friday, Brittney Griner unfolded herself from the passenger seat of a two-door Honda sedan driven by Baylor teammate and fellow freshman Kimetria Hayden.


Iverson Rules Out Return to 76ers

NBA great Allen Iverson will not return to the Philadelphia 76ers this season.

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