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Sharp bettors pound NCAA opening lines

Minutes after the NCAA Tournament selection committee revealed the bracket Sunday, the South Point posted lines on all 32 games and took up to $10,000 a side at the counter.

Awful performance aside, NCAA path out west still set for Gonzaga

St. Mary’s became a sworn enemy of all those teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble for the next several days, shocking the Zags 60-47 and everyone watching the West Coast Conference Tournament final, which included a packed 7,771 at Orleans Arena.

Signing day commitments aren’t always for the long haul any longer

While it’s always a pleasing sound for basketball coaches when a fax machine signals the impending arrival of a signed letter of intent, welcoming new players to your program in 2017 now comes with a hint of apprehension.

Midmajor conferences need to protect regular-season champions

Immediately advance your regular-season champion to the tournament final and make everyone else fight it out for the right to meet it for the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

LeBron James’ legacy fading in NBA Finals

LeBron James is facing his fifth defeat in seven NBA Finals appearances, and it’s tough to put a positive spin on that record. Golden State leads Cleveland 3-1 going into Game 5.

Thunder turnaround beats old Spurs, long odds

This was supposed to be the end of the Kevin Durant-Russell Westbrook era in Oklahoma City. Instead, the old Spurs finally hit the wall.

Fresno State headed to NCAA Tournament, while San Diego State awaits its fate

Now, San Diego State will be relegated to watching on TV when the NCAA Tournament brackets are announced Sunday. Steve Fisher, the venerable Aztecs coach, didn’t sound too optimistic the Selection Show would end well for his guys. The team definitely is on the bubble.

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