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Aaron Gray will finally have the opportunity to show UCLA coach Ben Howland how well he can play. The stage is big. Gray and third-seeded Pittsburgh (29-7) meet second-seeded UCLA (28-5) in an NCAA Tournament West Regional semifinal tonight at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.…
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Read on mcall.com →Blurry-eyed and fatigued, Pittsburgh center Aaron Gray sat on the bench, arm-locked with his teammates as Sam Young went to the foul line for two shots with 6.6 seconds left in overtime of its NCAA Tournament West Regional second-round game. It was a game that third-seeded…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray’s uncle, Steve, a former Duke player, had his dream for a second-round NCAA Tournament matchup between his alma mater and Pittsburgh spoiled. But Steve Gray, who played at Duke 1975-79, did not cancel his flight and room reservations after Virginia Commonwealth…
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Read on mcall.com →. Pittsburgh center Aaron Gray played strong on defense and relied on his teammates to carry the offensive load Thursday night at HSBC Arena. Smaller Wright State could not contend, falling behind by as many as 22 points in the second half and losing, 79-58 in an NCAA Tournament…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray has his confidence back. Now, he’s hoping to prove that his shooting touch is also back when third-seeded Pittsburgh meets No. 14 Wright State in an NCAA West Regional first-round game tonight at HSBC Arena. He missed layups, hooks, and jump shots en route to a…
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Read on mcall.com →The state of college basketball players’ minds is different today. That’s because it’s NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday, a day that could bring jubilation to close to 800 players. They will find out tonight, when the NCAA Selection Committee reveals its field of 65,that they are…
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Read on mcall.com →Pittsburgh went perfect from the free throw line in the final minute, allowing star center Aaron Gray to breathe a big sigh of relief after the Big East Tournament semifinals Friday night at Madison Square Garden. The 7-0 Gray, a senior and Emmaus High graduate, had one of his…
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Read on mcall.com →Villanova’s chase for the Big East tournament title ended Thursday afternoon in Madison Square Garden. But memories from the ninth-seeded Wildcats’ 62-57 loss to top-seeded Georgetown in the quarterfinals will linger for a while. That’s because Villanova (22-9) went from missing…
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Read on mcall.com →Villanova’s chase for the Big East tournament title ended Thursday afternoon in Madison Square Garden. But memories from the ninth-seeded Wildcats’ 62-57 loss to top-seeded Georgetown in the quarterfinals will linger for a while. That’s because Villanova (22-9) went from missing…
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Read on mcall.com →Scottie Reynolds and Curtis Sumpter, the freshman and the fifth-year senior, both played 37 minutes and demonstrated a strong will for Villanova Wednesday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. The play of both keyed Villanova’s gutsy 75-67 win over DePaul in the first round of the…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray had another night of honors, winning an award that was based as much on his academic excellence as his athletic accomplishments on Tuesday night in New York. Gray, the University of Pittsburgh’s 7-0 senior center and Emmaus High graduate, received the Aeropostale…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray has gone from back-up center in his first two seasons at Pittsburgh to being named to the Big East Conference first team in back-to-back seasons. Gray, a 7-0 senior and Emmaus High graduate, was a unanimous selection and the only first-team repeat on the Big East team…
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Read on mcall.com →Winning battles for rebounds and loose balls, Villanova closed its regular season with an emotional 78-75 Big East Conference victory over Syracuse at the Wachovia Center Saturday afternoon. Senior forward Curtis Sumpter, plagued by knee and other injuries over the last three…
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Read on mcall.com →Times are not as tough as they may seem for Penn State sophomore Courtney Molinaro, a former Central Catholic basketball star. That’s because Molinaro is not discouraged by the meager 8.9 minutes per game she averages, fourth lowest on the team, or her 1 point per game scoring…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s season is officially over, but the controversy remains. The Patriot League announced Thursday night that Army’s 47-46 playoff victory over Lehigh in will stand, despite acknowledging that Josh Miller’s buzzer-beating shot left his hand after the clock expired. The…
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Read on mcall.com →It was a finish that left Lehigh stunned and steamed Wednesday night. Freshman Josh Miller made a running bank shot after the buzzer sounded (as video from Lehigh’s Web site, lehighsports.com, showed) that lifted Army to a 47-46 win over Lehigh in the Patriot League tournament…
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Read on mcall.com →The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III South tournament is the equivalent of the Division I NIT and WNIT tournaments. But that doesn’t mean that the games will be any less intense for the DeSales men’s and the Moravian women’s teams, who accepted ECAC playoff…
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Read on mcall.com →Cheyney center Robbie Simpson had a career game, and the Wolves’ guards had big fun dribbling at will through Kutztown’s vulnerable defense Tuesday night. Simpson, a 6-10 sophomore center, dunked four times over Kutztown players en route to a career-high 26 points in helping…
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Read on mcall.com →Jackie Adamshick was in no rush to say goodbye Monday night. But when the moment came, the Villanova senior did not shed a tear. That’s because she kept her emotions bottled up inside in her final game at The Pavilion. Adamshick, a former Central Catholic star, received a…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray took an extra-cold shower Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t just because of his disappointment over No. 10 Pittsburgh self-destructing in the closing minutes of a 61-53 loss to No. 12 Georgetown in a Big East matchup for first place, before a sellout crowd of 20,038 at…
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Read on mcall.com →The Patriot League Tournament starts next Wednesday with the top four seeds hosting quarterfinal games. The two remaining highest seeds will host semifinal games next Sunday. The championship game will be held at the surviving highest seed. This is the first year the league has…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh scrapped hard for every basket, rebound, and steal it got Wednesday night. But that determined effort didn’t result in victory against Bucknell, which prevailed in a 69-56 victory before a crowd of 2,530 at Stabler Arena. The Bison dominated Lehigh in most categories, but…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh picked the wrong Lafayette player to foul Sunday afternoon with 1.6 seconds left in the second overtime. That’s because Lafayette senior guard Jamaal Hilliard is an 81-percent free-throw shooter, and was just waiting for the opportunity to close out his final home game at…
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Read on mcall.com →It was like a steel cage match with hard fouls and even harder falls to the hardwood. No chairs were tossed, no technical fouls called, no blood drawn. It was just Villanova and Georgetown, longtime rivals battling hard over 94 feet of the court Saturday afternoon before a crowd…
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