Amir Garrett is a 6-foot-6 freshman who played forward for the St. John’s basketball team and can also throw a fastball upward of 90 miles per hour.

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For Amir Garrett, Basketball for St. John’s and Baseball With Reds

Terrell Stoglin , the leading scorer on the Maryland men’s basketball team , has been suspended for the upcoming season for violating the university’s student-athlete code of conduct. The decision prompted Stoglin to submit his name for the NBA draft. Read full article > >

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Maryland’s Terrell Stoglin declares for NBA draft after being suspended by school

“Did you see what he was wearing?” asked the voice. “A dark hoodie, like a gray hoodie,” George Zimmerman told the 911 operator moments before he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, whom he described as “real suspicious.” Read full article > >

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RALEIGH, N.C. — For all its size and sturdiness in the front court, the Maryland women’s basketball team still leans heavily on guard play, which at this time of the year expands in importance as the NCAA tournament field compresses. Read full article > >

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NCAA tournament 2012: Maryland needs to limit turnovers vs. Texas A&M

OMAHA – Throughout the season, the Virginia men’s basketball team frequently pushed the limits of its defense. The Cavaliers won eight games while scoring 65 points or less. They won four games while scoring less than 60 points. Once, they prevailed while scoring less than 50. Read full article > >

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Players on Georgetown’s men’s basketball team pointed to an unfortunate brawl on a good-will tour of China last summer for their strengthened bond and resurgence this season.

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Georgetown Says Team Unity Started With Fight in China

The eighth-ranked Maryland women’s basketball team recovered from a deflating start on Sunday against No. 5 Duke to complete a stirring comeback in the final minute for a 63-61 victory that was the Terrapins’ most satisfying this season. Read full article > >

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Maryland women vs. Duke: Hawkins leads No. 8 Terps to 63-61 win over No. 5 Blue Devils

The Maryland men’s basketball team has lost starting point guard Pe’Shon Howard for the rest of the season after the sophomore tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during practice Thursday. Read full article > >

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Maryland vs. Duke: Terps to face Blue Devils without injured point guard Pe’Shon Howard

HOUSTON — As the Maryland men’s basketball team played several states away, Shaquille O’Neal Cleare, its most touted prospect in a decade, sat in the third row of a yellow school bus that rumbled over East Texas potholes and past roadside tumbleweed and the occasional skunk. Read full article > >

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Maryland recruit Shaquille Cleare has gone from ‘the bottom’ to a top prospect

A month ago at the Maui Invitational, Jason Clark and the Georgetown men’s basketball team needed overtime to dispatch the Memphis Tigers . Thursday’s rematch went a bit smoother for the 16th-ranked Hoyas. Clark scored a game-high 18 points and Hollis Thompson contributed 17 for Georgetown, which built a 20-point lead early in the second half, then held on for a 70-59 victory at Verizon Center. Read full article > >

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Georgetown basketball vs. Memphis: No. 16 Hoyas extend winning streak to eight games with 70-59 win over Tigers

The Georgetown men’s basketball team preserved its perfect record against Howard and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. But it wasn’t as easy as expected. After watching a double-digit lead get whittled to two points, the 18th-ranked Hoyas needed a late surge led by freshman Otto Porter to pull out a 62-48 victory that did not leave Coach John Thompson III impressed with his team’s effort or execution. Read full article > >

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Georgetown basketball jumps out to early lead, holds on to beat Howard, 62-48

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Georgetown men’s basketball team played its first true road game of the season on Thursday night, and what a task it was: A game in Coleman Coliseum against undefeated Alabama , ranked 12th in the country largely on the strength of its unforgiving defense. So the Hoyas figured points would be at a premium and the outcome could come down to a late possession. Sure enough, junior forward Hollis Thompson had the ball in his hands with the game on the line, and after his three-pointer swished through the twine with 1.8 seconds left and Alabama’s desperation heave clanked off the rim, Georgetown celebrated a 57-55 triumph before a capacity crowd of 15,383. Read full article > >

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Georgetown vs. Alabama: Hollis Thompson three-pointer gives Hoyas upset of No. 12 Crimson Tide

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Hidden behind a curtain of turnovers and missed shots for 13 periods this season, the complete version of the Virginia men’s basketball team unveiled itself in the second half of Tuesday night’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge match-up against No. 14 Michigan . After a first half in which the Cavaliers at one point went seven minutes without scoring a basket, Virginia made half its shots after the intermission and stormed to a 70-58 victory that carried short- and long-term benefits. The Wolverines ( 5-2 ) stood as the first — and likely the only — high-quality opponent the Cavaliers ( 6-1 ) will face in nonconference play. Read full article > >

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Virginia vs. Michigan: Scott leads Cavaliers past No. 14 Wolverines, 70-58

Reggie Love, a key member of the Obama entourage, is planning to leave the White House by the end of the year, people close to the administration said. Love, 30, is a popular, gregarious figure in the White House. A onetime forward for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team, Love started out as a staff assistant in Obama’s Senate office after college, rising to become his personal assistant, known as the “body man.” Read full article > >

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Reggie Love, Obama ‘body man,’ to leave White House by year’s end

Residents of this small Alaskan town trace the success of the Tikigaq School’s basketball team to centuries of shared resolve and cooperation.

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Point Hope Journal: Alaska High School Basketball Team Thrives in Adversity