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A referee holds up a ball during the second half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament between South Carolina and Louisville Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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NCAA woes: More fixing needed for hoops, all college sports
By EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Mon,04/04/22-11:06AM , 1,421 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If the nine months that led to Monday night's national title game between Kansas and North Carolina have proven anything, it's that college basketball and all of college sports are changing.
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North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis, left, watches as guard Caleb Love speaks during a news conference about the Men's Final Four NCAA basketball tournament, Sunday, April 3, 2022, in New Orleans. North Carolina will face Kansas in the final game on Monday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Out of the (Carolina) blue, Tar Heels go for title vs Kansas
By EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Sun,04/03/22-4:20PM , 295 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It should come as no shock that North Carolina and Kansas are playing for the national title. Their names, complete with their intertwined histories, are cemented on the short-short list of college basketball's greatest programs.
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski watches during the first half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Krzyzewski K-O'd: North Carolina takes out coach, Duke 81-77
By EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Sat,04/02/22-10:19PM , 261 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s remarkable career came to thrilling and sudden close Saturday night after Caleb Love made a key 3-pointer and three late free throws to lift archrival North Carolina to a thrill-a-minute 81-77 victory over the Blue Devils.
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski talks during practice for the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, April 1, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Rivals Duke, North Carolina in titanic clash at Final Four
By EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Fri,04/01/22-3:47PM , 194 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The name “Tobacco Road” misses the point. The most important industry in the 11-mile stretch of real estate between North Carolina's two cathedrals of hoops, the Smith Center in Chapel Hill and Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, is basketball.
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