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WCHA changes playoff format to eliminate automatic UAA-UAF matchup

The revamped WCHA hockey conference tweaked its playoff format Friday to eliminate an automatic first-round match between UAA and UAF. 59 minutes ago

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UAA SEAWOLVES

UAA is tied for the national lead in ties

Team Tie -- aka UAA Seawolves -- fittingly is tied with Clarkson for the national lead in ties with seven as it enters a Western Collegiate Hockey Association series at Michigan Tech in Houghton this weekend.
UAA SEAWOLVES

King keys win for UAA women

Sasha King played her first home game in a month Thursday for the UAA women's basketball team and responded by sparking the Seawolves' 93-82 victory over Seattle Pacific.
UAA SEAWOLVES

Saints upend UAA men, 60-52

Saint Martin's outscored the UAA men's basketball team 12-2 in the final three minutes Thursday for a 60-52 upset of the Seawolves.
COLLEGE

Wake Forest women fall to No. 7 Terps, 73-63

Jen Hoover was proud that her Wake Forest team nearly erased a 20-point deficit against No. 7 Maryland.

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COLLEGE

Friday's College Basketball

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COLLEGE

Peters leads No. 5 Duke past Virginia 62-41

Haley Peters scored 16 points and No. 5 Duke used a 21-5 run spanning the halves to overcome a slow start and win its 20th consecutive game against Virginia, 62-41.

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COLLEGE

No. 7 Maryland women hold off Wake in 73-63 win

Tianna Hawkins and Alyssa Thomas each scored 23 points and No. 7 Maryland held on to beat pesky Wake Forest 73-63 on Friday night.

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COLLEGE

In letter, Sue Paterno defends late husband

Breaking more than a year of silence, Sue Paterno is defending her late husband as a "moral, disciplined" man who never twisted the truth to avoid bad publicity.
COLLEGE

Losing streak is unfamiliar turf for No. 5 Kansas

After one of his team's worst performances in years, Bill Self likened the Kansas team he put on the floor Wednesday night to ones fielded by Dr. James Naismith back when the school was playing games against the Topeka YMCA.
COLLEGE

Indiana becomes latest No. 1 to fall

Indiana's latest run as No. 1 didn't last long, abruptly halted by a loss to unranked Illinois. Duke was bumped from the top spot twice in three weeks. Michigan and Louisville went one and done when their turns came.