🥇 No surprises here
The four finalists for the women’s basketball Naismith Award dropped yesterday
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Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink, Paige Bueckers, and JuJu Watkins are the four finalists for the women's Naismith Award, one of college basketball's most prestigious honors.
March 27, 2024
🏀 Swish, swish
The second round of women’s March Madness serves up serious upsets
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The first round of the women’s tourney went mostly as expected, but the second round served up some serious surprises yesterday as the first eight teams secured Sweet 16 berths.
March 25, 2024
🏀 How sweet it is
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s Sweet 16 is set
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After last night’s second-round finale, the men’s Sweet 16 is officially set for Thursday’s tip-off — and despite a tumultuous first round (and the sport’s recent, sharp rise in parity), this year’s crop contains mostly familiar faces.
March 25, 2024
🏒 Brr, it’s cold in here
The NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey season culminates with this weekend’s Frozen Four national championship
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The sport of women’s hockey just keeps on winning, which means the pinnacle of the collegiate season — this weekend’s Frozen Four — couldn’t come at a better time. Future PWHLers will face off in Sunday’s 4 p.m. ET national championship game, but first, they have to survive today’s semifinals, featuring the nation’s four most dominant teams.
March 22, 2024
🏀 First-round frenzy
The first round of women’s March Madness features some tantalizing matchups
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With the women’s First Four games in the rearview mirror, their first round of full mayhem tips off this morning. In a weekend of wall-to-wall basketball, here are four not-to-miss matchups.
March 22, 2024
🏀 Greatness is the Goal-ke
No. 14–seed Oakland guard Jack Gohlke helps take down No. 3 Kentucky, and other news from men’s March Madness
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More than 86.2% of brackets were already busted just two games into the men’s first round yesterday. Must be March.
March 22, 2024
😡 DOJ finds abuse at UMBC
The DOJ found sexual assault and discrimination at UMBC swimming & diving
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released findings from its investigation into misconduct in the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) swimming & diving program on Monday. The investigation ultimately affirmed that the school failed to enforce Title IX protections amidst known abusive and discriminatory practices by then–coach Chad Cradock.
March 20, 2024
🏀 OMG it’s happening!
What to watch in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s first round.
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The full hoops hurricane begins with 16 first-round games crammed into a mere 12 hours tomorrow. Here are the ones not to miss...
March 19, 2024
🏀 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