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Thursday April 25th

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Jalen Brunson has led the Knicks to the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference (Photo courtesy of Erik Drost / Flickr).

What to know about the NBA playoffs

With the play-in tournament wrapped up, the National Basketball Association playoffs are officially set in stone. For the next month, 16 teams who have earned themselves a spot in the tournament will battle it out in a series of seven fashion until there is just one team remaining. With that being said, there are several things to look out for this postseason.

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The UFC 300 card is loaded with talent (Photo courtesy of Andreas Arcabic / Flickr).

UFC 300 preview and predictions

UFC is putting on UFC 300 and it looks to be the most stacked card of all time. The competitors consist of 12 current and former champions with two belts and one BMF belt up for grabs. April 13, 2024 might go down as one of the greatest nights in MMA history and could alter the future of the sport entirely.

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The 2024 Masters are underway (Photo courtesy of John Trainor / Flickr).

The Signal’s sports section’s Masters predictions

With it being the second weekend of April, the Masters has arrived. As it is the most prestigious golf tournament, every spring, golf fans gather around their televisions to see who will receive this year’s green jacket at Augusta National. Will it be Jon Rahm, becoming the first to repeat as champion since Tiger Woods in 2001 and 2002? Will it be Rory McIlroy, giving him the final major to complete his career grand slam? Will it be an LIV player, or a PGA player? Our sports staff is here to give you their predictions on who will win on Sunday.

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The Lions now have a record of 13-4 (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Gladstone / Multimedia Coordinator). 

TCNJ baseball moves into top 25 after doubleheader split

The College’s baseball team was coming off a difficult week in which they dropped back-to-back games to extend their losing streak to three, after winning 12 straight games to open the season. The College traveled to Wayne, New Jersey in order to face off against the Pioneers of William Paterson University on March 30.

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Senior midfielder Kira Sides with the ball (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Gladstone / Multimedia Coordinator).

TCNJ women’s lacrosse takes two losses at the hands of top ten teams

The Lions headed into this difficult two game stretch sitting at 5-1 after a loss to the top team in the nation, Middlebury College. In back-to-back games, the Lions played against No. 6 Gettysburg College and No. 7 Washington and Lee University. These were two important games to stack up, with Gettysburg being the nation’s runner up last season and Washington and Lee entering the game at 8-3 with a ton of experience. 

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Junior infielder Andrew Fernandez at the plate (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Gladstone / Multimedia Coordinator).

TCNJ baseball continues to soar

The College returned to their home field at George Ackerman Park on March 20, yet to have suffered a loss on the season with their best start since 2006, with a record of 9-0. In their first home game of the year, Widener University looked to end that streak, but they would have had to slow down the red-hot Lions offense to do so. 

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