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Carolina this morning. officials have recovered there the bodies of two young children who were trapped under dirt at a construction site. the 6 and 7-year-old children were playing in the hole when the dirt collapsed over them. the men who took hostages at a hillary clinton campaign office in 2007, back the police custody this morning after escaping from a minimum security correctional facility. police arrested leland isanberg this morning after being reported missing. he has been behind bars...

They really had no choice. there was no way rutgers was going to be able to run their basketball program if mike rice stayed. people are asking, having seen this tape, what took so long? >> exactly. were going to show you the tape again so people understand what exactly coach rice did during this practice session but the athletic director thought that he could rehabilitate the coach. is this a normal practice for universities. >> i dont think so. ive never seen anything like i saw on tape yester...

Where were you? panetti told you in november we have a problem with the head coach, look at this video, and the president never bothered to look at it? thats ridiculous. im down on him. >> you think? chris christie just tweeted out -- its the right and necessary act to take. im old enough to remember bobby knight and some of the past egregious behaviors by college coaches, and led to their firing. theres a lot of money involved here. we should put that out. the school gets a lot of money for the...

Being paid. what would the fair market value of these players be? $1.06 million over four years for the average mens basketball player. not including his scholarship. the number is higher, $1.5 million, for players, basketball players at bowl championship series schools. amazingly, and amazingly ironically, the most valuable team in all of college basketball is none other than kevin wares louisville where the study estimates players are being denied $6.5 million each year in uncompensated labor....

And 2015 under rules that prohibit them from being paid. what would the fair market value of these players be? $1.06 million over four years for the average mens basketball player. not including his scholarship. the number is higher, $1.5 million, for players, basketball players at bowl championship series schools. amazingly, and amazingly ironically, the most valuable team in all of college basketball is none other than kevin wares louisville where the study estimates players are being denied $...

[ major nutrition ] ensure! nutrition in charge! so it is a cinderella story of this years ncaa tournament. a young team from florida gulf coast university has made its way to the sweet 16. florida gulf coast doesnt have a big reputation as a basketball school. the school was only founded in 1997, which is after most of the current players were born. the basketball program started in 2002. cnns george powell is live for

Last chance and i need to make this work. and it makes them a little hungrier. >> reporter: then theres jim rallanage, he came with a winning pedigree. in 2006 his george mason team was the cinderella of the big dance. making it to the final four. the basketball programs winning ways couldnt have come at a better time to raise spirits. an ncaa investigation determined there was a lack of institutional control, primarily with the football team. thats the worst possible violation. the key figure i...

Corrupt culture for decades. hopefully this will put an end to it. it was interesting that tom brought up today, i believe its a -- well, it was just one of the comments. i read so many papers. i forgot which one. they said bring up the university of san francisco, legendary program, unbelievably successful. there was so much corruption with kids taking other kids tests for players, the dean said im banning the -- im canceling my own basketball program. weve brought so much prestige and great pl...

Basketball program including all the junior programs. they are saying they dont make any money. it actually goes back into the organization. >> who is that? jerry? >> that didnt happen. >> that is not true. [ laughter ] >> im with you on this, by the way. >> really? >> go ahead. >> i cant believe the olympic athletes should be paid? >> olympics, you see this a lot in all fields of entertainment. they do it because you should do it. play the olympics free. its an honor to represent your country. ...

unusual. but does it work? >> has that really changed kids lives? my answer is no. basketballs next big thing. hes nicknamed the crime stopper. >> nobody was like out committing a crime. >> at 57", hes selling out gyms from philly to d.c. the high school player youll soon be hearing about. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents with tonights hosts, randi kaye and drew griffin. >> march madness has grown into one of the most popular...