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All four top regional seeds — Kentucky, North Carolina, Syracuse and Michigan State— remain alive as the 2012 NCAA tournament begins the regional semifinal round on Thursday. An NCAA record four schools from Ohio have advanced to the round of 16. Here’s a preview of the next round of NCAA tournament games:

Ohio, Cincinnati and Xavier all won on Sunday to join Ohio State in the NCAA basketball tournament round of 16. Top-seeded North Carolina and Michigan State also won to advance to the regional semi-finals. Here’s a full recap of the day’s action in the NCAA tournament:

As March Madness gets into full swing this week, pencils are being sharpened, factoids are being studied and basketball junkies are trading sleeper picks around the water cooler. But, sleepers don't win brackets, smart, well-thought-out picks do. Here are 5 teams to watch for in the 2012 Big Dance that are not #1 seeds.

The Timberwolves won 127-124 at Phoenix to being a 7-game road trip Monday night.  Kevin Love led the Wolves with 30 points and 7 rebounds, Nikola Pekovic added 24 points and 8 rebounds and Derrick Williams added 19 points and 8 rebounds...

The Gopher men’s basketball team received a bid into the NIT tournament Sunday night.  Minnesota is seeded 6th in 1 of 4 regions and will play 3rd seeded La Salle in Philadelphia at 6pm (CT) Wednesday night, pregame on WJON at 5:30...

The St. Cloud State men’s basketball team lost 76-64 to 13th ranked Metro State Sunday night in the 2nd round of the NCAA Division II tournament in Golden, Colorado.  The Huskies played without starting center Tim Bergstrasser and were outrebounded 39-23...

BOYS BASKETBALL Class 4A Section 8 – Quarterfinal Bemidji 67, Elk River 64 Brainerd 69, Buffalo 67, 2OT Moorhead 56, St. Michael-Albertville 55, OT Rogers 68, St. Cloud Tech 60 Class 3A Section 5 – Quarterfinal Big Lake 63, Becker 42 Delano 54, Monticello 51, OT Orono 75, St...

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The Gopher men’s basketball team lost 66-61 at home against #6 Michigan State Wednesday night despite leading by 8 in the 2nd half.  Michigan State closed the game on a 19-7 run in the final 6 minutes.  The Gophers ran the clock and appeared to play not to lose while allowing Michigan State to come back. Aus ...

Jeremy Lin and Tim Tebow are inevitably being compared to each other because they are both athletes who have had their abilities questioned, and are both devout Christians who are open with their faith. Now the two sensations are linked for a third reason. Just like folks started to imitate Tebow’s signature kneel — which become the internet meme Tebowing –  fans of Lin have taken to replicating a

The St. Cloud State men’s basketball team won 87-83 in overtime at Northern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota Friday night.  The win is the 300th in the career of head coach Kevin Schlagel.  Brett Putz led the Huskies with 25 points and Theo Rothstein added 17 points for SCSU...

The Winona State men’s basketball team is no longer in first place in the NSIC standings after the NSIC and NCAA penalized the program for using an ineligible player during 19 games this season.  Guard, Grant Johnson was ruled ineligible for the rest of the season...