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NCAA Latest: Loyola leads Kansas St. at half in Elite EightBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):7:05 p.m.Loyola-Chicago started hot, making its first three 3-pointers, to take a 36-24 halftime lead over Kansas State in the NCAA South Regional final on Saturday night.Ben Richardson...

NCAA Latest: Loyola stars from '63 team back for Elite EightBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):6:30 p.m.Players from the 1963 Loyola-Chicago championship team are back for the Ramblers' Elite Eight matchup against Kansas State, and this time they're sitting closer to their team.For...

Hankins, Ferris State beat Northern State for D-II titleSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Zach Hankins led Ferris State to its first NCAA Division II national championship in any sport Saturday, scoring 19 points in the Bulldogs' 71-69 victory over Northern State.The Bulldogs (38-1) won their final 26 games of...

AP Sports WriterTexas Tech credits culture change for 1st Elite Eight tripBy KYLE HIGHTOWERBOSTON (AP) Texas Tech's Chris Beard just has to look at his surroundings to see how far he's come as a coach.Beard and the third-seeded Red Raiders will again play Sunday inside the hallowed confines...

NCAA Latest: Kansas creates a little separation from ClemsonBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):7:36 p.m.Svi Mykhailiuk's 3-pointer and Silvio De Sousa's dunk off a lob from Devonte Graham has helped Kansas create some separation after Clemson pulled within a point of the Jayhawks...

AP Sports WriterLoyola to test Kansas State's strong D in regional finalBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Kansas State has been an afterthought through the NCAA Tournament - until now.Even in the South Region, where the top four seeds were bounced out on the first weekend - a first for...

AP Sports WriterLoyola to test Kansas State's strong D in regional finalBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Kansas State has been an afterthought through the NCAA Tournament - until now.Even in the South Region, where the top four seeds were bounced out on the first weekend - a first for...

NCAA Latest: Fans of Jayhawks flock to Omaha for Sweet 16By The Associated PressThe Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):7:15 p.m.The CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, looks like Allen Fieldhouse North as top-seeded Kansas faces fifth-seeded Clemson in the Midwest Region semifinals.The upper and lower bowls of...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Through all its ills, college hoops wins in the endBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) Let's not gloss over college basketball's myriad problems.Rampant corruption. Academic malfeasance. One-and-dones posing as actual students.Yet somehow, as this thoroughly maddening March has shown, the game finds a way to rise above...

AP Sports WriterLoyola has hoops fans 'sitting on the edge of their chairs'By CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Loyola-Chicago's stirring run through the NCAA Tournament has inspired memories of the Ramblers' championship 55 years ago.The graying reminders of that history are hanging on every win.Sitting in front-row seats, four members...

NCAA Latest: Padding or not, Purdue's Isaac Haas a long shotBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):6:55 p.m.The NCAA has tweaked its interpretation of a rule that allows padding to cover braces worn on the elbow, wrist or forearm.The change could allow Purdue center...

NCAA Latest: Rest up underdogs, time for blue bloods to ballBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):6:30 p.m.Move over underdog darlings: It's time for some of college basketball's blue bloods to take the stage in the Sweet 16.Villanova, Kansas, Duke and Syracuse all tip...