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The CSU softball team went 1-1 Friday on the opening day of the Capital City Classic. Nevada's Katie Holverson pitched a no-hitter to beat the Rams 1-0 in the first game, but Colorado State University bounced back to defeat tournament host Sacramento State 9-4. Kelli Eubanks (14-6) was the Rams' tough-luck loser in the opener.  

The Fresno State baseball team lost the first game of the four-game series against Loyola Marymount, 12-5, Friday night. The 'Dogs scored five runs on 13 hits. One of the hits came from Garrett Weber, who launched his first home run of the season over the scoreboard in left field.  

In its 12-season run as a player in the NCAA tournament, Gonzaga has been just about every seed imaginable within its range of credentials: It's been everything from a 2 through a 7 and it's been a 10 and a 12. But never an 8, until this season — the Zags' lot opposite Florida State in Friday night's first-round game. However, Gonzaga once was a 9 — essentially the same as an 8, the winner in the crosshairs of a No. 1 seed — and that didn't turn out so badly.

It could have been worse; it could have happened at the first of the year   -Manny Arop

 

Mike Anderson hears it regularly: teams that press just don't like to be pressed. "I beg to differ," Missouri's head coach said Thursday. "We work on (pressing) every single day. Those are guys who have never played basketball before."

Ever since I’ve been at Clemson, we’ve played high speed   -Demontez Stitt

 

Missouri State basketball will get another home game in the CollegeInsider.Com Tournament in Monday's quarterfinals. Louisiana Tech of the Western Athletic Conference will visit JQH Arena for a 7:05 p.m. tipoff. The Bulldogs (24-10) advanced with a 66-57 first-round victory on Thursday over Southern Mississippi.

The fans that were here were great   -Kyle Weems

 

There were few tears when it was over. Maybe that's the strangest part. Nearly every eye was dry in the Loyola Marymount locker room 20 years ago when the most improbable, sorrow-filled and inspiring run in NCAA Tournament history came to an end in the Bay Area. "It wasn't about winning and losing by that point," Bo Kimble said last week by phone.

It wasn't about winning and losing by that point   -Bo Kimble

 

A Franciscan, a Benedictine and a Jesuit were walking down the road when suddenly a vision appeared before them. They saw Mary and Joseph in the manger, kneeling beside the baby Jesus' crib. The Franciscan and Benedictine fell to the ground and began to worship.

It's the physical play. The Big Ten is known for kind of slowing it down and pounding it inside.   -Jason Love

 

It happens nearly every year: an unheralded player, maybe from a school few people know about, goes on a scoring tear or single-handedly carries his team through a couple of rounds of the NCAA tournament. Two years ago, little Stephen Curry from Davidson dashed his way through the bracket, shooting the Wildcats past Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin on the way to the regional finals. There was Wally Szczerbiak taking Miami (Ohio) to the 1999 Sweet Sixteen, Bo Kimble carrying Loyola Marymount into the  

Every year, the NCAA tournament releases its brackets -- four regions of 16 teams, seeded 1-16. And every year, offices around the country drop in productivity because so many people are focused on the games. One of the most intriguing aspects of the NCAA tournament is what teams will win the biggest upset.