basketball

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Sustaining that level of success during the modern college basketball era, the four teams insist, isn’t as easy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

They also lay the groundwork of perhaps the most sophisticated attack in college basketball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Coinbase has made sports a central focus of its prediction market strategy, prompting users to “trade the madness” as the college basketball tournament got under way this month.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Goodwin’s advice included a basketball metaphor: “defense wins championships.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

It was like the moment in a basketball game when every cell in his body seemed to know, Time for your breakaway go!

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix