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Beside The Points For Monday, April 2, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Notre Dame wins! Guard Arike Ogunbowale nailed a perfect jump shot to put the Irish up over Mississippi State 61-58 and eventually handing Notre Dame its second NCAA women’s title. The game was a massive comeback; Notre Dame trailed 40-25 in the third quarter, and the comeback is the largest […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, April 2, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Notre Dame wins! Guard Arike Ogunbowale nailed a perfect jump shot to put the Irish up over Mississippi State 61-58 and eventually handing Notre Dame its second NCAA women’s title. The game was a massive comeback; Notre Dame trailed 40-25 in the third quarter, and the comeback is the largest […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, March 26, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye And then there were Four The Final Four is finally set, and it should be a good one. Two of the teams have won the championship pretty recently — Villanova in 2016 and Kansas in 2008 — while it’s been a little bit of a wait for the others. Okay, […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, March 26, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye And then there were Four The Final Four is finally set, and it should be a good one. Two of the teams have won the championship pretty recently — Villanova in 2016 and Kansas in 2008 — while it’s been a little bit of a wait for the others. Okay, […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, March 22, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Celtics bring the Thunder There have been 885 NBA teams who trailed by 5 or more points in the final 20 seconds of a game this season so far. Of those, 884 of them went on to lose that game. On Tuesday, the Boston Celtics became the first team this […]

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