2022-23 NBA Season Preview: Awards and Title Prediction
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Basketball
Women’s Basketball Seeded Third, NESCACs Next
Amherst women’s basketball defeated conference No. 1 Trinity and New Jersey City University, extending their win streak to nine games, and placing them at No. 3 in the NESCAC rankings. They enter the NESCAC tournament ranked 11th nationally.
Scoring Runs Define Men’s Basketball’s Two Close Losses
The men’s basketball team returned to action this past weekend, closing NESCAC regular-season play with a tough weekend in which they lost close games to Trinity and Connecticut College.
Women’s Basketball Stays Unbeaten With Two Wins
In a pair of road victories last week, over Emmanuel College and conference rivals Wesleyan University, the women's basketball stretched their unbeaten streak to seven games to begin the season, Violet Glickman '25 writes.
Men’s Basketball Enters Finals Week Undefeated After Eight Games
Amherst men’s basketball stayed perfect this past week, making it eight straight to begin the season. The Mammoths beat Saint Elizabeth’s University and Springfield College on the back of strong defense.
In Razor-thin Finals, Stanford Women's Basketball Wins 2021 National Championship
On Sunday, April 4, the Stanford Cardinal held off the Arizona Wildcats to win
the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship by a score of
54-53. For the first time in tournament history, two teams from the Pacific-12
(Pac-12) Conference battled to cut down the nets.
From the
NCAA Tournament Weight Room Disparities Highlight Persisting Gender Inequities
In the world of sports, the month of March is perhaps best known for the annual
NCAA Division I Basketball Tournaments, commonly referred to as March Madness.
After the tournaments were canceled last year
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due to the emergence of Covid-19, excitement for