. >>> xavier coach chris mack has been named the basketball writers henry rival award xavier basketball is number 5 in the country. again, chris mack, coach of the year for the musketeers. >>> former first lady nancy reagan lies repose tomorrow ahead for her funeral on friday. she will be laid to rest next to her husband former president ronald reagan. former first lady, michelle obama is scheduled to attend. she died of congenial heart -- congestive heart failure. >>> martin is known for signing the beatles and went on to arrange nearly all of their songs. martin went on to produce more 1997, candle in the wind, honoring princess diana. >>> several buildings were destroyed after a massive explosion. the early morning blast injured nine firefighters. they are expected to be okay. they are on the scene responding to a natural gas leak. the explosion destroyed a grocery store, coffee shop, restaurant and several other businesses, all expected to be okay. such a massive explosion. >> and we're at the just the beginning of it, aren't we. we're going to have some wet stuff coming out of the

xavier' s big mack. elise: xavier head coach chris mack recently won the henry iba award for national coach of the year, and today he was named the national coach of the year by basketball times magazine for the 2015-16 season. counting his stops as an assistant, mack has been to the ncaa tournament 17 times, and brings a wealth of experience. >> but it' s just about getting used to your surroundings now and enjoying it. elise: it' s not difficult for this team to enjoy themselves but by game time, the team is living by one of mack' s slogans -- 40 minutes to houston. >> 40 minutes is all it takes. >> i don' t want them to look at it like we don' t have the opportunity to play for houston until 3-4 more games. you know how hard would you play whether of not? because in a weird way it does. elise: the first 40 minutes to houston starts friday night at 9:20 against weber state. from scottrade center, elise jesse, wlwt news 5 sports. george: the hoosiers advanced and kentucky running away from stony brook in the second half. columbus is where the ohio boys are settling their championship games this weekend

chris riva shows us fans are expecting the final four. riva su open: many around the xavier basketball say the program has gone to the next level, meaning they can championship. head coach chris mack is widely credited for xavier's next step in success. while there have been a long line of great coaches before him, xavier fans say mack is different, because he is home grown. greg christopher: "chris has done an amazing job to take this program to a new level. we obviously have an amazing history, but he has taken it to a new level." riva track: xavier fans here in st. louis feel mack as not only an apreciation for the city, but also xavier. len "i am a bomber myself. i am part of the long blue line. i think chris understands xavier and hopefully he is going to stay a xavier a long time. drew " obviously with the success a lot of people are going to come knocking at the door. rightfully so, but hopefully being a cincinnati guy he will stick around. i think he will." tom "al lot of people use xavier as a stepping stone. hopefully he will be national titles. maybe is 20 years they will name the court after him." len "i think chris understands xavier and the benefits of greater cincin

.-- chris riva shows riva su open: many around the xavier basketball say the program has gone to the next level, meaning they can compete for a national championship. head coach chris mack is widely credited for xavier's next step in success. while there have been a long line of great coaches before him, xavier fans say mack is different, because he is home grown. greg christopher: "chris has done an amazing job to take this program to a new level. we obviously have an amazing history, but he has taken it to a new level." riva track: xavier fans here in st. louis feel mack as not only an apreciation for the city, but also xavier. len "i am a bomber myself. i am part of the long blue line. i think chris understands xavier and hopefully he is going to stay a xavier a long time. drew " obviously with the success a lot of people are going to come knocking at the door. rightfully so, but hopefully being a cincinnati guy he will stick around. i think he will." tom "al lot of people use xavier as a stepping here a while and win 3 or four national titles. maybe is 20 years they will name the court after him." len "i think chris understands xavier and the benefits of greater cin

riva su open: many around the xavier basketball say the program has gone to the next level, meaning they can compete for a national championship. head coach chris mack is widely credited for xavier's next step in success. while there have been a long line of great coaches before him, xavier fans say mack is different, because he is home grown. greg christopher: "chris has done an amazing job to take this program to a new level. we obviously have an amazing history, but he has taken it to a new level." riva track: xavier fans here in st. louis feel mack as not only an also xavier. len "i am a bomber myself. i am part of the long blue line. i think chris understands xavier and hopefully he is going to stay a xavier a long time. drew " obviously with the success a lot of people are going to come knocking at the door. rightfully so, but hopefully being a cincinnati guy he will stick around. i think he will." tom "al lot of people use xavier as a stepping stone. hopefully he will be here a while and win 3 or four national titles. maybe is 20 years they will name the court after him." len "i think chris understands xavier and the benefits of greater cinci

riva su open: many around the xavier basketball say the program has gone to the next level, meaning they can compete for a national championship. head coach chris mack is widely credited for xavier's next step in success. while there have been a long line of great coaches before him, xavier fans say mack is different, because he is home grown. greg christopher: "chris has done an amazing job to take this program to a new level. we obviously have an amazing history, but he has track: xavier fans here in st. louis feel mack as not only an apreciation for the city, but also xavier. len "i am a bomber myself. i am part of the long blue line. i think chris understands xavier and hopefully he is going to stay a xavier a long time. drew " obviously with the success a lot of people are going to come knocking at the door. rightfully so, but hopefully being a cincinnati guy he will stick around. i think he will." tom "al lot of people use xavier as a stepping stone. hopefully he will be here a while and win 3 or four national titles. maybe is 20 years they will name the court after him." len "i think chris understands xavier and the benefits of greater cincin

the xavier coaches are inside scouting who they will play tomorrow - including head coach chris mack. today named the national coach of the year by the us basketball writer's association. xavier's first ever national coach of the year. thrilled for chris because it's a testament to what he has built over seven years. i get that this was for this season, but really when you think about what he has done over seven years, you're carrying on the xavier tradition. you think about the great coaches that we've had at xavier and for chris to be our first national coach of the year what a great honor for him but it also puts a stamp on the program. what's interesting is that mack won national coach of the year, but didn't win the same award in his own conference. more on that - and we talk to xavier's james farr at the team hotel later in the show. live in nyc joe danneman fox19 now. thanks, joe. the bengals also the first day of free agency. we'll break it all down, plus high school tournament basketball, coming up later. still ahead flu concerns in ohio.. the number of cases sparking concern

coach, tim dunn says he's retiring. long time assistant greg ross will take over. and xavier's chris mack was named today the coach of the year by the u.s. basketball writers association. mack will pick up the henry iba trophy at a ceremony next month. and tonight, keenan singleton has the story of a 40-year tradition, life long friends now, thanks to the sport of golf. there. look at you! ha-ha yes! sot: we play a lot of golf, we have a lot of fun. and we play a lot more golf and we have a lot more fun. that's the unofficial motto of the les birdies - the first and only all african american women's golf club in cincinnati. officially, they've awarded some 60 thousand in college scholarships and are 70 members strong. a 3-iron shot from were they began.sot: out of all the number of african american women if only 8 could get together, it had to be a feat.on camera: those 8 black women eventually became sisters, forging a family of sorts on courses like avon fields. it's now a legacy that lasted the last 40 years. sot: in 1976, it wasn't popular for african americans, let alone african amer

bengals are resigning, eric winston, a big part of the locker room. the musketeers of xavier. chris mack, got basketball coach of the year. he's the first one to win the henry iva award skwi sophomore gary clark named as the aac defensive player of the year. he's the only player of the league to rank in the top 6th in rebounds. was a beast in the offensive board, averaging 3 1/2 per game. make sure you get the skinny. richard skinny has the preview of the tournaments. >>> and not the news brian price was hoping to hear. pitcher michael lorrenzan scratched. right-hander had issues against his tendon. reds could have used him. they got lit up. and all the rangers, with 18 hits and 11 runs. nd they combine to go 0 for 6. two days after and we need voters who want safer gun laws and who are disappointed in leaders who stand in their way to remember come election time. i share it's time we had leaders with the courage to stand up to the nra. i'm p.g. sittenfeld. in the senate, i'll fight for commonsense gun safety, criminal background checks, ban assault weapons. i approve this message because ted strickland will

coaching. i just hope i have that opionion during the xavier won't play until tomorrow night. but chris mack won today: another coach of the year honor. this time, it's the basketball times that's honored him. that's two...with the musketeers in st. louis tonight, is our john popvich. 8 teams spent some time at the scott trade center thursday.....the xavier musketters were the second to last team on the court.-it wasn't grueling........and because it was open to the public....it didn't show much...but it was a chance for fans to see one of the top teams in the country.- -actually this was xavier's second practice of the day. the bused to a local high schol gym at mid morning for a hard workout. this one was shorter, light...but important in another way wayit was a way of getting acclimated to a facility that xavier hasn't played on...one the players aren't familiar with:james farr bite...what he about the practicechris mack biteeach team spent 50 minutes on the court.......but there were hardly any fans in the stands....hardly any noise in the arna...that all changes on friday.john popovich,

the xavier basketball team charter was on final approach into laguardia airport late today....and head coach chris mack lean near the window and took this shot. xavier's conference tournament is thursday. and as the uc bearcats head south to orlando for their conference tournament, they're taking with them a first team all conference player. bearcats junior guard troy caupain earned that honor today. more trouble for former dixie heights quarterback zeke pike. he was arrested early monday and charged with dui, then later charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana. to compound it, when the county sherrifs in calloway county searched pike's car, they found a gun.pike was kicked off the auburn team soon after signing there...and booted off the murray state team last summer. the reds are playing the giants tonight in arizona. not a good night for the projected opening day starting pitcher. anthony desclafani went three innings, but gave up four earned runs.the giants lead the reds, 9-4 in the seventh. in the line up tonight, the best position player the reds have in their farm system: jesse winker. a

you feel bad for about the xavier seniors because this is it for them. coach chris mack talked about this and more after the loss. >> obviously, not the outcome we expected or wanted. a really tough locker room. i told the players in the locker room that the sun will shine tomorrow. it does not feel like it but it also it -- but it always does. i' m just grateful we had a good season. it was hard to end this way. i give him all the credit in the row. taking to -- making to dagger threes in the last minutes of george: after an offense if all they got -- shout to get the book ball back to wisconsin. they do it again. they, shallot they took out -- the number two seed in the tournament. they did not make it past the second round in dreams of a final four are going to have to wait. now that you see are they bright lights of las vegas calling head coach mick cronin. according to a las vegas newspaper, the u.n.l.v. runnin rebels are interested in having cronin take over the program. the las vegas review-journal is reporting that cronin is in the mix for the runnin rebels job.

video just now in from head coach chris mack... this is the xavier team plane landing in new york city within the half hour. xavier plays either saint john's or marquette on thanks joe. the players aren't shipping off to the big apple. 92 xavier students loaded up the bus bright and early this morning... to start their trek to new york city for the big game. we caught up with some who say this years trip... means a usual. "yeah i think everyones planning the trip it was within 5 minutes it filled up. i think everyone is super pumped to win the big east this year, the ok we can go to new york. but this year it's been we're gonna go see them win the tournament. xavier hits the court... we've got you covered. joe will be heading bringing you coverage from the starting thursday. you can catch it all now. the t-v... come on back and take a look at this! "what are you doing? come on!" a highway patrol officer ends up in the right place at the right time... video... next. something else you hey catherine... catherine cam 4 you're watching fox19 now at 6:30

xavier is set to play marquette tonight in the big east quarterfinals... that's set for 7 p-m. and a big honor for chris mack he was named national coach of the year, according to the u-s basketball writers. james farr: "i think people are finally realizing how good of a program xavier is. you know it's not like xavier has been a losing program at all. xavier has been a winning program for 20 years. we are finally getting the recognition that we should be. it's all up to coach mack you got to give the credit to him" our joe danneman will bring you live coverage of tonight's game from new york city... and you can find the latest updates anytime at fox19 now dot com. a new issue is investigating for a possible connection to the lead-contaminated pipes. and a live look at underway right now at the fox19 studios.. how you can enter for a chance to win the st. jude dream home, coming up. levee cam meteorologist your storm tracker forecast for your morning commute ... coming up. check th come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped milkshakes. better yet, come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped milkshakes r r at half-price during r half-price h

chris mack. this is the big one. association. mac is the first xavier head coach to claim this honor. the sophomore forward was named the defensive player of the year. they let the indians to 14 playoff appearances. he will continue to teach and coach the indians baseball team. it' s a huge night for high school basketball. the semifinal games at the some toss center. in division iii, roger bacon leads grandview heights at the half. they play at 8:00. playing in the sweet 16 for the first time in 14 years. they are playing at in ku. tomorrow night this is what i came home for -- to work in the community, turning schools after hours into centers for healthcare and safe spaces for our kids. i'm p.g. sittenfeld. after princeton and a marshall scholarship, i turned down a job at google to work improving education. elected to city council, i've helped create 5,000 new jobs, took on big banks to clean up foreclosed properties. now i'm running for the senate and approve this message to offer bold new leadership >>> breaking news tonight, a deadly flood emergency. tens of millions in the path

xavier's j.p. macura the conference 6th man of the year. will chris mack win the conference coach of the year? we'll find out wednesday at a msg - the same day fox19 now arrives in nyc. at cintas center joe danneman fox19 now." the news doesn't stop when we go off the air... the news doesn't stop when we go off the air... an alabama lawmaker has an unusual punishment in mind for convicted pedophiles... check out what he has in mind right now on fox19 now dot com... trucks in arizona carrying saucer- shaped objects have people very transporting ufo's? and it's called the most fun, wild and insane obstacle run in the world. and it's coming to nky check out how to participate on our facebook page right now! now listen to this.... things got really weird on a major highway in the houston area today. look at this... a naked woman , climbed atop an 18- wheeler and started dancing. it happened after a crash on the highway. it's unclear if she was involved in the crash or not -- and exactly why the woman climbed up on the truck. a houston fire department ladder truck pulled up to the front of the semi

xavier' s big. elise: chris mack recently won the henry idol award for national coach of the year. today, h e was named the national coach of the year by vasco magazine for the 2016 season. he has been to the ncaa tournament 17 times and brings a wealth of experience. >> we have already done work for ourselves and the preparation it takes for weaver state. it is about getting used to your it is not difficult for this team to enjoy themselves. by game time, the team is living by one of his slogans. 40 minutes to houston. >> i don' t want them to look at it like, we don' t have the opportunity to play for houston. how hard would you play if these 40 minutes on friday night determined whether you are going to houston or not? in a weird way, it does. elise: it starts friday night at 9:20 against beaver stay. elise jesse, wlwt news five sports. george: and other action, last night, the kentucky wildcats taking on stony brook. building a 14 point lead at halftime. in the second half, kentucky pours on the gas. pulling away from stony brook and storming into the round of 32 in the ncaa to

on the eve of the xavier musketeers big east conference tournament opener, a huge honor for chris mack. he was named national coach of the year today by the u.s. basketball writers. ohio boys division one region at the cintas center tonight....moeller against wilmingtonjarron cumberland, heading to uc next season. watch this move off the glass. wilmgton by one at the break. and another big player in this game was isaiah payton...they call him sleepy...but he was wid awake tnight and delivered 12 points.but cumberland scores 22 of wilmington's 40 total points. and wilmington plays on, with a 40-37 win over moeller. game number two at the cintas centervilleand mark isom with the baseline drive to give east a 36-35 lead witn two-3o to go.next possession, centerville's daniel buchenroth comes up the the lay in37-36 centerville--23: andrew emrick has the ball and a chance to win ... his shot is just long ... centerville holds on for 37-36 win.centerville-wilmington in regional final at the kentucky girls sweet 16 tournament, holmes won tonight, 49-35 over russell. that tournament is at the bb&t arena at nku00 - 04: wid

xavier history. chris mack: "can you ask me that in a few weeks? it's been the most enjoyable team to coach. i do think we've been the most cohesive team we've ever had. so, yeah, in many ways i think it has been the best team." both teams leave wednesday. we will have cameras in both locker rooms throughout the week. tricia roof cam let's take you out live... a nice spring evening on tap... but that could change tomorrow night.. your 7 day forecast is next. the nafta trade treaty -- 850,000 jobs lost. special trade status with china -- 3 million jobs lost. now the trans-pacific trade deal could cost america 448,000 more jobs. only one candidate for president has opposed every disastrous deal -- bernie sanders. while others supported unfair trade deals, bernie stood with american workers. he'll take on wall street and their trade deals because he doesn't take their money. for jobs. for us. bernie. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a balcony to collapse in clifton sunday afternoon. we were out there today at ludlow avenue at middletown. poli

xavier's chris mack hauled in a huge honor today he was named the national college basketball the big one, the moe iba award. chris is the first xavier coach to win the honor. the muskies are in new york getting ready for tomorrow night's game in the big east tournament. uc's gary clark was named the defensive player of the year on the american athletic conference the bearcats first tournament game is on friday. high school hoops moeller and wilmington in the division one regional semifinals at the cintas center. moeller's isiah payton spots up hanging right with them. wilmington's jeff mansfield goes back door to cameron stewart. a big night for jarron cumberland, the three. and wilmington beats moeller 40 to 37. also in division one at the cintas center. lakota east talking over the gameplan against centerville. the thunderhawks mark isom taking the baseline for the lay-in. a close game all the way. centerville's daniel buckenroth with the take for two. east was in a battle and needing help. but buckenroth with another big bucket, 37 to 36. centerville meets wilmington on saturday. we had purcell marian and summit in a division 3 regiona

xavier gearing up for more. >>> chris mack and the musketeers are about to take the trade in st. louis. the final tuneup before tomorrow night's match-up. and good news for mackey, gained another coach of the year honor. he's down to the final four for the prestigious national coach of the year. none of that will matter when they meet up with the wildcats. with the number two seeds, comes expectation. >> different change of pace. we're always used to going to be the underdog. it's good now because we get to prove ourselves. we get to tell everybody we're as good. we're deserving our number two spot. >> and am coulding up tonight on local 12 sports with the basketball, we'll have the muskies workout what they need brad steinky, local 12 sports. >>> and thanks brad. we'll see first round action tonight. u gate, taking on 13th seed, high school hoops. and huge runs to get to the state semis. lynchburg, angela, and congrats to both on great seasons. >>> reds making news last night. welcome back a former pitcher in simon. simon was signed with a two-year deal with a base salary and a chance to win $1.5 million. and with the uncertainty with the health association, it doesn't come with a

xavier's practice... chris mack center court with his two daughters hailee and lainee. this tournament is a family affiar... the two girls are part of the program. amanda steele, the wife of associate head coach travis steele says the closeness comes with the game.amanda steele/coaches wife "everyone sacrifices, everyone benefits. when you are losing you have to put realized when you come home there are better things to come home to."from center court to front row - rex flannert and his dad make the first round of the tournament a father/son trip every year. rex "every year my dad and i go to the first couple of rounds. luckily they have been real successful in the past. it is real exciting."john "this is a great bonding experience with my son. he now lives about 4 hours away so it nice to get together in the first round of the ncaa every year."a couple of rows back... mary wuestefeld from cold spring was elated the muskies played in st. louis. the home of her sister. both are xavier alums.mary jo "we had our hotel reservations a month in advance because we knew they were going to come here and just had to wait for the final sunday to come."from the stands to the court... xavier basketball br

xavier is getting started. they are facing weber state and the tip is set for 9:20. the muskies are favored and head coach chris mack wants his team thinking about a trip to houston and the final four. >> i don' t want them to look at it like, we don' t have the opportunity to play for houston until 3, 4 more games. you know how hard would you play if these 40 minutes on friday night determined whether or not, because in a weird, way it does. uc is going to tip-off shortly after xaiver. the bearcats are taking on st. 9:57. if uc wins, they would likely face the number-one seed oregon, and the players believe anything can happen. >> they say cinderella story or they say the game is not over until the fat lady sings or until you see zero on the clock. there are a lot of miracles that can happen, starting from the conference tournament to now. this is where it definitely can happen, so you just have to be prepared for anything. lisa: we found bearcats fans in spokane getting pumped up today for tomorrow' s game. fans are celebrating the team' s 6th straight ncaa tournament appearance. stay with wlwt as the tournament c

xavier. last night, the musketeers won their first round game, beating weber state 71 to 53. james farr may have been the mvp with 18 points and 15 rebounds. coach chris mack says, he' s just trying to keep his players >> we see teams go down all over the country. michigan state on the same floor earlier today. for use to be able to get stops and score and finish plays around the basket -- i am really proud of our guys. jonathan: the xavier fans are psyched to be moving on to the second round, last night we -- second round. the faithful with maggie o' briens in saint louis. they' ll have another chance to see their team play sunday night against wisconsin. meanwhile, it' s one and done for the u.c. bearcats. last night, saint joseph' s isaiah miles sank a 3-pointer . with nine seconds left cincinnati returned with a basket at the buzzer but officials waved it off, giving st. joe a 78 to 76 win over the bearcats. more protests, and more violence, at donald trump rallies. the latest incident, and the candidate mitt romney. also governor john kasich , confident in his campaign moving forward. his prediction for the rest of the republican race, and why he says

xavier will play a game, after getting a first round bye. and the musketeers will play their first game since chris mack was named the national coach of the year. the u.s. basketball writers bestowed that, on him, wednesday. you have to figure he'll pick up a few more of those before this season is done.as for the team, it enters the tournament as the number five ranked team in the country....and, a projected second seed in the upcoming ncaa tournament. their biggest rival for the big east tournament title is villanova. the wildcats won their conference tournament opening game today. they beat georgetown, 81-67 conference tournament opening game tonight, against penn state. uc, indiana and kentucky all play their conference tournament opening games tomorrow.and sunday, is selection sunday. by six-30 sunday night, we'll know who's in and who's out, from the field of 68 and if you're making plans for tomorrow -- the cincinnati cyclones are hosting a tshirt giveaway night. night.the first 15-hundred fans get the shirt.there is also a pucks and pints beer tasting event.the cyclones take on the mallards at 6:30. the game is at u.s. bank arena and t

xavier. last night, the musketeers won the first round game, beating weber state, 71-53. james farr was probably what you'd consider the mvp of the game. he had 18 points, 15 rebounds. coach chris mack says he's trying to keep his players focused. >> we see teams go down all over the country, michigan state on the same floor earlier today. and for us to be resilient enough and get stopped and being able to score and finish plays around the basket, proud of our guys. psyched to be moving on to the second round last night. we found x faithful at maggie o'brien's in st. louis. they'll have another chance to see their team play sunday night against wisconsin. meanwhile, it's one and done for the bearcats. last night, st. joseph's isaiah miles sunk a three-pointer with nine seconds left. cincinnati returned with a basket at the buzzer. but it was waved off, giving st. joe a 78-76 win over the bearcats. a dead lely plane crash in dead. coming up, what we know about the crash and investigation. terror attacks. what france's president said about the arrests made and your live look outside. what have you got, citycam? a little light in the sky. can't expect a sunrise this morning, because it

xavier. last night, the musketeers won the first round game, beating weber state, 71-53. way to go muskies. james farr was probably what you'd consider the mvp of the game. coach chris mack says he's trying to keep his players focused. >> we see teams go down all over the country, michigan state on the same floor earlier today. and for us to be resilient enough and get stopped and being able to score and finish plays around the basket, proud of our guys. jonathan: xavier fans are second round last night. we found x faithful at maggie o'brien's in st. louis. they'll have another chance to see their team play sunday night against wisconsin. could you believe middle tennessee state university beat michigan state? a little school out of murph reese bro. meanwhile, it's one and done for the bearcats. last night, st. joseph's isaiah miles sunk a three-pointer with nine seconds left. cincinnati returned with a basket at the buzzer. but it was waved off, giving st. joer a 78-76 win over the bearcats. nearly 5,000 runners and walkers are expected to participate in the shamrock shuffle. the annual event hosted by and benefits the community foundation of west chester and dozens of