AP - Maybe the Big East was overrated. It would be hard to argue that after the opening day of the NCAA tournament.

AP - The San Francisco 49ers re-signed linebacker Brandon Moore to a five-year contract Thursday, keeping a player they developed from an undrafted free agent into a starter.

AP - Florida coach Billy Donovan spent three days preaching to his players about taking advantage of their size against South Alabama.

AP - Florida's latest attempt to survive the first weekend of the NCAA tournament got off to a shaky start Thursday. Then Lee Humphrey got going, and the rest was easy.

AP - The Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers have pulled off their third major upset in two years, as the 11th-seeded Horizon League champions got 24 points apiece from Joah Tucker and Boo Davis to eliminate No. 6 seed Oklahoma 82-74 in the Minneapolis Regional on Thursday.

USATODAY.com - Midway through the filming of Superman Returns, star Brandon Routh received an envelope in the mail. It contained two pendants and a letter. The pendants, each emblazoned with a red S, said simply, "Go Forward." The note from Dana Reeve, the widow of Superman Christopher Reeve, said much the same thing.

AP - LSU won the Southeastern Conference regular season title, features the SEC player of the year in Glen Davis and also boasts the league's top newcomer in freshman standout Tyrus Thomas.

AP - Tarence Kinsey scored 23 points and Antoine Tisby added 16 to lift South Carolina to a 74-55 victory over Western Kentucky on Wednesday night in the first round of the NIT.

AP - Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson rejects the notion that Wisconsin-Milwaukee is the typical underdog aiming to make a name for itself in the NCAA tournament.

AP - Brandon Polk's rebound basket with 2 seconds to go lifted Butler to a 53-52 victory over Miami of Ohio on Tuesday night in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament.

AP - Antonio Bryant needed a new home, a starring role and the chance to build a better image. The San Francisco 49ers' needs were simpler: A top-flight receiver, any top-flight receiver.

AP - Brandon Heath scored six of his 22 points in the final 1:08 of overtime to help San Diego State beat Wyoming 69-64 in the championship of the Mountain West Conference tournament Saturday night.

AP - Peter Cipriano had 21 points and nine rebounds and Southern University beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 57-44 to win its first Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament championship in 13 years.

AP - The San Francisco 49ers traded leading receiver Brandon Lloyd to Washington on Saturday for the Redskins' third-round pick this year and their fourth-round selection in 2007.

AP - Mario Chalmers had 18 points, seven assists and six rebounds, leading No. 17 Kansas to an easy 79-65 victory over Nebraska in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament Saturday.

AP - The San Francisco 49ers traded leading receiver Brandon Lloyd to Washington on Saturday for the Redskins' third-round pick this year and their fourth-round selection in 2007.

AP - If these are Steve McClain's final days as coach at Wyoming, the Cowboys are sure making them memorable. Justin Williams' triple-double and Brad Jones' 20 points led seventh-seeded Wyoming (14-17) into the championship of the Mountain West Conference with a 60-47 semifinal victory over sixth-seeded Utah on Friday night.

AP - An FBI mistake linking an Oregon lawyer, a Muslim convert, to the 2004 Madrid train bombings was a "watershed event" that led to improved fingerprint identification but more needs to be done, according to a federal report.

AP - Squeaky Johnson scored 12 points and added six assists Friday to lead No. 24 UAB to a 63-60 victory over UTEP in the semifinals of the Conference USA tournament.

AP - The clerk of New Orleans' criminal courts — one of two dozen people running for mayor — completed a three-day jail sentence for contempt of court Thursday.