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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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1984
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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1978
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• Grade Level: High School

In 1974, when the Cleveland Indians" fan attendance was down, the owner implemented "Beer Night" where they sold beers for 10 cents at the first game of a three game series against the Texas Rangers (Berger, 1990). ... This is party due to the loud, exciting atmosphere at a basketball game. ... Coaches and game officials blamed the rap group Public Enemy, who played before the game shouting obscenities, carrying plastic guns, and working up the crowd to an extent of raucous excitement (Chapman, 1988). ... During one game the presidents of the universities promoted the final game, as "The top...

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In 1974, when the Cleveland Indians" fan attendance was down, the owner implemented "Beer Night" where they sold beers for 10 cents at the first game of a three game series against the Texas Rangers (Berger, 1990). ... This is party due to the loud, exciting atmosphere at a basketball game. ... Coaches and game officials blamed the rap group Public Enemy, who played before the game shouting obscenities, carrying plastic guns, and working up the crowd to an extent of raucous excitement (Chapman, 1988). ... During one game the presidents of the universities promoted the final game, as "The top...

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• Has Bibliography

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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• Grade Level: High School

From time to time, we take buses minding our own business, thinking about what we are going to do after reaching the final destination: what homework is due tonight; should I ask him or her to have dinner, etc. ... The couple on the left kept focusing on the phone screen, tapping and cheering, probably trying to refresh their highest score on the latest "flappy bird " game. ... People still interacted with each other, especially those who shared common interests, be it a new app coming out on a phone or about the upcoming football or basketball game. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They are getting the chance to attend some of the best universities in the world, sometimes for free, get access to world class facilities, and have the chance to play the game that they love. ... For example, according to a Virginia Tech study, Football players were struck in the head 30 to 50 times per game and regularly endured blows similar to those experienced in car crashes If college athletes were compensated, some of that money could be put towards an insurance plan that could help pay for those potential long lasting effects. The final and probably the most crucial reason to pay coll...

• Word Count: 1832
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate