Niagara, Florida A&M open NCAA today
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It's a game no NCAA tournament team believes it should be in &#151; the play-in game that fills out the field of 64. This year, Florida A&amp;M and Niagara are feeling insulted they have to play Tuesday night for a chance to take on Kansas, the top seed in the West Regional, on Friday in Chicago.
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So what will Boston College's football team do for an encore? After posting back-to-back home victories in double overtime against Clemson (34-33 ) and Brigham Young (30-23 ), how do the 20th-ranked Eagles expect to top that tonight at North Carolina State?
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Before last Saturday&#39;s games were even played, some had written off Oklahoma (8-0, 5-0 in the Big 12) and Texas A&amp;M&#39;s respective opponents and looked ahead to today&#39;s clash in College Station, Texas.
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Today&#39;s BB&amp;T Classic final will feature two teams that used their athletic ability to overmatch opponents yesterday. Maryland outran George Mason, relying on its man-to-man defense to spark transition offense.
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TODAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL/GIRLS 6:20 p.m. -- Whitman-Hanson at North Quincy, WJDA (1300) PRO BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. -- Celtics vs. Detroit at the FleetCenter, FSN, WWZN (1510) 8 p.m. -- Philadelphia at Minnesota, ESPN2 10:30 p.m. -- Houston at Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN GOLF 7 p.m. -- PGA Mercedes Championships (second round) at Kapalua, Hawaii, ESPN COLLEGE HOCKEY/MEN 7 p.m. ...
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While the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team didn't qualify for the tournament it had hoped for, the senior-led Minutemen will play on, hosting Alabama in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament tomorrow night at 9:30 (ESPN).
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Missouri, Creighton and Ohio State will each host an opening round of the Guardians Classic.
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Ninth-seeded James Madison (27-5) returns to the NCAA tournament after an 11-year absence to play No. 8 Pittsburgh (23-8) in a first-round game Sunday.
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SATURDAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon - Syracuse at Villanova, ESPN; Maryland at Georgia Tech, ESPN2; Women: Bridgeport at New Haven, CSTV; Seton Hall at Georgetown, Ch. 5; Lehigh at Holy Cross, ESPNU, WTAG
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Defending national champion Florida was awarded the top overall seeding in the NCAA tournament's field of 65 on Sunday, joining top-ranked Ohio State, No. 2 Kansas and No. 8 North Carolina. All four teams cemented their status by winning their conference tournament championship games earlier in the day.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne faces Lindsay Davenport and Roger Federer takes on Marc Gicquel in U.S. Open tennis today. Also in action are Elena Dementieva, James Blake and Marat Safin.
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SATURDAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL 12:30 p.m. -- South Padre Island Invitational (championship): Wisconsin/Missouri St. winner vs. Oklahoma St./Auburn winner, CSTV
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Curry College is heading back to the Division 3 NCAA Tournament. The Colonels (9-1), New England's lone representative, opens postseason play tomorrow vs. Liberty League champion Hobart (8-1) at Boswell Field in Geneva, N.Y.
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What began as a week of high expectations at the Heights has been tempered somewhat after the Boston College men's basketball team lost at home to unranked Duke Wednesday night. The 23d-ranked Eagles have a chance to get back on the fast track to a high NCAA Tournament seed tonight when they welcome No. 4 North Carolina to Conte Forum.
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Now comes a trip to Virginia and then a semifinal matchup with Michigan in the Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Hope the &quot;College Gameday&#39;&#39; crew -- which will be broadcasting from Purdue&#39;s campus for the first time -- can come up with a title that does justice to the marquee matchup Saturday between the No.
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FRIDAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL/MEN 7:30 p.m. -- Memphis at Purdue, ESPN2 PRO BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. -- Celtics vs. Toronto at the FleetCenter, FSN, WWZN (1510) 8 p.m. -- Detroit at San Antonio, ESPN 10:30 p.m. -- Indiana at Sacramento, ESPN BOXING 9:30 p.m. -- Friday Night Fights at Atlantic City: Rocky Juarez vs. Guty Espadas Jr. (featherweights), ESPN2 GOLF 1:30 p.m. ...