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• Rice, which won the Conference USA championship tournament, is making its 19th straight NCAA tournament appearance. The Owls won the 2003 College World Series under coach Wayne Graham, who is in his 22nd season.
• San Francisco, runner-up in the West Coast Conference tournament, won an at-large bid to their third NCAA postseason appearance.
• "When you look at the machine that's happening there at Oregon, building the new field, putting $10-$15 million into the facility there for baseball, the backing of 3,000-4,000 fans. Then you look at Rice, who has won a national championship, who has had major league players, who has had great players, who has a hall of fame coach," said Dons coach Nino Giarratano. "There's two Hall of Fame coaches there with George Horton and Wayne Graham. So when you look at the caliber of coaching that's going to be there and the quality of players, it's going to be a very tough regional."
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A group of 14 co-workers from a Rapid City business have claimed their $10,000 Powerball prize.
• South Dakota lottery officials say the workers, known as the "Auto Auction 14" of Black Hills Auto Auction matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the game's third prize. The odds of winning are about one in 649,000.
• Powerball is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot sits at $40 million for the next drawing on Saturday.
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