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The Big East baseball championship tournament begins Wednesday, and all three local squads -- St. John's, Seton Hall and Rutgers -- are among the eight teams that qualified. The tourney has a double-elimination format through the semifinal round, ...

Columbia is headed to the 2013 NCAA baseball tournament. The Lions clinched an automatic bid by winning the Ivy League title on Saturday, sweeping their championship doubleheader against Dartmouth. Columbia won Game 1 in 10 innings, 6-5. Game 2...

What it means: Baylor is your 2013 NIT champion. The Bears are the first Big 12 team ever to win this tournament, thanks to their 74-54 victory over Iowa on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Baylor (23-14, 9-9 Big 12) had a disappointing regul...

Baylor and Iowa are both a long way from New York City. They're also both one win away from an NIT title. Neither team has won this tournament before. The Bears and Hawkeyes are trying to make history, and finish their seasons on a winning note...

What it means: Jim Boeheim finally got some revenge, 26 years later. In their first NCAA tournament matchup since the 1987 national championship game, No. 4 seed Syracuse upset No. 1 seed Indiana, 61-50, in Washington, D.C., to advance to the East...

On Wednesday, we looked at all the New Yorkers participating in the NCAA tournament regional semifinals Thursday night. You'll see a few more on Friday. By now you're surely familiar with Russ Smith, the leading scorer on the No. 1 seed in the...

The NCAA tournament resumes Thursday -- and while there are no New York City teams remaining, we have plenty of people to root for. In fact, three of the four regional semifinals Thursday night feature star players from the five boroughs. Last ...

Iona is the lone New York metropolitan area team left in the NCAA tournament -- and unless the Gaels pull a huge upset Friday night against Ohio State, New York fans will soon be searching for a new team to root for. Miami (FL) is a prime candidat...

What it means: LIU Brooklyn is out of the Big Dance before it really began. The Blackbirds lost to James Madison, 68-55, Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio, in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Dukes advance to the main bracket of 64 teams,...

Iona and LIU Brooklyn are in this year's NCAA tournament. And they're both headed to Dayton, Ohio: IONA: The Gaels (20-13, 11-7), the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament champions, received a No. 15 seed in the West region. Iona will pla...

NEW YORK -- When the final horn sounded -- when the comeback was complete, when the championship was secured -- Russ Smith made a beeline for the TV camera, wagging his right index finger in front of his face. New Yorkers like the spotlight, and S...

NEW YORK -- Reaction from Louisville's 78-61 victory over Syracuse in the Big East tournament title game. What it means: The Big East went out with a bang. In the final game before the conference splinters, Louisville made a stunning comeback t...

NEW YORK -- A quick look at the Louisville Cardinals' 69-57 victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to advance to the Big East tournament finals. What it means: Louisville is one victory away from winning the Big East tournament for the second ...

NEW YORK -- A quick look at the Syracuse's 58-55 overtime win over Georgetown in the semifinals of the Big East tournament. What it means: It doesn't get any better than that. Georgetown and Syracuse, the two longtime archrivals, met one last t...

NEW YORK -- The Big Apple didn't get to see its hometown team play in the Big East quarterfinals Thursday night. Louisville versus Villanova was a pretty darn good consolation prize. No, the game wasn't a nailbiter. In fact, it was all but over...

NEW YORK - A quick look at Louisville's 74-55 victory Thursday over Villanova in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden: What it means: Louisville is heating up at the right time, and moving closer to securin...