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🏆 Ready the confetti🏆 Ready the confetti
Rose BC and Vinyl BC to vie for Unrivaled’s inaugural championship
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The Big Dance isn’t the only shimmying and shaking happening on the hardwood. After last night’s semifinals, tonight’s Unrivaled final is set: Rose BC vs. Vinyl BC at 7:30 p.m. ET. And this one’s for all the marbles, plus a cool $50K for each member of the championship-winning squad. Cha-ching.
March 17, 2025
📖 The history📖 The history
Everything you need to know about Selection Sunday
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The selection committee will announce the 68-team field for the men’s tournament tonight at 6 p.m. ET, and the women’s bracket follows at 8 p.m. ET. So we’re here to dish out the deets and help you prep for The GIST’s very own bracket challenges. Game on.
March 16, 2025
🎓🏀 Dress to impress🎓🏀 Dress to impress
NCAA men’s basketball teams have one last chance to impress the March Madness selection committee
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The NCAA men’s basketball conference tournaments are officially heating up with automatic berths to the national tourney on the line. Even an NCAA women’s hoops legend is locked in. It’ll be a few more days before our Selection Sunday Scroll lands in your inbox ahead of Sunday’s big decision shows, but trust us — the madness is already here. Here’s what’s happening and what to watch this weekend.
March 14, 2025
🎓🏀 Lock it in🎓🏀 Lock it in
Power conferences crown tournament champs in NCAA women’s basketball
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We’re still six long days from Selection Sunday, but March is already March-ing with a handful of NCAA women’s basketball conference tournament winners crowned over the weekend, securing automatic bids to the 68-team national tournament in the process.
March 10, 2025
🏀 One of one🏀 One of one
Basketball legend Diana Taurasi retires after 20 WNBA seasons
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It’s officially the end of an era — for the Phoenix Mercury, the WNBA, and sports as a whole — after the iconic Diana Taurasi announced her retirement yesterday. Fully satiated, the hoops giant’s storied career is truly one for the history books.
February 26, 2025
🏀 Can’t stop, won’t stop🏀 Can’t stop, won’t stop
Unrivaled’s thrilling 1-on-1 tournament finale is set
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Ready the crown because one Unrivaled athlete is about to be $200K richer, with the semis and final of the exhilarating 1-on-1 tournament tipping off tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET. Let’s bounce to it.
February 14, 2025
🏀 All's fair in love and basketball🏀 All's fair in love and basketball
Disgruntled Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler lands with Golden State Warriors
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And just like that, perhaps the most shocking trade deadline in NBA history has come and gone — but not before hearts were broken and whiplash set in. One of the final chips to fall? Disgruntled Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler, who’s on his way to the Golden State Warriors after Wednesday’s blockbuster trade. That’s right, the saga is officially over.
February 06, 2025
🎤 Mic drop🎤 Mic drop
Candace Parker headlines dynamite crew of Black women basketball broadcasters
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The sports media landscape has long been dominated by white men, but that’s changing with an increasing number of women clipping on mics and crushing it on air — and that’s exactly where these four hoop-tastic Black women thrive.
February 05, 2025
🏀 Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?🏀 Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Blockbuster NBA deal sends Luka Dončić to the LA Lakers
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Jaws dropped across the NBA late Saturday night as news of a stunning blockbuster trade — one that’s sending five-time All-NBA first-teamer Luka Dončić to the LA Lakers and ten-time All-Star Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks — broke while most hoops fans were snug in their beds. That’s right, it’s 1000% real.
February 03, 2025
🏀 Try to keep up🏀 Try to keep up
Phoenix Mercury land coveted free agent Satou Sabally in four-team trade as blockbuster WNBA free agency continues
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The hardwood drama doesn’t end with the NBA — WNBA shakeups continue to shock during the league’s ongoing free agency shenanigans. Let’s dive into the latest W-altering headlines from over the weekend.
February 03, 2025
🏀 Blockbuster’s so back🏀 Blockbuster’s so back
All-Stars Alyssa Thomas, Brittney Griner on the move amid wild WNBA offseason
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The WNBA continues to wreak havoc with not one but two blockbuster deals yesterday. Though the moves aren’t officially official until February 1st, here’s the latest from the hardwood.
January 29, 2025
🏀 Ball ’til you fall 🏀 Ball ’til you fall
Recapping the weekend’s women’s college basketball games, including South Carolina’s big win over LSU
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Who needs to wait until March with chaos aplenty in women’s basketball. Let’s catch up on the weekend before another week of on-court action.
January 27, 2025
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