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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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Beside The Points For Monday, March 19, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Unlikely but inevitable happened! The University of Maryland-Baltimore County accomplished what college basketball fans have long considered inevitable if strikingly unlikely, becoming the first-ever No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the University of Virginia. This year looked rather good for a 16-over-1 upset, but analysts were […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, March 19, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Unlikely but inevitable happened! The University of Maryland-Baltimore County accomplished what college basketball fans have long considered inevitable if strikingly unlikely, becoming the first-ever No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the University of Virginia. This year looked rather good for a 16-over-1 upset, but analysts were […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, March 15, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Best of the best of the best This season’s University of Connecticut women’s basketball team was the very best of an already outstanding legacy of UConn teams. Of the five UConn teams since 2014 — all of whom were ranked #1 in adjusted offensive efficiency, adjusted defensive efficiency and adjusted […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, March 15, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Best of the best of the best This season’s University of Connecticut women’s basketball team was the very best of an already outstanding legacy of UConn teams. Of the five UConn teams since 2014 — all of whom were ranked #1 in adjusted offensive efficiency, adjusted defensive efficiency and adjusted […]

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