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Meet The Last Unbeaten Team In College Basketball: San Diego State

In the 2010s, the title of “last remaining unbeaten team of the college basketball season” went to Kentucky (twice), Ohio State, Murray State, Michigan, Wichita State, Southern Methodist, Gonzaga, Arizona State and Virginia. It’s a peculiar list of teams. One (Virginia in 2019) won the national championship. Another (Arizona State in 2018) lost in the […]

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The Top Men’s College Basketball Teams Just Keep Losing

Every year since 2011, on a Tuesday in November, four college basketball titans — Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State — have faced off at a neutral site in the marquee event of college basketball’s early season. This year’s Champions Classic was billed as the best yet. For the first time in history, the four […]

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The NCAA’s Graduate Transfer Trend Isn’t Slowing Down

When Cameron Johnson left Pitt after three years for North Carolina, he set off a minor firestorm of controversy. But Johnson parlayed his two years as a graduate transfer for the Tar Heels into a lottery pick, and the 11th overall selection in this year’s NBA draft is now averaging 8.2 points in nearly 17 […]

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Championships Aren’t Won On Paper. But What If They Were?

You probably missed this as baseball’s postseason was coming to an end last week — but congratulations are in order to the Houston Astros. Why? Because Houston finished the 2019 MLB season with the No. 1 Elo rating in Major League Baseball, of course. The Astros were No. 1 in 2019 … on paper Top […]

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