Basketball Page 432 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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...
If you don’t like players in college sports getting paid, you're really not gonna like this
The fire hydrant has been busted open and money is spewing in the streets of college sports. Mens’ college basketball saw the success of the Inaugural 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament and has decided to start one of its own....
Suns begin road trip against short-handed Cavs
One game after facing the Eastern Conference's first-place team, the Phoenix Suns open a four-game road swing on Monday visiting the East's current No. 3, the Cleveland Cavaliers....
No. 12 Illinois rolls past Iowa
Terrence Shannon Jr. scored a game-high 25 points and No. 12 Illinois never trailed on the way to a 73-61 Big Ten road victory over Iowa in the teams' regular-season finale Sunday night in Iowa City....
Indiana hangs on for 1-point win over Michigan State
Kel'el Ware had 28 points and 12 rebounds to lead Indiana to a 65-64 home win over Michigan State on Sunday in the Big Ten regular-season finale for both teams....
Women's Top 25 roundup: Caitlin Clark, No. 3 Iowa win Big Ten tourney
Caitlin Clark overcame a slow start to score 34 points on Sunday, helping No. 3 Iowa outlast Nebraska for a 94-89 overtime win to capture the Big Ten Conference tournament championship in Minneapolis....
Ohio State routs Rutgers for fourth straight victory
Roddy Gayle Jr. had 14 points and five rebounds while Bruce Thornton tallied 11 points, six assists and five rebounds as visiting Ohio State trounced Rutgers 73-51 on Sunday in Piscataway, N.J....
NBA roundup: Anthony Davis lifts Lakers past Wolves
Anthony Davis scored 27 points to go along with a season-high 25 rebounds, LeBron James added 29 points and the host Los Angeles Lakers finished off a 120-109 victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night....
Lakers get historic night from Anthony Davis, sink Wolves
Anthony Davis scored 27 points to go along with a season-high 25 rebounds, LeBron James added 29 points and the host Los Angeles Lakers finished off a 120-109 victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night....
Celtics go for 50th win, take aim at Blazers
The Boston Celtics look to become the first team to reach the 50-win mark this season when they visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night....
Nuggets won't get complacent against short-handed Raptors
The Denver Nuggets avoided a letdown against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night and will have to avoid complacency Monday night when they host the slumping Toronto Raptors....
Rockets C Alperen Sengun (leg) taken off floor in wheelchair
Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun was taken off the floor via wheelchair on Sunday night after suffering an apparent right leg injury against the Sacramento Kings....
76ers squeeze past Knicks in lowest-scoring game of season
Kelly Oubre Jr. collected 18 points, 10 rebounds and three steals to fuel the visiting Philadelphia 76ers to a 79-73 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday....
Penn State closes regular season with win over Maryland
Qudus Wahab posted 19 points and 15 rebounds and Ace Baldwin Jr. registered 17 points and 11 assists Sunday as Penn State topped visiting Maryland 85-69 at University Park, Pa. in the regular-season finale for both Big Ten schools....