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Sunday, March 31, 2013

UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach; he has big job ahead ...

Steve Alford has agreed to become the coach of the UCLA Bruins, the school announced Saturday. The decision ends a weeklong search to replace Ben Howland that saw the historic powerhouse uncharacteristically rebuffed by candidates. Steve Alford

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) –UCLA has hired Steve Alford as its men's basketball coach.

Guerrero turned to Alford, who recently agreed to a 10-year contract extension worth more that $20 million. "Steve is the perfect fit for UCLA," Guerrero said in UCLA's release. "He is part of the storied history of the game of college basketball and

Steve Alford has agreed to a 7-year deal worth $2.6 million per year at UCLA, sources told CBSSports. UCLA will pay his buyout. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) March 30, 2013. According to ESPN's Darren Rovell via Twitter, Alford and New Mexico had

UCLA will hire New Mexico coach Steve Alford to be its next head coach, the school announced Saturday afternoon. “Steve is the perfect fit for UCLA,” athletic director Dan Guerrero said in UCLA's release. “He is part of the storied history of the game

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

C.J. Watson / Watson makes an impact | Basketball Buzz

Nets guard C.J. Watson had one of his finest performances of the season Saturday, in a 116-107 loss to the Jazz. Watson scored 22 points in 30 minutes off the bench, on 8 of 13 shooting from the field. He added three 3-pointers, five rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals in the game. [...]

Kevin Durant / Durant goes for 30, again | Basketball Buzz

Thunder forward Kevin Durant registered his second straight 30-plus point performance during Saturday's win over the Bucks. Durant, who entered the contest averaging a league-leading 28.3 points per game, finished with 30 in the 109-99 victory. He went 10 of 19 from the field and also added eight rebounds, five assists and one block to his stat line, while logging 38 minutes of game action. [...]

Caps Basketball: Hendricks Paralyzes, Perreault Goes Nuts

The Origins Of This Blog: Prior to this season I had only watched a handful of hockey games. I never really liked watching hockey and I pretty much hated the NHL. Coming in I knew the basics of the game from playing NHL '94 back in the day, but wasn't really aware of how the game really worked. I didn't know half the penalties, I didn't know that a few teams existed or didn't exist, and I was easily frustrated by many things that happened in the NHL. (Icing, Trapezoids, Biscuits, Twigs, Blue Jackets, Plus/Minus, Goons...AHHHH) However, when my beloved NBA was in danger of being locked out for an entire season, that was my cue to force myself to watch something that I previously semi-despised. That brings us to today. I am now a die hard Capitals fan...I now know a bit about hockey...but I still have a long way to go.

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http://caps.dcsportsnexus.com/2013/03/hendricks-paralyzes-mojo-goes-nuts.html

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Boys basketball: Prime Prep suffers first loss, falls to Wichita's ...

Prime Prep Academy’s boys basketball team lost for the first time this season, falling 64-54 to Wichita (Kan.) Sunrise Christian Academy on Saturday in Wichita.

Prime Prep (36-1), which is ranked No. 5 nationally by USA Today, will open play in the National High School Invitational on Thursday in Bethesda, Md. Prime Prep will face Pompano Beach (Fla.) Blanche Ely in the first round at 11 a.m. on ESPNU.

Prime Prep beat Sunrise Christian, 73-45, in February in Oak Cliff. LSU signee Jordan Mickey and TCU signee Karviar Shepherd scored 12 points apiece for Prime Prep on Saturday against a Sunrise team that is 29-1.

Here’s a link to the story on Saturday’s game from The Wichita Eagle.

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http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/03/boys-basketball-prime-prep-suffers-first-loss-falls-to-wichitas-sunrise-christian.html/

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Auriemma Thrilled With Crowd At Webster Bank Arena - UConn ...

Saturday, March 30, 2013 by: Rich Elliott

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The Huskies played before their first sellout crowd at Webster Bank Arena today since they lost to Duke in the 2006 regional final before 9,091. UConn defeated Maryland 76-50 before 8,594. (The crowd size is different now due to the reconfiguration of the arena)

UConn drew 4,563 in the first round last season and 4,372 in the second round. In 2008, crowds of 6,556 (first round) and (second round) were on hand.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma was extremely pleased with the atmosphere.

“Today was amazing,’’ Auriemma said. “And, again, I don’t know the reason for it. I don’t know … Obviously, ticket prices were perfect compared to last year. The teams were the right of four teams, maybe. The game times were perfect. Maybe just everything came together. But the atmosphere was amazing. It really, really was. They’ve done a magnificent job down here with this building. You look around and it’s a really, really, really great place to play.’’

The venue is expected to be at least “near capacity’’ Monday when UConn meets Kentucky in the regional final.

Rich

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http://blog.ctnews.com/elliott/2013/03/30/auriemma-thrilled-with-crowd-at-webster-bank-arena/

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