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Losers Try Their Best. Guess What Winners Do?
Each day this week, Storming The Floor will be previewing that night's important games. Enjoy....

Jawz The Jaguar Vs. Eli The Eagle: This Isn't Over!
What started off as a friendly dance-off between a jaguar and an eagle — which you see so often in the wild — turned grim and frightening on Wednesday during a break in this Summit League Championship basketball game. IUPUI's mascot, Jawz the Jaguar, grapples with Oral Roberts' Eli the Eagle, and i...

Live Blogs You'll Gleefully Skip: Illinois-Penn State
We know, we know: Nobody cares about a stupid liveblog of a pointless Big Ten tournament first round game. We're fully aware. As we mentioned yesterday, it's just, like, practice or something....

ESPN Visits Can Lead To Later Visits From The NCAA
We've never actually been to Bristol, Conn., but we'll confess to being somewhat curious about a tour of the offices. Heck, apparently mascots and professional athletes hang out there all the time; that sounds fun! But careful, young basketball recruit; visiting Bristol can put your eligibility in q...

Mt. St. Mary's Can Dance, But No Touching!
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Just Three Weeks Until Selection Sunday
We are less than three weeks away from Selection Sunday, and you know what that means around these parts: Time for the NCAA Tournament Preview Capsules!...

"This Is My Last Shot At A Winner"
Each day this week, Storming The Floor will be previewing that night's important games. Enjoy....

Saying Goodbye To These Awful (And Unlucky) Illini
As part of our preparations for the lunacy that lands on our sports radars this Sunday, we've been digging around the irreplaceable Basketball Prospectus, trying to find those odd little tidbits on Oral Roberts and Siena. And we discovered something kind of amazing and oddly satisfying....

George Mason Would Make The Final Four, If It Knew Where It Was
You might think it somewhat presumptive that George Mason, fresh off its Colonial Athletic League title, would already be printing Final Four T-shirts. (Act like you've been there before, people! Oh ... wait ...) But if they were to do so, one would think they've at least have the Final Four's right...

Oral For Everyone!!!!
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Championship Week Previews: Tuesday
Each day this week, Storming The Floor will be previewing that night's important games. Enjoy....

High Tech Underpants For The Sportsman On The Go
For those of you who are planning to take advantage of that NCAA Tournament vasectomy special we mentioned over the weekend, you're surely gonna need a pair of these for your recovery period. I own several pair, and I'm not even considering surgery....

Mitch Williams Supports Youth Athletics, Is Not At All Insane
Former Phillies reliever Mitch Williams has never been one to see an injustice go unchallenged, even if that does mean being unceremoniously tossed from his 10-year-old daughter's youth league basketball game for screaming the F-word several times at a female referee....

Deadspin Confessions: We At STF Had Access
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Want To Win A Conference Tourney? Know Your Foe
Each day this week, Storming The Floor will be previewing that night's important games. Enjoy....

Cheer, Cheer For Old William And Mary
Anyone who remembers George Mason's amazing run to the Final Four a couple of years ago might find it difficult to cheer against them, but if there's ever a time to, tonight's the night. Because at 7 p.m., their opponent in the CAA Championship Game is William & Mary. And that's amazing....

Join The Deadspin NCAA Pants Party Pool
We're less than a week away from Selection Sunday — still some teams available in our tourney preview — which means it's time to start thinking about your brackets. Because you won't want to waste time signing up after the brackets are released, you should sign up for our Deadspin Pants Party pool r...

Bring Back The Fightin' Christians!
So here's an underdog story that makes all others look wan and thirsty by comparison. Elon University — which as you know is in North Carolina — is one win from making it to the NCAA Division I Tournament. This despite sporting a 14-18 record, having a student population of just 5,000 students, and ...


Your Definitive Duke-UNC Photo
No matter who wins in any particular North Carolina-Duke game, all one can really ask for is a perfect photo that encapsulates all the boasting the winning team has earned. We'd say this one covers it pretty well....