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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Laura Wagner

Baylor v Gonzaga

College Basketball

At Long Last, The Real Gonzaga Showed Up

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Haley Jones #30 of the Stanford Cardinal celebrates a team win against the Arizona Wildcats in the National Championship game of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on April 04, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Stanford Broke The Spell

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Justin Ellis

UCLA v Gonzaga

Jalen Suggs Is An Agent of Chaos And Destroyer Of Worlds

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Patrick Redford

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MARCH 30: Tyger Campbell #10 of the UCLA Bruins celebrates with the East Regional Champion trophy after defeating the Michigan Wolverines 51-49 in the Elite Eight round game of the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 30, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

UCLA v Michigan

UCLA Kept The Chaos Going A Little While Longer

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Tom Ley

Baylor v UConn

Woman Who Didn’t Call A Timeout While Her Team Gave Up A 19-0 Run Has Thoughts On COVID Testing

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Luis Paez-Pumar

The Houston Cougars celebrate after defeating the Oregon State Beavers in the Elite Eight round of the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 29, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Oregon State v Houston

It’s Hard To Lose When You Grab Every Damn Rebound In Sight

Faith Masonius #13 and Angel Reese #10 of the Maryland Terrapins react to the loss to the Texas Longhorns during the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 28, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.The Texas Longhorns defeated the Maryland Terrapins 64-61

Texas v Maryland

Is This Your Unstoppable Offense?

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David Roth

Three Oral Roberts Golden Eagles players dance after their second-round NCAA Tournament win against Florida.

USA Today Opinion Writer: Booing Oral Roberts Is Cancel Culture

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Some Suspect Officiating Led To The Fall Of Troy

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Lauren Theisen

Evan Mobley of the USC Trojans dunks the ball

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USC’s Demolition Of Kansas Was The Scariest Performance Of The Tournament

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Forgot About The Pac-12, Did Ya?

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Some Halves You’re The Upsetter, Some Halves You’re Upset

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I Alone Can Get Oral Roberts University To The Final Four, But My Flock Can Help

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Big Weirdo Cameron Krutwig Bowled Over Illinois For A Spot In The Sweet 16

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Here’s Your Open Thread For Day One Of The Women’s Tourney

Brock Cunningham #30 of the Texas Longhorns falls over Coryon Mason #20 of the Abilene Christian Wildcats

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Texas Played The Clumsiest Game Of Basketball Ever And Still Almost Won

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Samer Kalaf

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo argues with his player Gabe Brown at halftime of Thursday's game against UCLA.

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Tom Izzo Manhandles His Own Player Then Chokes Away Lead, Presented By Some Mortgage Company

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Death To The NCAA

Here Is Your Open Thread For The First Weekend Of The NCAA Men’s Tournament

The Stanford Cardinal celebrate on the court after their 75-55 victory over the UCLA Bruins to win the championship game of the Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament at Michelob ULTRA Arena on March 7, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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They’ve Seen This Before

Gonzaga's Corey Kispert, seen here honestly kind of mad-dogging The Distraction logo.

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Podcasts

A Very Loving Hater’s Guide To The NCAA Tournaments, With Maitreyi Anantharaman

Stanford, UConn, South Carolina and NC State are top seeds in the NCAA women's tournament.

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The Best Feuds In Women’s Basketball Are All In One Bracket Region

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Making Illinois And Loyola Bracket Neighbors Is A Devious Move And I Couldn’t Be More Excited

A Covid-19 restriction signs hang outside of H-E-B supermarket on March 3, 2021 in Austin, Texas. The popular Texas supermarket chain will not require customers to wear masks when the statewide mask mandate ends on March 10, 2021.

Texas Governor Abbott Lifts Statewide Mask Mandate

Texas Lifts Its Mask Mandate Just In Time To Host Some Basketball Tournaments

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Ray Ratto

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MARCH 12: The basket and the arena sit unused after the announcement of the cancellation of the SEC Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 12, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament has been cancelled due to the growing concern about the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The NCAA tournament has also been cancelled. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament – Second Round

The NCAA Has A Plan For March Madness, And They Don’t Care That It’s Not A Very Good One

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