Not only was this my first varsity game, but it was also my first varsity playoff game. ... After our final stretch, I noticed that I had made all of the shots that I had attempted throughout the warm-ups. ... The coaches decided to see what I had to offer to the team when they substituted me for the starting forward in the final three minutes of the first half. ... I was in the game to serve as a decoy for my team, but when no one was open the ball came to me and I took the final shot. ... I was happy with my overall performance even though we lost the game. ...

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The National Semifinals are better known as the road to the "Final Four." ... A team would then advance to the National Championship after winning a "Final Four" game. ... If a team completes an upset during the first round but doesn't go on to win another game they"re just called "One Hit Wonders." ... There were three games that I researched including the two final four games that consisted of (Arizona versus Michigan State and Duke versus Maryland) and the National Championship game, which hosted Duke versus Arizona. ... There were many other terms used in describing the final fou...

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Countless hours are spent in meetings, on practice fields, and in the weight room getting ready for that first game. ... Now, logically you would think USC would be playing in the national championship game, which this year is the Nokia Sugar Bowl. However, due to a Notre Dame loss in the final day of the regular season, USC's strength of schedule was lowered enough to put them all the way at the #3 spot on the BCS rankings, leaving Oklahoma at #1 and LSU #2. This may turn out to be a great title game, but there will always be the thought of what if USC had been given the opportunity. ...

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Meanwhile, across town, a family of three is also getting ready for today's game. ... His favorite team is in the playoffs and somehow his parents managed to get three tickets to the game for fifty dollars a ticket. ... Those were the days when the star player of the game would stay after to sign autographs for the kids, and not get paid to do it. ... Once the final bid is made and accepted, the team must keep up the price and continuously raise the athlete's salary to keep him interested in the team. ... Sports have turned into a business which now focuses more on the profits of...

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The game became a huge success in 1892 that 'Triangle' magazine published an article about it with the title 'A New Game' (Naismith Museum). ... The ABA provided a different game style and some different rules than the NBA. ... He uses his height and size to score on the offensive side of the game. ... Just like football and basketball, the two teams that win in their conference finals go on to compete for the league championship. ... Basketball is a high scoring game that is fun, exciting and fast paced. ...

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We had used the Principle of Transfer, the game conditions were so much like the rainy practice that we easily won the game. ... Basketball games can often be decided by free-throws, especially pressure packed free-throws at the end of a game (Finish the Game Pressure Free Throw Shooting Drill. ... The simple act of keeping score is a way to simulate game conditions. ... Simulating game conditions and learning how to play or compete in those conditions leads to better performances in the actual game or event. Athletes ranging from youth teams to the highest professional teams understand the im...

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However, following the last day of tryouts, my name was not on the final cut list showing who made the team. ... Over the summer, I had worked on my overall game, developed a much better jump shot, and lifted harder in the weight room. Therefore, I bulked up and developed a more consistent game. ...

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One of the most recent electrifying events that shows women expressing their love for the game, regardless of which game, is when Brandi Chastain tore her jersey off after the United States women's soccer team won the Women's World Cup final. ... The women's World Cup victory had more fans watching than Game 7 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals. ... The night that the game was replayed, it drew more attention than baseball's All-Star Game that was aired the same night. ... Athletes participate in sports for one reason - the love of the game. Within professional sports today, th...

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Growing up, I had dreams of winning championships. Lying in bed, I had dreams that I had won baseball, football, and basketball championships. I dreamt that I became a pro-athlete, and that I made millions of dollars. Over time, my dreams have changed. Instead of hitting a three-pointer to win t...

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It use to be that the women's NCAA basketball championship game was the only game shown, now the entire tournament is shown on ESPN and ESPN 2 with the final four game on open broadcast channels such as CBS or NBC. ... I thought that the women's game was so much slower than the men game and that women could not possibly compete with the men's game. ...

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I am more and more motivated every year to get better at this beautiful game and so I push myself to the limit. ... The final way propaganda was able to help in war was by influencing women to be more responsible and become more involved. ...

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Selfishness is a trait that each of us has. What we do with it and how much we have of it really determines the type of person we are. For instance a normal husband might be selfish when they pick out the color of their car but not be selfish when deciding to move their family across country for a n...

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Think back to when sports were just plain fun and you could play all day, and you were good at every game, too. You were 10. It still sounds the same out there on the field.... Hey, batter, batter.... It's still fun, and when it's muddy, it's even more fun. Fun and funner -- that's all sports had...

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• Grade Level: High School