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![March Badness: Scandals defined the year in college hoops](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/7706e18902bcf68abddb90063af01995.png)
March Badness: Scandals defined the year in college hoops
In a year devoid of a dominant blue blood or player, college basketball stayed in the headlines for the worst reasons. Preseason No. 1 UNC whiffed on the season and missed the tournament entirely. Gonzaga is relying on a normal supply of veteran talent, but is less interesting to watch for casual fa...
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It would be nice if Black coaches got second chances like Chris Beard and Will Wade
March Madness is officially here. And if you’re reading this you more than likely have a game on in the background as you’re working from home — or in the office — or did the smart thing and took the first two “real” days of the NCAA Tournament off. But, outside of the upsets, brackets, and copious ...
![Ranking all 64 NCAA Tournament teams](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/ccd1dba283bb0e4ae3551b98eb2324db.png)
Ranking all 64 NCAA Tournament teams
No more bubbles. No more first four in or out. No more teams wondering if they made the most exclusive group in college basketball. Only 68 teams of the 350+ Division-I squads have a chance to become national champions now. Before the First Four begins on Tuesday, we’ve ranked every team that hopes ...
![It’d take the lengthiest of zone defenses to cover Jim Boeheim’s career](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/a55d9c0e25bdbfd57c47657bc13a0841.jpg)
It’d take the lengthiest of zone defenses to cover Jim Boeheim’s career
Jim Boeheim’s tenure reflects a coach whose career almost spanned half a century at Syracuse. From bringing his alma mater a national championship in 2003, to winning the second most games of any college basketball coach, to ushering in and out the Big East Conference (as we knew and loved it) to hi...
![Mid-majors to watch in this year’s NCAA tournament](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/c9927cc0198a48a9d73ee2d2999dad2e.jpg)
Mid-majors to watch in this year’s NCAA tournament
March Madness is just around the corner. Conference tournaments will be underway and soon enough, we’ll be down from 350-plus teams contending for a championship to 68. The high-level conference teams that’ll compete for a title have been well-documented and we’ll no doubt see some of them make it d...
![Told ya: Chris Beard will likely coach again — this time at Ole Miss [Updated]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/d7ccd4138fe04126c116525cc00f9178.jpg)
Told ya: Chris Beard will likely coach again — this time at Ole Miss [Updated]
Updated March 8: Chris Beard is emerging as the front-runner for the men’s basketball head coaching job at Ole Miss, according to ESPN, citing sources. Beard was fired from his position at the University of Texas following a Dec. 12, 2022 arrest....
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Our Conference Mock Draft: Pac-12 Edition
Picking in the middle of the rounds made strategizing to keep rivals together a challenge, but we’ve got the finances to thrive once we’re inevitably forced to categorize student-athletes as employees....
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Will Wade has been fired — free Christian Dawkins
Christian Dawkins is in federal prison. Will Wade is at home. This is a story about sports, money, college basketball, a corrupt justice system, and racism. It’s an American saga. ...
![How to fill out a March Madness bracket and other lies](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/fb937173ec205ddaa4487d1c6041a754.jpg)
How to fill out a March Madness bracket and other lies
Welcome to “How to fill out a March Madness bracket and other lies” where I’m going to give you five truths and five lies, and you have to figure out which ones are going to give you the edge in your office pool. If I’m giving away free advice, it’s going to come with a catch. (I am getting paid to ...
![When it comes to Juwan Howard and Greg Gard, why is the Black coach the only one suspended when the white coach started it?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/5d4fba743267de79f737fc7b018cc9d0.jpg)
![Gonzaga’s Mark Few’s DUI arrest video is proof that his suspension was too soft](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/c3c8a52390c792c79976969cf817aa71.png)
Gonzaga’s Mark Few’s DUI arrest video is proof that his suspension was too soft
James Wiseman — the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft — played only three games during his lone freshman season for the Memphis Tigers. After being ruled ineligible by the NCAA because his college coach, Penny Hardaway, previously loaned his family $11,500 in moving expenses — when Hardaway w...
![The Brooklyn Nets’ massive star power may be their saving grace due to Kyrie Irving’s vaccination dilemma](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/fa79829c874238b1e472a66b257ac3f6.jpg)
The Brooklyn Nets’ massive star power may be their saving grace due to Kyrie Irving’s vaccination dilemma
Kyrie Irving ain’t walking through that door…tonight....