It's easy to see the appeal of men's basketball the NBA stars are global celebrities, fans care, TV goes gushy-gushy gaga but as an Olympic moment it's not the pinnacle. (For half of the men's basketball games in London, you needed a pail of cold water over the head at halftime.) With the gold for the U.S. almost assured failure is really the only surprise the intrigue becomes about weird secondary issues, like the team-bonding for the U.S. players.
The No. 1 spot, for now, belongs to Michigan, helped by national championships in men's swimming and men's gymnastics, plus an NCAA tournament final appearance in men's basketball.
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It hasn't attracted a professional sports team as planners had hoped, but city officials said it has regularly booked such events as the Big 12 Conference's men's basketball tournament.
Because the NCAA is "still in the waiver process, " there is no "exact figure" yet as to how many other programs will be penalized like Connecticut's men's basketball team, added Christianson.
London (CNN) -- The dream is still alive, for the U.S. men's basketball team.
It will be another gold for U.S. men's basketball, a successful journey to London, failure avoided, an Olympic memory they will never forget.
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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will return as coach of the U.S. men's basketball team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and company traded 45 high fives the second most for any U.S. team. (Michelle Obama added to the overall vibe last week by hugging members of the U.S. men's basketball team after they beat France).
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That's what made Monday night's inept NCAA men's basketball championship so fascinating.
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Those Olympics may be celebrated for Mark Spitz's seven swimming gold medals (a record broken in the 2008 Beijing games by Michael Phelps, who won eight) and recalled for the controversial U.S.-USSR men's basketball final, but its lasting image may be that of a masked gunman on the balcony of the Olympic Village.
Alas, the undersized team in red couldn't hang tough with the bigger guys in blue down the stretch, allowing Kansas to reach 30 wins for the fourth straight season the first time that's happened in Division I men's basketball, after Memphis was forced to vacate the 2008 season.
The Big East's stash of cash has built up in recent years through a combination of exit fees, entry fees and money the league's members earned in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
There's also Rice in baseball and Butler in men's basketball.
"Also, in UConn's first waiver denial, NCAA staff noted the men's basketball team's overall lack of academic achievement and minimal academic progress over several years, " Christianson said by e-mail to CNN.
It has also bought the rights to games by the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the NCAA men's basketball tournament and English Premiere League soccer, and such personalities as sportscaster John Madden , skateboarders Bam Margera and Tony Hawk , cyclist Lance Armstrong and political commentators Bob Dornan and Michael Reagan .
The passion that their students, alumni and sponsors have for college basketball translates into an abundance of riches for these universities, making their men's basketball programs extremely valuable, according to Forbes' first ranking of college hoops teams.
But the women's team couldn't complete the feat with a sleepless Rick Pitino, the men's basketball coach, behind its bench to watch.
If this holds true again, that's bad news for four of the top seven teams in the current Associated Press men's basketball poll.
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Hermann, the first woman to head Rutgers' athletic program and one of three female ADs at the 124 schools that make up college football's top tier, has promised a restart for the program following the ouster of its men's basketball coach and the resignation of other officials.
LG's LX9500, launching in July, is supported by an integrated, multifaceted marketing campaign with broadcast and online advertising tied to LG's corporate partnership with the NCAA, which began airing during the NCAA "March Madness" men's basketball tournament.
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COM, the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, professional golf, PGATOUR.
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The video released Tuesday features Coach Mike Rice during the men's basketball team practices.
The footage was only clips of several dozen hours of video from the men's basketball practices.
The 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament, in true Hitchcockian form, has been overrun by vicious birds.
Mitchell is building a tradition at a school rich in men's basketball history.
The men's basketball team collected the team award after winning bronze in China.
And the same can be said of current Olympic sports like men's basketball.
The University of Connecticut said, in its release issued Thursday, that its men's basketball team is well ahead of that requirement.
Naturally, of course, I'm talking about the world-famous, four-day-long, sweaty orgy of humanity known as the NCAA men's basketball Final Four.
The Amherst Lord Jeffs have won their second Division III men's basketball national championship, defeating Mary Hardin-Baylor 87-70 at Phillips Arena.
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