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Staff Editorial – Women’s basketball is going “mad” this year

Staff Editorial Sept. 30, 2021 2022 will finally see the first official branding of “March Madness” for collegiate women’s basketball in NCAA history.  There are multiple reasons that the women’s basketball tournaments might not be included under the same official branding as the men’s games in years past, but none are proven to be the single source of the discrimination. In a statement to The … Continue reading Staff Editorial – Women’s basketball is going “mad” this year

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Staff Editorial: Gender inequality in college sports must be addressed

03/25/2021 Staff Editorial This week kicked off the NCAA Men’s Basketball “March Madness” Tournament — leading to buzzer-beaters, upset victories and busted brackets. And it also showcased the wide discrepancies between men’s and women’s collegiate sports. Sedona Prince, an Oregon basketball player who has nearly 700,000 followers on TikTok, posted a video that went viral that highlighted the massive differences between the women’s weight rooms … Continue reading Staff Editorial: Gender inequality in college sports must be addressed

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#NotNCAAProperty: Student athletes push for reform in college sports

03/25/2021 Noah Wilbur | Opinions Editor Since the emergence of COVID-19, professional and college athletes have used their platforms to address racism and inequality in the United States, while also making their voices heard by demanding social and political reform. Beginning with the Black Lives Matter protests during the last season of the NBA, these efforts are now trickling down to the college level as … Continue reading #NotNCAAProperty: Student athletes push for reform in college sports

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Duke editors try hand with NCAA Tournament brackets

Adam Lindner | Sports Editor March 28, 2019 Each March, the NCAA Tournament demands the nation’s attention, decreasing work productivity in the process. Besides, who has time for anything else when there are games to catch, brackets to complete and madness to witness? In the friendly confines of The Duke’s newsroom, things are no different. In keeping with an annual tradition, each of The Duke’s … Continue reading Duke editors try hand with NCAA Tournament brackets

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Women’s sports ought to have same following, appreciation as men’s

03/28/2019 By Zoe Stratos | Staff Columnist  With March Madness in full swing as of March 21, the worldwide obsession with NCAA men’s basketball began again with the number 10 seed Minnesota Golden Gophers upsetting the number 7 seed Louisville Cardinals 86-76. Shortly after the men, on March 22, NCAA women’s basketball began with the number 1 seed Louisville Cardinals beating the number 16 seed … Continue reading Women’s sports ought to have same following, appreciation as men’s

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Men's Basketball, Sports

Unexpected Final Four hints at unpredictable ending

By Adam Lindner | Asst. Sports Editor As we inch toward the last weekend of the college basketball season, we can look back and marvel at what’s been a fabulously intriguing year thus far. While it’s bittersweet that college basketball is soon to be wrapping up once again, the Final Four is what college hoops enthusiasts everywhere have been waiting for since the beginning of … Continue reading Unexpected Final Four hints at unpredictable ending

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NCAA Tournament preview

By Adam Lindner | Asst. Sports Editor Finally, it’s that time of year again. Annually, sports enthusiasts and casual followers everywhere rejoice at the beginning of March as the NCAA basketball regular season winds down and tournament play begins. Now that conference tournaments have ended, seeding has taken place and brackets have promptly been filled out by people all across the country, it’s finally time … Continue reading NCAA Tournament preview

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College hoops start fresh but contenders haven’t changed

By Andrew Holman | Sports Editor Remember watching in anticipation for what felt like an eternity as Kris Jenkins’ buzzer beater left his hand, sailed through a silenced NRG Stadium and eventually found its way into the net to deliver Villanova its second National Championship in school history? Well, the wait is over and it’s once again time to hit the hardwood. The 2016-17 college … Continue reading College hoops start fresh but contenders haven’t changed

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2016 March Madness to be extraordinarily mad

By Andrew Holman | The Duquesne Duke The NCAA Selection Show is still three days away, but honestly the millions of brackets that will be filled out in the coming week are already busted. It’s March and that means madness is brewing, but this year it’s going to be the truest definition of madness. Unlike 2015 where three dominant No. 1 seeds (Duke, Wisconsin and … Continue reading 2016 March Madness to be extraordinarily mad

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