Big East basketball fans have always found their own conference tournament a lot more fun the NCAAs.
Basketball fans get ready to watch their favorite teams provide their best efforts toward making the playoffs.
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China is home to around 300 million basketball fans, according to NBA estimates.
"Shaq is a larger-than-life hero with Chinese basketball fans, " says Terry Rhoads, founder of Zou Marketing, a sports consultancy in Shanghai.
With chances of creating a perfect bracket being slim, how then can basketball fans maximize their chances of March Madness bracket success?
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That's about one in seven people across the country, only a small fraction of whom could conceivably be hardcore college basketball fans.
Most basketball fans knew it was inevitable, only a matter of time before he would lead the Heat into the history books.
Basketball fans along Tobacco Road will vow that there is no bigger game or rivalry than University of North Carolina versus Duke.
This is the annual rite of spring that American college basketball fans live for after they've trudged through the cold, dark days of winter.
His demeanor on and off the court has endeared him to the media and multitude of basketball fans overseas, who admire his modesty and maturity.
Based on the numbers, China, whose 300 million basketball fans almost total the population of the United States, is the most logical place to look.
How do we explain to young basketball fans in Sacramento that the team they have rooted for their whole life may abandon the city and move to Seattle?
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The scoring crown may be viewed as ornamental to die-hard basketball fans and analysts, who recognize that Anthony won the title by playing somewhat less efficiently than Durant.
As Stern moves on to other pursuits, basketball fans should feel fortunate that the game they cherish will be left in the hands of an experienced, knowledgeable man.
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Studies have connected fandom with additional effects, such as higher self-esteem (in basketball fans following a win) and fewer bouts of depression (in fans who strongly identify with their teams).
Basketball fans must be breathing an audible sigh of relief on news that NBA players and owner have reached a tentative deal to end their 149-day stalemate and resume basketball-related activities.
Although his swansong proved lacklustre in comparison with the rest of Jordan's career, his presence in Washington has drawn sell-out crowds, basketball fans keenly aware that they are watching the curtain fall on a sporting icon.
Anthony may have gotten what he wanted, but not before driving basketball fans a little bonkers, and as he struggles to ignite these Knicks, it's hard not to remember the extended, exasperating machinations it took to bring him here.
He has shown an exceptional ability to perform under pressure, but many of the less dedicated basketball fans will tune out should he perform at a middling level or spend most of his time on the bench behind Kidd.
The anticipation of the WNBA superstars, Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi, and Tamika Catchings, competing for a record fifth consecutive gold medal and NBA all-stars, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and LeBron James, playing on one unified team did not disappoint basketball fans.
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But why would the office supply industry resonate so strongly with basketball and hockey fans?
Next season the NBA will open the floodgates and make 60-plus years of basketball statistics available to fans.
Led by Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the Lakers played electrifying fast break basketball and dazzled the fans.
Despite the professional aura that surrounds the NCAA basketball tournament, sports fans prefer to maintain some semblance of amateurism, particularly when it comes to compensating the athletes that play big-time college sports.
Jerry Buss is 78 and wants to spend his last years watching the type of basketball that he and his fans love.
Fans of college basketball who've grown weary of the wrestling matches that take place in Division I hoops these days ought to make their way to small-college games.
The photos published on her page showed broken water fountains and fans, a basketball court with no ceiling and even called for a teacher who had issues with some students to be replaced.
While most sports leagues are obsessed with controlling digital rights to their games, the NBA thinks it has a different answer, one that could radically change the way fans tune in to basketball and, in time, all other professional sports in America.
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