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Can Anybody Stop Gonzaga And Baylor’s Championship Collision Course?

On an average night of college basketball, when the scoreboard shows Gonzaga scoring 98 points in a game against the sport’s premier defensive program, or Baylor leading 38-5 in the first half of a conference matchup, it’s easy to make an idle statement about the country’s only two unbeaten teams standing far above the rest. […]

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Did Moving The Arc Bring The 3-Pointer To A Breaking Point?

When the NCAA started using a 3-point line in the 1986-87 season, it was an instant hit. While the NBA had made its line official seven years earlier, the pros hadn’t taken to it yet: They attempted only 5.3 percent of their shots from behind the arc. But at their first chance to trade in […]

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Gonzaga Is Dominating With Speed And Defensive Disruption

There’s a cohort in the country that only knows the Gonzaga Bulldogs as college basketball royalty. Among that cohort is Mark Few’s active roster, of which only one member of the starting lineup was alive when he was named head coach in 1999. Gonzaga has piled up 614 wins in the two decades since. In […]

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