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A hoops dream “This is where I wanted to be right now …I’m just very thankful for where I am. I’ve been very blessed.” TOM BRENNAN, ESPN analyst ** Once an NCAA Cinderella, Tom Brennan’s living a fairytale as an ESPN analyst.

With the NCAA Basketball Final Four beginning today, Phillipsburg native and ESPN analyst Tom Brennan realizes the heat gets turned up in the studio where he works. Especially when he and fellow college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb are on the set together. “He’s the young…

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For Barbosa, a tough way to bow out ** Allen grad struggled in his final game, but ex-coach says body of work is no less impressive.

Ray Barbosa’s mother, sister and stepfather each sat near-motionless in the RBC Center as the minutes in his college basketball career counted down Friday. Unable to shake free from a suffocating Georgetown defense, Barbosa missed shot after shot, and his University of…

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20 years ago, No. 16 seed Lehigh gave Temple all it could handle ** Former star Mike Polaha has fond memories of going to Big Dance, but can’t bear to watch the tape.

ESPN Classic could replay the 1988 NCAA Tournament first-round game between Lehigh and Temple, but Mike Polaha wouldn’t be sitting by the tube. The former Lehigh star guard could watch tape of the game — played 20 years ago this month in Hartford, Conn. — anytime, because he has…

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Moms dancing with stars ** Denise Greene and Pam Tillett share in the experience of their sons’ dreams of reaching the Big Dance.

Concerned and nervous, Pam Tillett sat still in the stands amongst raucous University of Maryland-Baltimore County fans Saturday afternoon at RAC Arena. Her son, UMBC senior guard Ray Barbosa from Allen High, was focused on the court, trying to help his teammates stave off a…

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Burke and Rarick help Bulldogs feel the Payne ** Behind its dynamic guards, DeSales sends Richter to first Sweet 16.

DeSales didn’t have to pack its bags for the opening two rounds of the NCAA Division III women’s tournament. But the Bulldogs need to prepare those the suitcases now. Sensational junior guards LeighAnn Burke and Kim Rarick helped see to that against Salem (Mass.) State in a…

· Andre D. Williams

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Tenacious D, friendly rim sweet music for DeSales ** Bulldogs end NCAA skid, holding off Muhlenberg on Rarick’s huge 3-pointer.

A game of one tenacious defensive stop after another got final separation on a 3-point from the corner by DeSales junior Kim Rarick that bounced once, twice and then hung on the rim before falling through the nets. You can call it a lucky bounce, but it was just a good player…

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‘Hounds lose dogfight to John Jay ** Moravian matches Bloodhounds’ quickness in first half but can’t overcome 5-minute drought in 2nd.

It was a game of fun, run and gun offense that was filled with impressive highlights. But Moravian nearly ran itself ragged trying to keep pace with John Jay College, a quick and athletic team from New York City that brought many spirited fans to Johnston Hall for the school’s…

· Andre D. Williams

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Kutztown bows out in first round again ** Host Golden Bears fall to Millersville, 99-88, in PSAC playoffs.

Kutztown University allowed too many open looks from beyond the arc and got burned for it, and allowed too many second-chance points and was punished even more by Millersville in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference men’s basketball quarterfinals Tuesday night at Keystone…

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Hawks crave revenge for disputed shot ** Lehigh hasn’t forgotten loss to Army at buzzer in quarterfinals last year.

It is the shot that has haunted Lehigh senior Bryan White and sophomore Marquis Hall for a year. What they can’t forget is a running bank shot by Army’s Josh Miller that beat the Mountain Hawks, 47-46, in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals last March at Stabler Arena.…

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Lehigh’s Keefer named Patriot League’s top rookie ** The Mountain Hawks put one on PL second team; Lafayette places two.

Lehigh freshman guard Rob Keefer scored six points in his first game, eight in his second and 12 in his third. Get the picture? He continued to improve, and eventually became a starter, winning six Patriot League rookie of the week awards. A graduate of Abington Friends, Keefer…

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