TOURNAMENT WATCH
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A quick look at college basketball’s stretch run:
THEY’RE IN
Schools that have received automatic bids to the NCAA basketball tournament:
Butler
College of Charleston
Charleston Southern
Fairfield
Illinois State
Long Island
Minnesota
Murray State
Navy
Old Dominion
Princeton
St. Mary’s
South Alabama
Tennessee Chattanooga
UCLA
Valparaiso
UPSET AVOIDED
* Western Athletic
Keith Van Horn tipped in Andre Miller’s lob pass with three-tenths of a second left to give No. 3 Utah an improbable win over Southern Methodist.
MAKING A MOVE
* Atlantic 10
Temple continues its patented late-season surge, defeating No. 11 Xavier in overtime in the tournament quarterfinals.
ON THE BUBBLE
* Big East
Syracuse, which reached the national championship game last season, loses to Villanova in the tournament quarterfinals.
COVERAGE C5
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