wall, particularly early in the season captured everybody's attention and, of course, turner missed those six games with the injury, and i think that john wall has had such a season, particularly early that he established such a lead that it's going to be hard to catch him because the kentucky wildcats continue to play very well. the captioning on this program is provided as an independent service of captionmax, which is solely responsible for the accurate and complete transcription of program content. cbs, its parent and affiliated companies, and their respective agents and divisions, are not responsible for the accuracy, or completeness of any transcription, or for any errors in transcription. closed captioning provided by cbs sports division >> dan: tough for gibson, i don't think he was trying to throw lucas down, he got tangled up. there is nothing the players would rather do on senior day than beat the stuffing out of their rival. that's exactly what they have been doing. >> kevin: a game separated by 18 points. is it the triumph of good over dust mites ? is it a few less "gesundheits" ? is it a better way to care for your family ? the lg steamwasher with truesteam™ technology removes more than 95% of household allergens. >> kevin: tonight, "60 minutes" followed by a new episode of "the amazing race" -- and don't miss the hit series "undercover boss" and "cold case," all tonight only on cbs. >> kevin: the selection show a week from tonight. a lot of talk still swirling about an expansion from 64 to 96 teams. what do you think about that, dan? >> dan: i don't like that idea. i think the ncaa tournament is one of the great sporting events in the country and i like it the way it is. >> kevin: coaches would like to see a chance -- big-name coaches, mike krzyzewski, jim boeheim at syracuse, the media, the fans would like to keep it the way it is at 64. >> dan: it would be interesting to see how all that works out. >> kevin: it will. korie lucious. green. triple-teamed, lucious picked up by morris. >> dan: he never saw kalin lucas behind him. they don't keep it. >> kevin: dahlman. the assist for lucas. handing it to his senior in his last game here in east lansing. they're going to bring out one more. crandell from rochester, minnesota will come on -- the other senior on this team. >> kevin: this will be one of the better senior classes they have had -- look at all the things they've gone to. two sweet 16's. a final four in detroit. and another big-time championship -- another big ten championship today -- the second in a row. here is lucious. shot clock at three. morgan against sims. morgan has been great -- 21 points and eight rebounds. sims picks up number two. ♪ luckily, state farm has some helpful ways to plan for your future. not just car insurance, but car loans, and life insurance, too. it's a miracle. oops. like a good neighbor, state farm is there. oops. 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summers. a junior out of flint. redshirt junior. not forced to graduate this spring -- the feeling will be that he will not return. here is lucious. morgan with the screen. matt vogrich is in for the first time in the contest for the michigan wolverines. jon crandell is going to check in -- senior from rochester, michigan. and mike kebler is going to check in in a moment for the spartans. >> kevin: kalin lucas, number five, jon crandell, walk-on. >> kevin: the tradition of kissing the floor. >> kevin: the two-time minnesota high school player of the year. he is the number one all-time leading scorer -- high school score are in the state of minnesota and he grew up with his five siblings in a town of 1,700. the one claim to fame is that throughout his basketball career is that he is the grandson of the basketball hall of famer john crandell -- now the los angeles lakers. kalin lucas, junior from detroit hopes that he will come back if for his senior season. checking out, kalin luke at with nine points and two assists today. >> dan: didn't need his offense today but did a nice job defensively, getting the ball to where it needed to go. >> kevin: anthony wright. >> dan: even with the game no longer in doubt the spartans are aggressive on the perimeter defense, not giving michigan a chance to breathe out beyond the three-point line. >> kevin: there goes morgan in his final game at the breslin center. >> kevin: the coach is a little choked up. >> kevin: dan, you were telling a story of tom izzo and his trips around the state recruiting kids. you actually went on a trip with him one time, and the hours spent with these kids, they become like your kids. >> dan: they do. he's an emotional guy, you see that right there, again, we'll mention that he told us yesterday that if his team was able to win this game and share the big ten title he would consider it one of the most satisfying seasons of his coaching career, and that's a coaching career that includes national championships and final fours and -- >> kevin: vogrich knocks it in from ods oudz. cleaning up the day -- a season-high 22 points this afternoon. vogrich in to morris. tripped up. four-year starter, big ten basketball player of the week, fourth time in his career he's achieved that and getting warm at the right time for this spartans team. >> dan: more important than that season high as we showed you before, this is the third consecutive game where his production has been tremendous for this spartan basketball team. >> dan: the thing that impressed me today about michigan state, other than the play of raymar morgan was their defensive effort and their effort on the boards. that's the kind of play that you expect from michigan state, but they were just outstanding this evening. >> kevin: michigan state is going to finish -- crandell can't get it, the senior. morris at the other end. michigan state is going to finish in the conference 14-4 tied with ohio state and purdue, so we have three teams playing in the championship -- dlaming the championship this season -- the big ten regular season. 24-7 will be the record the spartans take into the postseason. morgan in the post. morgan leaves as one of the great players in the history of tom izzo's tenure here. statistically and otherwise. jon crandell leaves. he's another senior, from rochester, michigan -- walk-on, part of the scout team. >> kevin: michigan will trop to 14-16. they will -- michigan will drop to 14-16 and they will have to win the big ten tournament to advance to the ncaa's. closed captioning provided by cbs sports division captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com >> kevin: for dan bonner, kevin harlan saying so long from east lansing, michigan. this has been a presentation of cbs sports -- the exclusive home of the men's ncaa basketball championship. it's unbelievable how much better family trips have gotten. just last week, i checked us in on the way to the airport, found the kids a snack near the 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"we have lost so many of our sons and daughters," says this woman just after she voted, "too many victims." politicians know peace and public order are a priority for voters. in fact, when the results are finally in, neither of the front-runners is likely to win outright. iraq's new government will be a complex coalition facing a very long list of things to fix. >> i want to build new infrastructure like the sewage disposal, the pipelines for healthy water supply. >> reporter: today's election may have got the ball rolling on iraq's reconstruction, but chances are there will be plenty left for next generation of voters. the polls are closed now. they closed at 5:00 local time and the ballot boxs have been collected out so vote counting can begin, but we're not likely to know the shape of iraq's new government for at least a week. russ in. >> mitchell: elizabeth palmer in baghdad, thank you very much. there is confusion tonight over the arrest this sunday of a member of al qaeda. the report out of pakistan has officials there and in washington looking for answers. bob orr is in our d.c. bureau tonight with the latest. bob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. for a while today, as you mentioned, it looked like major victory for u.s. intelligence with reports out of pakistan that adam gadahn had been captured. gadahn is the american face of al qaeda, an inside operative who is close to osama bin laden. the reported capture of gadahn came on the same day that al qaeda released his latest propaganda tape. sounding a call to arm, gadahn urged muslims to mount more attacks against u.s. targets. >> we should look for targets which epitomize western decadence, depravity, immorality and atheism. >> reporter: it's clear the tape is relatively new as gadahn hails the suicide bomber who killed seven c.i.a. agents in afghanistan in december and umar farouk abdulmutallab, the accused underwear bomber who tried to bring down mort west airlines flight 253 on christmas day. and he also praises accused fort hood shooter major nadal hassan. >> a pioneer, a trailblazer and a role model who has opened a door. >> reporter: just hours after the tape appeared, multiple pakistani sources said they had closed the door on gadahn himself, arresting him along with two other militants in a karachi neighborhood, but u.s. officials expressed doubts, saying they were unable to confirm the arrest of the california man originally known as adam perlman. and then late today a key pakistani official said the man in custody is not gadahn but another man, a low-ranking american with a similar name. now, obviously u.s. officials would love to grab gadahn because he could provide a wealth of intelligence and even possibly lead them to top al qaeda leaders. and he's also the highest-ranking american inside al qaeda. his arrest would be symbolically very important. meanwhile, pakistani forces continue to round up taliban and al qaeda suspects at an unprecedented pace. russ? >> mitchell: bob orr in our washington bureau, thanks a lot. we'll be back. the world of orange fiber sports news for you today. top-ranked lady uconn huskies tied their own record for most consecutive wins in women's college basketball. the lady huskies are a strong team, but it turns out playing any team sports helps all girls do better in life as we hear from michelle miller. >> reporter: in the world of college basketball, there is nothing else like them. >> the uconn huskies have done it again. >> reporter: no other team, male or female, can boast a 70-game winning stem-cell research, each win by double-digits. >> we always say the star of our team is our team. >> he is geno auriemma, the no-nonsense, hard-driving coach of the university of connecticut lady huskies. for the last 25 seasons. >> i don't think people appreciate how hard it is to be on team where you're so dependent among other people for your own success. >> he doesn't just prepare you for the game of basketball. it's a game of life. >> reporter: it's a team with a perfect 100% graduate rate in the 2008/2009 season, compare that with only 33% of the men in uconn's program. maya moore voted espn academic all-american with a 3.75 grade point average. >> i'm just trying to continue to be a pioneer. >> reporter: such feats may not have been possible for the lady huskies if not for the passage of title 9. the federal mandate forced schools and colleges to even the playing field by offering girls the same sports opportunities as boys, and it's paid big dividends. when the bill passed in 1972, only one out of 25 girls played high school sports. today it's one in three. >> people who participate in high school sports get more education and earn higher wages later in life. >> reporter: a study released last month show girls who play team sports in high school are 20% more likely to graduate, half as likely to become pregnant in high school and 20% more likely to go on the college. but there is still some catching up to do. while only one-third of girls play sports in high school, half of all boys do. and unlike women athletes in individual sports who become household names, these star players don't get the star treatment or the money and endorsements that go with it. >> now tina's the number-one pick. she's going to get, what, like pair of nikes, you know, and a little bit of money. >> reporter: the top salary for a wnba player is 95,000. >> we don't want to let it get us down, so we keep succeeding and keep representing out on the court and in the classroom. >> reporter: for coach aurilia, that's a winning attitude. >> so put them up against lebron, it's shame. put them up against every other college guy, they got it made. >> reporter: now the only lesson left for him to teach his athletes is how to lose. michelle miller, cbs news, storrs, connecticut. >> mitchell: that is all for this abbreviated edition of the "cbs evening news." i'm russ mitchell. katie is here tomorrow. good night.