ATLANTA — Ever since he was a child, Mark Turgeon has loved this time of year, when college basketball dynasties vie for top seeds in the NCAA tournament and mid-major squads scratch and claw for any spot in the field. Read full article > >

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ACC men’s basketball tournament: Maryland’s Terrell Stoglin leads Terps

When Jason Clark did not make any of the Big East preseason all-conference teams in October, the Georgetown senior promised to use the snub as a source of motivation. He spent the past four months making good on that vow, and on Sunday was recognized for his effort when he was named to the Big East’s all-conference first team . Twenty-four hours later, the guard received the conference’s sportsmanship award. Read full article > >

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Big East tournament: Georgetown’s Jason Clark motivated by preseason snubs

MILWAUKEE — The Georgetown men’s basketball team arrived at Bradley Center on Saturday afternoon with an opportunity to earn a second-place finish in the Big East standings and, more important, a chance to claim a coveted double bye in the conference tournament. Read full article > >

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Georgetown vs. Marquette: No. 11 Hoyas fail to secure double-bye in Big East tournament

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — There was no denying North Carolina’s Tyler Zeller in his final game at the Dean E. Smith Center. Maryland ran out of big bodies trying. Zeller scored a game-high 30 points, getting to the free throw line as if by birthright on senior night, to pace North Carolina’s 88-64 rout of Maryland on Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Maryland vs. North Carolina: Terps are no match for Tar Heels, 88-64

The Georgetown men’s basketball program will commemorate Jason Clark and Henry Sims ’s four years on the Hilltop on Monday night. But Coach John Thompson III has made it clear he wants everyone’s focus to be forward, not in the rearview. Read full article > >

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Much like their earlier meeting this season, Maryland ’s rematch with Miami on Tuesday was fraught with wild swings of momentum. But this time, in the supportive confines of Comcast Center, Maryland came away with a badly needed victory, storming back from an early deficit for a 75-70 victory . Read full article > >

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Maryland basketball vs. Miami: Terps rally late for win

NEWARK, N.J. — Jordan Theodore scored a career-high 29 points to lead Seton Hall to the signature win it needed for its NCAA tournament resume, a 73-55 victory over No. 9 Georgetown on Tuesday night. The Pirates ( 19-9 , 8-8 Big East ) put on quite a shooting performance against one of the conference’s best defensive teams. They shot 61.0 percent (25 for 41), the best against the Hoyas this season and only the third time any team shot 50 percent or better. Georgetown ( 20-6 , 10-5) came in allowing 38.4 percent shooting this season. Read full article > >

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Georgetown vs. Seton Hall: Hoyas trampled by hot-shooting Pirates, 73-55

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 lecture hall is under attack. Science, math and engineering departments at many universities are abandoning or retooling the lecture as a style of teaching, worried that it’s driving students away. Read full article > >

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Colleges looking beyond the lecture

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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