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For last time, no March Madness option for GCU

by Paola Boivin
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By CHRISTOPHER WHITCOMB
Cronkite News

PHOENIX —With Selection Sunday and March Madness approaching, college basketball teams dream of hearing their names called.

Unless they’re ineligible to compete in postseason play.

That’s the case for Grand Canyon University, which just finished its fourth and final season with postseason ineligibility, a reality prompted by its jump from Division II to Division I. The Antelopes will watch from afar as the Western Athletic Conference begins tournament play Wednesday in Las Vegas. The winner secures an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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Grand Canyon hopes tough schedule pays off in final stretch of season

by Adnan Alam

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By CHRISTOPHER WHITCOMB
Cronkite News

PHOENIX – The Grand Canyon University men’s basketball team has played a schedule loaded with tough opponents this season, and it is by design.

Their non-conference schedule included games against some of the best programs in college basketball, coached by some of the biggest names in coaching such as Mike Krzyzewski at Duke, Louisville and Rick Pitino, San Diego State and Steve Fisher, Arizona and Sean Miller and Penn State, coached by Pat Chambers.

Those coaches have combined for 75 NCAA Tournament appearances, 18 trips to the Final Four and eight national championships. 

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