DURHAM, N.C. — To have any chance against 10th-ranked Duke on Saturday, Maryland’s front court had to do a better job against Mason Plumlee than it had three weeks earlier, when the 6-foot-10 forward paced Duke’s 74-61 victory at Comcast Center with a game-high 23 points . Read full article > >

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Maryland vs. Duke: Plumlees lead Blue Devils past Terrapins

CLEMSON, S.C. — Maryland had played this game, it seemed, so many times this season — building double-digit leads on tenacious defense and explosive scoring bursts only to let its opponents seize the upper hand down the stretch. Read full article > >

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Maryland vs. Clemson: Terrapins hold off Tigers for first road win of season, 64-62

College football’s second season culminates Wednesday. No games will be played, but there’s still high fan interest. National signing day is a day to dream big — for high school seniors, for college coaches, for fans — but the real winners and losers won’t be known for some time. Read full article > >

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National Signing Day: Recruiting is the beginning of coaches’ jobs, not the end

President Obama is proposing a financial aid overhaul that would tie colleges’ eligibility for campus-based aid programs to the institutions’ success in improving affordability and value for students.

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Obama to Link Aid for Colleges to Affordability

Alex Len , Maryland’s 7-foot-1 freshman center, needed just 54 seconds to register the first dunk of his college career once cleared to compete Dec. 28, having served a 10-game suspension for violating NCAA amateurism rules . Read full article > >

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Maryland basketball vs. Temple: Alex Len looks to shake off slump

Alex Len , Maryland’s 7-foot-1 freshman center, needed just 54 seconds to register the first dunk of his college career once cleared to compete Dec. 28, having served a 10-game suspension for violating NCAA amateurism rules . Read full article > >

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Alex Len , Maryland’s 7-foot-1 freshman center, needed just 54 seconds to register the first dunk of his college career once cleared to compete Dec. 28, having served a 10-game suspension for violating NCAA amateurism rules . Read full article > >

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Maryland basketball vs. Temple: Alex Len looks to shake off slump

With for-profit colleges under siege in Washington over accusations that they defraud students, Mitt Romney’s endorsement of them puts him in the middle of a political debate.

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Mitt Romney Offers Praise for a Donor’s Business

A broader and more diverse group of students, including foreigners and minorities, are applying for early admission to top colleges, making acceptance that much harder.

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Early Admission Applications Rise, as Do Rejections

DURHAM, N.C. — The Virginia men’s basketball team did not fade in the second half Thursday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and that’s an important distinction to draw considering its performance here a year ago.  Read full article > >

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Virginia basketball vs. Duke: Cavaliers fall just short in 15th consecutive loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium

NEW ORLEANS — In more than 120 minutes of football the past two-plus months, Alabama and Louisiana State produced one touchdown, countless violent collisions and enough field goals to fill up a lengthy how-to video. In two games, each school won in the other’s home state. But it was Alabama claiming this season’s Bowl Championship Series national title with its convincing 21-0 victory Monday before a divided, deafening crowd at the Superdome. Read full article > >

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BCS national championship game: Alabama Crimson Tide stifles LSU Tigers

NEW ORLEANS — Playmakers running free in the open field and quarterbacks unleashing quick-strike scoring drives defined the opening college football week of 2012, when teams lit up scoreboards with gaudy statistics in three of four Bowl Championship Series games. Now comes something completely different. Read full article > >

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LSU vs. Alabama: Defense could dominate BCS title game

NEW ORLEANS — There was a moment Tuesday night when it looked like Virginia Tech had finally gotten over its propensity for finding new ways to lose in big games . But after overcoming an uncharacteristic special teams gaffe by Coach Frank Beamer that almost cost them the game in regulation, the Hokies saw another bowl game slip through their grasp. Read full article > >

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Sugar Bowl: Michigan football edges Virginia Tech in overtime on field goal

Michigan defensive lineman Ryan Van Bergen thought he had seen and heard it all during his previous four years in Ann Arbor, from being a part of Lloyd Carr’s final team in 2007 to the tumultuous three years that followed under Rich Rodriguez to finishing the 2010 season with the third-worst defense among Bowl Championship Series conference teams. Read full article > >

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ATLANTA — The Virginia football team was granted entry into the Georgia Dome on Saturday night in large part because it spent the fall listening to all the things it hadn’t accomplished in a long time and then accomplishing those very things. Next item up on the list: The Cavaliers had not concluded a season with a victory since 2005. Read full article > >

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Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia football falls to Auburn after injuries on defense, special teams miscues