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Monday, July 12, 2010  The NCAA has decided to add a new round to the NCAA men's basketball tournament next year, when the field expands to 68 teams.

Monday, March 22, 2010  Purdue isn't the offensive juggernaut it was with Robbie Hummel. Yet here are the Boilermakers in the Sweet 16.

Monday, March 22, 2010  -Two players who had to sit and watch last year's NCAA tournament will have a lot to do with how Vanderbilt and Xavier fare in their second-round game on the Musketeers' home court.

Monday, March 22, 2010  For those who've agonized over an NCAA tournament bracket only to be beaten in a pool by someone with zero knowledge of college basketball, an answer.

Saturday, March 20, 2010  Xavier, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech and Ohio State never allowed their opponents to get close enough for last-second heroics. On Sunday, the four might not be so lucky.

Friday, March 19, 2010  Louis Dale scored 21 points, Ryan Wittman added 20 and No. 12 seed Cornell beat fifth-seeded Temple 78-65 Friday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

Friday, March 19, 2010  Xavier (25-8) will be in the second round for the fourth straight year, this time under first-year coach Chris Mack.

Friday, March 19, 2010  The way West Virginia was missing one shot after another, the thought actually crossed forward Kevin Jones' mind whether the Mountaineers would ever hit a basket.

Friday, March 19, 2010  Villanova survived a scare in the NCAA South Regional. Fifteenth-seed Robert Morris forced overtime, but the Wildcats emerged 73-70 winners.

Friday, March 19, 2010  Thirteenth seeded Murray State pulled off the first major upset of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, if not the biggest.

Friday, March 19, 2010  Ishmael Smith's pull-up jumper from 17 feet with just 1.3 left in overtime gave ninth-seeded Wake Forest an 81-80 win over Texas in the first round of the NCAA East Regional.

Friday, March 19, 2010  Ohio turned in the biggest upset on Day One of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Thursday, March 18, 2010  No. 13 seeds or lower who won first-round games

Thursday, March 18, 2010  . This had been more than two decades in the waiting for basketball fans back in Murray, Ky., and it was as dramatic as they get.