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He's an Aussie schooled in cricket. He could be the No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft. And he thinks far beyond the history he's about to make. "At the stem of it," Travis Bazzana says, "it's belief." @TheAthletic story:

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2 years

The ladder and stick couldn’t reach. So they used an Indiana cheerleader to retrieve a stuck ball.

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5 months

Wisconsin band members confirmed the "No means no" chant was shut down by the Big Ten. I asked the Big Ten official who addressed the band for the reason why, and was told, "Are we seriously going to argue about this right now?"

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Brian Hamilton

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7 years

He leg-presses 900 pounds. He benches 300-plus. He has a 43.5" vertical and 5.4% body fat. He never lifted a weight before Arizona and barfed the first time he did. How To Build A Beast: The Deandre Ayton Story, now @TheAthleticCBB .

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Brian Hamilton

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8 years

Clemson's Ben Boulware has thoughts on people ripping Christian Wilkins for, uh, grabbing a handful in the Fiesta Bowl.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

4 years

It’s becoming increasingly possible, if not probable, that Sabrina Ionescu is my favorite college basketball player ever.

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4 years

Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu has become the first player in Division I to record 2,000 points, 1,000 assists and 1,000 rebounds.

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Brian Hamilton

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7 years

The last time Duke and UNC lost at home on the same day, Roy Williams was a high school basketball and golf coach and Mike Krzyzewski was literally in the Army.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

So does this count as a No Contest for Oregon too?

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

Purdue's Caleb Swanigan, when asked the cliche "Is this fun?" question: "I came here to win. I didn't come here for the fun part of it."

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Brian Hamilton

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5 years

Jarrett Culver worked out at 11am. Then 2:30pm. Then he practiced at 3:30. Then he made 300 shots late-night. This is how the player who drove @TexasTechMBB to a Final Four went from good to great. (Also he ate a lot.) My story for @TheAthleticCBB :

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Someone truly just asked UMBC’s Jairus Lyles if anyone has been sliding into his DMs since last night. “Nah, I got a girl,” Lyles said, “so we don’t do that over here.”

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

In fairness there are cool things to do in this weather. You can take a cup of water outside, throw it in the air, and watch as your frozen hand snaps off and flies into the street while still holding the cup

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

I have never heard anything as loud as this.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

Luke Kennard likes Disney rides and chocolate milk. He's normal. His play is not. And that's how he kept Duke alive.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

Mark Few asked if he was disappointed in the 4:15 pm Pacific tipoff, so more Gonzaga fans could tune in. "Trust me, they're not at work," Few replied.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

Iowa was down 25. Iowa is now down by one. If you think that you've never seen anything like it before in the NCAA Tournament, you would be correct, because no team has ever come back from this far down in this event.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

4 years

Ah yes. Journalism 101 lessons from the guy who was supposed to help me gather quotes at the Final Four...and then just didn't show up for access that day. Good times.

Aaron Torres

@Aaron_Torres

4 years

@MartySullivan10 @_COESIGN The reporter didn't fact check it. Marvin Wilson did. That's my whole point. Shame on Norvell for lying. But, like, the first job of a reporter is to confirm what someone is telling you is true

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

For a guy who just had his heart ripped out, Marcus Paige's eloquence in the locker room was like nothing I've ever, ever witnessed before.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

The latest installment of Wisconsin Basketball Postgame Press Conference Moments:

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Why don’t college hoops coaches just always wear the gear they wear at the exempt events? Jay Wright’s hoodie game is strong, for example. Ditch the suits, men. Embrace comfort. Be the revolution.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

Larry bird

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

Let’s check in on the Big 12 http://t.co/yqGxBHIBw5

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 months

"I had NO time to respond to these questions. Here is my five-page statement on that."

The Athletic

@TheAthletic

5 months

LSU coach Kim Mulkey threatened legal action against The Washington Post about a story that she said the newspaper was reporting about her. Mulkey opened the news conference saying that she was expecting a “hit piece.” More ⤵️

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

Entering this tournament? Combined Final Fours for UNC and Kentucky: 36. Combined Final Fours for Gonzaga, Oregon, South Carolina: 1.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

There were anguished screams. There was dense silence. There was loss on the last Monday. There was also defiance. “The message is,” Chris Beard said, “we're not going anywhere." My @TheAthleticCBB story on how @TexasTechMBB has been built to get back:

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

North Carolina faces Harvard. All of the jokes, please, all of the academic jokes

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

Illinois star Ayo Dosunmu has a broken nose, a source confirmed to The Athletic. He's been fitted for a mask but it's unclear when the potential All-American will return to the floor for the No. 5 Illini, who host Nebraska tonight. Dosunmu suffered the injury at Michigan State.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

During his solo interview, Nigel Hayes told a joke. “Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl use the bathroom?” [pause] “The ‘P’ is silent."

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

When I started covering Notre Dame, I needed Jeff Samardzija for a story. He was in the minors. I'd never, ever spoken to him before. Not once. He called. "What's up, dude?!? It's Samardzija!" Today I learned Jeff Samardzija is 34. I'm old. You're old. Everything is old.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

A Dad was taking his daughter to play basketball. She probably got a lot of joy from playing. He surely felt immense joy and pride in watching her play. And then this. How unfair. How unspeakably sad.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

Matt Mooney wanted a shot at an NCAA Tournament, so he opted to transfer. Twelve hours later, @TexasTechMBB coaches sat on a broken couch in Vermillion, S.D., with a "need" and a proposal. My @TheAthleticCBB story on a perfect marriage, now turned Elite:

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

First Les Miles, now Mack Brown. Just a nutty coaching carousel, but I gotta say, I’m excited for the upcoming 2002 college football season.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

Duke guard Luke Kennard, after the road win at Notre Dame: "We’re becoming the team we want to be."

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Some personal news: I live in Chicago and apparently now have a pet deer

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

To me, the biggest moment of Force Awakens was when Kylo Ren transferred from Texas A&M.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

4 years

The NCAA Tournament, itself, on the bubble.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

10 years

Ohio State fans were chanting "S-E-C!" at Alabama players as they left the field.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

2 years

Armando Bacot: “My right leg would have to be cut off for me not to play.”

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

"Hi FBI, long-time briber, first-time caller..."

Tom Winter

@Tom_Winter

7 years

NEW: FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office establishes special phone number for information RELEVANT to NCAA investigation, 212-384-2135.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

Shaka Smart: "We came here for shootaround at noon. There was one guy on the floor: Buddy Hield."

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

Wisconsin falls in title game but not before making history, memories, by @SI_PhilTaylor : http://t.co/y0YkKckoFf http://t.co/o5hrQyEFjR

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Loyola hoops will prepare for the Sweet 16...once volleyball practice is over.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Imagine that. RIP H.W.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Loyola great Jerry Harkness, a member of the 1963 title team: “We’ve waited 55 years. And it’s a beautiful thing that they went before I went into the ground.”

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

2 years

His house is eight miles away. He's been on campus for eight months. He wasn't even a top 100 recruit. Now he's a face on billboards, a star of commercials and a topic of draft-board debate. Blake Wesley is as advertised for @NDmbb . @TheAthletic story:

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

10 years

"My mentor, my teacher, my second father." Michael Jordan on Dean Smith. http://t.co/6fKY9xcjon

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

Kentucky’s Tyler Ulis on Isaac Humphries’ technical: “He was saying sorry and stuff, but he had nothing to be sorry about."

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

Official who collapsed during Gonzaga-USC now on his feet and talking to medical personnel.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

In celebration of Nebraska’s improbable win, Tim Miles ran into the tunnel saluting Huskers fans...and promptly tripped and fell on the floor.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

4 years

Well that is something else, Wisconsin hoops. Tip back a Moon Man, Madisonians.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

Hello, @AlabamaMBB fans. This is the story I wrote for @TheAthleticCBB after spending a few days with your new coach, Nate Oats. Odds are your team will play fast and be good.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

John Beilein on the ‘13 title game, which of course has been vacated for Louisville: “We lost the game, they won it, leave it like that.”

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

Northwestern AD Jim Phillips on facing Vanderbilt in the first round: "Maybe at halftime we’ll compare SAT and ACT scores."

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

If Javy Baez played second base in the 17th century they'd tie him up and throw him in water to see if he floats

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

10 years

RB Ameer Abdullah on #Nebraska offense: "It's like a storm." What kind of storm? AA: "What storm are you most afraid of?"

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

Things Michigan State is doing right: -Shoes tied -Adequately hydrating -Sending only five players to the floor at one time [end list]

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

R.J. Barrett is the consensus No. 1 recruit. Zion Williamson is the consensus No. 2 recruit. Cam Reddish is the consensus No. 3 recruit. They are all going to Duke.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

4 years

Been a little distracted today, but if I have this right, the Big Ten and Pac-12 picked Kamala Harris to coach Kentucky's bigs in 2021 at the earliest

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

Texas Tech donor/regent Dusty Womble to me on Jan. 29:

Brian Davis

@BDavisUT

3 years

Texas officials confirm there no more public tickets available for Saturday’s game vs. Texas Tech. Remaining seats have been promised to UT students who have “Big Ticket” athletic pass. On Stubhub, prices range from $115-$1,235.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

LeBron and Bill Murray in the same building and why is Space Jam 2 not happening immediately

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

Duncan Keith's kid sees himself on the United Center boards. It is adorable. http://t.co/9sY3ONT3Rp

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

"Why not us?" The full story of UMBC, and an NCAA tournament upset for the ages. Freshly posted @TheAthleticCBB :

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

Juwan Howard probably won't be fired for what he did and said Sunday, even if he should be. But maybe Michigan doesn't let him coach another game until he grows up. @TheAthletic column:

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

4 years

This is Luka Garza's stat line. It is *halftime* of this basketball game. 'Tis no man. 'Tis a remorseless scorin' machine.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

This is going to be the most hilarious and impossible NCAA tournament ever. MODERATOR: “Coach, we’ll begin with an opening statement about the win, and whether or not you think it’ll be a win three or four years from now.”

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

John Beilein on Jay Wright: “At the end of the game tomorrow, he’ll still look like George Clooney and I’ll look like Columbo.”

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

So this is my last official day at Sports Illustrated. Been a fantastic experience. Into the great wide open.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Sergio Garcia with a gorgeous 10-foot putt for a decuple bogey.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

For the first time in 55 years, the Loyola Ramblers are going to the Final Four. Nun, and done.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

Zak Showalter discount double-checking Aaron Rodgers should be every moment in One Shining Moment

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Kelly Bryant’s phone rn

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

The good: A new gig. The GREAT: I'm a senior writer for The Fieldhouse, @SethDavisHoops ' new college hoops site.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

He means beating the Lions, not hijacking a lightly guarded illicit booze shipment during Prohibition, in case anyone is unclear

JJ Stankevitz

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6 years

Chase Daniel: “It means a lot. You don’t know when these opportunities will come, and you have to make the most of them.”

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

Holy cow.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

2 years

No other way to say it: Illinois wasted having two program greats the last two years.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

"It’s something I dreamed about. I didn’t know I could actually live it." On the bizarrely beautiful basketball ride of #TexasTech guard Davide Moretti, from Bologna to Lubbock and back to the Sweet 16, for @TheAthleticCBB :

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

4 years

These days, things seem pretty rough. Then your daughter has travel basketball practice. They pick teams to scrimmage. She's on the team with the girl who's picked last. And she says she'll sit out, so the girl picked last can play first instead. And things feel OK again.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

I don't know what Malik Monk just did there, but I'm pretty sure it altered space and time as we know it.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

Cubs' Joe Maddon asked for his biggest influences as a manager. "Michael Scott," he says.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

Indiana confirms it has fired Archie Miller. In a statement, athletics director Scott Dolson said "private, philanthropic funding" will take care of all "transition costs and obligations." In other words, someone stepped up to hand over $10 million to make the change.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

Texas Tech beats a No. 1 team for the first time, and I am legally obligated to tweet my @TheAthleticCBB story about spending a long weekend with Chris Beard, king of Lubbock and friend of fear.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

Hello Michigan fans. It's basketball season! I saw your team play in the Bahamas. And it is, it seems, good. 🏀 Why it's maybe time to trust Juwan Howard: 🏀 Some left. Those who stayed? Well, they're Battle 4 Atlantis champs:

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

"I need to make sure these two are good," Jaylen Nowell says. "No matter what." He lost his father, his Superman, too young. He lost himself. But the @UW_MBB star found his way back by finding a purpose. Why Jaylen Nowell can't stop, now @TheAthleticCBB :

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

"Nothing surprises me with this group." So, yeah, @CycloneMBB is really doing this. A historic beatdown of a rival, a 9-0 record that's more than magic and riding it all as long as it lasts. @TheAthleticCBB column from an electric night in Ames:

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

"This can't be real." A crash in the middle of the night. Lives lost. A beloved coach's future altered forever. And the burden of @BadgerMBB to somehow carry on. My story for @TheAthleticCBB :

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Robert Williams just blocked a three-pointer and won the NBA Slam Dunk contest in a total of like five seconds

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

Texas A&M's Justin Evans did not pop his leg back into place, despite how it looked: "It was just a cramp. I was getting the cramp out."

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

James Conner's guest at Pitt-Marshall: Ian Malesiewski, the paralyzed wrestler he befriended.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

10 years

#MississippiState RB Josh Robinson...on his prodigious butt: "I think that's why the women come to the game, to be honest."

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

Andre Dawson out here to crush homers, and your insignificant galactic rebellions

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

6 years

Justin Fields can play immediately for Ohio State.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

They'll talk about this comeback at Auburn at least until there's a change at left guard in the spring game.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

Vermont just won at St. John's. First win over a member of the current Big East since the 1920s. Someone should go to Burlington and have good beer and write a story about John Becker and the Catamounts and why this is no surprise. Oh, wait. 👇

Vermont and coach John Becker are the best-kept secrets in the country. Can they keep the band...

The Catamounts are on a run of eight straight 20-win seasons and have made three NCAA Tournament appearances under Becker.

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

9 years

Honestly don’t care what else happens. One Shining Moment must be RJ Hunter’s shot/Ron Hunter falling off chair on endless loop

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

3 years

"Our future," Mark Pope tells the audience, "is almost intoxicatingly exciting." Beat Gonzaga, soon, becomes Beat Kansas and Beat Baylor. This is @BYUMBB and its energized coach preparing for now...and what's next. My @TheAthletic deep dive from Provo:

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh: In attendance for Game 5, in Cubs gear. “Hail to the Victors” plays on the organ.

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

8 years

Jim Harbaugh: "Is meritocracy a word, or did I make that up?" "It's a word." Jim Harbaugh: (snaps fingers) "Gah, I thought I made it up!"

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

7 years

Here comes the Blackhawks playoff push

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Brian Hamilton

@_Brian_Hamilton

5 years

“That’s just who we are.” Seems we should’ve known about @umichbball . Yes, one guy + good scorers left. But those who stayed, well, they’re Battle 4 Atlantis champions. My @TheAthleticCBB story: 50% OFF UNTIL MIDNIGHT PT: