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NBA Finals: A Season That No One Expected

Kaleb Steele, Sports Editor | May 25, 2022

A lot of teams didn’t perform well, one of those “amazing” teams that everyone thought was gonna go back to the finals this year was the Phoenix Suns but they had a classic choke show. “not mentioning the teams that dealt with injuries.” Those...

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NBA Playoffs Predictions

Kaleb Steele, Sports Editor | April 27, 2021

The NBA Playoffs is a four round, seven games series per round. The team first to four wins, wins the series. Seeds 7th - 10th in each conference participate in a play in tournament. The tournament was added last season to give a couple more teams a chance...

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2021 NBA Draft Predictions

April 14, 2021

The 2021 NBA draft will be taking place on July 29, 2021.  The draft is a one night, nationally broadcasted event that consists of two rounds, sixty picks total. The first 14 draft picks are determined by a lottery system while the remaining picks are...

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2021 March Madness Overview/Predictions

Kaleb Steele, Sports Editor | March 10, 2021

A typical college basketball season consists of: 26 regular season games, conference tournaments, first four tournaments, selection Sunday, and then March Madness. The first four tournament allows lower ranking teams to do a play-in tournament to make...

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The 2020-2021 Division 1 College Basketball Season

Kaleb Steele, Sports Editor | November 3, 2020

2020 has been pretty crazy, individuals may say. The biggest thing being the start of a worldwide pandemic causing many colleges and businesses to shut down or go completely virtual. The College Basketball March Madness tournament last season got cancelled....

1/4 NBA Season Review

Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer | December 13, 2019

The 2019-2020 NBA season is officially more than a quarter of the way done. As all NBA people know the quarter mark is a big enough sample size to judge players and teams. So what teams and players have surprised fans this year and what teams have...

Photo of the 2017 NBA playoffs bracket from the very beginning. All image credits to Sports Illustrated.

Predictions for the second round of the NBA playoffs

Nikhil Mahajan, Staff Writer | May 3, 2017

The 2017 NBA playoffs are already well underway with the second round almost setup. After the Cleveland Cavaliers swept their opponents, the Indiana Pacers, in a deceivingly close series, they are now poised to play against the Toronto Raptors while the...

DeMarcus Cousins while playing for the Sacramento Kings. All photo credits to: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DeMarcus_Cousins_Dec_2013.jpg

DeMarcus Cousins traded to the Big Easy

Nikhil Mahajan, Staff Writer | February 28, 2017

On Sunday February 19th, DeMarcus Cousins found out he was traded from the Sacramento Kings to the Big Easy. Cousins found out shortly after the all-star game that he was involved in a blockbuster trade that sent Cousins and Omri Cassipi to the New Orleans...

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Doubleheader basketball games versus Chantilly

Kathryn Tatum, Editor-in-chief | February 4, 2017

Both Oakton girls and boys basketball teams faced Chantilly on Friday, Feb. 3 for an exciting doubleheader. By the start of the varsity girls game at 5:45 p.m., students filled the stands. The Oakton student section showed off their school spirit with...

Midway 2016-2017 NBA MVP Contenders

Nikhil Mahajan, Staff Writer | February 1, 2017

At this point in the NBA season, we’re a little over halfway through and have witnessed stellar play from dozens of players. Several unexpected players have made pushes to put their name into the MVP conversation such as Isaiah Thomas of the Boston...

Kyrie driving against Stephen Curry during Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals. Photo used from http://www.forbes.com/sites/mitchlawrence/2016/06/14/cavaliers-keep-season-alive-with-game-5-win-getting-a-huge-night-from-irving-and-help-from-the-nba/#1334748c9b1b.

The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers Rivalry

Nikhil Mahajan, Staff Writer | January 19, 2017

The legacy of the historic 73-9 Golden State Warriors was tarnished by their complete fallout when they blew a 3-1 lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals this past summer. Their downfall has been cycled throughout everyone’s newsfeeds...

NCAA March Madness Tournament

NCAA March Madness Tournament

Kathryn Tatum, Editor-in-chief | March 30, 2016

With the first games of the NCAA March Madness tournament about to start, everyone – basketball fan or not – is rushing to fill out their bracket. The first game of the tournament starts Thursday Feb. 17 at 12:15 pm and is between Duke and UNC Wilmington....

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