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Ranking top 25 college basketball players who didn't win Final Four: Will Duke's Cooper Flagg stay off this list?
Sporting News compiled a list of the 25 best college basketball players who did not win a national championship in the ...
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All 30 NBA Teams Best Draft Picks Of All-Time
Mandatory Credit: RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports Ewing was an immediate stud for the Knicks after the team selected him first overall in the controversial 1985 NBA Draft. He would go on to average 23 ...
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LeBron’s shocking statement on the 2003 Draft Lottery: “What a coincidence!”
The 1985 NBA Draft Lottery saw commissioner David Stern pull envelopes from a hopper to decide the order of the seven non-playoff teams who would take each of the first seven picks. Theorists ...
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'By January, I was drinking beer!' — Xavier McDaniel on the dark side of losing
Xavier McDaniel was chosen fourth overall by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1985 NBA Draft, entering the league with great expectations. Sadly, the team finished the season with a disappointing 31 ...
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March badness: This month shows the worst of NBA, but would the league ever change that?
The NBA has had some version of a draft lottery since 1985. Before then, a coin flip between the worst team in each conference determined the top pick. In 1985, the seven teams in the lottery had ...
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Ranking the 10 wildest pranks done on NBA rookies
Karl Malone originally wanted the Dallas Mavericks to take him in the 1985 NBA Draft. Unfortunately for him, the Mavs selected Detlef Schrempf, with Malone landing with the Utah Jazz. Not exactly ...
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Who is Amir Khan? Meet the McNeese State student manager going viral during March Madness
The McNeese State men's basketball team plays on. And so too will the boom box. The 12th-seeded Cowboys became this year's first Cinderella story of March Madness after upsetting No. 5 Clemson 69 ...