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Pistons earn three-game series sweep of Hornets
Cade Cunningham had 22 points and eight assists and the host Detroit Pistons completed a season series sweep of the Charlotte Hornets with a 114-97 victory on Monday night....
Paige Bueckers, No. 10 UConn rout Georgetown in Big East final
Paige Bueckers scored 27 points and blocked five shots as No. 10 UConn cruised to a 78-42 win over Georgetown to capture the women's Big East tournament title on Monday night in Uncasville, Conn....
After historically low-scoring game, Knicks seek revenge vs. 76ers
After a low-scoring showdown on Sunday, where the Philadelphia 76ers held off the New York Knicks in a 79-73 duel, the two teams are ready to run it back in New York on Tuesday night....
Kansas' Kevin McCullar Jr., Hunter Dickinson out of Big 12 tourney
Injured Kansas stars Kevin McCullar Jr. and Hunter Dickinson won't play in this week's Big 12 tournament, but coach Bill Self said on Monday that he expects the pair will play in the NCAA Tournament next week....
Skidding Miami tries to rekindle March magic against Boston College
Last season, losing in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinals didn't keep Miami from authoring a storybook March....
North Carolina State might not have DJ Horne vs. Louisville
Louisville has been troubled for most of the season, and North Carolina State isn't looking all that good either going into the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament....
Women’s Top 25 roundup: Iowa St. upsets No. 17 Sooners in semis
Audi Crooks racked up 25 points and nine rebounds and Iowa State toppled No. 17 Oklahoma 85-68 in the semifinals of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament on Monday in Kansas City, Mo....
Hawks F Saddiq Bey (knee) to miss rest of season
Atlanta Hawks forward Saddiq Bey will miss the remainder of the season after tearing the ACL in his left knee....
Cincinnati, West Virginia open Big 12 tournament with rematch
Cincinnati has hopes of hosting an NIT game as it heads into the first round of the Big 12 tournament against West Virginia on Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo....
Notre Dame, Georgia Tech hope to keep rising to start ACC tourney
The best parts of the season for Georgia Tech and Notre Dame seemed to come late on the schedule....
UCF, Oklahoma State open league tournament with tall tasks
UCF and Oklahoma State look to keep alive their dreams for a longshot NCAA Tournament bid when they square off on Tuesday in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo....
Report: Jazz waive F Otto Porter Jr.
The Utah Jazz waived forward Otto Porter Jr., The Athletic reported Monday, just over a month after he was acquired from the Toronto Raptors....
Houston remains No. 1 heading into postseason
Houston remains entrenched atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll heading into conference tournaments, while North Carolina and Kentucky made big leaps to close out the regular season....
Kentucky fires women's basketball coach Kyra Elzy
Kentucky fired women's basketball coach Kyra Elzy on Monday, two years removed from a Southeastern Conference tournament championship....
No. 21 Saint Mary's aims for better execution vs. Santa Clara
No. 21 Saint Mary's hopes to rediscover the form that earned it the West Coast Conference regular-season championship when the Gaels take on fourth-seeded Santa Clara in the WCC tournament semifinals Monday night in Las Vegas....
No. 17 Gonzaga looks to extend hot stretch vs. San Francisco
No. 17 Gonzaga isn't in the favorite's position, but the Bulldogs are the hottest team in the West Coast Conference as they enter Monday night's tournament semifinal clash against third-seeded San Francisco at Las Vegas....
No. 3 Southern California has highest ranking in 38 years
Unbeaten South Carolina and Caitlin Clark's Iowa squad sit atop this week's Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll, followed by No. 3 Southern California with its highest ranking since 1986....
OKC's Sam Presti is an overrated draft savant
Sam Presti is the only NBA executive ever to draft three future MVPs and he did it in three consecutive drafts. It’s a maniacal stroke of luck and an exercise of risk/reward, chance and foresight. By doing so, Presti at the time guaranteed short-term success for the soon-to-be relocated Seattle Soni...
Who is the best point guard in the NBA?
What is a point guard in today’s NBA? The role and term has evolved so much from the 1990s when the position was defined by midrange scoring, playmaking and limited athleticism. Today’s concept of a point guard runs the whole gamut, across all five positions, where a center in Denver is the best pas...
Kim Mulkey’s response to the LSU-South Carolina fight was trashy
When Michelle Obama said, “When they go low, we go high,” she wasn’t talking about Kim Mulkey. Class and decorum have never been her thing. On Sunday, No. 1 South Carolina remained undefeated and won its eighth SEC tournament title after defeating LSU, 79-72. It was a rematch of their January showdo...