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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- No. 2 seed Louisville (24-8) vs. No. 15 seed Jacksonville State (20-14) Continue to Article

March 16, 2017 7:25:pm EST

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- No. 2 Duke (27-8) vs. No. 15 Troy (22-10) Continue to Article

March 16, 2017 11:14:am EST

Whether it will provide an advantage or not, at least Midwest Regional No. 15 seed Jacksonville State coach Ray Harper is very familiar with No. 2 seed Louisville and coach Rick Pitino. Before getting the Jacksonville State job, Harper spent four seasons as an assistant at Western Kentucky. During those four seasons, Western Kentucky played Louisville three times. Continue to Article

March 13, 2017 5:29:pm EST

Ray Harper heard friends and colleagues cracking that a coach couldn't win in basketball at Jacksonville State before they even knew he was considering giving it a shot himself. Instead of making him leery of the move, the Gamecocks' dismal track record as a Division I program appealed to Harper's penchant for trying to prove people wrong. Indeed, the first-year coach has led the Gamecocks to their first NCAA Tournament bid with an Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship. Continue to Article

March 09, 2017 3:10:pm EST

Wesley Person hit six straight free throws in the final minute to complete Troy's comeback to beat Arkansas-Little Rock in the regular season finale 57-54 on Saturday. Troy entered the game tied with Louisiana-Lafayette for seventh place in the Sun Belt Conference and moved into a tie with Coastal Carolina for sixth after the Chanticleers lost to Appalachian State. The Trojans own the tiebreaker against both and enters the tournament as the No. 6 seed and will play No. 11 seed Appalachian State in a first-round game Wednesday in New Orleans. Continue to Article

March 04, 2017 7:58:pm EST

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