
Chuck Culpepper
Sports Reporter at The Washington Post
Nomad. Sportswriter. Washington Post. Residence: Earth. You must do that thing which scares you - Eleanor Roosevelt
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washingtonpost.com | Chuck Culpepper
March Madness does its thing, and Houston is left wishing it hadn’t (washingtonpost.com) March Madness does its thing, and Houston is left wishing it hadn’t By Chuck Culpepper 2025040804171500 SAN ANTONIO — Mean old March Madness, that rascal, took its usual final arrow from its usual ruthless quiver Monday night, sized up the two narratives in the ferocious tussle between Florida and Houston, and propelled that thing squarely into the more sentimental of the two. While the pain can vary from...
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washingtonpost.com | Chuck Culpepper
Florida may be college basketball’s quietest ‘blue blood’ (washingtonpost.com) Florida may be college basketball’s quietest ‘blue blood’ By Chuck Culpepper 2025040710053400 SAN ANTONIO — At the first March Madness closing Monday night of the 2000s, something of an oddball turned up amid the customary glitz.
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washingtonpost.com | Chuck Culpepper
In a Final Four classic, Houston rallies in the final seconds to topple Duke (washingtonpost.com) In a Final Four classic, Houston rallies in the final seconds to topple Duke By Chuck Culpepper 2025040604333700 SAN ANTONIO — Many games die at 0:00 and then fizzle from the national consciousness, but Houston vs. Duke in early April 2025 just began a vibrant life sure to elongate toward imperishable.
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washingtonpost.com | Chuck Culpepper
Three Jewish coaches reach a Final Four, 20 years after that day at a deli (washingtonpost.com) Three Jewish coaches reach a Final Four, 20 years after that day at a deli By Chuck Culpepper 2025040510005900 SAN ANTONIO — Their first meeting transpired in a deli during some Final Four around 20 years back, and the accounts of it tend to contain the word "lox." It drew a dozen or so men.
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3 weeks ago |
spokesman.com | Chuck Culpepper
The national pastime of complaining while being spoiled has enjoyed a revival this men’s March Madness, and now it’s left to the second-ever Final Four with all No. 1 seeds to stem the whining. Can Duke, Houston, Auburn and Florida present some sort of classic entry into the national consciousness that redefines 2025 as something other than a lack of upsets and overtimes and Cinderellas and other madnesses?
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The ever-glorious @JerryBrewer saw the chaos and saw it fit https://t.co/kosYIZUAQl

With a fine shovel, @dougherty_jesse dug into the final play, and dug beautifully https://t.co/B1e0SkmEkj

Before its annual curtain dropped, @MarchMadnessMBB gave a final reminder that while it’s a justly beloved wonder, it’s also a mean old coot https://t.co/LMRZ0fsBWj