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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Defector

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

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College Basketball

Ayoka Lee Made History And Nearly Beat A Team By Herself

Lucy Harris

Women's Basketball

Lucy Harris Couldn’t Be Forgotten

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Lauren Theisen

Florida State v Purdue

I Am Transfixed By The Tall, Skinny Young Man Playing Basketball For Florida State

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Dan McQuade

Ron Harper Jr. celebrates after his buzzer beater lifted Rutgers

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Rutgers Finally Hit Some Threes, Including One Really Big One, To Beat Purdue

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Behold The Glory Of The La Salle University Smoke Machine

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Aliyah Boston #4 of the South Carolina Gamecocks celebrates with teammates against the Stanford Cardinal during the second quarter in the Final Four semifinal game of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on April 02, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.

South Carolina v Stanford

South Carolina Has The Oomph

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David Roth

Argentine and Uruguayan players compete, or mostly kind of lay around, in basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

1952 Summer Olympics – Basketball

I Will Create A Winning Basketball Program At The University Of Austin

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Albert Burneko

Some Baylor guys stand on the Final Four logo at midcourt after beating Gonzaga in the NCAA championship

Final Four

Bob Huggins Wants To Eliminate The Wrong Part Of March Madness

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Laura Wagner

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Infinite Replay

The Phantom Foul That Introduced Me To Conspiracy Theories

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Tom Ley

ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament – Miami v Georgia Tech

Historic Alliance Is Neither

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What Big Ten Basketball Game Is Playing In The Background Of The Latest ‘The White Lotus’ Episode?

Destiny Littleton #11 of the South Carolina Gamecocks controls the ball during the second half against the Texas Longhorns in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 30, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.

Texas v South Carolina

Report: The NCAA Can’t Be Bothered To Make Money Off Women’s Basketball

Dave McKenna

Kansas v Texas Tech

With Mac McClung, Goodbye’s Going To Be The Hardest Word

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski makes a weird face

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See You Later To This Butthead

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Giri Nathan

Bill Bradley of the Princeton Tigers attempts a free throw.

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Senators Week

In ‘A Sense Of Where You Are,’ Bill Bradley Was A Bucket

Kim Mulkey, the newly hired women's basketball coach at Louisiana State University, speaks during a press conference at Pete Maravich Assembly Center on April 26, 2021 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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At LSU, Kim Mulkey Will Be A Company Woman

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Drew Magary

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - APRIL 05: MaCio Teague #31 of the Baylor Bears drives to the basket against Andrew Nembhard #3 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the first half in the National Championship game of the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 05, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Baylor v Gonzaga

Sometimes You Gotta Watch The Whole Blowout

At Long Last, The Real Gonzaga Showed Up

Haley Jones #30 of the Stanford Cardinal celebrates a team win against the Arizona Wildcats in the National Championship game of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on April 04, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Stanford Broke The Spell

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Justin Ellis

UCLA v Gonzaga

Jalen Suggs Is An Agent of Chaos And Destroyer Of Worlds

Aari McDonald #2 of the Arizona Wildcats celebrates after defeating the UConn Huskies during the third quarter in the Final Four semifinal game of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on April 02, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. (

Arizona v Connecticut

Aari McDonald And Arizona Took Down The Giants

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Patrick Redford

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MARCH 30: Tyger Campbell #10 of the UCLA Bruins celebrates with the East Regional Champion trophy after defeating the Michigan Wolverines 51-49 in the Elite Eight round game of the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 30, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

UCLA v Michigan

UCLA Kept The Chaos Going A Little While Longer

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Chris Thompson

Let's Remember Some Guys

Let’s Remember Some Guys Who May Or May Not Have Told Kelvin Sampson, Respectfully, To Cram It

Baylor v UConn

Woman Who Didn’t Call A Timeout While Her Team Gave Up A 19-0 Run Has Thoughts On COVID Testing

Paige Bueckers #5 of the UConn Huskies celebrates her three point basket in the first quarter against the Baylor Lady Bears during the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 29, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.

Connecticut v Baylor

When They Needed It Most, UConn Had The Juice