🏀 The best defense is a blistering offense
The first half of the men’s Sweet 16 was an offensive firestorm
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Last night’s Sweet 16 games decided the first four Elite Eight teams decided the first four Elite Eight teams, and tonight’s matchups will determine the other four who’ll advance.
March 29, 2024
🏀 A meeting of (like) minds
Inaugural Girls Summit brings together major sponsors for girls’ basketball in NYC
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Basketball nonprofit PeacePlayers is hosting its first-ever, in-person Girls Summit event in NYC this weekend. Big brand stars are showing up to support girls in sports during the event, which is a meaningful investment in community and brand equity.
March 29, 2024
🏀 It’s their chance to shine
The NCAA men’s basketball Sweet 16 tips off with four massive matchups tomorrow
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The men’s Sweet 16 tips off with a tantalizing four-game slate tomorrow. Saving you from two whole days without NCAA basketball? The survivors of the East and West regions.
March 27, 2024
🥇 No surprises here
The four finalists for the women’s basketball Naismith Award dropped yesterday
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Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink, Paige Bueckers, and JuJu Watkins are the four finalists for the women's Naismith Award, one of college basketball's most prestigious honors.
March 27, 2024
🏀 Follow the money
Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter implicated in sports gambling investigation
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The Toronto Raptors’ 11-game losing streak isn’t the only thing plaguing their mediocre season — fringe player Jontay Porter is now at the center of a sports gambling investigation.
March 27, 2024
🏀 Swish, swish
The second round of women’s March Madness serves up serious upsets
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The first round of the women’s tourney went mostly as expected, but the second round served up some serious surprises yesterday as the first eight teams secured Sweet 16 berths.
March 25, 2024
🏀 How sweet it is
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s Sweet 16 is set
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After last night’s second-round finale, the men’s Sweet 16 is officially set for Thursday’s tip-off — and despite a tumultuous first round (and the sport’s recent, sharp rise in parity), this year’s crop contains mostly familiar faces.
March 25, 2024
🏀 Watch the throne
New data illustrates Caitlin Clark’s dominance in the college basketball conversation
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While official data points from women's March Madness have yet to drop, there’s a general consensus building that the women’s tournament is more compelling than the men’s. A recent Seton Hall Sports Poll (the first and only university-based poll on the sports industry) reflects the rising popularity of women’s college basketball.
March 25, 2024
🏀 First-round frenzy
The first round of women’s March Madness features some tantalizing matchups
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With the women’s First Four games in the rearview mirror, their first round of full mayhem tips off this morning. In a weekend of wall-to-wall basketball, here are four not-to-miss matchups.
March 22, 2024
🏀 Greatness is the Goal-ke
No. 14–seed Oakland guard Jack Gohlke helps take down No. 3 Kentucky, and other news from men’s March Madness
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More than 86.2% of brackets were already busted just two games into the men’s first round yesterday. Must be March.
March 22, 2024
💸 A total sellout
Women’s March Madness sells out of advertising with projected $25M in sales
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As of this week, women’s March Madness ads are effectively sold out. It’s estimated that Disney — the network that owns the women’s tournament — could generate more than $25M in ad sales revenue this year, up from the estimated $19.4M ESPN and ABC made during last year’s tourney.
March 22, 2024