Cornell wins Ivy to secure NCAA spot (AP)

Cornell is back in the NCAA tournament for the third straight year. This time, the brainy bunch plans to hang around for a while. “We want to win. We want to advance,” coach Steve Donahue said. “I think we have the talent to do that.” The Big Red became the first team this season to earn an NCAA bid, clinching its third consecutive Ivy League championship by beating Brown 95-76 on…

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Kent State beats Akron for MAC title (AP)

Anthony Simpson scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to pace Kent State to a 74-61 win over Akron on Friday night. Rodriquez Sherman added 15 points and five assists for the Golden Flashes (23-8, 13-3 Mid-American Conference), who have won five games in a row. The win earned Kent State the 2010 Mid-American Conference title and an automatic bid to the post season.

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Murray St. avoids upset bid in OVC semis (AP)

Tony Easley scored 14 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked two shots in the final 12 seconds to help Murray State defeat Eastern Illinois 55-51 Friday night in the semifinals of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Top-seeded Murray State (29-4), which tied the school record for wins in a season, will play either Morehead State or Tennessee Tech in Saturday’s championship.

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Fordham finishes 0-16 in Atlantic 10 (AP)

Melquan Bolding scored 32 points and Duquesne shook off a playground game-like pace and a second-half deficit to beat Fordham 111-100 on Friday, making the Rams the first Atlantic 10 team in 17 years to lose every conference game. Brenton Butler scored 29 points, Chris Gaston had 21 and Alberto Estwick added 20, but Fordham (2-26, 0-16) — which hasn’t won since Dec.

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Duke looks for home win over Tar Heels (AP)

Jon Scheyer doesn’t know what it feels like to beat North Carolina on his home court. The Duke senior better figure out how to do it — and soon — or else the fourth-ranked Blue Devils (25-5, 12-3) probably can forget about winning the Atlantic Coast Conference’s regular-season title. Speaking about his 0-3 career record against the Tar Heels (16-14, 5-10) at Cameron Indoor Stadium,…

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Xavier on verge of fourth straight title (AP)

Jason Love keeps mementos from his college years stored in a box in his room. The collection includes several strands of nylon basketball net, reminders of his three straight championship seasons. Xavier’s lone senior hopes to add a fourth white strand to the box on Saturday. The 25th-ranked Musketeers will clinch their fourth straight Atlantic 10 regular-season title and cut down the nets again…

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Cards to close Freedom Hall vs. Syracuse (AP)

When Louisville coach Rick Pitino looked at the schedule and saw the Cardinals would close Freedom Hall against Syracuse, he didn’t exactly argue. Sure, Pitino would have preferred to send out the venerable gym against longtime rival Cincinnati, whose 44 trips to the oddly configured arena are the most by any opponent.

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N. Iowa uses 29-2 run to win MVC opener (AP)

Northern Iowa used a 29-2 run to rally and knock off Drake 55-40 in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament on Friday. The top-seeded Panthers (26-4) will face the winner of the Bradley-Creighton contest in the semifinals Saturday. Adam Koch, the MVC Player of the Year, had 10 points and seven rebounds to lead Northern Iowa.

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Gibbs’ 3 at buzzer gives Pitt double bye (AP)

Pitt didn’t need a miracle to beat Providence, a team that has won once since mid-January. The Panthers did need a game-winning play that was way beyond ordinary. Ashton Gibbs found a way to make it. The sophomore guard hit a 3-pointer several strides inside the midcourt line just ahead of the final buzzer and No.

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Syracuse’s Paulus hoping for shot at NFL (AP)

After playing point guard at Duke and quarterback at Syracuse, Greg Paulus is ready for a new frontier — the NFL. “You dream of these things. To have this opportunity, I wanted to take advantage of it,” the 23-year-old Paulus said as he prepared for Thursday’s pro day before at least a dozen NFL teams at Syracuse.

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