And that does it for the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament! Congratulations to Kentucky for the victory, and better luck next year to Kansas. There were plenty of dramatic upsets and comebacks this year. What game was the upset that you called? What upset messed up your brackets? Let us know in the comments! And we'll see you all again next year!

It's all come down to this! The final game of the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament! With Wikia's March Madness coming to a close, here is the final poll to vote on who will win it all. Kentucky or Kansas? You decide!

It's showtime now for the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament! With only four schools left, these teams are two games away from winning it all. What teams will be left standing to battle it out? Vote now!

With Four rounds down in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, it's now the best of the best in Wikia's March Madness. Below you will find a poll for every Elite Eight game, please vote frequently in order to show your school spirit, or to just support your own bracket. Now, on to the polls!

With three rounds completed in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, we have now entered into the voting portion of Wikia's March Madness. Below you will find a poll for every Sweet Sixteen game, please vote frequently in order to show us who you believe will win. Without further ado the polls.

It's the best time of the year to be a basketball fan. Starting today with the first four games, people will begin shutting off their computers and using fake Excel documents to hide the fact that they are secretly watching games while they are at work. And without mistake, one of most fun things about watching the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament is getting deeply involved in bracketology. While it would be too difficult for us to run a complete bracket, we are looking forward to getting you guys involved. This is why for the first time ever Wikia will be having polls for each game starting with the Sweet 16.

The voting schedule is as follows:

• Sweet 16 - Voting Closed
• Elite 8- Voting Closed
• Final 4- Voting Closed
• National Champion…

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I now it's not right for me to say this, because I am a new user and all, but when I came here a few hours ago, I saw there wasn't any user in chat! The other things that suprised me that there are many rules about chat. And also, people like to discuss about basketball from what I see in talk pages! So why is the chat always dead?! An open chat that has many users will bring many new users here. I think it's a good idea if we work on this. Share your thoughts.

After I just posted that blog post I was awarded it. Sorry!

Why I have not been awarded the welcome to the wiki badge? I just made an account.

The Black Mamba might possibly be heading to Turkey to play hoops if the NBA Lockout continues. Kobe Bryant is rumored to be in talks with Turkish club Besiktas. According to their coach Ergin Ataman, "It is a fact that Kobe Bryant's managers have contacted us." Bryant is not the first NBA star that this Turkish club has tried to acquire. In fact last week, Deron Williams of the New Jersey Nets signed with the club. Besiktas has noted that they don't have the funds required to hire Kobe Bryant, however if they could gain a sponsor they might be able to acquire him. Besiktas also seems to be the "golden exile club" as they are rumored to be in talks with several other players.

Besiktas is perhaps best known for their signing of Allen Iverson…

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Should the league cancel games in the 2011-2012 season (an imminent lockout as of now), many NBA players will look for jobs overseas. Dwight Howard is the most recent superstar to express interest in playing abroad, saying, "If the break does not stop I would come to Europe to continue to improve on a great team" [1]. Center Nenad Krstic has already signed a two-year, $9.8 million contract with CSKA Moscow in Eastern Europe's VTB United League, and Sonny Weems, who would have been an unrestricted free agent from the Toronto Raptors, will play for Zalgiris Kaunas in the Lithuanian league. Of all the NBA players who have already signed, Nets point guard Deron Williams is getting the best deal. He got a one-year, $5 million contract with Turk…

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With the NBA currently in a lock out, many people are beginning to question how this will affect the London 2012 games. Many of the NBA's foreign players are now faced with unexpected high insurance costs. Many of the international federations are looking to find a way that would allow them to get around paying this high insurance cost. However, if they can't find a way around this issue then many of the game's top athletes may be forced to sit out of the upcoming FIBA games this summer.

Several big names have already been left off their team's upcoming national teams. Andrew Bogut will not be playing for Australia. Spain has announced that it would cost them up to $5,670,000 to insure the contracts of players including Pau Gasol and Marc G…

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2. Promotion Description. The 2012 Olympics Hoodie Giveaway (the “Promotion") is a sweepstakes promotion where individuals who Follow the Wikia Sports Twitter and/or Like the Wikia Sports Facebook page will be eligible to be randomly selected from all eligible entries. Accounts and blog entries completed from 12:01 on June 29, 2011 to 23:59 on July 6, 2011 (the “Promotion Period”) will be eligible to win one (1) prize. The prize will be limited to one (1) of the following prizes for each winner:

• Choice of a Mens' or Womens' 2012 Olympics Hoodie

3. How To Enter. One Entry will be automatically submitted into the Promotion for users who: "Follow" the Wikia Sports Twitter account an…

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In this year's NBA Finals, the Dallas Mavericks took the NBA Title over the Miami Heat 4-games-to-2. In this blog, I will recap each finals game.

• 1 Game 1 (Miami 92 Dallas 84) @Miami
• 2 Game 2 (Dallas 95 Miami 93) @Miami
• 3 Game 3 (Miami 88 Dallas 86) @Dallas
• 4 Game 4 (Dallas 86 Miami 83) @Dallas
• 5 Game 5 (Dallas 112 Miami 103 @Dallas
• 6 Game 6 (Dallas 105 Miami 95 @Miami

Miami struggled from the field, shooting only 28 percent, but only trailed 17-16. Each time scored 27 points in the second quarter to leave Dallas leading 44-43 at the half. Dallas came out strong in the third, taking an 8 point lead, but a 22-10 Miami run to end the quarter left them up 65-61 heading into the fourth. Miami held strong in the fourth, and took game 1 92-84.

The game remain…

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There is a possible trade happening between the New Orleans Hornets and Oklahoma City Thunder. The only trade we know of right now is that Oklahoma City might be trading Russell Westbrook for Chris Paul from the Hornets.

Do you believe that this trade is a good move or a bad move for the teams involved?

Candace Parker is healthy and she is back to lead the Los Angeles Sparks. The Los Angeles Sparks were plagued by injuries last year with Candace Parker only playing 10 games before missing the rest of the reason and Betty Lennox who only played 11 games.

The Sparks are excited to get a healthy Candace Parker back as they believe that with their returning veterans and new talents they will have an opportunity to compete for a title for the first time since 2002.

The Los Angeles Sparks open their season on Friday, June 3 when they face the Minnesota Lynx and number one pick Maya Moore.

Are you guys excited about the upcoming WNBA season? What are your opinions on the WNBA in general?

• USA Today

After 19 seasons of strapping up his sneakers, putting on his gym shorts, lumbering over everyone in the league, the 7 foot 1 inch, 325 pound Shaquille O'Neal has decided to call his career over. Shaquille played for six teams over the course of his NBA career, but is perhaps most well known for his years spent on the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers where he won three consecutive championships alongside Kobe Bryant.

From rapping, from dunking, and from being an overall presence in the game - the NBA will not be the same without Shaq. Please share with us some of your favorite memories of Shaq.

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Hola fellow sports fans. Wikia is currently sponsoring a giveaway for the charity Child's Play. You may be asking yourself, what does a gaming charity have to do with sports? Good question. But Child's Play is putting on their first ever golf tournament.

So if you dream of being the next Tiger Woods, Michelle Wie, Fred Couples, or any other golfer this may be the giveaway for you. Perhaps you just want to put on some wacky clothes and go golfing? That's perfectly alright also. Or maybe you just want to play some golf with some gamers and help out this charity.

If curious please check out: the giveway here!

An exciting new basketball film, Salaam Dunk, has been filmed and will be making its world premiere soon at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

• 1 About
• 2 Air Dates
• 3 Los Angeles Film Fest
• 4 Sources

Salaam Dunk presents the story of the American University Iraq-Sulaimaini (AUIS) women's basketball team. Two years prior, these Iraqi females were forbidden from playing sports. Now they are forbidden from telling their family and friends that they attend this American university.

The film will provide interviews and video diaries that will show the experiences of these women as they begin to realize what it means to be athletes, women, and teammates. Through various highs and lows, we will be given the opportunity to view a side of Iraq that is normally hidden fr…

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In an attempt to get more use out of this section of the main page, keep people more informed about changes/what is going on, this new system will now use blogs as a way to quickly update the news on Basketball Wiki/the sport/and various other things that are relevant. It will also allow for people to comment and share their thoughts, which will hopefully engage in more conversation on here.

Who do you think is better?

• Lakers
• Celtics