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Baylor, Xavier Seek Spot In South Regional Final
ATLANTA (AP) – Baylor vs. Xavier is more than an undercard to the highly anticipated Kentucky-Indiana rematch. The Bears and Musketeers are building their own impressive resumes heading into their...
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Louisville In Final Four With 72-68 Win Over Florida
PHOENIX (AP) — Once upon a time, Billy Donovan took Rick Pitino on an improbable ride to the Final Four. Twenty-five years later, Pitino is heading back after another unbelievable run — one capped with...
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Kentucky Beats Baylor 82-70 In South Regional
ATLANTA (AP) — Kentucky could’ve cut the nets down at halftime. Actually, the Wildcats probably would’ve been good skipping the ceremony altogether. A South Regional title is fine, but what matters to...
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Rothstein Files: Calipari-Pitino Showdown Highlights The 2012 Final Four
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns The script is so perfect, it’s beyond something that could have been written in Hollywood. Some may call them rivals. Other may call them enemies. We call their meeting...
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Ohio State Upsets Syracuse, Earns Trip To Final Four
BOSTON (AP) — Jared Sullinger recovered from first-half foul trouble to score 19 points and grab seven rebounds, helping Ohio State beat Syracuse 77-70 on Saturday to advance to the Final Four. It will...
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Rothstein Files: This And That Around College Basketball, Final Four
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns - A major element in Saturday’s Final Four showdown between Louisville and Kentucky will be the Cardinals’ match up zone. In their Elite Eight game with Florida, Rick...
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Rothstein Files: Another Recruiting Coup For Kentucky’s Calipari?
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns It is more than conceivable that John Calipari could follow up his first ever National Championship with his greatest recruiting coup ever. Should Kentucky beat...
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Police Called In Kentucky, Louisville Fan Fight Between Elderly At Dialysis...
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP/ CBS St. Louis) —The bad blood between Kentucky and Louisville fans boiled over this week at a Kentucky dialysis center when one patient couldn’t wait to call a winner. Georgetown...
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Rothstein Files: 4 X-Factors In The 2012 Final Four
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns 1. DARIUS MILLER, KENTUCKY The lone senior in the Wildcats rotation was a driving force in Kentucky’s wins over Iowa State and Indiana and is the only player on this...
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Urban Prep Again Sending All Grads To College
UPDATED 03/30/12 10:21 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — An all-male charter high school on the South Side is celebrating Friday, as once again, all its graduating seniors have been accepted to four-year colleges....
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Kentucky Ends 14-Year Drought, Wins National Championship
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky won its eighth national championship, holding off Kansas for a 67-59 victory Monday night. The Wildcats (38-2) led by as many as 18 points...
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Video: Worst Cheap Shot Ever
(WSCR) It’s easy to see why this viral video has been tagged as the worst cheap shot ever. Watch what happens when the benches clear in this game between Yavapai Community College and Scottsdale...
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Walter’s Perspective: Deep-Pocketed Universities Should Give Students Some...
CHICAGO (CBS) — In the race for the White House tonight – in fact, in the race all week – the big issue has been college, the prohibitive cost of tuition. At the universities of Illinois and Chicago...
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Your Chicago: Christ The King College Prep
CHICAGO (CBS) — Fifty seniors at Christ the King Jesuit College Prep will receive their diplomas this weekend. So what’s so special about that? Four years ago, the school didn’t even exist. It’s the...
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Best Places For Back To School Shopping In Chicago
By Angela Hazen School is starting up soon, and the cool students know something everyone else doesn’t––it’s time to revamp their style. From backpacks and shoes to t-shirts and jeans, every aspect of...
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University Of Chicago Does Away With Swim Test Requirement
CHICAGO (CBS) — For generations of University of Chicago college freshmen, the awkward experience of orientation week included lining up in swimwear with a mixed-gender group of strangers, waiting your...
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Basketball Schools Break Away From Big East
WASHINGTON (AP) — The seven Big East schools that don’t play FBS football are leaving behind the conference many of them founded to build a league focused on basketball. The presidents of the seven...
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Indiana State Defeats Illinois State 77-75
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Justin Gant had 18 points and 11 rebounds Sunday and Indiana State defeated Illinois State 77-75 in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both teams. Jake Odum had 17...
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Some Earn Their Degrees Online, Not At Bricks-And-Mortar Colleges
(CBS) — It’s not quite the college experience. No dorms, no classrooms, no late-night parties. But, as CBS 2’s Ed Curran reports, online classes are the only way for some to get a degree. Gayle...
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Some Co-Eds Becoming ‘Sugar Babies’ To Pay For College
(CBS) — Strapped for cash, some women are turning to “sugar daddies” for financial aid and becoming “sugar babies.” For some, it sounds like prostitution, but is it? Incredible, but there are several...
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