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scar Wilde said that “Life imitates art.” Clearly he didn’t live in the American South during March Madness. If he had, he would have observed that life, particularly in relationships, imitates basketball. Now, there are sports analogies aplenty, making them easy to write off as “locker room talk;” but we must take care not to lump them all into the same category. Some require further consideration, especially when people’s hearts are on the line.

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