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Every college athletic program wants its team in the finals of the big CBS-backed March tournament. You know the one: 64 teams enter, one leaves victorious as the school with the best-looking football helmet. The Navy Midshipmen downed powerhouse gridiron programs from Wisconsin, Arizona State, West Virginia, Florida State and Texas to reach the championship of the first ever Helmet Madness, run by CBSSports.com. But Navy couldn’t hold an early lead in an online vote against LSU, eventually falling with just 40 percent of the tally. The bracket included one helmet design from 64 top-tier college programs; Navy was the…

Do these Mids look scared? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOlGUIuWyec[/youtube] Know who else is happy with the Navy’s draw in the NCAA women’s hoops tournament? Whoever’s in charge of the travel budget. After claiming their second-straight Patriot League tournament title with a 57-48 win over Holy Cross on Saturday, the Mids will open NCAA play at Maryland, facing the host Terps at 11:15 a.m. this Saturday. There’s already a link for tickets through the University of Maryland’s website. The hosts are coming off their own tournament title, taking the Atlantic Coast Conference crown with a 68-65 win over Georgia Tech on Sunday. Despite being…

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