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Teams With the Most NCAA Tournament Championships
With a fourth national championship, UConn join an elite group that includes Duke, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina and UCLA of basketball programs to win the NCAA Tournament at least four times.
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UConn Over Kentucky – Back With a Vengeance
The 2014 College Basketball national champions is a team that was banned from the tournament a year earlier, which has only made UConn hungrier and better when they had a shot at their fourth national title, beating Kentucky 60-54 with another huge night from Shabazz Napier.
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College Athletes Unionizing – Alabama & Texas Make More Money Than the NHL & Most of the NBA
Once College Basketball for 2014 is over, the main thing in college sports that will grab the headlines will be the first steps in the attempt of college athletes, mostly football players, to unionize with the main goal starting to get paid for their services to universities, which means being given a piece of the huge money pie that is College Athletics, mostly coming from TV Deals.
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Kentucky vs UConn – NCAA Tournament Final Predictions
We’ve never had a #7 vs #8 final before in the NCAA Tournament, but no one will say UConn and Kentucky don’t deserve it, beating quite a few national title contenders along the way, defying the odds and early predictions by making it to the championship game.
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The Teams in the 2014 NCAA Tournament National Championship Game
For the first time ever in Division I college basketball, the final of the NCAA Tournament will be between a #7, the UConn Huskies and a #8, the Kentucky Wildcats, seeds, in a championship game that only 0.01% of those with brackets predicted would come through.
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Kentucky Over Wisconsin – The Clutch Shots Don’t Stop
The same old script: Another tournament game, another dramatic win for Kentucky, this time 74-73 over Wisconsin in the Final Four thanks to a game winning three-pointer from Aaron Harrison, who isn’t new to the situation.
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Minnesota Over SMU – A Night for the Rejected Ones
There is always something a bit odd about the NIT championship and celebrating the rejection trophy, but for plenty of teams there’s no shame in it, as Minnesota beat SMU 65-63 in a game that was as much about the coaching legacies involved than it was about actually walking away with the title.
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Head Coaches of the 2014 NCAA Tournament Final Four
The Final Four isn’t just a battle between young players and school traditions. It’s also mind games between head coaches, with John Calipari (Kentucky) and Billy Donovan (Florida) representing the ones who have already won the national championship, while Bo Ryan (Wisconsin) and Kevin Ollie (UConn) are in the national semifinals for the first time in their career as head coaches.
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The Teams in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Final Four
The 2014 edition of the NCAA Tournament has reached its Final Four stage with two teams from the SEC (Florida, Kentucky), one from the American Conference (UConn) and one team from the Big Ten (Wisconsin).
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UConn Over Michigan State – Better Than Anyone Expected
The story of the UConn this season is a remarkable one, which begins with head coach Kevin Ollie and the fantastic job he’s done since taking over last year, and leaders like Shabazz Napier, with a chance to win a second national title becoming reality after leading his team to a 60-54 win over Michigan State.