State could help boost Shootout

05/18/11 With another less-than- spectacular men's field on tap for this year's Great Alaska Shootout -- the seven Division I teams on board boasted a combined record of 103-114 last season -- help for the nation's longest-running regular-season college basketball tournament could be coming from an unexpected place.

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Shootout bracket changes announced

06/03/11 UAA's first-round opponent in this year's Great Alaska Shootout will be Murray State instead of Southern Mississippi, the school announced Thursday.

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Parnell slices $400 million from Legislature's capital spending

06/29/11 Gov. Sean Parnell vetoed spending on energy projects, weatherization and rural school construction Wednesday but left the entire $34 million in state spending for the new UAA sports arena and $1.5 million to help the struggling Great Alaska Shootout basketball tournament.

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