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• NBA Notes: Thunder, Isaiah Hartenstein, Knicks, Blazers, Donovan Clingan

Thunder The Thunder have a wealth of offensive threats, from MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to Jalen Williams and a blossoming Aaron Wiggins. However, the center position has been less of a focus. While young big man Chet Holmgren has shown the versatility to play forward, Isaiah Hartenstein, the Thunder’s only true center, has seen a reduced […] The post NBA Notes: Thunder...2025
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• Dunc'd On: 15 in 60 (Western Conference 2.24.25)

DEN and LAL: The Lakers looked like a brand new team with a new strategy against Denver SAS: What now that Victor is out for the year? 17:49 GSW and DAL: The Jimmy Butler home debut was a rousing success for the Warriors 26:00 PHX: Is there even the slightest hint of a good team in here? 36:11 POR: How is Donovan Clingan looking as he ascends to the starting lineup? 43:46 MEM: Is Ja Morant ready t...2025
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• Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Quentin Grimes among "Silly Season" targets

Donovan Clingan, Alexandre Sarr, and Bol Bol are among players who fantasy managers should target for the post-All-Star break portion of the season....2025
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• Fantasy Basketball Pickups: Donovan Clingan has a career night

"Cling Kong" finished Wednesday's loss to Denver with his first career 20-rebound game....2025
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• Fantasy Basketball Pickups: Donovan Clingan set to shine in increased role

Donovan Clingan leads Monday's pickups after Deandre Ayton injured his calf....2025
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• Trade Destinations for Deandre Ayton
Deandre Ayton has not quite had the season he was hoping to with the Portland Trail Blazers. His production simply has not been up to par with his current contract. Now, the Portland Trail Blazers are witnessing their rookie center, Donovan Clingan, come into his own which has rendered Ayton even more expendable. As a […] The post Trade Destinations for Deandre Ayton appeared first on Basket...2025
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• Donovan Clingan Out One Week With Mild Left Ankle Sprain

Donovan Clingan has been diagnosed with a mild left ankle sprain. Clingan suffered the injury during Tuesday's game for the Portland Trail Blazers against the Brooklyn Nets. Clingan will be re-evaluated in one week. Clingan is averaging 5.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 16.7 minutes over 37 games this season....2025
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• Trail Blazers’ Donovan Clingan Sprains Ankle
Trail Blazers rookie center Donovan Clingan exited Portland’s matchup with Brooklyn early on Tuesday night due to an ailment. Now, Portland has announced (Twitter link) that the 7’2″ big man has incurred a mild sprained left ankle. The two-time NCAA champ will have the injury reassessed in a week, the Trail Blazers add. During his […]...2025
• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images These nine NBA teams are still in the mix for winning the 2025 NBA Draft lottery and the rights to Cooper Flagg. It only took about 20 games for the 2024-2025 NBA season to completely reshape what we thought we knew coming into the year. The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder emerging as the championship favorites in each conference was to be exp...2024
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• Northwest Notes: Clingan, Sharpe, Avdija, Gobert, Kessler
With Robert Williams sitting out and Deandre Ayton sidelined by a finger injury, Trail Blazers lottery pick Donovan Clingan had his best outing of the season in a win over Minnesota on Wednesday. In 31 minutes, Clingan racked up 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocks. “I love defense,” Clingan told Sean Highkin of The […]...2024
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season

David Butler II-Imagn Images The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2024-2025 season, previewed by our experts Another chapter in college basketball begins on Monday as the 2024-25 season kicks off. Last April, UConn, led by head coach Dan Hurley, cut down the nets in at the national championship in Arizona, beating Purdue 75-60. With the transfer portal, new incoming freshmen...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• 7 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates, ranked by likelihood of who will win award

Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images Let’s rank the candidates for the 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year award. The 2024 NBA Draft class was always a bit underwhelming, but that should make this year’s Rookie of the Year race even more wide open. The lack of a consensus top prospect a la Victor Wembanyama last year means that almost anyone can make a run to ROY this season, draft position be da...2024
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft lacked excitement from the very start of the cycle due to the absence of a consensus No. 1 overall player. The 2024 class wasn’t terrible, but it always felt more like a role player draft than one with future franchise cornerstones. The fact that this was the draft that immediately followed Victor Wembanyama’s class made it seem...2024
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• Danny Hurley and UConn are officially “running” college basketball

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images After one of the most impressive seasons in the sport’s history, the Huskies are certainly “running” college basketball. Everyone already wrote their “now they’re officially a blue blood” story a year ago, so there’s no point in rehashing that. Although the urge is understandable. Extracting new narratives from periods of sustained dominance is difficult....2024
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• UConn-Purdue is clash of giants college basketball deserves

Everything you need to know about UConn vs. Purdue in the national championship game, including one key factor that could determine the winner. GLENDALE, AZ — Purdue Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter isn’t just scouting the UConn Huskies for the national championship game in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament on Monday night. In watching UConn rampage through the bracket for the second year in a ro...2024
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• The Best and Worst From March Madness Day 4

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images march-madness-2024-highlights-mens-ncaa-tournament-scores-uconn-duke-houston As always, it’s been one hell of a week, and thanks for following along with all of these recaps. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much as I’ve enjoyed putting them together. Let’s finish strong. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 4 1. (1) Houston 100, (9) Texas A&M 95 (So...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: These March Madness prospects can rise up boards in NCAA tournament

Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock as March Madness kicks off. There’s no greater platform for a college basketball player to start building their reputation and their bank account than March Madness. With the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament now here, another field of players gets the opportunity to put themselves on the radar for future professional opportunities. Certain players have more at stake than ...2024
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"Trail Blazers rookie center Donovan Clingan exited Portland’s matchup with Brooklyn early on Tuesday night due to an ailment."

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"It would have been fascinating to see how he faired against some of the best big men in the NCAA tournament like Zach Edey, Donovan Clingan or Armando Bacot, but the committee robbed us of that."

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"Duke’s Kyle Filipowski, UConn’s Donovan Clingan, and Texas’ Dillon Mitchell are three sophomores with lottery potential."

• Trade Destinations for Deandre Ayton
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• Injury Updates: Clingan, P. Williams, Rockets, Pacers
Donovan Clingan, the No. 7 overall pick of June’s draft, has been cleared for on-court workouts as he ramps up toward a return, according to the Trail Blazers, who announced (via Twitter) that the rookie center is day-to-day going forward. Clingan has been sidelined for the past seven games after sustaining a sprained MCL in […]...2024
• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• 7 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates, ranked by likelihood of who will win award
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers
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• 2024 NBA Draft Big Board: Stephon Castle, Donovan Clingan rise into Top 5 after title run
Depending on how the draft lottery shakes out, any of the top-10 players have a non-zero chance of being picked No. 1 overall....2024
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• UConn’s Donovan Clingan Entering 2024 NBA Draft
Sophomore center Donovan Clingan, a two-time national champion at UConn and one of the top prospects in this year’s draft class, has confirmed that he’s entering his name in the 2024 draft pool, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. As Wojnarowski writes, Clingan is currently the top college prospect on ESPN’s big board, ranking third overall, behind […]...2024
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• Alexander Sarr Declares For 2024 NBA Draft
Joining Donovan Clingan and Matas Buzelis, French big man Alexandre Sarr has become the third top-10 prospect to declare for the 2024 NBA draft within the last few hours, announcing his decision on NBA Today with Malika Andrews (Twitter video link). Sarr, who will turn 19 later this month, has spent the 2023/24 season with […]...2024
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• Donovan Clingan Out One Week With Mild Left Ankle Sprain
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick
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• Northwest Notes: Clingan, Sharpe, Avdija, Gobert, Kessler
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• Danny Hurley and UConn are officially “running” college basketball
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• UConn-Purdue is clash of giants college basketball deserves
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• 3 reasons Purdue can upset UConn in national championship game

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Heading into Monday night’s title game, is America not giving enough credit to college basketball’s second-best team? The narrative has been everywhere for the last couple of weeks: UConn is a juggernaut, a monster, an unstoppable force. Some of us have even written that the Huskies becoming college basketball’s first back-to-back national champion...2024
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• And-Ones: Clingan, Knecht, Sears, Gambling
UConn center Donovan Clingan is zooming up the draft boards after his dominant performances in the NCAA Tournament. In the latest ESPN mock draft, Jeremy Woo and Jonathan Givony list Clingan as the No. 3 overall selection to Charlotte. Clingan is averaging 15.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, 2.0 assists and 1.3 steals in the […]...2024
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• Final Four teams, ranked by ability to win it all in men’s March Madness

Photo by Andy Hancock/NCAA Photos/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Let’s rank the teams in the men’s Final Four by who’s most likely to win it all. The Final Four is set in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament with some incredible storylines building to a perfect crescendo. The UConn Huskies are rampaging through the field while seeking to become the first back-to-back national champion in the men’s...2024
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers
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• Danny Hurley and UConn are officially “running” college basketball
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• UConn-Purdue is clash of giants college basketball deserves
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• 3 reasons Purdue can upset UConn in national championship game
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• Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Let’s rank the teams in the Elite Eight of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by who has the best chance to win it all. The Elite Eight in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament is set. Three No. 1 seeds are still left standing, but only one No. 2 seed remains after two days of carnage in the Sweet 16. Remember: this was only the fifth time since 1985 all the top-2...2024
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• Indiana State’s ridiculously fun NIT run is a reminder of how dumb the selection committee was

Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK Indiana State rock and they should have been dancing. Indiana State was one of the feel-good stories of college basketball this year. The school’s success in 2023-24 evoked the halcyon days of Larry Bird, and reversed decades of mediocrity for one incredible run. In the end a 29-6 record wasn’t good enough for the selection committee, who snubbed ...2024
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness

Photo by Joe Murphy/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Let’s rank the Sweet 16 field in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances. The first weekend of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament had it all. There were upsets (bye, Kentucky), there were new stars born (hello, D.J. Burns and Jack Gohlke), and there were exciting finishes. After four days, the tournament is now left wit...2024
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• The Best and Worst From March Madness Day 4
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• Indiana State’s ridiculously fun NIT run is a reminder of how dumb the selection committee was
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• Going out on top: UConn's Clingan enters draft

After winning back-to-back titles at UConn, 7-foot-2 sophomore Donovan Clingan is entering the NBA draft....2024
• NBA mock draft 2024: Bronny James headlines class in open race for No. 1 pick
Here’s your first look at the 2024 NBA Draft. There’s no franchise savior sitting at the top of the 2024 NBA Draft on par with Victor Wembanyama. Instead, next year’s draft class features a wide range of candidates who could conceivably emerge as the No. 1 overall pick. Now that the 2023 draft is behind us, it’s time to look ahead at the players expected to be selected in the first round of the 2...2023
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• UConn’s road losing streak to ranked teams is men’s college basketball’s weirdest skid

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images UConn men’s basketball can do anything but beat a good team on the road. Men’s college basketball hasn’t seen a program win back-to-back national championships since Joakim Noah, Al Horford, and the Florida Gators accomplished the task in 2006-2007. While several teams have come close over the ensuing years, it feels like these UConn Huskies might have t...2024
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
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• NBA mock draft 2023: Updated first round projection after March Madness
Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images Here’s our latest look at the 2023 NBA Draft following March Madness. The 2023 men’s NCAA tournament was defined by upsets: from No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson pulling out an unbelievable victory over Purdue in the first round to zero No. 1 seeds even reaching the Elite Eight, this was one of the most unpredictable brackets in history. In the en...2023
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• Inside Miami’s incredible offense in Final Four, and how it matches up with UConn
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Miami overhauled its offense, and it put them in the men’s Final Four. Here’s why the Hurricanes are so hard to defend After three years in the doldrums of the ACC, Miami revitalized its offense for the 2021-22 season. What had become a rote, high-volume pick-and-roll offense needed some added punch. With a versatile collection of on-ball creators, Miami ...2023
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• The best and worst from Sunday’s Elite Eight games
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Final Four is set, and it’s one of the weirdest of all-time. That’s ... pretty great. Big thanks to everyone who’s read these recaps over the last couple of weeks. I hope they’ve been as much fun to rip through as they’ve been to put together. Once more into the fray ... Best game (5) San Diego State 57, (6) Creighton 56 (South) It may have featu...2023
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• Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Quentin Grimes among "Silly Season" targets
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• Dunc'd On: 15 in 60 (Western Conference 2.24.25)
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• Trail Blazers’ Donovan Clingan Sprains Ankle
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• Blazers Preview: Intriguing Pieces Apparent, But Identity And Cornerstone May Not Be
Blazers Preview A look at the Portland Trail Blazers entering the 2024-25 season … Coach: Chauncey Billups Last Season: 21-61 (failed to make the playoffs) New Faces: Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan, Bryce McGowans Notable Losses: Malcolm Brogdon, Ibou Badji, Moses Brown, Ashton Hagans Overview The Blazers, one year into life without Damian Lillard, are searching. Not just […] T...2024
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• 7 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates, ranked by likelihood of who will win award
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• Community Shootaround: Better Prospect — Edey Or Clingan?
The NCAA Tournament title game not only features the two most dominant teams this season but also the top big men in Division I. It’s a matchup of old-school centers between two-time National Player of the Year Zach Edey of Purdue and Donovan Clingan of UConn. In a different era, those low-post giants would have […]...2024
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• UConn-Purdue is clash of giants college basketball deserves
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• Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• 3 reasons Purdue can upset UConn in national championship game
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• Final Four teams, ranked by ability to win it all in men’s March Madness
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• Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
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• The Best and Worst From March Madness Day 4
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• The Best and Worst from Day 2 of March Madness

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Two thrilling upsets, our first overtime game, and a healthy heap of high-flying offense highlighted day two of the NCAA tournament. No need for a lead-in, let’s get right to it. The 3 Best March Madness Games Of Day 2 1. (10) Colorado 102, (7) Florida 100 (South) From the moment the brackets were unveiled six days ago, this was a game that jumped off...2024
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• March Madness’ top-50 players in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament, ranked

Let’s rank the 50 best players in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. March Madness feels like the culmination of a lifelong journey for so many of the athletes who have dedicated their lives to the game of basketball. Fans don’t don’t see the long hours in the gym spent honing their skills and their bodies, but when the NCAA tournament comes around, suddenly the whole country is invested in the outco...2024
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• UConn’s road losing streak to ranked teams is men’s college basketball’s weirdest skid
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• College basketball’s 25 best men’s teams, ranked and previewed by our experts

The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2023-2024 season, previewed by our experts Yes, the college basketball season has officially began and we are gearing up for what should be another interesting year of new young talent, some notable returning veteran players and a chance for a variety of teams to make it to Arizona for this season’s Final Four. The Kansas Jayhawks enter this seaso...2023
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