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Maryland earns number one seed in Women’s NCAA Tournament

WASHINGTON — Four local women’s basketball teams received their NCAA seeds Monday evening, with one earning home games as top-four seeds in their regions.

Maryland (30-2) was named the top seed in its region and will host 16-seed New Mexico State on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the XFinity Center in College Park.

Despite a 29-3 record, George Washington  failed to earn a top four seed and will have to travel cross country to Corvallis, OR as a six seed to face 11 seed Gonzaga on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

After also posting a 29-3 season, James Madison will be a 12 seed and take on 5 seed Ohio State in Chapel Hill, NC on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

American University rode an 11-game winning streak to the Patriot League Conference Tournament Championship and will play as a 14 seed at 3 seed Iowa. The Eagles tip at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Iowa City.

FBI arrests college basketball coaches for fraud, corruption

WASHINGTON — The FBI arrested a number of college basketball coaches Tuesday morning on charges of fraud and corruption. NBC News reports Oklahoma State assistant Lamont Evans, Auburn assistant Chuck Person, Arizona assistant Emanuel Richardson and University of Southern California assistant Tony Bland are among those facing charges.
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