Big Ten Conference
In College Sports, the Power Five May Become the Power Two
So improvisation has all but become a sanctioned sport at conference offices. The Big 12 has moved to add schools such as Cincinnati and Central Florida. Many around the A.C.C., the only Power 5 conference whose membership has been unaffected by this round of realignment, hope to conjure a renegotiation of a television deal that […]
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U.C.L.A. and U.S.C. Are Expected to Leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten
In recent years, as the Pac-12’s fortunes have waned in football — and as the league was hamstrung by a television deal that pays its schools tens of millions of dollars less per year than the Big Ten’s contract — schools like Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson have regularly mined Southern California for elite […]
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Men’s N.C.A.A. Tournament: Houston Advances to Round of 16
One year after reaching the Final Four of the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, Houston is making another run. This time, it is doing it with five new starters and an overhauled roster. The Cougars, a No. 5 seed, advanced to the round of 16 for the third straight tournament with a 68-53 victory over fifth-seeded […]
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March Madness: Auburn Stifles Upset and More Results
Malaki Branham, a freshman guard, added 14 more for Ohio State, which will play on Sunday and try to advance to the round of 16 for the first time in nine years. The outing was among Ohio State’s worst offensive performances during a season when it has scored at least 80 points in 11 games, […]
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Alabama, Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati Make College Football Playoff
Kirby Smart, Georgia’s coach, signaled Sunday that he remained supportive of Stetson Bennett IV, who was 29 for 48 with two interceptions against Alabama. “Obviously, we have to play better in a lot of areas, but to put any part of that blame, or all of that blame, on Stetson, there’s a lot more to […]
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Michigan Upsets Ohio State, Forcing Buckeyes from Playoff Race
Shaw delivered the ball to his own 22, a far finer place than Ohio State had started from when it last had possession. The Buckeyes began another northward march, toward Michigan’s student section and its band and almost too many maize-shaded pompoms to fathom, much less count. For eight plays, they diced up the Michigan […]
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