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Kobe Bryant is the runaway vote leader while fellow superstar LeBron James ranks second in the latest NBA All-Star Game fan balloting totals announced by the league on Thursday.Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers playmaker who won his fourth NBA crown last season, sets the overall pace with 1,380,383 votes while Cleveland star James ranks second overall with 1,351,292 votes.Bryant, second in the NBA with 29.3 points a game, and James, who stands...  

Merry Christmas BONers! I thought I'd post both UNC and Mich St. gameflows in one fanpost, but I haven't even started the MSU spreadsheet and I probably won't have time to complete it tomorrow. Might as well post the UNC one. Besides, there's a number of things I'd like to point out in the UNC game alone. Here we go... Click here for the Texas vs North Carolina GameFlow via i46.tinypic.com   Player (min) +/- +/- per min J. Brown...  

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(By Robbi Pickeral, Robbi.pickeral@newsobserver.com) If you thought NCAA tournament pools were challenging with 65 teams, can you imagine a bracket with 96?Adjust the size of your printer type, basketball fans, because it could happen - and several coaches support the idea.  

The Massachusetts mens basketball is playing its first game on ESPN2 this season against Memphis. The Minutemen are coming off an 81-58 win over Grambling State and hope to win their sixth straight "home" game against the Tigers. UMass 73 Memphis 72 END OF GAME Wow. The Minutemen pull off a very unexpected upset thanks to great play by Vinson at the Garden. This is a big win. Let's see if this turns UMass' success around. UMass...  

(The Associated Press) It's not clear whether leading scorer Matt Bouldin will be recovered enough from a head injury to play when No. 15 Gonzaga faces No. 7 Duke in New York's Madison Square Garden on Saturday.Bouldin, who averages nearly 17 points per game, bumped heads with Augustana's Troy Rorer in the first half of their game on Dec. 9. He sat out the rest of that game and also the game against Davidson on Dec. 12, which the Zags (8-2...  

Final Box Score: UNC 1, Notre Dame 0UNC's Eveland Captures NCAA's Elite 88 AwardHeath, Engen Named Hermann Trophy SemifinalistsInterview with Harris and EngenThursday's Photo Gallery From College Station, TexasWednesday's Practice Photo Gallery2009 NCAA Tournament Interactive BracketFollow UNC Women's Soccer On TwitterSenior forward Casey Nogueira's 13th career NCAA Tournament goal proved to be a lucky one as it sent the third-ranked North...  

While many of major college football’s bowl games are decided by polls and sportswriter’s votes, one national championship, the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) title, is decided the good ole fashion way through a playoff bracket of 16 teams. The culmination of the past three weeks worth of playoff games saw the top two seeds, Montana and Villanova, pitted against each other at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, TN. Playing in the snow just...  

Setting: With final exams in the rear view mirror, it’s a mid-major matchup at the Hinkle Fieldhouse as Chris Mack’s Xavier Musketeers (6-3) come a'calling on Brad Stevens and his No. 21 Butler Bulldogs (7-3). Plot: Both teams are coming off big wins. Butler toppled Ohio State 74-66 while Xavier knocked off Cincinnati in double OT, 83-79. The game will prove important come Selection Sunday when the committee doles out seeds. Subplots: Xavier...  

The Wildcats dropped from third to eighth in yesterday's Associated Press Top 25 poll, a result of their ... Florida, Connecticut, Gonzaga, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Ohio State, New Mexico, Mississippi, Butler, Georgia Tech, Texas A, Washington and ...  

ESPNKentucky vs. North Carolina: Re-Animating the EmpireA Sea of Blue (blog)By beating (powder) blue blooded Carolina, the channeling of Lazarus will be initiated, and the statement made by Big Blue will be heard from Maine, ...Youth, speed on display in UNC-Kentucky showdownESPNCan Tar Heels overcome Kentucky's Wall of talent?Examiner.comJohn Clay: UNC game means Calipari's time has arrivedKentucky.comSI.com -USA Today -Sacramento Beeall 172...  

The Michigan State Spartans vs. North Carolina Tarheels college basketball game from last night's ACC/Big Ten Challenge was the perfect example why coaches make their players practice free throws so much. So they can close out games when they have ...  

Tyler Smith and Kenny Hall both had 16 points and No. 16 Tennessee scored the first 22 points of the game in a 99-78 victory over North Carolina A on Wednesday night.  

Texas A senior guard Derrick Roland is heading home for Christmas -- with a rod and three screws in his leg.  

Pat Knight seems to have coached himself out of an identity crisis.