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Reseeding the Sweet 16: Who overperformed, who underperformed?

Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato So … how’s your bracket? Yeah, we understand. The first two rounds have given us historic moments and thrilling wins. Remember when Furman beat Virginia on a 3-pointer in the final seconds on Thursday? We don’t either. Because since then, Fairleigh Dickinson and Princeton manufactured more consequential […]

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FDU’s ‘incredibly special’ NCAA run ends with loss

Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University COLUMBUS — Coach Tobin Anderson said he and his Fairleigh Dickinson players will remember it all. “Everything. Everybody chanting ‘F-D-U.’ The place going crazy. The police escorts. Leaving the hotel with the band playing,” Anderson said. “Every part of this I’ll remember forever — and they […]

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Sources: Pitino in serious discussions for SJU job

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Iona coach Rick Pitino met with St. John’s officials on Sunday, and the sides remain in serious discussions about him becoming the school’s next coach, sources told ESPN. Some clarity from Pitino is expected early this week, as he’s been the school’s primary target since they fired Mike […]

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Arkansas upsets No. 1 Kansas in tourney thriller

Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 DES MOINES, Iowa — Kansas’ worst fears about the Jayhawks’ second-round NCAA tournament matchup with Arkansas came true. As a result, the Jayhawks are no longer around to defend last year’s title. Kansas, the top seed in the West, fell to the Razorbacks 72-71. Arkansas, the region’s […]

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No. 15 Princeton keeps rolling in rout of Mizzou

Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — No. 15-seeded Princeton advanced to the Sweet 16 with 78-63 win against No. 7 Missouri on Saturday, becoming the second Ivy League team to do so since the men’s NCAA basketball tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. It is the third straight year a No. […]

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Pitino on coaching future after loss: ‘Have no idea’

Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette ALBANY, N.Y. — After the final game of his third season at Iona, Rick Pitino didn’t know whether he’d be back for a fourth — or if he’d be coaching somewhere else. The 70-year-old Pitino, who reached the NCAA tournament with Iona […]

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How Princeton and Furman spent 24 hours as Cinderella

Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner March Madness is defined by two phases: Early-tournament upsets and Final Four heroics. The former, perhaps more than the latter, is what makes the tournament’s energy so hard to […]

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