COLLEGE BASKETBALL
CBS Sports Network will televise the 35th annual installment of the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, the longest running regular-season tournament in men's college basketball.
No big-name schools are coming to the next Great Alaska Shootout, but two blue-chip players from Alaska will return home for the annual college basketball tournament.
Murray State's Isaiah Canaan and Stacy Wilson put on a show Saturday at the Sullivan Arena, combining for 18 of their team's 21 overtime points to carry the Racers to a 90-81 win over Southern Mississippi, the first double-overtime victory in the 34-year history of the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.
Photos: Great Alaska Shootout men's bracket Day 4
Seawolves come back to defeat Anteaters
Kabongo a machine from line for Aggies
Central Michigan stops Dartmouth for 5th in Great Alaska Shootout
Delk enjoying return to college
One day after setting a new free-throw shooting record at the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, New Mexico State's Christian Kabongo was racking up points from the foul line again.
One of Tony Delk's favorite memories from his 10-year NBA career was the time he scored a career-high 53 points for the Phoenix Suns, but his favorite memories as a basketball player take him back to his college days at Kentucky, where he won a national title in 1996.
Central Michigan raced to a big first half lead Saturday at the Sullivan Arena, cruising to a 65-48 win over Dartmouth in a fifth-place consolation game at the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.
Monty Dyson, a staff member at Anchorage Baptist Temple, put up a prayer Saturday night -- and though he came up short on a 70-foot shot that could have earned him $1 million at the Great Alaska Shootout, he hit enough shorter shots to leave Sullivan Arena richer than when he arrived.
College coaches sometimes liken themselves to surrogate fathers to their players, but in the case of Central Michigan's Ernie Zeigler, you can leave out the "surrogate."
As the UC Irvine basketball team warmed up before Saturday's seventh-place game against UAA in the Great Alaska Shootout, guard Daman Starring asked a question: "What's a Seawolf?" Forty minutes of basketball later, he had his answer.
GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
With six of their eight players in serious foul trouble with more than 10 minutes to play against New Mexico State, the Golden Eagles remained aggressive, came from behind against a tough, athletic team and somehow survived their foul trouble to move into the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout.
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Second-half bursts lift Dartmouth past UAA
In a contest that was played under the rim and without any rhythm, Dartmouth College put together two second-half runs that broke open a close game and carried it to a 64-52 Great Alaska Shootout victory over a lackluster UAA men's basketball team Friday afternoon at Sullivan Arena.
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Racers survive scare at buzzer
San Francisco's final 3-point attempt could have tied a game in which the Dons never held a lead, but when Angelo Caloiaro's shot clanged off the left side of the rim at the Sullivan Arena on Friday, Murray State's 70-67 semifinal win at the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout was complete.
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Close friends working together again
Fans of Anchorage high school sports may notice a familiar face among the college basketball coaches at the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout this week.
Friday's Great Alaska Shootout scores
Scores from Friday's Great Alaska Shootout
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Credit an Alaskan for Miami's tournament participation
Sylvia Bullock, a graduate of Anchorage's South High School, is the reason this year's Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout has a marquee participant: the nationally seventh-ranked Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team.
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Southern Miss beats UC-Irving in Shootout
Maurice Bolden's double-double Thursday night carried Southern Mississippi past UC-Irvine 78-67 and into the semifinals of the Great Alaska Shootout.
GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT NOTEBOOK
Former Hurricane's quote still resonates
Miami's appearance in the Great Alaska Shootout gives us an excuse to repeat maybe the best quote recorded in the tournament's 34-year history.
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New Mexico State is a big, athletic and experienced team whose high-flying brand of basketball at times breathed life into a sparsely populated Sullivan Arena during a 78-49 romp over Central Michigan in a first-round Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout game.
Miami pockets women's Shootout title
The dynamic guard tandem of Shenise Johnson and Riquna Williams powered an impressive Miami attack in the women's championship game at the Great Alaska Shootout on Thursday, a 92-72 win over South Florida at Sullivan Arena.
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OT loss leaves UAA women winless in Shootout
For the first time since 2005, the UAA women's basketball team exited the Great Alaska Shootout without a victory, and even though it might be tempting to contend that wins against Division I teams shouldn't be expected from Division II teams, the Seawolves know better.
Scores from Thursday's Great Alaska Shootout.
UAA men lose in Great Alaska Shootout
The Sullivan Arena scoreboard indicated that Murray State eked out a 64-62 victory over the UAA men's basketball team Wednesday night in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, but for much of the second half -- for all but the final two minutes, in fact -- the game looked and felt like it was well in the hands of the Racers.
No moral victories for UAA at Great Alaska Shootout
Photos: Great Alaska Shootout - Men's Bracket, Day 1
Miami beats UAA women at Great Alaska Shootout
San Francisco fends off Dartmouth at Great Alaska Shootout
Every time Dartmouth tried to make a run against San Francisco on Wednesday night, the Dons had an answer. They eventually closed out the Big Green 71-69 in a men's quarterfinal game in the Great Alaska Shootout at Sullivan Arena.
DOYLE WOODY
No moral victories for UAA at Great Alaska Shootout
With exactly 10 minutes left in the second half Wednesday night, UAA's excellent Division II women's basketball team somehow trailed Miami's excellent Division I team by just six points at the Great Alaska Shootout.
Carrs/Safeway continues as Great Alaska Shootout sponsor
Good news for the Shootout -- the tournament will continue to be known as the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout for three more years.
Miami beats UAA women at Great Alaska Shootout
The seventh ranked women's basketball team in Division I turned out to be a bit too much for UAA on Wednesday.
No moral victories for UAA at Great Alaska Shootout
Carrs/Safeway continues as Great Alaska Shootout sponsor
South Florida women dust Central Michigan in OT
Graphic: Shootout history, by numbers
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South Florida women dust Central Michigan in OT
With her team down by two points with less than one second on the clock, South Florida senior Andrell Smith shot the first of three free throws and then waited an eternity to see whether the ball would spin into the bucket or off the rim.
Photos: Great Alaska Shootout -- Women's Bracket, Day 1
Seawolves women brace for Hurricanes in Shootout opener
Seawolves women brace for Hurricanes in Shootout opener
The UAA women's basketball team has more than held its own against Division I teams in the Great Alaska Shootout, so it's easy to shrug off concerns of coach Tim Moser going into today's game against No. 7 University of Miami. Then again, Moser isn't prone to hyperbole.
Are the UAA men fresh or untested?
With one exception, the men's team in the Great Alaska Shootout have already tested themselves on a handful of occasions this season. San Francisco has played five games, Murray State four and five others have played three apiece.
A look at the Shootout women's field
Capsul views of the women's field
A look at the Shootout men's field
Capsule summaries of the teams in this year's Shootout.
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Thompson steps up for UAA in Great Alaska Shootout
Travis Thompson had every intention of watching this week's Great Alaska Shootout dressed in street clothes, from a spot near the end of the UAA bench.
Great Alaska Shootout tickets go on sale today
Time to start thinking about Anchorage's annual basketball feast. Ticket packages for the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout ticket packages go on sale today at noon.
Shootout doubles up Turkey Day helpings
UAA unveiled the women's and men's pairings for the annual Great Alaska Shootout basketball tournament, and it turns out Thanksgiving Day will feature a bigger feast than usual.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
State could help boost Shootout
With another less-than- spectacular men's field on tap for this year's Great Alaska Shootout -- the seven Division I teams on board boasted a combined record of 103-114 last season -- help for the nation's longest-running regular-season college basketball tournament could be coming from an unexpected place.
2010 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
St. John's storms past Arizona State to Shootout title
St. John's head coach Steve Lavin said he couldn't be happier to be back coaching after his seven-year stint as a basketball broadcaster with ESPN.
After opening the Great Alaska Shootout with one of their worst beatings in their flagship event, the Seawolves wrapped things up Saturday with one of their greatest showings in tournament history.
SHOOTOUT NOTES
Fan misses $1 million shot -- and everything else
In what may be his swan song as the man behind the Great Alaska Shootout's $1 million shot, Vito Ungaro didn't give away a thing Saturday night.
Damian Lillard went from goat to hero and Weber State went from loser to winner without a single second ticking off the game clock Saturday night in the third-place game at the Great Alaska Shootout.
St. John's assistant from Fairbanks draws high praise
The road from Fairbanks to Madison Square Garden has taken Mike Dunlap all over the basketball world and the real world.
PHOTO GALLERY
Great Alaska Shootout -Women - Day 2
Day 2 of the women's bracket of the Great Alaska Shootout.
Murray State beat UAA, 64-62, in the opening round of the Great Alaska Shootout men's tournament on Wednesday, November 23, 2011.
Great Alaska Shootout history (men's)
Read through the history of the men's division of the Great Alaska Shootout, by the numbers.
Mens
Womens
St. John's and head coach Steve Lavin beat Arizona St. to take home the 2010 Great Alaska Shootout championship.
Images from day 2 of the 2010 Shootout, featuring the championship game of the women's tournament.
Images from the opening round of the 2010 Shootout featuring the women's first-round match-ups.
3rd/4th place: UAA vs. Houston
UAA played the University of Houston for 4th place in the Great Alaska Shootout.
Klay Thompson lead Washington State to a 93-56 win over San Diego and the tournament championship at Sullivan Arena Saturday night.
Nicholls State Vs. Washington State basketball in the 2009 Great Alaska Shootout at the Sullivan arena on Friday November 27, 2009.
University of Houston Vs. San Diego basketball in the 2009 Great Alaska Shootout at the Sullivan arena on Friday November 27, 2009.
The UAA Seawolves defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats 49-48 in the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, to win their fourth straight title.
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts 72-64 in the third place game of the Great Alaska Shootout at the Sullivan Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.
UAA Seawolves women defeated the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 89 to 47 in the opening game of the 2009 Great Alaska Shootout.
2008: UAA takes the Shootout again
The UAA Women once again kept the Great Alaska Shootout trophy in Alaska with their third straight championship. [ enlarge video].
PHOTO BLOG
Get an up-close look at the action from photographer Marc Lester's angles throughout the tournament.
PHOTOS
Images from the 2007 Shootout, showcasing one of the best fields in recent history.
SHOOTOUT CHAMPS
The women's team came out of their Shootout championship with the highest national ranking in school history.
SLIDE SHOW
Paige Greenberg, daughter of Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg, talks about the impact her dad's team has on her.
There have been numerous great games in the Great Alaska Shootout. These 10 rank among the best.
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