the ncaa will not regulate or improveca itself.e force has to come in and bust itse up and say eithero this the right way or do it a different way and turn it into a professional sports league if you want or go back to the fundamentals of academic integrity which i think is equally fine. >> john: we did try to get the ncaa to appear on this program and defend its position but they didn't call us back. >> i'm not surprised that no one from the ncaa came to defend that point of view. they know they're wrong. the former executive director once he left the post came out and said look, these guys should be paid like everybody else. it's funny. everybody who says the players shouldn't get money, most of these players are making tons of money. they always have money to give the coach his million dollar salary. i think the love of the game is a wonderful thick. i think most of these athletes have that, but we have to agree that it's wrong that you have a star player whose school is going to make $20 million if he leads the team to a champi

a victory that keeps maryland ncaa tournament hopes alive. oh, what a feeling in college park tonight. >> it's been a hard week on my family. it's hard on my son last week. he had to leave the gym, because the fans were so hard

. >> reporter: but does competing at the highest levels of the ncaa come with other costs?>> there are very few programs in this country that are meeting that principle of self-sufficiency. >> reporter: cedric dempsey served as president of the ncaa for nine years. he now consults for university athletic programs around the country from his home in la jolla. dempsey says uc berkeley is not alone. of the 340 division 1 athletic programs, only 23 actually bring in more money than they spend. and berkeley is not one of them. >> that's my biggest problem where we are with the division 1 sports today. it has become a big business. and with that there is so mutch focus upon the need to generate revenues. >> reporter: that is what is commonly called the arm's race within the ncaa, bigger and bigger salaries for coaches, bigger and bigger capital campaigns to build more facilities to attract more athletes and keep up with the other schools. if this trend continues, berkeley is likely to be confronted with these questions once again. what cost does it maintain a top flight division

>> 75 years of ncaa march madness presented by dove for men.a entered the 1974 ncaa tournament as the defending national champions but had their streak end in the semifinals against n.c. state. david thompson had 28 points to rally the wolfpack from an 11-point deficit to win in double overtime. n.c. state went on to win the championship over marquette. go to ncaa.com/march madness and vote for the all time march madness players, teams and moments. >> tim: thad matta in his ninth year as head coach. since coming into the league, no one in his nine years has had a better personal in big ten play, a couple of final fours to boot. craft in the backcourt. lenzelle smith, kind of a high-low player. sam thompson is the best athlete on this team. amir williams in the middle. deshaun thomas the scoring machine. the badgers have jimmy jackson pedigreed. traevon jackson, his son along with ben brust, leader in the backcourt. evans fighting a flu bug. bruce mike bruesewitz. a fantastic environment here at the kohl center. our officials. opening tip contro

. >> reporter: but does competing at the highest levels of the ncaa come with other costs? >> there are very few programs in this country that many of them have principles. >> reporter: dempsey served as president of the ncaa for nine years. he now consults for university athletic programs around the country from his home in la jolla. dempsey says uc berkeley is not alone. up to 340 division i athletic programs only 23 actually bring in more money than they spend, and berkeley is not one of them. >> a problem where we are so that it has to come to big business and with that there's so much focus to generate revenues. >> reporter: that is what is commonly called the arms race in the ncaa. bigger and bigger salaries for coaches, bigger and bigger capital campaigns to build more facilities to attract athletes and keep up with the other guys. some on the campus of berkeley say if this trend continues berkeley is likely to be confronted again and again. at what cost does it maintain a top flight division i athletic program and is there ever a point where it should drop out of th

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the young terrapins surprised duke with a win, a win maryland needed to get into the ncaa tournament. after the game, mark turgen talked about how important this win was to him and his family. >> i take pride in my coaching. i don't do a lot well. my son had to leave the gym because the fans were so hard on his dad. i wanted to beat duke. >> the lady terps are in -- and she grabs the board and goes. the terps win 73-44. it is all-star weekend as the big game starts an hour from now. the slam dunk contest was terrence ross and jeremy evans he slams over this object, and he showed it was a picture of himself dunking. terrence ross, on his last jump he leaps over a 9-year-old boy, and that is your winning dunk, the 2013 slam dunk winner. the capitals are in new york against the rangers leading 1- 0. >> leave it -- >> we could turn this around. >> a final look at the >> the wind will stick around a few hours. temperatures in the lwoer 40's and it will feel better. we have a closed front on tuesday, ahead of it gusty winds and heavier rains and it will be colder wednesday temperatures on t

report that exonerates grandpa or they plan on having their own lawsuit against penn state or the ncaa to shoring up the base and the issue ever jury pools because they're going to sue penn state and the ncaa. and these trials will take place in the state of pennsylvania. they want to be able to go to that courtroom and say, you know, what the freeh report is not the end all be all. we have our own competing report. it's like the climate deniers and things of that nature when you have this mountain of evidence that says there is global warming but i have this thing that i just printed out from glenn beck's website and elisabeth hasselbeck just e-mailed this to me and said there is no such thing as global warming, who are you going to believe? >> john: i want to move on, but the term of the deal closes itself when he says, i wish i had done more. we have a former u.s. attorney general involved here. are sports and politics mixing more than it used to, or are the american people talking about it more. >> there has been a profound shift since 2008, and there is a whole chapter about penn

. >> but is it competing at the highest levels of the ncaa come with other costs. >> there are very fewrograms in this country that are meeting that principal of self such city. >> dempsey served as president of the ncaa for nine years. he now consults for university athletic programs around the country from his home in la hoya. dempsey says uc berkeley is not alone. of the 341 television one athletic program, only 23 actually bring in more money than they spend berkeley is not one of them. >> that's my biggest problem where we are with division one sports. it has become a big business. and with that, there is so much focus upon the need to generate revenues. >> and that was steven stock reporting. today in the bay continues with defending dorner. why dozens of protesters are protesting the manhunt for the fugitive ex-police officer accused of killing four people. >>> this is a live look at san jose, looking foggy as san francisco on this sunday morning. thanks for joining us. we have a long holiday weekend hopefully for some folks. not everybody. but the weather looks like it will be n

hey postseason berth, ncaa why not. mike montgomery similar story. bears want to go to the tournament. mike's first game since the famous shoving of alan crab. crab tonight had five points and five rebounds. five second left, cal down two. justin cob. there it is the game winner. and before you know it, cal beats oregon for the 11th straight time. 48-46 bears won six of their last seven. 17-9. 9-5 over all. great night for cal and st. mary's. and stanford similar tale. they beat oregon state on the road. usf a shot at the buzzer to beat layola. smith is staying put. nothing of big consequence, stanford staying with the warriors but the two players flanking him both from the 2011 draft are gone. jenkins sent to the philadelphia 76ers and jeremy tyler 6'10" young man couldn't find a home here. draft picks again, the story he goes to the atlanta hawks. the warriors get rid of these players and now 1.2 million over the salary cap. they'll shave 1-1/2 million off their cap. >>> and jerry buss left hundreds of friends when he left. if you watched, his daug

we'll see if they can get to the ncaa. >> exciting.hank you, mark. >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. new episode of vegas, followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. >>> running under the category of don't try this with your own car. we prohibit a mini cooper acting like a snowboard. a stunt driver drove it off the ramp. what followed was a 360-degree back flip and even more importantly, a perfect planned landing in the snow. the automaker says the car was launched 39 feet into the air. that's one way to get around in the snow. again, don't try this at home. >> no. that's it for us tonight. back at 11:00, i'm denise koch. >> thanks for watching wjz, maryland's news terror. >> they don't teach us in the academy how to protect your family when there's a maniac that wants to kill your children. >> pelley: for the first time, l.a. police officers targeted by christopher dorner tell their stories. john miller has the interviews. what drove the newtown shooter to kill? bob orr has the latest clues. as his girlfriend is lai

the ncaa says it interferes with the contracts between it and the university and violates the constitution'srce kloss clause. answer: winery is experimenting with process of aging wine at the bottom of the ocean. mira is packaging in special designed cages and singing them in charleston harbor in three months. they believe the motion t. like wallet of the underwater environment will have a beneficial affect on taste. some european wineries have tried there but miles an hour a is the first in the u. s. to do so. >>> the dramatic video of a street brawl right here in the bay area involving some 200 people and the action that neighbors want to stop this violence. >>> more than two dozen very unwelcome house guests. the east bay community inundated by wild turkeys the problems neighbors say have gotten out of hands if since these birds started arriving.

we thought maybe they are in the ncaa tournament.t least they were hot bubble. >> they're on the outside knocking to get in. >> they may be on the outside of bubble after what happened last night at boston college. it is not easy to win on the road in the acc. we all understand that. but coming on the heels of that duke win, you hate to call it validation but that is what i think they are trying to do up there in chestnut hill. they had beaten boston college the first time they had gotten together. i'm hearing rumblings that alex lind is a top five guy as he comes out. >> i should burn turn pro this year if that is the case. >> maryland by seven at the half. the second half, down five. they come back. he hit the free throw. maryland up one on the road. final minutes to go. he is good but then inexplicably, bc goes on a 12-0 run. maryland falls at b. c., 69-58. they are now 18-8 overall. that is good. 6-7 in the acc, under 500. that is a problem. could tony bennett and uva be the first acc team to beat miami? tried to do it down there

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. >> look at the ncaa data, the 27 sports that they follow, women la crosse is in the lower third of overall injuries, very safe sport. >> reporter: the doctor said to put helmets in the game may have an adverse effect. >> unfortunately, sort of the seemingly simple answer of putting women in men's la crosse helmets and having them play a game that is more similar to men's la crosse will astronomically increase the injury burden for women for la crosse. >> reporter: so, is there a need for state law to decrease the chance for concussions. >> i understand where they're coming from with that. that may be part of the solution along with several other things that we're working on to get word out about how the game is played and how it needs to be coached and officiated and so forth. >> reporter: certainly we don't want to interfere with the integrity of the game. we need to make sure the discussion is pushed and people are taking seriously the discussion of injuries in girl's sports as well. >> reporter: in baltimore, i'm lamont williams, abc2 news. >> we've been looking at the problem o

. >> the terps rode their momentum in the direction of the ncaa tournament tonight. >> now 11 sprots. >> the terps mens basketball team turned national attention their way with the upset of the duke last weekend. there and consistency -- their inconsistency, they lost at boston college. the 3 and 9 record. first half. throws it down. ties the game at 20./ fromthe left wing, drains the 3 without a dribble. terps up. second half. the terps take a major hit. 69-58. headed to the big 10 next season. no. 1 indiana, number four, michigan state. picking up the action in the second half. hopping it home. trevor brings the hoosiers within 1. 67-66. kevin misses. follows. 72-68 to remain number one. chris davis moves back and field in the orioles. davis filling in right field. now that nick returns to write, davis moved back to the infield. he has a different outlook in different optimism than he has ever taken into a new season. >> it was huge. to play every day and on a winning team. there were a lot of guys in the clubhouse that took strides in the right direction. as a team, we did really w

as they try to lock up an ncaa berth. >>> terp fans, still on the court but guess what?ot seeing couches getting burned last night. the sold out comcast center in emptied out and prince george's county police report only two were arrested for disorderly conduct charges. campus police say students and fans were on their best behavior. very festive. >>> we knew her when she zipped around pratt street in the baltimore grand prix. now danica patrick has become the first person to win the pole position at the daytona 500. it's set for next sunday. patrick went out in eighth place today and then ripped it up going 196 miles per hour. jeff gordon was the only one who would come back close but patrick now in the pole position. >> it's intense. emotional. you're looking at the junior olympic fencing championships here in baltimore. the athletes are as young as 11. they are using what appears to be a sharp weapon to fight an opponent but no scars, no blood. the competitors say they are often on the fence with their emotions during a match. it's physical. >> it's a lot of lungeing,

raymond felton warriors lose final: 109-105 knicks stanford probably needs to win out for a shot at the ncaat 2.4 seconds left colorado up 2 josh powell gets the inbounds drives and dunks it but after the buzzer sounds check out the replay the ball clearly in powell's hand when the red light turns on johnny dawkins likely nit- bound again final: 65-63 colorado randy bennett going for win number 25 on the season matthew dellavedova hits the three-pointer gaels rolling early and all the way final: 87-48 st. mary's >> the 49ers and the chiefs t. he will go to kansas city for a second round draft choice. next year, coach jim harbaugh, no question. he helped them become a good quarterback. and kaepernick is the man. he will get a fresh start. there will not officially announce this until march 12th. we have our fingerprints on a twitter. terrell, the all pro from the baltimore ravens was on the radio show. talking about a movie that he is promoting. we kept pushing him and he started admitting that anthony smith. was.. he found out about it and nonetheless, it was a cornball with money. he was a

ncaa basketball tournament and final fours and cbs golf. ready to stay home with his wife diane. i don't blame him. it's not easy, the journey every week packing up and moving on to the next site. but he's certainly left his mark and he's brought so many of the shots that you've seen through the years, he's provided them to the world through his eyes, through his lens. and we're going to miss him. the schwartzel putt coming up will remind you a little bit of what we saw here last year. these two know that there's going to be more golf, merrick and beljan. and a playoff will commence at the 18th. and should it go beyond that, 10 and then if necessary 14. and then rotate right back through 18 again if we have to. the question now, will this be a two-man playoff or three-way as it was a year ago? simpson and haas will both have putts for birdie and if they hole them will finish one out of that playoff. and really the only one that factors in to who takes home the trophy is this man charl schwartzel. it is a familiar putt for us, isn't it? nick: we've seen this many times over the ye

mary's inching closer to an ncaa tournament bin. and ryan vogelsong took the hill to kick off giants cactus league >> ama: san francisco's water front has two new tall visitors, the lady washington and the steel-hulled hawai'i yap chieftan. people 16 and older can actually learn the art of how to sail a tall ship. the ships will be at the pier through wednesday, and maybe the weather will hold. >> leigh: we had a lot of wind today, gusting out of the northwest at 25 miles-per-hour. so nice sailing conditions on the bay today. live doppler 7hd showing you clear sky out there. but check out this gorgeous sunset from our high definition east bay cam. looking at the bay bridge there here's a look at the highs for today. temperatures were held down thanks to the cool breezes. out of the northwest. accept rosa, 60. 63, napa. concord, 60. 57 in san jose. monterey, 54. right now from the high definition roof top camera, beautiful shift of the embarcadero and number are starting to go down, san francisco, 32 right now. 51 in san jose. petalu

and haa a place on te top 25 list for best program turnaround in ncaa history.daaas-winning is contagiouster we won the skerry-like annthing,,gett ooo playerssin and it makes you - pore better players in here. two standing out... freshman point uard jerome hairston 3 jjrrell benimon... hairston named caa rookii of the week 3 -3 times... and benimonnis 2nd inn the ccuntry in dooble--oubbes. ma-unfortunately the &pttrnaround ide ends early for towson. theetigers are banned from post season duu to a low ssore on thh academic progrrss &preport. dating back toopat kennedd's days. the tigers -3 season will end in three games. skerry-i caa sit here nd say ww would wii the thing but we wouuddbe a hhrd out and that bums me out.with o conference dance in march... the igers have ppayee for one thinngthis a change to have 18 wins ttis - prrgrams 18 wins.in tooson, ma for su. 3that'll do it for this edition of sporrsuulimited.. i'm bcgoodniiht..... ... 3 -3

ncaa basketball tournament and final fours and cbs golf. ready to stay home with his wife diane. i don't blame him. it's not easy, the journey every week packing up and moving on to the next site. but he's certainly left his mark and he's brought so many of the shots that you've seen through the years, he's provided them to the world through his eyes, through his lens. and we're going to miss him. the schwartzel putt coming up will remind you a little bit of what we saw here last year. these two know that there's going to be more golf, merrick and beljan. and a playoff will commence at the 18th. and should it go beyond that, 10 and then if necessary 14. and then rotate right back through 18 again if we have to. the question now, will this be a two-man playoff or three-way as it was a year ago? simpson and haas will both have putts for birdie and if they hole them will finish one out of that playoff. and really the only one that factors in to who takes home the trophy is this man charl schwartzel. it is a familiar putt for us, isn't it? nick: we've seen this many times over the ye

they are not in the ncaa tournament as of yet.to me, it puts them, they were not even to me a bubble team until this win. now, to me, they are firmly on the bubble but they still have a body of work to go and they have a couple of weeks to get it done starting tonight at boston college and the head coach talked about we cannot avoid a letdown after this huge win over duke. >> we met last night. we talked about it. we moved on. i told him to enjoy the duke game until they fell asleep that night or that morning whatever it was and to wake up thinking about boston college and academics and taking care of business. hopefully, they did it. >> he can tag care of business. that is the name of the game at this stage for maryland and georgetown. georgetown, i think, is in. but maryland still has a little bit of work to do but the duke win puts them in the committee's eye and mind and says, if they win, they can take care of business actually guy who did a lot of winning, dr. jerry buss passed away yesterday at the age of 80. arguably, the

if they win that, they will automatically make it to the ncaa tournament. full disclosure, i'm a gale. >> outside guess you'll be cheering for them. will banners flow even higher? she'll have us all wrapped up in st. mary's gear. >>> 5:09 right now. happy to cheer for them. coming up, we take you to scottsdale for spring training with world champion giants and what it takes to get the field ready for the world champions. >>> the silicon valley company says the boat is not sinking as fast as they thought. that's really good news. we'll take a look coming up in business news. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] over a third of a day's fiber. fiber one. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ we, we chocolate cross over. ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate. >> reporter: good morning to you. i'm laurence scott live in sc

that emotional win over duke had terps fans talking ncaa tournament but coach didn't want to hear about it. he said the only game that matters is the next one. looking ahead to march madness can lead to february frustration. on the road would the terps have their feet on the ground after beating duke. logan aaronhalt with an unlikely hand. the transfer from albany with a season high 26 points, the terps lead in the second half. but they couldn't hang onto it. boston college scored 12 straight points to turn the tables on the terps. e he led the eagles with 26 points. here he is again. the terps follow that win over duke with a disappointing defeat on the road at bc. 69-58. 5 more regular season games left for the materials. >>> high school hoops, baltimore city title game. edmondson dunbar, a thriller. check out isaiah trip to the hoop, this goes to overtime. tied at 63. dunbar down by 2. 9 seconds left in ot. dexter miles hit the 3-pointer, gives the lead in the final second. edmonton inbound, they get one shot to win it. shot launched at the buzzer, no good. dunbar wins the city title

the terps looking for a big win to help their chance to dance at this year's ncaa tournament. they came out firing, upsetting the second ranked blue devils 83-81. the terps again struggled with turnovers in this game but outrebounded duke by 21 and got to the free-throw line 34 times. center alex len led the terps with 19 points and also shut down duke's center mason plumlee who had a season low four points after leading at halftime by one. maryland went on to lead to double digits before duke came back at 81 with 17 seconds left. on the next possession, seth allen drove to the basket, drew a foul and made both free-throws to give the terps their first victory over duke since 2010. >> in local men's basketball action, towson helded off hosta to hold their 10th conference win of the year while morgan state defeated maryland eastern shore with five members scoring in double digits. johns hopkins blue jays defeated towson with four goals from brandon ben and the terps took on harford and maryland was propeled to their second win of the season and travel to loyola for a rematch of

. >> the ncaa tracks 27 women's sports. lacrosse falls in the lower third for injuries. >>> anyone with loans knows writing the checks is painful. >> while you pay others are stiffing the feds. failing to pay back loans you funded. >> let's bring in josie about one group of deadbeats that surprise us. >> reporter: doctors ask dentists may end up with more student loans than the rest of us and have a bigger potential to make big money. why are we still paying their debt? you're watching the magic act of zachary press. he may want to disappear from the camera but no hiding from the past. are you seeing patients? not at the moment. you're just here? cleaning up and closing up. your license was not renewed a while ago. by a while we mean four years ago. records show dr. press's dental license was not renewed by the state board of dentistry in 2009. we found him here behind the counter wearing scrubs and while the signs around the officer call him a dentist the feds call press something different. a deadbeat. >> it's a relativel

george mason a good resume builder for the ncaa, this wouldn't be it. devon drops it like it's hot. three of his 22, george mason moves it by 7 on their home court. they are 14-10 overall. >>> the nation's leading scorer in eric green and nothing else. they need the nation's leading defense. marcus with the flush. the hokies 2-8. they lose today by 10 to georgia tech. hasn't been a banner year for west virginia either. bob huggins. get 17, win 63-50. all right, some hockey now. the washington capitals have five points. let me say that again, five points. they played 11 games. so that isn't good. what's wrong? i think you would say, you can point to a lot of things, primarily the lack of training camp, but isn't that an excuse by now? i think so, and so does the general manager. he has a theory. undisciplined hockey, now normally that would imply a coaching problem, but not in this case. he told reporters this is all on the players, not the coaches, and he pointed to one specific thing. >> the issue with our club right now in my mind is all these penalties were taken. it's too much.

their final push to make the ncaa tournament, but the terps are being too careful not to look too far ahead. >> i know we have six games left. i know who we play, but it's not like we got to win this one. we got to try to figure out how to beat boston college. >> we try to take it game by game, try to get every win we can. we want to go to the tournament but we're just going to focus game by game and let whatever happens happens. >> reporter: sad news out of the nba, jerry buss has died after a long battle with cancer. buss bought the lakers in 1979, turned them into a championship machine with 10 overall. he was elected into the nba hall of fame in 2010. buss of 80 years old. >>> time to review this high school game of the week poll. we have four games to choose from. you can always vote at usatodayhighschoolsports.com/dc but now you can text in your vote. text the key word for the game you want to 25543. winners will be announced thursday night. go on the website to see those codes as well. >> you all are some sports social media geeks. >> moving it ahead. >> that's it for us. >> th

now being investigated by the ncaa. the students were promised basketball fame for a price. tuition is listed online as $10,000 a year. 5,000 for boarding. he says the claims aren't true. police explain what he's accused of to our nbc station in sacramento. >> zip tieing their hands and feet, kind of keeping them bound in one spot. and then also placing clothes pins on their nipples. for extended period of time, causing a lot of pain. >> i think the police have to do what they have to do when allegations are made. a lot of people also didn't read the fine print, is that it's suspicion of child abuse. >> he is out on bond. so according to the school's website, the head coach previously coached at st. mary's. the sacramento bee says he left ccse prep after he wasn't paid. >>> immigration, the hot topic in washington today from the white house to capitol hill, lawmakers and leaders right now trying to agree on a plan dealing with the country eets 11 million illegal immigrants. tracie potts is in washington this morning with more on what's happening today, trying to move this di

. >>> in the ncaa, cal, justin cobbs working one-on-one on jonathan lloyd, he drove the jumper with less than a second for the win. cal, 48, oregon 46. >>> and on this day in 1980, the miracle on ice. most americans alive that day remember where they were when the united states olympic hockey team defeated the heavily favored soviets in the semifinals of the lake placid winter classic game. the u.s. would of course go on to win the gold. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray. never all. >>> just ahead, spoiler alert for the academy awards. we've got a source that has a 97% accuracy record for picking oscars' winners. coming up next. >>> welcome back. the weekend forecast is kind of split. the northwest getting a big rain storm and windstorm. today we'll continue with damp with showery type weather. down in the south we won't warm up too much in california. 69 in l.a. today, 65 in vegas. again the rain and the wind will end this afternoon, at least the heaviest of it in the northwest. saturday behind the front temperatures a little bit

justice department and the ncaa and it's made national headlines. some calling it trial by twitter because bloggers are feverishly tweeting play by play updates about every word and mooumt in the courtroom. but it's a jury that will ultimately decide as early as friday. for "nightline," i'm lindsay davis in new york. >>> just ahead, from "survivor" to "shark tank" to the bible? the king of reality shows tells me about his surprising new project, taking on the good book. more than two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we've shared what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. bp's also committed to america. we support nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. ♪ i've been using crest pro-health for a week. my dentist said it was gonna help transform my mouth. [ male annou

closed captioning provided by cbs sports division >> today on "75 years of ncaa march madness," they'rets of the tournament. >> cinderella is alive! >> desperation plays that take our breath away. the difference between victory and defeat! cbs sports celebrates the 10 greatest buzzer beaters in the history of the ncaa tournament. >> in college basketball teams play the game for a hard-fought 40 minutes. sometimes the outcome is decided by a mere fraction of a second. >> got it at the buzzer! >> on average, today's

selection sunday is four weeks from today and you will see the ncaa basketball championship selectioncbs sports. that leads us to our court of opinion. after duke's loss last night to maryland, seth davis? >> seth: no, duke is still on my number one line. gonzaga and florida are the other two teams vying for the last spot. gonzaga has two losses. one at home. much weaker schedule. florida has three losses including a bad one at arkansas. keep in mind, duke gets miami in cameron on march 2nd. if they win that game, duke will be a number one seed. >> doug: they shouldn't be a number one seed. their top six wins were december 8 or previously. the top five wins all in the month of november. >> seth: they still kouvenlt >> doug: they don't count if you don't have ryan kelly, you lose to maryland and maryland didn't have pe'shon howard, their starting point guard. >> seth: duke blown out at arkansas, better than losinga the miami. >> doug: a nine-point game at the end of the game. >> seth: a blowout. >> doug: 27 points is a blowout. >> seth: duke beats miami at home and does well enough in

in northwest baltimore, the defending ncaa national champion men's lacrosse team. those loyola greyhounds played in a harbor scrimmage. final score not important because team unity and polished execution are part of the process that was top priority. nonetheless, loyola just took care of business. let's put it like that. they are the preseason number 1. so the experts say they are expected to do it again. >> do it well and do it in their nice new facility here. >> they have a great chance. >> all right, stan. thanks so much. >>> be sure to watch the cbs primetime lineup. at 10:00, it's 48 hours, immediately followed by wjz eyewitness news at 11:00. and coming up tonight at 11:00 here, on wjz. more incredible pictures of the blizzard up to the north of us. the travel tie-ups due to the problems. we'll tell you how it will affect you. >>> also, tax season. how to bypass the stress and get those taxes done early. we have preparation advice from the experts. that's tonight at 11:00. plus more. and that is it for us tonight. thanksthanks for joining us. for bern and sta

looking for their second ncaa appearance.n, there you saw eric, 25 points, 2 rebounds 2 assists, 3 steals. loyola a winner tonight. >> >> women's hoops, meantime, finally number 7, maryland, wake forest, 23 a piece, thomas and hawkens. a 2 point hook up. wake clawed back from a 20 point deficit to climb within 3 in the closing minutes maryland prevails, 73-63. that is a quick hit of sports hope everybody has a good nigh this is so sick! i can't believe your mom let you take her car out. this is awesome! whoooo! you're crazy. go faster! go faster! go faster! go faster! no! stop...stop... (mom) i raised my son to be careful... hi, sweetie. hi, mom. (mom) but just to be safe... i got a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. hey! hey honey! hey alan. uh, hey.... i'm bob, we talked at the tax store. i did your taxes. i thought you were a tax expert? today, i'm a master plumber. major tax stores advertise for preparers with "no tax experience necessary." at turbotax, you only get answers from cpas, eas or tax

players and one sacramento player ejected from the game and will be suspended for four games under ncaaes. >> the exact kind of -- there is henry. >> he got it too. looked open handed to me, henry. >> that was painful, though. that was painful. open handed or closesed. that's why i gave up baseball. no crying in baseball. i would be crying after that punch right there. hey, diane, terry, baseball is back. the a's and giants both finally playing against other major league teams. we have the highlights. we were there with the world champion giants after their contact cuss league opener, hear from sandoval and the rest of the game. it's all next. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. a lot of batting practice, long talks, team pictures and other odds and ends are the easy parts of spring training. those days are gone as a's and giants are officially back to playing against other major league team. let's head out to the cactus state. giants opening up, spring training against the angels, and vogelsong the start. he induces the ground out. vogelsong two scoreless innings, and giants down one in

a lot of it surrounding the ncaa march madness playoffs. so in that spirit, being that the catholic church is in the process of selecting a new pope, please welcome the sweet sistine, the religion news service has put together first-round voting brackets on the favorites for pope, including the odds on each, just like all the european betting parlors. >>> up next here tonight, a history-making honor today for the woman whose singular act of disobedience launched a movement. >>> we end tonight where we started the broadcast, the civil rights struggle in this country. rosa parks became a huge figure in her own modest way when she took her seat on a montgomery, alabama bus in 1955. she couldn't know then that over a half century later her statue would be unveiled in the u.s. capitol. nbc's kelly o'donnell was there. >> ladies and gentlemen, the statue of rosa parks. >> reporter: history lived and history made. >> rosa parks' singular act of disobedience launched a movement. >> reporter: until today, until rosa parks, no african-american woman

for a team looking to build its resume to get into the ncaa tournament, this was a much-needed victory it's a big event for us, for our team, for our program, and i know our fans waited for this win like already four years. so it was big for us. >> yeah, we felt like we needed a big win, you know, and this is it. going in the locker room after the win, everybody was just relieved because this whole week our theme was be committed to the team, just commitment. as you can tell, everybody played their role and everybody was committed and we did the best we could. >>> now we're going to fire up the bagpipes. american hosting holy cross today. that's going to get you going. pick it up in the second half. eagles down one. pass inside to steven lumpkins. 17 points for lumpkins. this one heads to overtime. 5.4 seconds left in o.t., tied at 61. collin hamilton at the line. misses, eagles get the rebound. here we go. daniel munoz up the floor, the buzzer beater and it's good! american wins in overtime just like that. 64-61, the final score. >>> the daytona 500 is known as the great american race

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. >>> and the "associated press" reports that the ncaa has acc e accused the university of miami of lackstitutional control. it's the latest episode in two-year investigation into alleged rules violations by a former university booster. the institutional control charge is one of the most serious. >>> in the nba now, some last-chance heroics lift the nets past the bucks. joe johnson hit a game-tying three-pointer to push the game into overtime and then the johnson hits a buzzer-beating buzzer to end the o.t. they beat milwaukee, 113-111. >>> when we return now, another look at this morning's top stories and the case of the stolen diamonds. a brazen robbery at an airport and the search for eight masked suspects. >> announcer: sports sponsored by touch of gray. get the boaest of both worlds. wow, i've been claritin clear for 10 days! when your allergies start, doctors recommend taking one non-drowsy claritin every day during your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 days! 12 days! 24 days of continuous relief. live claritin clear. every day. some brokerage firms are. but way too many ar

lowe's is a proud partner of the ncaa. >> kevin: you can run but you can't hide in college basketball premiere conference the big ten. and today it has lived up to the hype. an important fame for both buckeyes down by nine they have led by 10 up by 5 a little over a minute to play. >> clark: defense in the second half has been the difference. catalyst is craft. contribution from a number of players. ravenel, thomas got his offense going. now you have to get it in without turning it over. >> kevin: thompson looking, looking. >> clark: five seconds. >> kevin: sure is. what defense. >> clark: he had a time-out there, he could have used. thompson did. you don't like to waste it in that situation but the turnover is more costly than expiring your time-outs there. >> kevin: a lot of young players have their fingerprints on this game. you grow up in a hurry in this conference don't you? my goodness. >> clark: we'll see what michigan state tries to do. they did not get -- they turned it over the last time in this situation. >> kevin: johnson will inbound. nix, appling, valentine. they go deep

lowe's is a proud partner of the ncaa. >> kevin: you can run but you can't hide in college basketball, premiere conference, the big ten. and today, it has lived up to the hype. an important fame for both, buckeyes down by nine, they have led by 10, up by 5, a little over a minute to play. >> clark: defense in the second half has been the difference. catalyst is craft. contribution from a number of players. ravenel, thomas got his offense going. now you have to get it in without turning it over. >> kevin: thompson looking, looking. >> clark: five seconds. >> kevin: sure is. what defense. >> clark: he had a time-out there, he could have used. thompson did. you don't like to waste it in that situation but the turnover is more costly than expiring your time-outs there. >> kevin: a lot of young players have their fingerprints on this game. you grow up in a hurry in this conference don't you? my goodness. >> clark: we'll see what michigan state tries to do. they did not get -- they turned it over the last time in this situation. >> kevin: johnson will inbound. nix, appling, valentine. they

. >>> terps hopes for an ncaa tournament bid are suddenly fainter. maryland pell to boston college last night. this was a potentially devastating loss. it was the terrapins first defeat to a sub .500 team all season. it came three days after maryland's biggest win of the season. the upset victory over duke. the terps are 18-8 on the season. 6-7 in the acc. they will try to rebound on saturday at home against clemson. >>> virginia fans are probably a little down this morning as well. the cavaliers lost a heartbreaker to miami. there was less than 15 seconds left and miami scored to take the lead. the hurricanes stole the inbounds pass to clinch the victory. >>> the final score there 54-50. virginia has the same record as maryland. 18-8. but the cavs are 8-5 in conference play. they take on georgia tech next sunday. >>> robert griffin iii is downplaying the message behind his latest adidas commercial. check out the sound. >> blow he it all up. >> the commercial ends with the tag line all in for week one. that has many redskins fans worried that he's ru

the family of joe paterno challenges the findings of a report last year that led to unprecedented ncaaanctions against penn state. former fbi director louis frees' report claimed paterno and other officials covered up allegations of sex abuse by jerry sandusky. the paterno report says those claims are unfounded and there's no hard evidence that joe paterno ever told anyone not to report sandusky's actions. it also points out that he did not interview paterno or other administrators accused in the cover-up. tonight at 11:00, we will talk to dick thornburg, one of the experts assembled by the paterno family to put the report together. >>> a church in anne arundel county left out in the cold by thieves. we'll tell you what they took and why the chump is left with a hefty bill for repairs. >>> and chuck tracking rain tomorrow and a system that could bring some trouble. [ male announcer ] want to make a great car interior? stop looking at car interiors. get inspired by other stuff. yep. yep. ok. sure. why not? woah. touchscreens. put that in your dash. now, luxury stuff. make your seats lik

logic would suggest that saint mary's has locked up a bid to the ncaa tournament. if you are randy bennett forget logic. get more wins. the man leading the way. stick with your shot. he had 25 points and it was the all-time scoring record. win number 2587-48. they are at home facing colorado. did somebody slip the tree some red bull? it is an 18-2 run. stanford down two. dwight powell gets the inbound pass. tick, tick, tick, but look at the clock. 000 and the ball still in his hands. stanford loses in heartbreaking fashion. 65-63. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> it was somber after that. >>> up next, the accidental theft that turned into a b >>> here is a look at your wake up weather. upper 30s to upper 40s at 5:00 a.m. 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. with updates. >> thank you very much. >>> visitors love to take souvenirs home, but few do what one girl did. >> she wrote a letter to the rangers at yosemite to tell them she accidentally took two sticks home with her after a recent visit. >> they were so impressed they took photos of the sticks at various plac

a victory that keeps maryland ncaa tournament hopes alive. oh, what a feeling in college park tonight. >> it's been a hard week on my family. it's hard on my son last week. he had to leave the gym, because the fans were so hard on his dad. that said, i know what it means to our fan base. i wanted to beat duke. i wanted to beat duke, okay? and this means a lot to me. >> we felt like we needed a big win, you know. and this is it. i'm going in the locker room after the win, everybody was just relieved, because this whole week, our theme was be committed to the team. >> all right, now that the terps can still think about the big dance, here's a look at their upcoming games at boston college, home against clemson, then on the road for two more at georgia tech and wake forest. hopefully there won't be a letdown. >>> chapel hill, facing north carolina. they kick out to paul and he knocks down the 3. uva up by 9. but the second half was a different story. carolina hit 13 3's in this game. here's one of them. the freshman marcus page with three of his

just with time and trust and experience. >> the ncaa, final four, where does that stand. >> it's huge. i've got my 28 final four coming up here shortly. we were inside this dome just last year, kentucky won the championship over kansas and i've done now all these final fours, more than a half a lifetime. and you know, it's one of the great events in america. you know and it's backed up by the masters the very next week. >> rose: you said and i read this somewhere, that tom brady maybe the best that ever played the game at quarterback. did i misread that or is that something you believe. >> no, i think, well, what i said was i don't think you could find many people whoever played it better than tom brady. because i think there's a list there, upper echelon, some people call it the elite quarterbacks and how far out do you go with it. but you start looking at what tom has done, and obviously hasn't won a super bowl since the '04 season but he has numerous records across-the-board. his statistically it's crazy. it's like arena league as we call it numbers. and i just hate comparing eras,