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6 UConn to a 107-67 rout of Stonehill College. Donovan Clingan added 16 points in 17 minutes; Alex Karaban scored 15 points; and Cam Spencer added 12 for the Huskies (2-0). Jackson Benigni had 22 points to lead Stonehill (1-2), which is in its second year of Division I basketball. He had six points in UConn’s opening 12-0 run, which forced the Skyhawks into a zone. UConn: The Huskies non-conference schedule gets much tougher with games against Indiana and either Louisville or No.

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12 Arizona at its famously hostile arena on Friday night — the kind of marquee matchup that's getting trickier for coaches to schedule with lengthy conference slates, NCAA Tournament bids and even coaches' job security on the line. “I know you always hear people, fans of college basketball saying, ‘We need this.’ It's hard, it's really hard. It's become big business.”The game at Cameron Indoor Stadium opens a home-and-home series, with the Blue Devils visiting Tucson in 2024. By the time Duke returns the trip next year, Arizona will have left the Pac-12 for the Big 12. He won an NCAA title as a Duke player in 2010 and an assistant in 2015 and worked under Coach K for nine seasons.

Persons: — Jon Scheyer, Tommy Lloyd, Lloyd, ” Lloyd, “, Duke, there's, Scheyer, “ Tommy, It'll, it'll, ”, —, ” Scheyer, of Famer Mike Krzyzewski, Mark Few’s, John Marshall, ___ Organizations: Duke, Cameron, Blue Devils, CBS, North, UCLA, Ohio State, Atlantic Coast Conference, Michigan State, ACC, SEC, of Famer, Arizona, NCAA Locations: DURHAM, N.C, Arizona, Tucson, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, Hill, Lexington, that's, Arkansas

[1/4] A screen displays images as Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan (not pictured) hosts a second briefing on unidentified flying objects, known as UFOs, at Mexican Congress, in Mexico City, Mexico November 7, 2023. Maussan said the bodies, believed to have been found near Peru's ancient Nazca lines, were not related to any life on Earth. "They're real," Zuniga told Reuters on the sidelines of the session. Zuniga presented a letter signed by 11 researchers from the university declaring the same. The bodies that he and the other university researchers looked at, however, were real, he said.

Persons: Jaime Maussan, Quetzalli, Maussan, Roger Zuniga, Zuniga, Sergio Gutierrez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, Celestino Adolfo Piotto, Claudio Yarto, Cassandra Garrison, Christian Plumb, Miral Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, San Luis Gonzaga National University, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, San, Ica Peru, Morena, Argentine

Such recruitment-based adoptions are the most difficult to carry out, social workers say. Gonzaga, who worked with his wife Heather Setrakian at eharmony and then on the Family-Match algorithm, referred questions to Ramirez. Social workers say Family-Match works like this: Adults seeking to adopt submit survey responses via the algorithm’s online platform, and foster parents or social workers input each child’s information. Adoption-Share is part of a small cadre of organizations that say their algorithms can help social workers place children with foster or adoptive families. “It’s wasted time for social workers and wasted emotional experiences for children.”___Contact AP’s global investigative team at Investigative@ap.org or https://www.ap.org/tips/

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1 pick in the AP Top 25 preseason men's basketball poll released Monday, earning 46 of 63 first-place votes to easily outdistance No. 2 in Jon Scheyer's second season, and Purdue got three first-place nods as they try to avenge a stunning end to last season. Defending national champion UConn was sixth with two first-place votes after losing standouts Adam Sanogo and Jordan Hawkins. Also on the outside were Xavier and Kansas State, both of whom were in the top 15 entering last year's NCAA Tournament. 2 Duke will play fourth-ranked Michigan State and top-ranked Kansas will face No.

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☆ American kids are facing an epidemic of loneliness. Overhauling youth sports could help fix that.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementA Hooptown Youth League game. While Americans of all ages are vulnerable to loneliness, young people are particularly at risk. Data on grade-school-aged children is limited in the US, but research in other countries has found that young children aren't immune to these problems. One of the few studies to explore sports participation's connection to youth loneliness was conducted by European researchers in 2019. A Hooptown Youth League game.

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The Maui Invitational will be held in Honolulu this year because of the wildfires that devastated Lahaina, where the tournament usually is played. “We appreciate everything the Maui Invitational is doing to help Maui and its residents.”Political Cartoons View All 1163 ImagesTickets purchased for the tournament in Maui will be honored. Also, the Maui Invitational has launched an online auction with all proceeds going directly to relief and recovery efforts. The Maui Invitational, one of college basketball's premier events, has long been a source of pride in Lahaina, also a major tourist destination. “The Maui Invitational is a great event that celebrates all of Hawaii,” Hawaii Governor Josh Green said in a statement.

Persons: Chaminade, Richard Bissen, Mike Krzyzewski, Bill Self, Tom Izzo, Josh Green, ” Organizations: Maui, Stan Sheriff Center, Kansas, Purdue, Gonzaga, Marquette . Syracuse, Chaminade, UCLA, NAIA, Virginia, Lahaina Civic Center, Maui Invitational, mauiinvitational.com, ’, Hawaii, Strong, surfboards Locations: Honolulu, Lahaina, Gonzaga , Tennessee, Marquette, Maui, Asheville , North Carolina, Las Vegas, Hawaii, Mike Krzyzewski , Kansas, Michigan, Oahu

☆ When Every Win Means Water, Water Everywhere
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Andrew Keh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

When Every Win Means Water EverywherePicture yourself at work. Teleport this scene into a sports locker room, though, and suddenly the dousing is perfectly in bounds. But like many coaches, he eventually accepted his fate, removing his shoes before entering the locker room. The athletes were unwinding in the locker room when Coach Mark Few and his assistants charged in and began sousing them with ice-cold water. Isaiah Wong, the team’s star shooting guard, said they would only consider spraying water now if they won the championship.

☆ Florida Atlantic, UConn Advance to the Final Four
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Jim Chairusmi | Robert O Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida Atlantic players Jalen Gaffney and Bryan Greenlee celebrate after defeating Kansas State in the Elite Eight. Florida Atlantic began its NCAA tournament run with 125-to-1 odds to win the national title. 1 seeds lost before the Elite Eight, the No. 9 seeded Owls rallied against the odds—and, for the fourth straight tournament game, a second-half deficit—and are headed to the Final Four. 4 seeded UConn notched the latest in a string of blowouts, this one over Gonzaga, to join them.

[1/6] Philippines Air Force Acting Commanding General Ramon Guiang, Assistant Secretary of the Office of American Affairs Jose Victor Chan-Gonzaga, Philippines defence chief Carlito Galvez Jr., U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall; U.S. REUTERS/Eloisa LopezBASA AIR BASE, Philippines, March 20 (Reuters) - The United States and Philippines will announce new sites as soon as possible for an expanded Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), which gives the Western power access to military bases in the Southeast Asian country. Leaders of local governments at the potential EDCA sites have backed the government's decision to allow the United States greater access to the bases, Philippines' defence chief, Carlito Galvez, said in a joint news conference with Kendall. Galvez and Kendall were leading a groundbreaking ceremony for the rehabilitation of the Basa Air Base's runway. The runway rehabilitation is part of $82 million the United States has allocated for infrastructure investments at the existing five EDCA sites.

☆ N.C.A.A. Bracket Picks: Where Fans and Experts Diverge
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Josh Katz | Alice Fang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

One avenue is examining the differences between the forecasts of mathematical models and the collective choices of fans. For example, fans are much more likely to have Kansas and Alabama in the Final Four than the experts. The table below shows an aggregate view of the difference between the public’s picks and those of forecasting models. But if you pick the same teams as everyone else, your bracket will look the same, too, something you should consider. There is no guarantee that this approach will work, of course, and part of the draw of the N.C.A.A.

☆ Hey, Bing, Help Me Overcome My Fear of College Basketball
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

I’m still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience.🙏Do you know a lot about college basketball, and do you enjoy talking about it? Why are people so obsessed about the college basketball brackets? I've never filled out a college basketball March Madness bracket, and I heard that it's virtually impossible to do completely accurately, even if you predict the winner. When filling out my college basketball bracket, should I just guess according to what team names I like the best? :)I’m afraid I can’t fill out a March Madness bracket, as I’m just a chat mode of Microsoft Bing search.

☆ ‘True Lies’ Review: A Counterintelligence Couple Comes Back
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The old James Cameron / Arnold Schwarzenegger collaboration “True Lies” has needed a reboot since, oh, about the time it was released. Its premise was close to preposterous: A long-married woman wouldn’t know her husband was a globe-trotting, veteran counterterrorism agent? Linguistics professor, yoga enthusiast and mother of two Helen Tasker (Ms. Gonzaga) has been married to Harry Tasker (Mr. Howey) for 17 years. Yet she has no idea that all his business travel for that job in “computer sales” really involves him and his cohort saving the world. This doesn’t earn her a lot of our respect, but the show wisely dispenses with the whole façade in the first episode: Helen becomes an agent, too.

☆ Why Is Every Player in College Basketball Suddenly So Old?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There once was a time in college basketball when the best teams had locker rooms full of veterans, while the best high school prospects would skip right over college for the professional ranks. It was true in the late 1990s and, unexpectedly, it’s true again in 2023. This season there is a glut of upperclassmen, like Gonzaga senior Drew Timme and Houston senior Marcus Sasser, sticking around campus for extra years. At the same time, the top young talent, like identical twins Amen and Ausar Thompson, has been siphoned off by alternative leagues, like the NBA’s developmental G-League Ignite and Overtime Elite.

☆ Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Gonzaga escapes BYU on late 3-pointer
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

8 Gonzaga escaped with a 75-74 victory against BYU in a West Coast Conference game Thursday night in Provo, Utah. Johnson scored 18 points for the Cougars (13-7, 3-2) and Gideon George and Jaxson Robinson added 17 apiece. Adem Bona added 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting and collected eight rebounds for the Bruins (15-2, 6-0 Pac-12), who won their 12th consecutive contest. Jaylen Clark added 11 points, five rebounds and three steals, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. had eight points, 12 rebounds and six assists for UCLA. Rollie Worster scored 12 points to pace the Utes (12-6, 5-2), who lost their second straight game.

☆ Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Houston deals No. 2 Virginia first loss
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

2 Virginia its first loss, 69-61, Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.Marcus Sasser and Tramon Mark added 13 points each, while Jamal Shead had 11 points and four assists. Furst finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Smith posted 10 points and 12 rebounds. Sam Mennenga led Davidson (7-4) with 14 points and Foster Loyer, Fletcher's brother, had 11 points. Kevin McCullar contributed 11 points, 11 rebounds and five steals, while KJ Adams and Jalen Wilson added 11 points apiece. Trayce Jackson-Davis had 13 points and a career-high nine blocked shots for Indiana (8-3), which lost its second straight game.

☆ Top 25 roundup: Rasir Bolton helps No. 2 Gonzaga defeat No. 4 Kentucky
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

4 Kentucky on Sunday night at Spokane, Wash.Drew Timme added 22 points and Julian Strawther had 20 points and 14 rebounds for Gonzaga (3-1). Reigning National Player of the Year Oscar Tshiebwe had 20 points and 15 rebounds for Kentucky (3-2). Jacob Toppin scored 16 points, Cason Wallace had 14 points and four steals and Antonio Reeves scored 10 points off the bench for the Wildcats. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 15 points in the loss, while Campbell finished with 12 points. Mekhi Lairy and Julian Lewis each scored 12 points in defeat for Miami (1-5), which dropped its third straight.

☆ Top 25 roundup: No. 11 Texas thrashes No. 2 Gonzaga
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Mark Gleeson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Nov 16, 2022; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns guard Tyrese Hunter (4) reacts after scoring a three pointer during the second half against the Gonzaga Bulldogs at Moody Center. 11 Texas connected on 13 3-pointers in a 93-74 blowout of No. Marcus Carr added 16 points and seven assists for the Longhorns (3-0), while Dylan Disu netted 12 points. Trevon Brazile registered 13 points and 10 rebounds and Davonte Davis also added 13 points for the Razorbacks (3-0). Florida Gulf Coast (2-2) was led by Zach Anderson, who had 11 points and five rebounds, while Dahmir Bishop added nine points.

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