WASHINGTON - It was after midnight when Jack Parker stood at a second-floor balcony rail, hoisting the NCAA championship trophy while hundreds of red-clad Boston University students, parents, players, and ex-players cheered from below in the jammed lobby of the Mayflower Hotel. (Full article: 925 words)

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