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This February marked the 125th season of the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a>\u2019s men\u2019s basketball<\/a> program. Across more than 2,500 games and 1,400 wins, generations of student-athletes have built one of the University\u2019s most successful programs\u2014and made lasting memories along the way. Here are some of the defining moments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Across more than 2,500 games and 1,400 wins, generations of student-athletes have built one of the University\u2019s most successful programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1122,"featured_media":704102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,41112],"tags":[42,9776,42222],"class_list":["post-704062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","category-from-the-magazine","tag-alumni","tag-athletics","tag-for-ever-better-campaign"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nÄ¢¹½´«Ã½ men\u2019s basketball: 125 seasons of defining moments<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrate 125 seasons of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ men\u2019s basketball with a timeline of historic games, standout players, championship runs, and Yellowjacket milestones.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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