Colo. university selection upsets campus
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The man nominated to lead the state's flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor's degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. - It was a tale of two halves for the University of Kansas football team which dropped a 31-30 decision to Texas Tech, in the Big 12 opener Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
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Boulder, CO (Sports Network) - The NCAA denied a request by Jeremy Bloom to play football at the University of Colorado while collecting endorsement money to support his pro skiing career.
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The NCAA tournament's play-in game is drawing the ire of the historically black colleges and universities as their schools have earned the dubious distinction of being picked most often for the event.
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UNLV has had more than its share of issues with the NCAA over the years, so it wasn't surprising there was some grumbling about town when a team hotter than the clubs on the glittering Las Vegas Strip managed only a No. 7 seed in the Midwest Regional.
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AMHERST - Yesterday's Homecoming meant a victory for the University of Massachusetts - as well as a potentially huge loss.
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By Lee Yobbi, The Santa Fe New Mexican  Dec. 17--ELPASO -- It was hard to tell who came to be seen in the Don Haskins Center on Saturday night -- the men's basketball teams from New Mexico State University and the University of Texas El Paso, or the officials.
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Crisis after crisis has buffeted the University of Colorado over the past year, from a sex scandal in the football program to the alcohol poisoning death of a fraternity pledge at a campus trying to shed its party-school image.
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Texas A&M opened Big 12 play with a win as convincing as its last seven. Dominique Kirk scored 15 points and freshman DeAndre Jordan added 14 to lead the 11th-ranked Aggies to an easy 86-69 victory over Colorado on Saturday, their eighth straight win by at least 15 points.
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Colorado will have more to remember about this season than just scandal and turmoil &#151; most notably, a trip to the Big 12 title game that seemed nearly impossible just a few weeks ago.
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Colorado is playing for the first time since a rape and recruiting scandal put it in the national spotlight. Colorado State has a new quarterback and plenty of questions on defense.
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By SONJA BARISIC  NORFOLK, Va. - Some students and alumni at an evangelical Christian university founded by Pat Robertson are upset with the commencement choice of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon.
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The Orange scored the first 24 points of the game and kept up their intensity as they crushed Northern Colorado 104-54 in the first round of the Coaches vs.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- When it came to wearing the goat's horns after Boston College's first loss of the season, a 17-15 setback against Atlantic Coast Conference foe North Carolina State Saturday night, there was no shortage of candidates in the Eagles' locker room.
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Butler did it. So did Santa Clara, Vermont, Bucknell and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. George Mason redefined the art of the NCAA tournament upset last season with its improbable Final Four run.
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Maybe somebody at North Carolina was trying to be funny. When it comes time to schedule a homecoming opponent, there has to be a better option than Miami.
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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.