Hatred of the WNBA&#8217;s star player Caitlin Clark reached comical heights last week, when WNBA players voted Clark as the 11th best guard in the league.
When players placed votes for the WNBA All-Star Game, they determined Clark wasn&#8217;t even among the top 10 best guards, despite Clark putting up impressive numbers and setting league records. The astonishing vote marked just another anti-Clark moment, and made waves in some sports media circles.
Sports commentator Colin Cowherd, for example, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DaVwBbkJsLw/">said</a> the vote was so absurd it was &#8220;funny.&#8221; &#8220;The animosity toward Caitlin Clark — it&#8217;s so petty,&#8221; Cowherd added after rattling off impressive Clark statistics.
Though she entered the league just three seasons ago, Clark has already broken WNBA records. In her rookie season, she set the WNBA single-season assists record with 337 assists and established the WNBA single-game assists record with 19 assists in a single game. She also became the first rookie in WNBA history to record a triple-double.
Fans also love Clark. The Midwestern native has brought unprecedented attention to the WNBA and helped drive record-breaking attendance, viewership, and merchandise sales.
During her rookie season, the league recorded its highest total attendance in more than two decades, with attendance increasing 48% compared to the previous season. And according to retail sales data, Clark has surpassed NBA star LeBron James in basketball jersey sales, ranking second only to Stephen Curry.
The jealousy of Clark goes beyond just fellow players in the league. Earlier this month, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert did not include Clark on the league’s 30-year commemorative poster.
Clark&#8217;s teammate Sophie Cunningham <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DaJ1gwgvbnG/">said the omission</a> was a “joke,&#8221; adding, “You are leaving out a generational — the best player to ever go through the WNBA.”
Cunningham&#8217;s “Show Me Something” podcast co-host West Wilson said Engelbert was “jealous” of Clark. “She won’t give her the platform — it’s f*cking so weird,&#8221; he told Cunningham.
Clark is also a routine target of excessive physicality or cheap shots on the court. She faced several controversial hard fouls during her rookie season, and this year, Clark appeared to be struck in the throat by Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas while Clark was on the floor.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-sophie-cunningham-wont-diss-trump-after-white-house-meme">WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Won’t Diss Trump After White House Meme</a>

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A New York City taxi driver is grateful to the Moroccan rapper French Montana for his efforts to raise money after a violent mob destroyed his cab.
The incident, which happened after a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on June 11, left cab driver Noureddine Bitat injured and traumatized. A frenzied mob of individuals hopped onto his taxi and dragged him out of it — and they completely destroyed the vehicle. Bitat said later he was “lucky to be alive.”
“The crowd came and they attacked him. They grabbed him out of the cab. They grabbed him by the neck. Someone punched him in his head,” a translator relayed the Algerian-born cabbie&#8217;s story.
“They shattered the windshield. They opened the front doors and even the trunks. They were yelling, ‘Knicks in five! Knicks in five!&#8217;” he went on. 
A viral video of the incident shows individuals jumping on the cab and smashing the windshield before trying to flip it over and set it ablaze. At least one person was reportedly arrested in connection with the attack on Bitat. The cab driver suffered back pain and scratches from the attack, plus is now too afraid to return to work, he says. 
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His taxi was destroyed after a Knicks game, leaving Noureddine Bitat so traumatized that he said he is longer able to work as a driver.
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The violence unfolded as thousands of Knicks fans celebrated in the streets after their home team recovered from a 29-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106. The Knicks went on to win the 2026 NBA Championship on Saturday.
The National Taxi Workers Alliance started a GoFundMe for Bitat, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/17/us-news/cabbie-lucky-to-be-alive-after-knicks-maniacs-trashed-taxi-as-rapper-french-montana-steps-in-to-help/">The New York Post</a> reported — and the fundraiser quickly gained momentum after it was promoted by French Montana. The rapper even presented the cabbie with his check when the fundraiser was complete.
“Everybody got together and they raised up $75,000,” the rapper said. “These are the people that make the world go around. They don’t bother nobody. They out there working, minding their business.”  
Bitat said he’s grateful for everyone who came to his aid. “[The support] made him feel like he has another family here even though his own family [is not here],” the translator explained.

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Cab Driver Whose Taxi Got Smashed By Frenzied Knicks Fans Gets A Big Surprise

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The New York Knicks clinched the series with a Game 5 win on Saturday evening in San Antonio, winning their first NBA Finals in more than half a century when they edged out the San Antonio Spurs with a score of 94-90.
They ended the first quarter down 10 points, with 13 to the Spurs’ 23, but by halftime, they had cut their deficit in half. They began the second half with 37 to the Spurs’ 42 — and trailed them until the final moments of the fourth quarter, finally tying up the score at 83-83 with 4:25 left in the game. The Spurs didn’t make it easy for them, scoring almost immediately — but the Knicks pulled ahead with 3:40 left, 86-85, and the two teams traded blows until the clock ran out.
Going into Saturday night’s game, New York was already leading the series three games to one. They won their first matchup on June 3 (105-95) and the second on June 5 (105-104). The Spurs notched a win on June 8 (115-111), but the Knicks delivered a record-setting comeback in Game 4 to win (107-106).
After the first quarter of Game 4, the Knicks were already down by 19 — the biggest first-quarter disadvantage in NBA Finals history for the home team — and by halftime things were looking bleak. Another record-setting deficit, this time at 27 points — and then in the second half, the Spurs widened their lead to 29 points. 
The comeback — driven largely by power forward OG Anunoby and guard Jalen Brunson — delivered the final basket with just 1.2 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. San Antonio did not even have time to attempt one last shot.
And so the Knicks headed to Texas for Game 5. If they had not pulled out the victory on Saturday, they would have returned to their home court at Madison Square Garden for Game 6.
The last time the Knicks won the NBA finals was 1973, when they bested the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one.

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New Yorkers may not get the chance to attend NBA Finals Game 5 — which could be the last game of the championship series — thanks to a rule blocking out-of-town fans from purchasing tickets to the San Antonio-based game.
A Ticketmaster warning shows sales for Game 5, which might see the New York Knicks win the NBA Finals for the first time in 53 years, are limited to fans within a 150-mile radius of the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
“Residency will be based on credit card billing address,” the warning reads. “Orders by residents outside of a 150-mile radius of Frost Bank Center will be canceled without notice and refunds given.”
The Ticketmaster rule has been in effect for the entire playoffs, according to social media users. Other ticket sites, however, including StubHub and SeatGeek, do not appear to restrict ticket sales to specific locations.
The New York Knicks currently lead the series 3-1 over the San Antonio Spurs. If the Knicks win Game 5, the team will secure the NBA title for the first time since 1973. If the team loses, the series will return to Madison Square Garden for Game 6.
This is the Knicks’ first Finals appearance since 1999, when the New York team lost to the Spurs. The Spurs’ last appeared in the NBA Finals in 2014, when the team defeated the Miami Heat to win the championship.
Despite the roadblock from Ticketmaster, fans from New York and New Jersey have already purchased 45% of Game 5 tickets, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/12/sports/new-york-new-jerseys-knicks-fans-bought-50-of-tickets-for-game-5-in-san-antonio/">as reported by</a> the New York Post. According to the Post, some New Yorkers bought Game 5 tickets because they were cheaper than tickets to Madison Square Garden, the Post reported.
The cheapest seats for Game 5 cost around $1,000 on Ticketmaster, while the best seats cost anywhere from $10,000 to $36,000.
In contrast, the cheapest tickets for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden cost around $5,000 — with courtside tickets going for as much as $100,000, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/knicks-star-calls-out-crazy-ticket-prices-for-nba-finals-see-how-much-fans-spent">reported</a>.
Win or lose, the Knicks have already made history in their Finals run. The team won Game 4 with a 29-point comeback, the largest in NBA Finals history.

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Before Game 3 of the NBA Finals tips off Monday night in Madison Square Garden, players and fans alike can’t help but notice the glaring charge of tickets.
After the New York Knicks took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, ticket costs skyrocketed with the Knicks&#8217; return to MSG as the team looks at a potential sweep for their first championship in 53 years. The cheapest get-in price on secondary and primary ticket marketplaces is currently floating around $5,000 on SeatGeek and Ticketmaster, while some courtside seats have gone for over $100,000. 
Knicks guard Josh Hart called out the high prices after his team&#8217;s open practice on Sunday.  

“I kind of wish the ticket prices weren’t as crazy that they are,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/sny_knicks/status/2063663327767589110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2063663327767589110%7Ctwgr%5Eafd7999aad99b08210c052264245916838eacf1b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F25435052-josh-hart-calls-out-ridiculous-nba-finals-ticket-prices-knicks-vs-spurs-game-3">said</a>. &#8220;I feel like a lot of people who [have] been waiting for this moment for a very long time unfortunately aren’t able to get into the building, when the cheapest ticket is $7,000 [or] $8,000.”
The cheapest tickets for Game 4, the potential championship-clincher for the Knicks depending on the result of Game 3, are already set at $9,280 on SeatGeek. If the Knicks take a 3-0 lead Monday night, the price to enter Madison Square Garden could exceed $10,000.
A combination of ending one of the NBA’s longest championship droughts, loyalty of the fans, and attendance of a handful of celebrities, along with President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is to blame for the high prices. 
Along with Hart, New York native and Knicks guard Jose Alvarado admitted he won’t be providing tickets for his friends after he already secured seats for his wife, children, brother, and parents.
“I see it’s $11,000 [each], I say no,&#8221; Alvarado <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theScore/videos/imagine-being-hit-up-by-everyone-you-know-asking-for-tickets-to-game-3-%EF%B8%8Fpresente/996265866330073/">told</a> reporters when referring to getting some of his friends to the game. “It’s a lot of money … I ain’t doing that. I’ll tell you that much.” 
 
Alvarado isn’t losing any faith in Knicks fans to still support the team, whether it’s from home, at local sports bars, or even outside the arena.
“The people that can’t afford it, we improvise,” he <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nba/spursknicks-game-3-of-the-nba-finals-is-a-hot-ticket-with-the-potential-for-a-wild-scene">told</a> Fox Sports. &#8220;We’re New Yorkers. We’re going to find a way to watch a game, and that’s what we’re doing.”

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A Christian school in Vermont is set to receive more than half a million dollars in damages and attorneys&#8217; fees from the Vermont Principals&#8217; Association, partially settling a lawsuit after the school was punished when its girls&#8217; basketball team refused to play against a team with a transgender-identifying boy.
Mid Vermont Christian School will receive $566,000 under the agreement, more than three years after it was removed from the state athletic association for forfeiting the game.
The settlement follows a federal appeals court ruling that the school must be allowed to compete in games as the case proceeds.
“The government cannot punish religious schools — and the families they serve — by permanently kicking them out of state-sponsored sports simply because the state disagrees with their religious beliefs,” said David Cortman, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents the Christian school.
“For more than two years, state officials denied Mid Vermont Christian School a public benefit available to all other schools in Vermont just because it stood by the widely held, biblical belief that boys and girls are different,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There’s a price to pay for violating constitutional rights for Christian schools and students.”
In February of 2023, the Mid Vermont Christian School girls&#8217; basketball team forfeited their state tournament game against a team that allowed a boy who identified as a girl to play on the team, saying that playing against a male &#8220;jeopardizes the fairness of the game and the safety of our players.&#8221;
Following the forfeiture, the Vermont Principals’ Association retaliated against the Christian school by banning it from athletic tournaments, CBS News affiliate WCAX <a href="https://www.wcax.com/2026/04/29/vermont-principals-association-pay-566000-christian-school-transgender-athlete-dispute/">reported</a>.
Chris Goodwin, the team&#8217;s coach, said he will &#8220;always&#8221; fight for his players to compete in &#8220;fair and safe competitions.&#8221;
“I never thought I would be in court for simply adhering to my Christian and commonsense belief that boys and girls are different,” Goodwin said. “At Mid Vermont Christian School, we strive to exemplify biblical truth in and through everything we do.&#8221;
Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom continue to litigate the case, which also seeks to hold Vermont officials accountable for denying students at Christian schools access to the state&#8217;s tuition programs.
Multiple transgender-identifying male high school athletes have injured opposing female players in recent years. In 2022, North Carolina high schooler Payton McNabb was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-was-injured-by-a-trans-athlete-state-legislatures-need-to-do-more-to-protect-womens-sports">injured</a> when a trans-identifying boy spiked a volleyball in her face. McNabb suffered a concussion and a neck injury, which she said left her partially paralyzed on the right side of her body.
In 2024, a boy who identified as a girl <a href="https://www.boston.com/news/high-school-sports/2024/03/01/injuries-involving-trans-basketball-player-at-mass-school-spark-controversy/">injured</a> two girls&#8217; basketball players on the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell&#8217;s team during a game in Massachusetts. <a href="https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13105605/Trans-basketball-high-school-game-injury-forfeit-Massachusetts.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_mailonline">Video</a> of one of the injuries shows the boy hurling a girl to the floor as they fight for the ball. The Collegiate Charter School of Lowell forfeited the game after the injuries.

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Here are some actions you can take in the NBA and still not get waived from your team: 
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Wield a gun while drunk at a strip club</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Knock up every woman in a four-mile radius of every NBA stadium</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Get arrested for alleged felony assault after concussing and strangling your girlfriend</li>
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What is the one thing you absolutely, positively cannot do, especially during Holy Week?
Let me introduce you to NBA guard Jaden Ivey, out of Purdue, where he scored 17 points and 4.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore, then was drafted fifth overall in 2022 by the Detroit Pistons.
Ivey is a good player. He posted 16 points, five assists, and four rebounds per game in his rookie year. In his second season, he scored 16 points per game. He was up to almost 18 points per game before he was injured in his third season and was then traded to the Chicago Bulls.
And that is where the trouble began.
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This week, Jaden Ivey posted a video about the NBA&#8217;s Pride month. This, of course, is the month when the NBA and pretty much all NBA teams have nights dedicated to LGBTQ+-÷.
Jaden Ivey got himself in trouble because he <a href="https://x.com/esidery/status/2038675084412338572?s=20">posted a video</a> talking about the NBA&#8217;s Pride Month on Instagram. He is a newly converted, religious Christian.
<blockquote>They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA,” he stated. “They proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride, for Pride month to celebrate unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it.</blockquote>
That seems like a fairly traditional Christian belief, that you should not actually celebrate pride in what is considered a sin by the vast majority of the religious world.
The immediate response of the Chicago Bulls was to <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2038730088238268713?s=20">can him</a>. They announced that they had waived him due to “conduct detrimental to the team.”
Apparently, it was very, very bad for the team that he put out an Instagram video proclaiming the same thing that churches all over the country say all the time.
It was suggested that Ivy seems to be spiraling. Ivy has reported depression in the past; it is unclear whether he is in the midst of some sort of mental issue or not.
But if you&#8217;re going to cite evidence of a mental issue, this is not the best evidence. For him to declare that traditional religious belief says that you shouldn&#8217;t celebrate pride in what is considered a sin is not a spiral. 
<blockquote>I know some of the things that were put out there,” Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan said. “You know, I think it&#8217;s a situation for him where, you know, it&#8217;s on his own personal Instagram. I don’t want to get into what he put out there [on Instagram], but certainly for him I hope he’s OK. I’ve had conversations with Jaden and he’s always been about rehabbing his knee and trying to get on the court and wanting to play. But I think organizationally, there’s certain standards I think we want to have as an organization and live up to those each and every day.</blockquote>
Not a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWh-2AWDpiT/">strong rebuke</a> from the coach.
Nonetheless, the Bulls let him go because, of course, you cannot say anything that violates the precept of full-scale wokeness on these sorts of issues.
Jaden Ivey then went to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DWiLRPfgs3k/">Instagram Live</a> to defend himself.
<blockquote>“They said my conduct is detrimental to the team, right?” he stated. “Why don&#8217;t they just say, we don&#8217;t agree with his stance on LGBT? Why didn&#8217;t they say that? How is it conduct detrimental to the team? What did I do to the team? What did I do to the players? I did nothing but practice with them, play with them, pass the ball to them. Good teammate to them, said ‘Good job. Good shot.’ I said these things to my teammates, was never detrimental to them. So why is it that the NBA and the Chicago Bulls say that I&#8217;m detrimental to the team? Because I believe the truth.? Because I know Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life?” </blockquote>
He has a point. The team could have just said, &#8220;We disagree with his comments. Everybody&#8217;s entitled to their opinion.&#8221;
In the UFC, this happens all the time. Dana White routinely says this about people that he disagrees with in the UFC, people who say things that are morally bad. He will say, “You&#8217;re allowed to say what you want to say. I disagree with it, but it&#8217;s not my job to police the speech of other people.”
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But the Bulls just waived Ivey, who also criticized Steph Curry. He went off on Steph Curry because Curry is frequently brought up by critics of traditional Christianity in the league as the example of what Christianity should look like, meaning that you cite the vaguest verses from the Bible while ignoring traditional moral practice. 
Ivy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqvAUEVGtU4">said</a>: 
<blockquote>That&#8217;s why you got Steph Curry. And he not even surrendered. And y&#8217;all believe he&#8217;s a Christian. Y&#8217;all believe he&#8217;s a Christian because he wrote Philippians 4:13. Y&#8217;all think he&#8217;s a Christian. He’s friendship with the world &#8230; He don&#8217;t know Jesus. And I pray he comes to the truth, that Him and his family will be saved in Jesus’ name, because all that stuff is not going to matter on Judgment Day, the rings he got.</blockquote>
I&#8217;m wondering precisely what Ivey said here that merits him being waived.
Let&#8217;s be real about this. If he were saying the opposite, that Pride night is the best, or came out as gay today, he&#8217;d be celebrated by the league. He&#8217;d be touted as one of the most important basketball players alive.
The NBA has a political bent, without a doubt, and are putting at risk an entire Christian audience and traditionalist audience that looks at this and says, Hold up, you get waived for saying that you don&#8217;t believe that Pride night ought to be celebrated, not because you did anything wrong, just because you said that you don&#8217;t agree with the league&#8217;s stance on these issues?
Back in January 2025, Ivey <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEsWmiduyou/">said</a>, 
<blockquote>My testimony is that, you know, when you&#8217;re away from Jesus, when you&#8217;re not close to him. And when you don’t have a relationship with him, Satan is there. He wants to just steal, kill and destroy. That&#8217;s all he comes here to do. He doesn&#8217;t want to give you peace. He wants to make your life hell. And that&#8217;s what I dealt with, you know, most of my life. When I came to know Jesus, my life, my living, I did  a whole 360. I have that peace. I have that joy that I&#8217;ve been searching for my entire life.</blockquote>
Let’s recall that the NBA had an entire controversy engulf it surrounding whether they should have a night honoring a strip club in Atlanta. And that required the NBA to actually step in after weeks of consternation about whether or not that should happen.
But apparently, the minute you sound off and say, “Hey, Pride night, it&#8217;s got some connotations that are anti-Christian,” the minute you say that, you’re gone.
That&#8217;s an insane tactic from a league that wants to maximize its fan base, not minimize it. During Holy Week for Christians, that’s an astonishing stance by the league. 
I&#8217;m hopeful that some other team will give Jaden Ivey another chance. 
Because man, the Chicago Bulls really screwed up here in a major, major way.

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Bracket season has arrived, and we can state confidently without even looking for evidence that there will be more AI-created entries than ever before.
Gone are the days where the people who don&#8217;t follow college basketball are left to bothering the biggest bro in the office for his picks. Or, better yet, submit an outlandish bracket that miraculously nails the 14 seed that makes it to the Elite 8. Now everyone is just going to turn to their imaginary friends named Claude, and end up submitting the same brackets.
Literally, the same brackets. The Daily Wire had the four leading AI models predict the 2026 NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament. The first round of projections from all four models was exactly what you’d expect from robots trained on the internet’s safest instincts: Duke, Duke, Duke, and Duke.
The Daily Wire fed the complete 68-team bracket to four of the top AI systems — OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT, Anthropic&#8217;s Claude, Google&#8217;s Gemini, and Perplexity — and asked each to produce a full bracket prediction from the First Four through the national championship. Each model received the same seed lines, win-loss records, KenPom efficiency ratings, key injuries, betting odds, and conference placement data.
This is unsurprising, as given a straightforward prompt to process sports predictions, top AI models default to the most obvious answer: The top-ranked team with the best stats. The Blue Devils enter March Madness as the No. 1 overall seed, sat atop the NET, AP Poll, and KenPom, and went 11-2 against AP Top 25 opponents.
There was very little divergence in the projections of all four AI models. ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity all had Duke beating Arizona in the final. The models read the same numbers, weighted the same KenPom rankings, and arrived at the same safe, predictable conclusion: the No. 1 overall seed with the nation’s best defense and best player wins it all.
So we asked AI to think harder&#8230; 

As hard as it might be for AI chatbots to admit, Duke is not a lock to win this tournament. The pre-tournament favorite has won the NCAA men’s tournament only 7 times in the last 19 played tournaments over the past 20 years.
In a second round of analysis, The Daily Wire gave each model the same background information but supplemented the prompt with historical upset base rates dating to the 1985 expansion, specific vulnerability profiles for each No. 1 seed, injury data, and regional geography advantages — factors not fully captured in the first analysis. The models were instructed to abandon tournament-favorite Duke in order to play the role of &#8220;upset analyst&#8221; and to account for the fact that the best team on paper wins the national championship less than 35% of the time.
ChatGPT switched its prediction to Houston, projecting Kingston Flemings as MOP and routing the Cougars through a South Region where they’d essentially play home games at Toyota Center. Gemini also landed on Houston, envisioning a title-game win over Arkansas. Claude pivoted to Michigan, betting on the Wolverines’ No. 1-ranked defense to grind Duke down in the championship game, 71-65.
Perplexity had the boldest prediction, picking 4-seed Arkansas behind freshman point guard Darius Acuff Jr., who it projected to average over 30 points per game through the tournament.
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Without Duke as the default option, all four models agreed that the bracket would devolve into organized chaos.
All four models picked 12-seed Akron to upset 5-seed Texas Tech, citing the Red Raiders’ devastating loss of star J.T. Toppin to a torn ACL and Akron guard Tavari Johnson’s 20-plus points per game. All four picked 9-seed Iowa over 8-seed Clemson, noting that the Hawkeyes are ranked 11 KenPom spots higher despite being the lower seed. And all four picked 11-seed VCU to knock off North Carolina, a team missing projected top-5 NBA pick Caleb Wilson due to a broken thumb.
Here are the results.
ChatGPT 5.4:
<ul>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Final Four: (2) UConn, (6) BYU, (3) Virginia, (2) Houston</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Semis: Houston over UConn, BYU over Virginia</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Championship: Houston over BYU</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Champion: Houston</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">MOP: Kingston Flemings (Houston) — 16.4 PPG, 5.3 AST</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">1-seeds in Final Four: Zero</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Where Duke died: Elite Eight (lost to UConn)</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">First-round upsets by double-digit seeds: 7</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Boldest call: BYU to the Final Four behind AJ Dybantsa (25.3 PPG, nation&#8217;s leading scorer)</li>
</ul>
Claude Opus 4.6:
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<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Final Four: (1) Duke, (4) Arkansas, (1) Michigan, (2) Houston</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Semis: Duke over Houston 78-72, Michigan over Arkansas 64-56</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Championship: Michigan 71, Duke 65</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Champion: Michigan</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">MOP: Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan) — 19 pts, 9 reb in title game</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">1-seeds in Final Four: Two (Duke and Michigan)</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Where Duke died: Championship game (only model to get Duke to the Final Four)</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">First-round upsets by double-digit seeds: 6</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Boldest call: Michigan&#8217;s No. 1-ranked defense grinds Duke into submission in the title game despite Boozer&#8217;s 24 and 11</li>
</ul>
Gemini 3:
<ul>
<li>Final Four: (2) UConn, (4) Arkansas, (2) Iowa State, (2) Houston</li>
<li>Semis: Arkansas over Iowa State, Houston over UConn</li>
<li>Champion: Houston</li>
<li>MOP: Kingston Flemings (Houston)</li>
<li>1-seeds in Final Four: Zero</li>
<li>Where Duke died: Elite Eight (lost to UConn)</li>
<li>First-round upsets by double-digit seeds: 13 (tied with Perplexity for most chaotic bracket)</li>
<li>Boldest call: All four 1-seeds eliminated before the Final Four; McNeese to the Sweet 16; Arizona bounced in the Round of 32 by 9-seed Utah State</li>
</ul>
Perplexity Sonar:
<ul>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Final Four: (3) Michigan State, (4) Arkansas, (2) Iowa State, (2) Houston</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Semis: Houston over Michigan State, Arkansas over Iowa State</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Championship: Arkansas over Houston</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Champion: Arkansas</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">MOP: Darius Acuff Jr. (Arkansas)</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">1-seeds in Final Four: Zero</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Where Duke died: Elite Eight (lost to Michigan State)</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Where Michigan died: Round of 32 (lost to 9-seed Saint Louis — the single wildest pick of the experiment)</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">First-round upsets by double-digit seeds: 13 (by far the most chaotic bracket)</li>
<li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Boldest call: 1-seed Michigan bounced in the Round of 32 by Saint Louis; 4-seed Arkansas wins it all</li>
</ul>
Duke may still cruise to a championship, but if not, these projections offer alternative brackets to help sort through the chaos of March Madness.

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Luke Kornet did something this week that deserves to be acknowledged and applauded.
The San Antonio Spurs center publicly asked the Atlanta Hawks to cancel a promotional night celebrating Magic City, widely known as one of Atlanta’s most famous strip clubs. In a brief <a href="https://lukekornet.medium.com/concerning-the-atlanta-hawks-0f07c62ea65e">public statement</a>, Kornet wrote that he wished to “respectfully ask that the Atlanta Hawks cancel this promotional night with Magic City.”
For saying this publicly, he deserves real credit.
Professional sports leagues spend an enormous amount of time talking about respect, dignity, and protecting women. Those are good goals, obviously. But words like that begin to lose their meaning when the same institutions partner with industries built upon the sexual commodification of women.
Kornet simply pointed out the tension.
“The NBA should desire to protect and esteem women,” he wrote, “many of whom work diligently every day to make this the best basketball league in the world. We should promote an atmosphere that is protective and respectful of the daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, and partners that we know and love.”
That seems difficult to dispute.
If the NBA wants to be a league that honors women and welcomes families, celebrating a strip club is a terrible way to express it.
Kornet also drew attention to something many people would prefer not to think about. As he wrote, “Regardless of how a woman finds her way into the adult entertainment industry, many in this space experience abuse, harassment, and violence to which they should never be subjected.”
That observation alone should give us pause before turning such places into objects of celebration. In “<a href="https://store.dailywire.com/products/porn-myth-by-matt-fradd?srsltid=AfmBOoqVyM2W5DgdH9OSkAcJRshTPmFdlKwXey7LBEVuwFtZ7lwVZ_RY">The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality Behind the Fantasy of Pornography</a>,” I documented at length the exploitation and harm that are often hidden behind the industry’s glossy marketing. Anyone unconvinced by Kornet’s concern should spend some time with the evidence.
The NBA is one of the most influential cultural institutions in the world. Millions of young people watch its games. Families visit its arenas. Players are presented as role models. Given that reality, it is perfectly reasonable to ask what kind of culture the league wishes to promote.
Kornet expressed it clearly: “We desire to provide an environment where fans of all ages can safely come and enjoy the game of basketball.” And then he added the line that captures the entire issue: “The celebration of a strip club is not conduct aligned with that vision.”
In recent years, we have grown accustomed to athletes speaking out about political causes. Much of it has been the sort of fashionable, low-risk virtue signaling that earns applause from the political Left. What is far rarer is seeing someone speak about the deeper moral direction of our culture, particularly when it comes to sexuality.
Yet these questions matter. They shape how a society understands dignity, relationships, and the value of the human person.
In this case, Luke Kornet simply asked his league to live up to the values it already claims to hold.
That is a modest but important request.
And I am grateful he had the courage to make it.

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Is college basketball broken? The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on Thursday the indictment of 26 suspects, including 20 former NCAA college basketball players from 17 schools, for allegedly attempting to fix games through performance manipulation during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.
Officials said the scheme started in September 2022 when defendants bribed players in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) to participate in &#8220;point-shaving&#8221; their games, before moving to NCAA basketball. Point-shaving occurs when the final score is manipulated to satisfy the point-spread of the game, not the win-or-lose outcome.
“Over the past two years, the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office led an investigation into a point-shaving and sports-bribery conspiracy resulting in the indictments announced today,” said FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey.
United States Attorney David Metcalf called the gambling scheme &#8220;historic,&#8221; and said the point-shaving scheme involved more than 39 players who were part of more than 17 teams who attempted to fix at least 29 men&#8217;s college basketball games
&#8220;Certain players were targeted because they were missing out on NIL money,&#8221; Metcalf said, also adding: &#8220;This is the corruption of college sports.&#8221;
According to the indictment, the suspects in the case include the following former college basketball players: Alberto Laureano, Arlando Arnold, Simeon Cottle, Kevin Cross, Bradley Ezewiro, Shawn Fulcher, Carlos Hart, Markeese Hastings, Cedquavious Hunter, Oumar Koureissi, Da&#8217;Sean Nelson, Demond Robinson, Camian Shell, Dyquavion Short, Airion Simmons, and Jalen Terry.
&#8220;We allege an extensive international criminal conspiracy of NCAA players, alumni and professional bettors who fixed games across the country and poisoned the American spirit of competition for monetary gain,&#8221; Metcalf said.
Other names listed in the indictment include trainers Jalen Smith and Roderick Winkler, as well as “high-stakes sports gamblers” Marves Fairley and Shane Hennen.
Per the indictment, the defendants approached and communicated with NCAA basketball players, in person and through social media, text messages, and phone calls. The &#8220;fixers&#8221; offered the players bribe payments, usually ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 per game, to participate in the scheme.
The suspects face charges including sports bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, among others.
The games that were allegedly fixed include matchups in China, as well as games involving the following schools: Nicholls State, Tulane, Northwestern State, Saint Louis, LaSalle, Fordham, Buffalo, DePaul, Robert Morris, Southern Miss, North Carolina A&amp;T, Kennesaw State, Coppin State, New Orleans, Abilene Christian, Eastern Michigan, and Alabama State.
&#8220;When criminals rig the outcome of games for the purpose to lose, we all lose,&#8221; Metcalf said.
Antonio Blakeney, who is listed in the indictment as &#8220;charged elsewhere&#8221; from a previous sports gambling case, was one of the CBA&#8217;s top scorers and was allegedly recruited by Hennen and Fairley to join the point-shaving antics. According to the indictment, Blakeney received a $200,000 payment in Florida, which another defendant dropped into a storage unit. The former All-American from LSU went on to recruit college players to join the scheme.
There are four current players this season who are listed in the case: Kennesaw State&#8217;s Simeon Cottle, Eastern Michigan&#8217;s Carlos Hart, Delaware State&#8217;s Camian Shell, and Texas Southern&#8217;s Oumar Koureissi. All players have played within the last week.
Koureissi, at the time of the alleged crime, played for Nicholls State. The document states Koureissi was involved in fixing Nicholls State&#8217;s game against McNeese State in February of 2024. Koureissi allegedly fixed the game through point-shaving to ensure Nicholls State didn&#8217;t cover the spread against McNeese. Koureissi scored 0 points in that contest and won the fixers their bet.
This is just one of the countless examples of fraud in the indictment.
&#8220;There is integrity in sports,&#8221; Metcalf said. &#8220;You have the teammates of the players who were working their tail off.&#8221;
NCAA President Charlie Baker released this <a href="https://www.ncaa.org/news/2026/1/15/media-center-ncaa-president-baker-issues-statement-regarding-sports-betting-indictments-in-college-athletics-calls-on-remaining-states-to-ban-risky-bets.aspx">statement</a> Thursday: &#8220;Protecting competition integrity is of the utmost importance for the NCAA. We are thankful for law enforcement agencies working to detect and combat integrity issues and match manipulation in college sports. &#8230; The Association has and will continue to aggressively pursue sports betting violations in college athletics using a layered integrity monitoring program that covers over 22,000 contests, but we still need the remaining states, regulators and gaming companies to eliminate threats to integrity &#8211; such as collegiate prop bets &#8211; to better protect athletes and leagues from integrity risks and predatory bettors. We also will continue to cooperate fully with law enforcement. We urge all student-athletes to make well-informed choices to avoid jeopardizing the game and their eligibility.&#8221;
This bombshell gambling case follows two others from last fall involving former NBA and MLB players. Sports gambling in some form is legal in 40 states.
&#8220;I will say that the evidence in this case shows that the monetization of college athletics and athletics generally &#8230; furthered the enterprise in this case,&#8221; Metcalf said.
The United States Attorney added that this case is extensive and the investigation is ongoing.

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The NCAA’s <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nba-media-fans-losing-minds-222225599.html">decision</a> to grant immediate eligibility to James Nnaji, a former NBA Draft pick, marks a potentially transformative moment in the relationship between professional and college basketball.
Nnaji, a 7-foot, 21-year-old Nigerian-born center, has committed to Baylor University and received four years of NCAA eligibility, allowing him to play for the Bears beginning in the middle of the 2025–26 season. This ruling is unprecedented in modern college basketball and has sparked widespread confusion and criticism across the sport.
Nnaji was selected 31st overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, initially by the Detroit Pistons, before his rights were traded to the Charlotte Hornets and later to the New York Knicks in a three-team deal involving Karl-Anthony Towns. Despite being drafted, Nnaji never signed an NBA contract and has not played in an NBA regular-season game. Instead, he has spent several years playing professionally overseas with clubs such as FC Barcelona, Merkezefendi, and Girona, and has also appeared in NBA Summer League games, most recently with the Knicks.
According to reports, the Knicks will retain Nnaji’s NBA rights while he plays at Baylor, effectively creating a situation likened to an NBA team “loaning” a drafted player to a college program. This has raised alarms that NBA teams could now draft prospects, stash them in college basketball, and continue to control their professional futures. Coaches, analysts, and fans reacted strongly, with UConn coach Dan Hurley and former Indiana coach Tom Crean publicly criticizing the NCAA’s lack of clarity and long-term planning. Media members such as Jeff Goodman and Zach Braziller described the decision as evidence that NCAA rules are being improvised without consistent standards.
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Don’t be mad at the players , agents, brokers or coaches. Don’t be mad at the current people in charge. If you’re upset go back and look at every “perfunctory “ committee that was formed to take a path of least resistance and who put them together and participated. Years ago.
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Santa Claus is delivering mid season acquisitions…this s*** is crazy!! 🤪
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It’s hard to blame Scott Drew or any of the college coaches for this if it’s allowed by the NCAA. 
But it’s become a complete joke now because there are no rules anymore. 
It’s just “make it up as you go” now. 
And where does it end? <a href="https://t.co/6pGKj8bZoT">https://t.co/6pGKj8bZoT</a>
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Old enough to remember players being ruled ineligible for accepting a free meal from fans. Now, players can literally get drafted and come back to school. Just a mockery of the sport at this point.
&mdash; Zach Braziller (@NYPost_Brazille) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Brazille/status/2003928315309232377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The controversy is amplified by the NCAA’s own <a href="applewebdata://26731DC5-C904-4105-A86B-81E8AA9D35B5/v">bylaws</a>, which state that a men’s basketball player may jeopardize eligibility by entering the NBA Draft and being drafted. The apparent loophole in Nnaji’s case centers on the fact that he never enrolled in college before being drafted and never signed an NBA contract. Because NCAA draft-related amateurism rules apply only after initial collegiate enrollment, Nnaji was deemed eligible despite years of professional experience overseas.
This decision follows a broader trend of the NCAA allowing former professional players, including ex–G League athletes, to compete in college basketball. With NIL compensation turning top NCAA programs into one of the most lucrative basketball environments in the world, the traditional definition of amateurism has eroded. Critics argue the Nnaji ruling sets a dangerous precedent, undermines the NCAA’s credibility, and could fundamentally reshape the pipeline between college basketball and the NBA.

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Coach Bruce Pearl says he&#8217;s using the spotlight of the Auburn Tigers Final Four run to draw attention to the last American hostage believed to be alive in Hamas captivity.
“It just bothers me tremendously that people are gonna pay attention to a basketball coach winning a basketball game when we have an American held hostage in Gaza, named Edan Alexander, and nobody knows his name,” Pearl told The Daily Wire.
Pearl, who has been wearing a “Bring Them Home” dog-tag as a necklace, opened a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vocally-pro-israel-coach-leads-auburn-to-the-final-four?row=0&amp;elementPosition=6&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;title=Vocally+Pro-Israel+Coach+Leads+Auburn+To+The+Final+Four&amp;category=News">press conference</a> viewed by millions after Auburn’s victory over Creighton last month by drawing attention to 21-year-old Alexander. 
“I just felt compelled to say his name when I knew everybody was listening and have the discussion,” Pearl said.
Edan was born in Rockville, Maryland, before moving to New Jersey. He joined the Israeli Defense Forces after high school and was taken captive during Hamas’s October 7 massacre while at a small outpost by Kibbutz Nir Oz. He has been seen in Hamas propaganda videos.
Pearl said that he hopes President Donald Trump is close to crafting a deal that will bring home the remaining 59 hostages in Hamas captivity. 
Following the remarks, Pearl was connected to Alexander’s father, Adi, and learned that his other son, Roy, was a basketball fan.
“He called me and told me just how much it meant to him,” Pearl recalled. “I said ‘I’d just love to meet you, I don’t know what else I can do for you.’&#8221;
Pearl said he decided to bring him to a basketball game that weekend in Atlanta, and invited the whole family as his guests.
“I just wanted to spend time with him and just to let him know that they&#8217;re not alone,” Pearl said. “There are so many, so many people, including so many American Jews that are praying for him and his family to bring his son home.”
Despite having a different religion from the majority of his athletes, Pearl said they all connect over being children of Abraham and talk about God “every single day.”
“Most of my student athletes are Christian and I&#8217;m a coach, so my job is to bring people together—that&#8217;s what I do. And religion, unfortunately, sometimes has found ways to separate people to create division and divide,” Pearl said, adding that he prefers finding common ground.
“What I tell my players, about 95% of whom are African American, is, yes, there are absolutely obstacles to success and yes, there are obstacles to success being Jewish. There are obstacles to success being African American. But there are not road blocks,” Pearl said. “ I don&#8217;t want to hear that. You can&#8217;t do it because of this or because of that. I don&#8217;t want to hear it.&#8221;
Pearl said that his success and the success of two of the other coaches in the final four who are Jewish is proof that America is the “greatest country in the world where there is opportunity for everybody.”
&#8220;It can be done and Todd Golden and John Scheyer and Bruce Pearl are great examples of what can be done,” Pearl said, referencing the other two Jewish head coaches in the Final Four. 
Pearl credited his team&#8217;s success to God.
“The only way I can explain it, is it&#8217;s a God thing, like God&#8217;s got his hand all over this. Why me and why us? God reminds me all the time who I am, where I came from, and my love of my country, and my love of my faith and my ancestral homeland, Israel, means as much to me as, as life itself,” Pearl said. “I&#8217;ve been in this work for a long, long time, but it&#8217;s just that maybe more people are noticing now because we&#8217;ve had some more success.”
Looking forward to the upcoming games, Pearl said his team will have to play the best two games of the season in order to win the national championship. 
“I&#8217;m so proud of our guys,” Pearl said. “We will have to play the two best games of the year against Florida and the winner of the Houston-Duke game if we&#8217;re gonna be crowned national champion, but there&#8217;s only four teams left in the country that are still playing for the National Championship, and Auburn is one of them.”

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