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College Football Rumors – Big 12 Considering BYU, Cincinnati, UConn, Memphis, Houston, UCF & Colorado State for Expansion
It looks like the Big 12 is moving ahead with its plans to expand the conference, as BYU, Cincinnati, UConn, Colorado State, Memphis, Houston and UCF have all been in touch with different members of the conference, hoping they’ll be the ones to get picked.
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Duke Over UConn – Beating What They Want to Become
Clearly UConn aren’t the same team they were when they won the national championship last season. Duke still struggled against a difficult opponent, led by Tyus Jones while Jahlil Okafor struggled to still finish with an almost double double and walk away with another win, 66-56 to remain undefeated.
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NBA Rumors – Miami Heat Trading for Kendrick Perkins, Drafting Shabazz Napier
With or without knowing what the Big three are going to do, the Miami Heat have plans of becoming better and retooling for another title run, although everything has to do with the decision the trio makes. One course of action is trading for Kendrick Perkins of the Oklahoma City Thunder and finally having a true center to defend the rim, and another is drafting Shabazz Napier from Connecticut, although that is another action in an attempt to please LeBron James.
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UConn Huskies – Kevin Ollie Isn’t Going Anywhere
Rumors tied Kevin Ollie to almost every vacant coaching job in the NBA, but the UConn Huskies have kept the head coach that led them to the national title in 2014, signing him to a five-year contract that will pay him around $3 million a season.
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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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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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UConn Over Florida – Not That Much of an Upset
For the second time this season the Connecticut Huskies beat the Florida Gators. The first time it was a Shabazz Napier buzzer beater, and this time it was exceptional defense from the senior, a huge game from DeAndre Daniels and the much bigger stage of a convincing 63-53 win in the NCAA Tournament’s national semifinal.
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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.