Basketball Page 656 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Unblemished Colorado State, BC collide in KC tourney
Boston College and Colorado State meet Wednesday in a fight between undefeated teams in the first round of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo....
Jamal Murray unlikely to return during Nuggets’ road trip
Guard Jamal Murray is not expected to play during the remaining games on the Denver Nuggets' road trip....
Stanford, No. 20 Arkansas leave home to tangle in Bahamas
Stanford and 20th-ranked Arkansas leave home for the first time this season, landing in Nassau, Bahamas for their Wednesday night matchup in the opening round of the annual Battle 4 Atlantis tournament....
No. 13 Baylor, Oregon State eager to evolve in New York
No. 13 Baylor cruises into the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York matchup with Oregon State chasing continuity and chemistry....
Creighton rides star trio into KC clash with Loyola Chicago
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Trey Alexander and Baylor Scheierman have Creighton playing at an expected high level to open the season....
No. 14 North Carolina, Northern Iowa battle in Bahamas
No. 14 North Carolina hits the road for the first time this season on Wednesday when it faces Northern Iowa in the Battle 4 Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas....
Ole Miss puts perfect record on line vs. Temple
Ole Miss won four straight home games to start the season....
Penny Hardaway returns, Memphis squares off vs. Michigan
One commonality for Memphis and Michigan this season: operating in missing coach formation....
No. 4 Marquette set for test against No. 1 Kansas' star duo
No. 4 Marquette will try to figure out how to stop the dynamic duo of Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. as No. 1 Kansas face the Golden Eagles in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational on Tuesday in Honolulu....
No. 2 Purdue, No. 7 Tennessee meet in battle of unbeatens
The stacked Maui Invitational is set to give college basketball fans a pre-Thanksgiving treat as No. 7 Tennessee will face off against No. 2 Purdue in the semifinals on Tuesday....
After narrow loss, UCLA sets sights on Chaminade
After taking No. 4 Marquette to the wire in an opening-round loss at the Maui Invitational, UCLA will look to rebound against Chaminade in consolation-bracket action on Tuesday in Honolulu....
UTEP sinks Cal with last-second 3-pointer
Tae Hardy made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give UTEP a 75-72 victory over Cal on Monday night as the Miners advanced to the championship game of the SoCal Challenge's Surf Division at San Juan Capistrano, Calif....
No. 18 Colorado looks to add to strong start vs. FSU
Colorado is off to its best start since winning its first seven games of the 2019-20 season....
Syracuse, No. 11 Gonzaga seek to bounce back in Honolulu
Gonzaga coach Mark Few is no stranger to a box score....
Men's Top 25 roundup: Zach Edey, No. 2 Purdue top No. 11 Zags
Zach Edey had game-high totals of 25 points and 14 rebounds as No. 2 Purdue put together a second-half rally to defeat No. 11 Gonzaga 73-63 in the opening round of the Maui Invitational in Honolulu....
Sean Jones' trey pushes No. 4 Marquette past UCLA
Sean Jones sank the go-ahead 3-pointer with 36 seconds to play as No. 4 Marquette pulled out a 71-69 win over UCLA on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational at Honolulu....
Warriors use sharpshooting to extend dominance over Rockets
Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 52 points and 10 3-pointers on Monday night, helping the Golden State Warriors end a six-game losing streak with a 121-116 victory over the Houston Rockets in San Francisco....
NBA roundup: Hornets work OT to snap Celtics' streak
Miles Bridges, recently reinstated from an NBA suspension, drilled a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 6.1 seconds left in overtime as the Charlotte Hornets pulled out a 121-118 victory against the visiting Boston Celtics on Monday....
UCF nips Charlotte in OT to capture tourney title
Jaylin Sellers came up with a key rebound off Ibrahim Diallo's missed free throw and got the ball back to Diallo for the go-ahead layup with 16 seconds left in overtime as UCF beat Charlotte 74-71 on Monday at the Jacksonville Classic in St. Augustine, Fla....
Kevin McCullar makes school history as No. 1 Kansas tops Chaminade
Kevin McCullar became the first player in Kansas history to record back-to-back triple-doubles as the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks defeated Chaminade 83-56 on Monday in the opening round of the Maui Invitational in Honolulu, Hawaii. McCullar had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the victory....