Articles filed under Basketball
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Next test for Illini: Solve nation’s best defenseMar 27, 2024 8:42 pm - Illini coach Brad Underwood has waited a long time to get to this point. Now in the Sweet Sixteen, he just needs to solve Iowa State’s top-ranked defense.
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Suburban Sprawl takes a dip in the poolMar 27, 2024 11:22 am - This week, let’s start with swimming for a change of pace. Virginia won the women’s title for the fourth straight year. The Cavaliers featured three suburban swimmers -- ...
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Poole scores 23 as Wizards beat Bulls 107-105 for season-high 3rd straight winMar 25, 2024 10:28 pm - CHICAGO — Jordan Poole scored 23 points and the Washington Wizards won their season-high third straight game, beating the Chicago Bulls 107-105 on Monday night. Corey Kis...
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Clark scores 32 as top seed Iowa survives to top West Virginia, 64-54Mar 25, 2024 10:21 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark scored 32 points and No. 1 seed Iowa survived one of its worst offensive performances of the season to beat No. 8 seed West Virginia 64-54...
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Bracket not busted: All top 8 seeds advance to Sweet 16 in chalky March MadnessMar 25, 2024 8:09 pm - March Madness arrived with visions of chaos. Based on last year's bracket, there was little reason to doubt it. The only surprise so far has been the lack of pandemonium....
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'Obviously the mistake was made': Big East remains unbeaten in NCAA Tournament after only 3 bidsMar 25, 2024 7:29 pm - NEW YORK — Since a disappointing Selection Sunday for the Big East, when all its bubble teams got left out of the NCAA field, the conference has not lost a game in the to...
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Wizards’ Baldwin Jr. trying to survive in NBAMar 25, 2024 6:00 am - Washington Wizards forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. went to high school in Milwaukee, but felt perfectly at home playing March 16 at United Center.
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Top seed UConn steamrolls into Sweet 16 with 58 win over NorthwesternMar 24, 2024 9:41 pm - NEW YORK — Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton and top overall seed UConn overwhelmed an undermanned Northwestern team 75-58 on Sunday night to sail into the Sweet 16 of the ...
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Free throw distractions are hilarious. But pity the person at the line.Mar 24, 2024 5:47 pm - The idea took hold in 2013 at Arizona State. Why wave your arms to distract opponents at the free throw line, students wondered, when one of them could leap from a cardbo...
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Of March and Madness and all the other pairsMar 24, 2024 6:15 am - Madness and March have been with us ever since the hare stuffed the dormouse into the teapot, so there is no disputing its existence. How it came to have anything to do w...