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• Nets, Jordi Fernandez keeping NBA draft strategy close to the vest

The Nets have the sixth-best odds in the lottery, meaning they’ll have a nine percent chance of winning the No. 1 pick and Cooper Flagg....2025
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• Analyst dubs Western Conference team desired landing spot for Cooper Flagg

Heading into the 2025 NBA Draft, the one prospect everyone has their eyes on is Cooper Flagg....2025
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• Rutgers F Ace Bailey, a likely top-3 pick, declares for 2025 NBA Draft
Bailey was the No. 2 player in the high school class of 2024 behind Cooper Flagg....2025
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• Kawhi Leonard, Cade Cunningham lead Clippers, Pistons; Shedeur Sanders falling out of the first round?

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• Cooper Flagg and the can't-miss NBA prospects who missed

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is considered a can't-miss prospect and the presumptive No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. But the NBA has had a number of "surefire" prospects that haven't panned out — one of them also from Duke....2025
• 'Total package': NBA analyst praises Cooper Flagg amid draft news

Longtime NBA analyst Stephen A. Smith applauded Cooper Flagg's all-around skill set as he gets ready to make the jump to the pros....2025

• 5 Cooper Flagg NBA comparisons that show why he’s No. 1 pick in our mock draft

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Cooper Flagg might be the best American-born basketball prospect since LeBron James entered the 2003 NBA Draft. That’s a bold claim to make against the likes of Anthony Davis at Kentucky, Zion Williamson at Duke, Greg Oden at Ohio State, and Derrick Rose at Memphis, but Flagg has put himself in that conversation during an electric freshman year. Flagg ha...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images March Madness has impacted our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. March Madness is the first time a big section of NBA fans check in on the top prospects in college basketball. This is a good year to do it: 19 of the 30 first-round picks in our last mock draft made the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and a bunch of them are still playing as the fi...2025
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• Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images If you can only watch one men’s Sweet 16 game this year, which should it be? The 2025 NCAA Tournament was missing upsets and a lot of drama during opening weekend. But the lack of Cinderella stories and double-digit seeds advancing means a Sweet 16 filled with gigantic matchups between power conference opponents. With only the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC r...2025
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst From Day 4

Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images At long last, a thrilling March finish. That’s more like it. Let’s get into it. The 3 best games of Day 4 1. (4) Maryland 72, (12) Colorado State 71 (West) We finally got an absolute banger. Trailing by one point with 3.6 seconds to go, Maryland star Derik Queen made the decision easy for his head coach. “I want the fucking ball,” Queen told Kevin Willard....2025
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• NCAA tournament bracket update: Friday scores as favorites hold outside of 1 big upset

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Here’s your updated bracket for the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament. The 2025 men’s NCAA tournament got off to a wonderful start on Thursday, with McNeese and Drake becoming instant darlings for pulling off upsets as a double-digit seed. As March Madness continued on Friday, another double-digit seed joined them in the round of 32. The No. 1...2025
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• Is Cooper Flagg Playing Today? Latest Injury Update on the NBA Prospect Ahead of Duke’s NCAA Tournament Opener vs. Mount St. Mary
Here's all you need to know on the latest injury status and availability of Cooper Flagg as the Duke Blue Devils begin their NCAA campaign....2025
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• Duke’s Cooper Flagg (ankle) will play on Friday in the 1st round vs. Mount St. Mary’s
The Duke Blue Devils went 31-3 this season and 19-1 in ACC play. Against North Carolina in the ACC tournament semi-final, Cooper Flagg suffered an ankle injury. He was not available for the ACC tournament championship game. However, CBS Sports college basketball insider John Rothstein reported that Cooper Flagg will be available Friday vs. Mount […] The post Duke’s Cooper Flagg (ankle...2025
• Is Cooper Flagg Playing Tonight? Latest Injury Update on the NBA Prospect Ahead of Duke’s NCAA Tournament Opener vs. Mount St. Mary
Here's all you need to know on the latest injury status and availability of Cooper Flagg as the Duke Blue Devils begin their NCAA campaign....2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: These prospects can rise in March Madness

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft ahead of March Madness. There is a lot of money to be in March, and the biggest bags aren’t coming from the NIL. The NCAA tournament is the greatest star-making event there is for a young basketball player. This year’s March Madness bracket is filled with NBA prospects dreaming of making a name for themselves on th...2025
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament

Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament College basketball is in a state of transition, and so too is the idea of the modern college basketball star. The defining players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament do not fit in any particular box. They come from every corner of the world, in all shapes and sizes, each with their own idiosyncratic stren...2025
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• The 11 best NBA prospects in high school basketball right now, ranked

Let’s rank the 11 best NBA prospects in high school basketball today. With the NBA and college hoops calendars in their August doldrums, there’s no better time to catch up on grassroots and high school basketball and start looking ahead at the best talent coming down the pipeline. This is the third time I’ve ranked the best NBA prospects in high school basketball at this site. When I did this exe...2023
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"Elsewhere in the bracket on Friday, Number 2 seed Alabama survived a scare from Number 15 seed Robert Morris, Duke rolled as Cooper Flagg returned to the lineup from an ankle injury, and Baylor outlasted Mississippi State."

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"Cooper Flagg and the small New England town that raised basketball’s brightest young star"

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"Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cooper Flagg commits to Duke to be college basketball’s next one-and-done superstar."

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• 'Total package': NBA analyst praises Cooper Flagg amid draft news
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• Duke’s freshman sensation Cooper Flagg has officially declared for the 2025 NBA draft
Saturday, April 26, is the deadline for players to declare for the 2025 NBA draft. Several top prospects have already declared for the draft in June. As of Monday, there was still one huge name missing. However, Duke’s Cooper Flagg announced via his Instagram Monday morning that he is declaring for the 2025 NBA draft. […] The post Duke’s freshman sensation Cooper Flagg has offic...2025
• Cooper Flagg Declares For 2025 NBA Draft

Duke forward Cooper Flagg has declared as an early entry candidate for the 2025 NBA Draft. Flagg announced his decision to leave for the draft via social media. The Blue Devils freshman is the consensus first overall pick in the draft. Flagg averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game this season. He shot 48% from the field, including 38.5% on 3.6 three-poin...2025
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• Cooper Flagg Entering 2025 NBA Draft

Top prospect and projected No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg is entering the 2025 NBA draft, according to an announcement from Duke’s men’s basketball program (Twitter link) and a video posted to Flagg’s Instagram account. The 6’9″ forward submitted one of the most impressive seasons by a college freshman in recent memory, averaging 19.2 points, […]...2025
• 2025 NBA Draft order: Odds for No. 1 pick, lottery date as Cooper Flagg officially declares for draft

The NBA Draft Lottery will be held next month...2025
• Duke star Cooper Flagg entering 2025 NBA Draft

Top prospect and projected No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg is entering the 2025 NBA draft....2025
• Duke's Flagg confirms he's entering NBA draft
Duke freshman Cooper Flagg confirmed that he's entering the NBA draft....2025
• Potential Top 5 Pick Edgecombe Declares For Draft
Baylor freshman V.J. Edgecombe, a potential top five selection, has declared his intentions to enter the draft, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports tweets. Edgecombe is ranked as the No. 4 prospect on ESPN’s Best Available list, just below Duke’s Cooper Flagg and the Rutgers duo of Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey. The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie […]...2025
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• Duke’s Kon Knueppel has declared for the 2025 NBA draft in June
Mike Krzyzewski built Duke into a national powerhouse during his coaching tenure with the Blue Devils. Since he’s retired, John Scheyer has continued to get star talent for Duke. Cooper Flagg was the National Player of the Year in 2024-25. He had a spectacular freshman season for the Blue Devils. His teammate Kon Knueppel was […] The post Duke’s Kon Knueppel has declared for the...2025
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• Cooper Flagg makes 2025 NBA Draft decision

He averaged 19.2 points per game with 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists during his freshman season....2025
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• Duke's Cooper Flagg, expected No. 1 overall pick, declares for 2025 NBA Draft
Flagg averaged nearly 20 points per game as a freshman while winning every national player of the year award before leading Duke to the Final Four....2025
• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with college basketball season now over

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Here’s our latest NBA mock draft now that March Madness is over. March Madness is over, and the Florida Gators are national champions. The college basketball offseason is already in full swing, and a flood of early entrants into the 2025 NBA Draft is the next step. The draft order won’t be set until the lottery on Monday, May 12, but a consensus board is al...2025
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• At least Duke won in the ‘White Lotus’ finale

The Ratliff’s did well for themselves. Naturally we’re going to be discussing the finale of ‘White Lotus,’ season three. If you don’t want to have that spoiled — please come back later. It was a rough start to the weekend for Duke fans as the Blue Devils crumbled in the second half against Houston, ensuring that Cooper Flagg and company wouldn’t be competing for a National Championship this year. ...2025
• Shocking college basketball transfer portal addition puts an annual contender on thin ice

Photo by Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Robert Wright II is the latest surprising name in the transfer portal, and it’s a huge blow to Baylor. Every player in college basketball is essentially a free agent after the season ends thanks to the transfer portal and the influx of NIL dollars pouring through the sport. The reality for players looking to cash in is that it’s in thei...2025
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• Cooper Flagg 2025 NCAA tournament highlights
Wooden Award winner Cooper Flag led Duke to the 2025 Final Four, averaging 19.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per NCAA tournament game. Watch his 2025 March Madness highlights here....2025
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• How Duke collapsed vs. Houston in Final Four in all-time March Madness comeback

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Kelvin Sampson painted his masterpiece in Duke’s Final Four collapse. Duke’s coronation was all but written late in the second half against Houston in the 2025 men’s Final Four. The Blue Devils led by 14 points with just over eight minutes left, putting the program on the doorstep of the national championship game. Duke’s talent advantage was overwhelming: ...2025
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• Cooper Flagg Becomes Fourth Freshman To Win Wooden Award

Cooper Flagg became the fourth freshman to win the Wooden Award as the most outstanding men's college basketball player in the country on Saturday. Johni Broome, Walter Clayton Jr., Mark Sears, and Braden Smith were the other finalists. Flagg averaged 18.9 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 4.2 assists on the season, while winning the ACC Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. Flagg is projected to be ...2025
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• Share your take: Is banning the tush push embarrassing or a good idea?

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images The Titans and Shedeur Sanders are all being honest, which we think is very cool. Take our surveys and tell us what you think in the comments! There are two weeks left until the NFL Draft which means this is the last real chance for any kind of serious changes to be made in the minds of NFL decision-makers. It stands to reason that most of them have mad...2025
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• Cooper Flagg Becomes 4th Freshman To Win AP Player Of The Year Award

Cooper Flagg has been named The Associated Press men's college basketball national Player of the Year, becoming only the fourth freshman in the award's 64-year history to receive this honor. The 18-year-old Duke star from Newport, Maine, won a close race with Auburn's Johni Broome, receiving 41 of 61 votes. Flagg joins Zion Williamson (2019), Anthony Davis (2012) and Kevin Durant (2007) as the onl...2025
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• How the men’s Final Four coaches each made it work in college basketball’s new landscape

Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images On paper, the four coaches in San Antonio are incredibly different, but the one thing they have in common outshines all the dissimilarities. The easy way to frame the coaching situation at this year’s Final Four is the new guard versus the old guard. Florida head coach Todd Golden is 39-years-old. Duke head coach Jon Sche...2025
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• Liam McNeeley Leaves UConn For 2025 NBA Draft

Liam McNeeley will leave UConn to enter the 2025 NBA draft. McNeeley is a possible lottery pick after he was named Big East Freshman of the Year. McNeeley averaged 14.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists. "It's been a dream of mine to play in the NBA," McNeeley told ESPN. "I've been waiting a long time for this moment. I'm so thankful and grateful to have been a part of UConn, to have played for...2025
• Final Four teams, ranked by likelihood of winning 2025 men’s national championship

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The men’s NCAA tournament is down to four teams, and only the No. 1 seeds are still dancing. Let’s rank them by their championship chances. The top teams during the 2024-2025 men’s college basketball season always seemed a cut above the rest of the country. That idea was confirmed forever when all four No. 1 seeds reached the men’s Final Four for the fir...2025
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• A case for why each Final Four team could win the 2025 men’s basketball national championship

Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images A blockbuster Final Four featuring all No. 1 seeds is coming to San Antonio next weekend. There has been no college basketball season in recent memory where it felt like the gap between the sport’s four or five best teams and the rest of the country was as wide as the one we’ve seen over the past five months. With that being the case, it seems beyond fitting that ...2025
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• Duke, Florida Advance To Final Four
Duke and Florida became the first two schools to advance to the 2025 Final Four with their Elite 8 wins on Saturday. Duke smothered Alabama on the perimeter defensively while having a balanced scoring attack in their 85-65 win over Alabama. Cooper Flagg had 16 points, nine rebounds and three assists, while Ken Knueppel had 21 points, five rebounds and five assists. Walter Clayton Jr. scored 13 of...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling
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• NCAA tournament bracket update: Friday scores as favorites hold outside of 1 big upset
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• Cooper Flagg commits to Duke as the Blue Devils’ next superstar freshman

Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cooper Flagg commits to Duke to be college basketball’s next one-and-done superstar. Duke men’s basketball has landed its next superstar on the recruiting trail. Cooper Flagg, the consensus No. 1 overall player in the class of 2024, has committed to Duke for the 2024-2025 season. Flagg picked the Blue Devils over UConn. It’s safe to say...2023
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• Cooper Flagg falling short of national title means he can't claim crown as best one-and-done player ever

Anthony Davis can breathe a sigh of relief...2025
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• NBA Rumors: Prospect Sparked Tensions At Jayson Tatum’s Camp

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum held his annual basketball camp, and word on the street is that one upcoming NBA prospect triggered a multi-time All-Star during a not-so-friendly game of 1-on-1. As the story goes, Cooper Flagg, a 16-year-old prospect from Maine, was in attendance during Tatum’s camp and called out nonother than Bradley Beal. […]...2023
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• Flagg reclassifies, could be top '25 NBA draft pick

Cooper Flagg, arguably the best prospect in high school basketball, announced Friday he is reclassifying from 2025 into the 2024 class - leaving him as the new favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft....2023
• Cooper Flagg and the small New England town that raised basketball’s brightest young star
The NBA hasn’t drafted a Maine native in 40 years. This high schooler from Newport could be the 2025 No. 1 pick....2024
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• LeBron James is losing to Father Time, and the Lakers are cooked

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Only trades for more help can save the Lakers from falling off a cliff. The Los Angeles Lakers’ first 14 games provided a fleeting moment of hope that perhaps a new head coach really could fix all their problems. Since then, the Lakers have descended into the cold reality of their long-time mediocrity, slipping down the Western Conference standings as th...2024
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• 2025 NBA Draft: Duke star Cooper Flagg leads key incoming rookies fantasy basketball managers should know
With the Madness complete, fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus introduces us to 5 key rookies to know....2025
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• Fantasy Basketball Trade Tips: Sell High on LaMelo Ball
With the Hornets deep into the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes, is it time for fantasy managers to trade away LaMelo Ball? Mike Barner provides his NBA fantasy trade tips....2025
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• Cooper Flagg Declares For 2025 NBA Draft
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• 2025 NBA Draft order: Lottery odds set after Play-In Tournament, three teams have best odds for Cooper Flagg

The NBA Draft Lottery will be held on May 12...2025
• 2025 NBA Draft Lottery odds: Jazz, Wizards, Hornets have best chance at No. 1
With Duke's Cooper Flagg the top prospect, here's a look at the teams teams with the best odds to pick first in the 2025 NBA Draft....2025
• Nets finish sixth-worst in NBA with Cooper Flagg lottery odds, draft haul prefacing rebuild

In front of team owner Joe Tsai, the Nets finished with the league’s sixth-worst record (26-56) — and thus the sixth-best odds in the lottery that will be the foundation of their rebuild....2025
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• 2025 NBA Draft order: Lottery odds set with Wizards, Jazz and Hornets having best chance at Cooper Flagg

The NBA Draft Lottery will be held on May 12...2025
• 2025 NBA Draft Lottery: Date, No. 1 odds and what to know for the Cooper Flagg Sweepstakes
The draft lottery is fast approaching. Here's everything you need to know....2025
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• Texas Tech star’s huge NIL bag revealed to bypass NBA Draft for college hoops return

Photo by Andy Hancock/NCAA Photos/NCAA Photos via Getty Images JT Toppin received a massive NIL deal to skip the 2025 NBA Draft and return to Texas Tech. JT Toppin was one of the best big men in college basketball this season for Texas Tech. He originally tested the NBA draft waters after a standout freshman year at New Mexico, but when he didn’t get the answer he was looking for, he joine...2025
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• At least Duke won in the ‘White Lotus’ finale
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• Final Four teams, ranked by likelihood of winning 2025 men’s national championship
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• A case for why each Final Four team could win the 2025 men’s basketball national championship
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling
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• Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2025 men’s March Madness

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Let’s rank the 16 teams still standing in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances. The 2025 men’s NCAA tournament will certainly not go down in history for upsets and Cinderellas. The favorites held serve during the opening weekend of March Madness, setting up some high-powered matchups in the Sweet 16 and beyond. All four No. ...2025
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• March Madness bracket predictions from our college basketball expert, with 1 big surprise

Photo by Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images via Getty Images Here’s our latest set of expert bracket picks for the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament. Let’s get this out of the way: We’ve had a couple of real good years in a row in this space. Two years ago, we nailed the UConn national championship pick and finished in the 100th percentile (41,822nd out of over 20 million brackets) on...2025
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