Mark Cooper

Connections: Sports Edition is 300 days old! Speeding toward its first birthday 🥳

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Make your picks for the best men’s college basketball players, coaches and teams of the last 25 years As we make our picks for the best of the quarter-century in men's college basketball, we want to hear yours, too.

Your turn: Pick your best players, coaches and teams of the last 25 years. We'll share the results next week. www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...

Ranking the 25 best men’s college basketball games of the 2000s: Chalmers’ 3, 6 OTs and more More than 100,000 games over the last 25 years were whittled down to the best of the best.

We finished with the top 25 games — maybe the most difficult list of all. Kris Jenkins and Mario Chalmers 3s, Cuse-UConn 6OTs and so many other moments. www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

College hoops’ 25 best non-champs since 2000, from Cooper Flagg’s Duke to Wichita State Great college basketball teams often see their dreams denied in the volatile environment that is March Madness.

Jim Root ranked the top 25 teams that didn't win a title, from Cooper Flagg's Duke to Frank Kaminsky's Wisconsin and many others: www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...

Ranking the 25 best college basketball teams of the 2000s: Which blue blood comes out on top? Seven teams that won it all since 2000 do not appear — meaning seven others that fell short of winning a national title made the cut.

2000-01 Duke or 2011-12 Kentucky? @brendanmarks.bsky.social made that tough call in ranking the top 25 teams: www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...

Ranking men’s college basketball’s top 25 coaches of the 2000s: Bill Self, Roy Williams top list The NCAA Tournament is one-and-done chaos — regular-season success should matter more when judging college basketball coaches.

The top 25 coaches of the last 25 years, via @cjmoorehoops.bsky.social.

1. Bill Self
The rest … www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...

Ranking men’s college basketball’s top 25 players of the 2000s: Carmelo Anthony takes No. 1 Weighing one-and-done stardom against four years of sustained success is tough. How a player elevated his team's success mattered plenty.

All week, @theathletic.com college hoops staff has taken a look back at the last 25 years to rank the best of the quarter-century. The debates — and the nostalgia — have been a lot of fun. ICYMI, catch up, starting with …

Lindsay Schnell's top 25 players: www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...

It's Connections: Sports Edition, with a Beast-flavored twist 👀

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It begins.

Ladies and gentlemen... IT'S MARCH 🍿

Play Connections: Sports Edition, our newest word game Group sports terms that share a common thread. A new puzzle is available each day.

Check out our Sports Connections game. Test yourself each day
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You may need to check that you have the latest version of the app, but if so — it should appear above the “top headlines” as you scroll

Thank you so much!

So thrilled to share that we've officially launched Connections: Sports Edition @theathletic.bsky.social

If you've been playing during the beta period — thank you! If not, join us at www.nytimes.com/athletic/con... or in The Athletic app.

The (other) big game is HERE.

Do you love Connections? We’ve got just the thing. Introducing Connections: Sports Edition.

Can you find the common thread? Test your knowledge ➡️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/con...

Play Connections: Sports Edition, our newest word game Group sports terms that share a common thread. A new puzzle is available each day.

Like Connections? Like sports?

Did you know there's a Connections: Sports Edition?

Hard to believe we're already at puzzle No. 61 — would love for you to give our game a try @theathletic.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/athletic/con...

Play Connections: Sports Edition, our newest word game Group sports terms that share a common thread. A new puzzle is available each day.

Do you play Connections: Sports Edition? Do you even know it exists? If you do, I'd love your feedback. Just be kind to @markcooperjr.bsky.social, the brilliant puzzle maker behind the game.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I encourage you to play: www.nytimes.com/athletic/con...