🏀 No. 1 conference seeds are for suckers
The final weekend before March Madness saw NCAA men’s conference tournament upsets galore
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Men’s conference tournament finals tend to be lost in the Selection Sunday sauce, but this year’s grand finales — and the 21 top seeds who were left hoping for an at-large natty bid — were too wild to ignore.
March 18, 2024
🏀 The kids are alright
Three freshmen stand out in NCAA women’s basketball Naismith Award semifinalist list
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The list of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Award — one of college hoops’ most prestigious MVP awards — dropped yesterday. The stand-outs? The only underclassmen: Three freshmen guards who already led their squads to conference tourney titles.
March 15, 2024
🏀 A clean and chaotic slate
NCAA men’s basketball conference championships will deliver thrillers this weekend
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As legendary Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said, the regular-season slate is wiped clean when single-elimination conference tournaments begin — and this week served as a perfect reminder of that as last night’s shocking scores set up some unexpected matchups today.
March 15, 2024
🏒 Light that lamp
The puck drops on the NCAA women’s ice hockey national tournament tomorrow
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The puck drops on the first round of the national tournament tomorrow — aka perfect timing since women’s hockey is the moment.
March 13, 2024
🏀 Last stop before the Madness
NCAA men’s basketball conference tournaments are officially underway
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As of today, nearly all of the 32 conference tournaments are underway, with automatic March Madness bids and a whole lotta confetti awaiting the winners.
March 13, 2024
🏆 Make way for the comeback kids
Colorado wins NCAA Skiing Championships, Arkansas and Texas Tech take indoor track & field titles
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Winter sports’ first national champs were crowned this weekend, with more coming down the pipe at breakneck speed.
March 11, 2024
🏀 Rough and tumble
The ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC crowned their NCAA women’s basketball conference tournament champions yesterday
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Eight women’s squads booked March Madness tickets in this weekend’s jaw-dropping conference tourney finals, even as injuries continued piling up.
March 11, 2024
🏀 The grand finale
Tomorrow’s men’s basketball regular-season finale will decide the last conference titles
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The regular season wraps up tomorrow, and while some squads have already secured conference titles, others are still fighting for their crowns — and top seeding in next week’s conference tourneys.
March 08, 2024
🏆 Knives out
NCAA women’s basketball conference tournaments heat up this weekend
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As you heard on yesterday’s episode of The GIST of It, conference tournament tension will reach a fever pitch as squads scramble for automatic bids to March Madness this weekend. A whopping 32 conferences are currently duking it out, but three in particular are must-see TV.
March 08, 2024
🏛️ Pay them what you owe them
Dartmouth men’s basketball team votes to unionize in a massive blow to the NCAA’s amateurism model
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The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to unionize yesterday, taking a first step toward recognized university employment in a jarring rebuke of the NCAA’s long-suffering amateurism model.
March 06, 2024
🏀 Everybody hurts sometimes
Injuries to No. 11 Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley and other key women’s basketball players could upend the NCAA postseason
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Injuries to No. 11 Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley and other key women’s basketball players could upend the NCAA postseason.
March 06, 2024