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Greenville, South Carolina, will host first- and second-round games of the NCAA mens basketball tournament in March, seizing the games away from Greensboro, North Carolina, as the state of South Carolina benefited from a?ban of championship events from the state of North Carolina.The NCAA announced the move Friday, giving South Carolina its first championship mens basketball event since 2002. The move comes a year after the Confederate flag was removed from the state capitol in Columbia. The flag was the reason the NCAA previously wouldnt place official championship events in the state.Furman University and the Southern Conference will host the event on March 17 and 19, 2017.What a great opportunity for Furman, the Southern Conference and the city of Greenville, Furman athletic director Mike Buddie told ESPN. Our ultimate goal is to get future bids for 2019 and beyond and be in the regular rotation.The NCAA, along with the ACC, followed the lead of the NBA, which pulled its All-Star Game out of Charlotte, by removing any championship events in 2016-17 from North Carolina over the controversial HB2 law.The law, commonly known as the bathroom bill, was deemed discriminatory by LGBT groups over its determination for transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender indicated on their birth certificate, rather than their identity.The decision by the Board of Governors to open up the bidding process occurred in August and wrapped up this week. The official statement from the NCAA for pulling out of North Carolina was because of cumulative actions taken by the state concerning civil rights protections.We can associate what North Carolina is going through since we went through it ourselves, Buddie said. The NCAA has always been aware of social issues. They have balanced the joy of the student-athlete experience and taken the pulse of the nation. Were thrilled to be back in the pool in a position to host. Its great the NCAA saw fit to award us the opportunity.The NCAA said the tournament needed a site in the mid-Atlantic region with other first- and second-round sites to be hosted by Orlando, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Tulsa, Sacramento and Salt Lake City.Geography played a huge role in this decision, the NCAAs Dan Gavitt told ESPN. Greenville is only 190 miles from Greensboro. All of the other options didnt offer that geographic balance. That had a significant role.The SEC womens tournament will be held in Greenville earlier in March. Clemson played its 2015 season in Greenville while Littlejohn Coliseum was undergoing a rehab project.Gavitt said as soon as the Confederate flag came down in the summer of 2015, Columbia and Greenville expressed an interest in bidding. Both bid for 2019-22 sites and will be viable options, Gavitt said.Buddie said the 14,000-seat Bon Secours Wellness Arena should be a fan-friendly experience, with seven hotels within a mile of the facility.A potential No. 1 or 2 seed Duke likely would have been in Greensboro, but now it could easily be slotted for nearby Greenville. The same could be true for other regional teams like Kentucky, North Carolina or Virginia, assuming they are in position to be top seeds as well.We dont think there will be any challenge selling out, Buddie said. Were smack in the middle of ACC and SEC country.The NCAA, in a release, said fans who bought tickets for Greensboro will have the first option of buying tickets for Greenville.This is only the third time the NCAA has chosen South Carolina to host the NCAA mens basketball tournament. The first was in 1970 in Columbia, and the last time was 2002 -- in Greenville.Other championships announced Friday that were originally slated for North Carolina were:* Division I womens soccer college cup, Dec. 2 and 4 in San Jose, California.* Division III mens and womens soccer championship, Dec. 2 and 3 in Salem, Virginia.* Division I womens golf championship, May 8-10 in Athens, Georgia.* Division III mens and womens tennis championships, May 22-27 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.* Division I womens lacrosse championship, May 26 and 28 in Boston.* Division II baseball championship, May 27-June 3 in Grand Prairie, Texas. Nike Air Force 1 low France .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season. 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The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes.Michael Oher insists Carolina Panthers will make no special preparations for Super Bowl 50 and focus on what has taken them to San Francisco. Carolina missed out on a perfect season but their 17-1 record is the best in the NFL as they head into the final game of the season chasing a first ever Super Bowl success for the franchise.But Oher, part of the Baltimore team that won Super Bowl XLVII, insists things will stay the same for the Panthers who will not be getting carried away Newtons physics Carolinas Superman profiled Every game is a different game, its just new opportunities, said Oher.You have to keep prepared. You have to keep working. Keep doing your job.I just tell them [younger players] that whatever that youve been doing throughout the regular season away from this environment. Try to do the same thing that youve been doing. Keep the same regimen. Stay focused. 10 sstars not called Cam or Peyton We look at the Super Bowl stars going under the radar We try to do our job to the best of our ability.ddddddddddddCam [Newton] is a great player and we just try to get the job done.The offensive tackle is also well aware of the threat posed by the top-ranked Denver defense but insists nothing will change in the build-up for the Panthers whose only defeat came against Atlanta.They have a great defense. They do a lot of great things, said Oher.Like I said, were going to have to prepare and do what weve been doing all year. Ohers story has taken plenty of headlines, not just in the build-up to Super Bowl 50 but following the success of the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side, based on his rise to the NFL.I would tell people that everybody has a story, mine just got told, Oher said.Everybody probably has a worse story than I had. Mine just got told. Im fine with that. 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