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Northern Iowa Played Two Of The Tournament’s Most Exciting Games

Texas A&M’s comeback against Northern Iowa was pretty epic — like, 3,000-to-1 odds against epic. In this video, Neil Paine and Reuben Fischer-Baum talk about how FiveThirtyEight’s in-game win probability model saw the game unfolding and where it ranked according to our excitement index. They then settle last week’s wager about who could predict the […]

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Texas A&M Pulled Off A 1-in-3,000 Comeback

Fresh off a miraculous buzzer-beating win over Texas on Friday, the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team had pretty much capped off another upset over a Lone Star State school Sunday night when it led Texas A&M by 12 points with 35 seconds to play in the teams’ second-round NCAA matchup. Sure, the Aggies figured to […]

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Texas A&M Pulled Off A 1-in-3,000 Comeback

Fresh off a miraculous buzzer-beating win over Texas on Friday, the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team had pretty much capped off another upset over a Lone Star State school Sunday night when it led Texas A&M by 12 points with 35 seconds to play in the teams’ second-round NCAA matchup. Sure, the Aggies figured to […]

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The Warriors Convinced Big Schools That Small Ball Works

During the 2013 Sweet 16 matchup between No. 4 Michigan and No. 1 Kansas, Steve Kerr, at the time a TBS color commentator, praised the Wolverines’ offense, a jet-quick half-court attack spearheaded by Trey Burke and bolstered by perimeter shooters. “Michigan is a small team,” Kerr explained. “They play basically four guards and [Mitch] McGary.” […]

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The Warriors Convinced Big Schools That Small Ball Works

During the 2013 Sweet 16 matchup between No. 4 Michigan and No. 1 Kansas, Steve Kerr, at the time a TBS color commentator, praised the Wolverines’ offense, a jet-quick half-court attack spearheaded by Trey Burke and bolstered by perimeter shooters. “Michigan is a small team,” Kerr explained. “They play basically four guards and [Mitch] McGary.” […]

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