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At Long Last, The Real Gonzaga Showed Up
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Laura Wagner
April 6, 2021
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Stanford Broke The Spell
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Jalen Suggs Is An Agent of Chaos And Destroyer Of Worlds
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Justin Ellis
April 4, 2021
College Basketball
UCLA Kept The Chaos Going A Little While Longer
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Patrick Redford
March 31, 2021
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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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Tom Ley
March 30, 2021
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It’s Hard To Lose When You Grab Every Damn Rebound In Sight
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Luis Paez-Pumar
March 30, 2021
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Is This Your Unstoppable Offense?
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
March 29, 2021
College Basketball
USA Today Opinion Writer: Booing Oral Roberts Is Cancel Culture
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David Roth
March 27, 2021
College Basketball
Some Suspect Officiating Led To The Fall Of Troy
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
March 23, 2021
College Basketball
USC’s Demolition Of Kansas Was The Scariest Performance Of The Tournament
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Lauren Theisen
March 23, 2021
College Basketball
Forgot About The Pac-12, Did Ya?
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Patrick Redford
March 22, 2021
College Basketball
Some Halves You’re The Upsetter, Some Halves You’re Upset
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
March 22, 2021
College Basketball
I Alone Can Get Oral Roberts University To The Final Four, But My Flock Can Help
154
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Tom Ley
March 22, 2021
College Basketball
Big Weirdo Cameron Krutwig Bowled Over Illinois For A Spot In The Sweet 16
154
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Lauren Theisen
March 21, 2021
College Basketball
Here’s Your Open Thread For Day One Of The Women’s Tourney
39
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Lauren Theisen
March 21, 2021
College Basketball
Texas Played The Clumsiest Game Of Basketball Ever And Still Almost Won
72
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Lauren Theisen
March 21, 2021
College Basketball
Tom Izzo Manhandles His Own Player Then Chokes Away Lead, Presented By Some Mortgage Company
147
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Samer Kalaf
March 19, 2021
Death To The NCAA
Here Is Your Open Thread For The First Weekend Of The NCAA Men’s Tournament
365
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Tom Ley
March 19, 2021
Death To The NCAA
They’ve Seen This Before
113
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
March 19, 2021
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A Very Loving Hater’s Guide To The NCAA Tournaments, With Maitreyi Anantharaman
77
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David Roth
March 18, 2021
College Basketball
The Best Feuds In Women’s Basketball Are All In One Bracket Region
32
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
March 16, 2021
College Basketball
Making Illinois And Loyola Bracket Neighbors Is A Devious Move And I Couldn’t Be More Excited
116
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Lauren Theisen
March 15, 2021
College Basketball
Texas Lifts Its Mask Mandate Just In Time To Host Some Basketball Tournaments
111
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
March 3, 2021
College Basketball
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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Ray Ratto
November 16, 2020
