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Phenomenon which happens every march which is why people are interested in the first place because it really is sort of insanity in the world of college basketball. there are well over 300 division one basketball programs within the ncaa. there are 6 teams that get in each year, 31 by what is called automatic qualification or automatic qualifiers by virtue of winning their conference in the regular season or through a conference tournament. the other 37 are so-called at-large bids, its a little ...

kentucky had in mind. if fans did this after the semifinal what will they do tonight? cops in lexington and lawrence are getting ready. authorities have not charged george zimmerman with a crime but if they do a gun rights group is ready to defend him. the widows of osama bin laden have learned what the penalty is for being so close to the most wanted man on earth. sarah palin is hosting tooed show tomorrow. its already getting interesting. >> what are you doing to prepare? are y...

us. ted, how hard has it been this morning for kids and teachers to arrive at school? >> reporter: well, as you can imagine, fred, its been a very tough day here. it was a tough day yesterday, too. students came with their parents yesterday to school. they had about 1.5 hours in the school cafeteria, the school classrooms where they could go. there were counselors on hand to talk to. they have changed the school taffe tear yeah. thats where the shooting took place. they changed it in a...

He just always would keep coming back. i would always think its not going to happen again. >> harris: but according to that accuser, it did happen again, hundreds of times until he was 27 years old. and he says the syracuse head coach, jim bayheim knew what was going on. bayheim playing aggressive defense telling espn its quote a bunch of a thousand lies he has told. only one side of the story, is he lying. chancellor saying accuser first contacted syracuse in 2005 saying he already informed pol...

With the top 30 ncaa basketball teams, the ncaa teams get about one-tenth as much revenue yet their coaches compensation packages are practically equal. its also financially necessary to have some kind of a cap because the average team, the 120 teams, largest teams in the ncaa are averaging a loss of over $10 million now just on an operating basis alone. >> what about all the money they say entirely the football programs of these universities bring in and the basketball programs? its like, why w...

Week night games that start at 9:00. the ncaa isnt concerned about graduation rates. theyre concerned about basketball programs and theyre concerned about the billion dollars that they bring in from this three-week tournament that everybody plays in their office pulls. >> the ncaa says it shares the concern over low graduation rates, but also said in a statement that imposing a ban on teams for the academic performance of student athletes who enter as freshman 8 to 11 years ago is probably not t...

Considering theyre in a winter storm warning and tonight the snow is expected to come down. 5 to 10 inches of snow expected tomorrow. >> the temperature and the snowfall doesnt seem to match. >> tomorrows high is expected to be 33. >> thats a big top. >> you get the wild swings. >> thats true. wacky weather sometimes. thanks, rob. who cares about graduation? >> ncaa isnt concerned about graduation rates. theyre concerned about basketball programs and theyre concerned about the billion dollars ...

They wouldnt schedule weeknight games that start at 9:00. ncaa isnt concerned about graduation rates. theyre concerned about basketball programs and theyre concerned about the billion dollars that they bring in from this three-week tournament that everybody plays in their office pools. >> the ncaa says it shares the concern over low graduation rates but also said in a statement that imposing a ban on teams for the academic performance of student athletes who entered as freshmen 8 to 11 years ago...

College sports. i mean, undo this mafia attitude you describe. how do you do it? >> there are two things you can do. i want to thank george of "sports illustrated" i advise everyone to read it. he had a series of articles on changes that can be made. the most radical change, its difficult because, of course, lawyers get involved. basically to spin off major college football and basketball programs into their own entity. almost like a minor league system. the university licensed these programs ou...