In 1891, according to the Purdue University website: "Under accusations of recruiting athletes from boiler shops, the ...

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The NCAA men's and women's tournaments are meant to be experienced viscerally—whether through your team's participation ... of the "mascot bracket," in which the basketball agnostic in your ...

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