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Who Won Big In The First Weekend Of The Women’s NCAA Tournament?

If you had envisioned a 2023 women’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 without Grace Berger of Indiana, Haley Jones of Stanford and Celeste Taylor of Duke, well, congratulations: You predicted the future better than almost anyone. But for the rest of us, it’s been a crazy tournament already, with massive swings in the odds and futures […]

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The Big Winners From A Mad First Week Of The Men’s NCAA Tournament

The opening weekend of the 2023 men’s NCAA Tournament certainly delivered on its widely anticipated madness. Four of the 10 teams with the highest pre-tournament championship odds according to FiveThirtyEight’s model were eliminated before the Sweet 16, two of whom were slotted as No. 1 seeds. In the 38-year history of the current tournament format, […]

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Defense Might Win Championships. But These No. 1 Seeds Need More Offense.

Does defense really win championships? Well, we’re about to find out in the 2023 men’s NCAA Tournament, which tips off its round of 64 on Thursday afternoon.  The top four seeds in the tournament — Houston, Alabama, Kansas and Purdue — all have a reputation for making their opponents look like they’re violating James Naismith’s […]

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