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Student News Bureau

Working with the NCAA, the IU National Sports Journalism Center formed the Final Four Student News Bureau as an opportunity for a dozen students to get real-world reporting experience at one of the nation’s most-watched sporting events, being held this year in Indianapolis.

Indy officials pass Final Four ball to Houston

April 6, 2010 12:06 p.m.

by Matt Anderson
IU Final Four News Bureau

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard handed the official Final Four game ball to Houston Mayor Annise Parker at the Marriott in downtown Indianapolis Tuesday morning to [...]

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Butler falls short against Duke, 61-59

April 6, 2010 1:06 a.m.

by DeAntae Prince
IU Final Four News Bureau

James Poscascio, a freshman at Butler, watches the action between his fingers during a viewing party of the Duke-Butler national championship game on Monday, April [...]

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Duke squeezes by Butler for its fourth national championship

April 6, 2010 1:05 a.m.

by Zina Kumok
IU Final Four News Bureau

During the 2010 Final Four, banners reading “The Road Ends Here” decorated Lucas Oil Stadium. On a memorable Monday night in downtown Indianapolis, two teams [...]

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A night for the ages at Hinkle Fieldhouse

April 6, 2010 0:58 a.m.

by John Patishnock
IU Final Four News Bureau

Final scoreboard reading aside, Butler University made history Monday night. And their hometown fans were watching. While the Butler Bulldogs were competing for college basketball’s [...]

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Bulldog Blues: Butler falls to more-experienced, consistent Duke

April 6, 2010 0:39 a.m.

by Sean Morrison
IU Final Four News Bureau

As Butler’s sophomore forward Gordon Hayward walked away from the scene behind him, Duke players diving on top of each other in a pile just [...]

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Some things just aren’t meant to be after all

April 6, 2010 0:33 a.m.

by Matt Dollinger
IU Final Four News Bureau

COMMENTARY I was told growing up that you could be anything you wanted to be as long as you dared to dream big enough and [...]

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Big name, big stage doesn’t faze Stevens

April 4, 2010 8:03 p.m.

by Ben Heisler
IU Final Four News Bureau

COMMENTARY It’s safe to say that Butler head coach Brad Stevens doesn’t represent the stereotypical NCAA championship game coach. After all, his counterpart, 63-year-old Mike [...]

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After a string of injuries, Duke’s Zoubek is playing with purpose, and he presents a tall challenge for Butler

April 4, 2010 6:25 p.m.

by Greg Rosenstein
IU Final Four News Bureau

At 7-foot-1 and with a wide frame capable of backing down any player in the nation, Duke senior center Brian Zoubek comes across as a [...]

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At Butler, importance of academics rivals success on the court

April 4, 2010 6:02 p.m.

by Emily Diekelmann
IU Final Four News Bureau

Call them Cinderella. Call them David playing Goliath. Compare them to the famous Milan High School basketball team from “Hoosiers.”   Yet, in the storm of [...]

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Evolution of diversity among announcers and analysts slow, but gradual

April 4, 2010 4:57 p.m.

by John Patishnock
IU Final Four News Bureau

Seeing the world from a different perspective. That’s how Bryan Burwell, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and frequent guest on ESPN’s “The Sports Reporters,” describes the benefit of having diversity among college basketball announcers and analysts. For people who grew up watching sports on TV, viewers were constantly given the same perspective. That’s changing, even if more slowly than some would like. Burwell identifies misperceptions as being among the host of reasons for the slow pace of change, and he also says that diversity has gone through cycles. Though only three out of the 16 announcers that CBS employed for first round coverage of the NCAA tournament this year were minorities, people from disparate backgrounds are gradually occupying a bigger percentage of the conversation.

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