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NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT
Story list	XAVIER 106, OREGON 75 “I told the seniors many times, the last game is the one you remember most and let's make it special,” coach Skip Prosser said. “And I think they did that.” • Notebook: Alumni exhort Prosser to stay • California best of the rest

MEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT
Ohio St. 77, St. John's 74	BUCKS KEEP SUPERSTITIONS Superstition saved Jim O'Brien's hair — sparing everyone else from what could have been a scary sight. • Notebook: OSU no surprise to Keady • Roses in March? Buckeyes get grand sendoff • OSU lodging a complex situation credit

Complete AP coverage	DUKE THANKS UC, UK In its only two losses in the 369 days, Duke learned the importance of the intensity needed to bury opponents and the concentration that keeps leads intact. • Cleaves and Izzo have special bond • El-Amin finds a way to motivate - and agitate • Langdon took road less traveled • Packer's knowledge separates him from rest

WOMEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT
Complete AP coverage	PURDUE CAN'T GET FREE REIGN The basketball season has been one long parade for No. 1-ranked Purdue — a parade to the free throw line. • Duke toiling in twin shadows

ON THE SIDELINES
Mich. St. 73 Kentucky 66	DON'T FEAR FOR UK'S FUTURE Kentucky's only returning starters next season will be Michael Bradley and Desmond Allison. It may not have a scholarship player in the senior class. If Jamaal Magloire leaves, it could lose 55.5 percent of its scoring. But hey, relax. It's Kentucky. • Next season's Kentucky lineup

Story list	NOT HUGGINS' FAULT UC's recruiting appears to be moving more toward the sort of complete players who tend to survive in the tournament.

UK 58, Miami 53	MIAMI ENTERS NEW WORLD What will basketball be like in Oxford like now that Wally Szczerbiak and Damon Frierson have ended their careers? • Szczerbiak may go 3rd in NBA draft • Click through 25 photos of Miami-Kentucky game

	HEARTBREAK HARD TO FORGET A few players and coach Melanie Balcomb were in a Hartford, Conn., mall Monday when some University of Connecticut fans started applauding.

	WOMEN ONE AND OUT, TOO For a while, the UC-Oregon first-round game had all the makings of a “Rocky” movie. But the 12th-seed Bearcats did not get their Hollywood ending,

	NKU LOSES IN FINAL FOUR Arkansas Tech beat the Norse 62-57 Thursday night in the women's NCAA Division II semifinals.

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	Spotlight on Seniors Cincinnati, Miami, Kentucky will only go as far as their seniors will take them. Ditto the Xavier and UC women. Check out our features on these top players.

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