Basketball Page 670 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Hawks top Cavs for second win in as many nights
Saddiq Bey and Bogdan Bogdanovic each scored 23 points, helping lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 112-101 victory over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday....
Jahmyl Telfort guides Butler to win over Xavier
Jahmyl Telfort had 18 points to lead four players in double figures for Butler, which snapped a three-game home losing streak with a 72-66 victory over Xavier on Wednesday in Indianapolis....
Magic mount ferocious rally, hand Wizards 16th straight loss
Franz Wagner scored 28 points and Paolo Banchero added 25 points and 10 assists as the visiting Orlando Magic rallied from a 21-point, first-half deficit to beat Washington 119-109 on Wednesday, handing the Wizards their 16th consecutive loss....
No. 1 Houston holds off UCF, seals piece of Big 12 title
L.J. Cryer scored 25 points as top-ranked Houston recovered from a sluggish start and clinched at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title with a 67-59 victory over UCF on Wednesday in Orlando....
Tyson Walker has career night as Michigan State squeaks past Northwestern
Tyson Walker had 19 points, including the 2,000th point of his career, and Michigan State pulled out a 53-49 win over Northwestern at East Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday evening....
Khalif Battle, Arkansas prove to be too much to handle for LSU
Khalif Battle scored 29 points and Arkansas coasted to a 94-83 victory over LSU on Wednesday night in Fayetteville, Ark....
No. 4 Tennessee tops No. 17 South Carolina to win SEC title
No. 4 Tennessee held on for a 66-59 win over No. 17 South Carolina on Wednesday in Columbia, S.C., to clinch its first outright Southeastern Conference regular-season title since 2007-08....
Seton Hall holds off Villanova, 66-56
Kadary Richmond scored 20 points, Jaden Bediako tied up a double-double with two crucial free throws and Seton Hall held off Villanova 66-56 in a critical Big East contest on Wednesday night in Newark, N.J....
Reports: Mike Woodson will return as Indiana coach
Mike Woodson will return as Indiana coach next season, according to multiple reports on Wednesday....
No. 18 Colorado crushes Oregon in Pac-12 tourney opener
Frida Formann scored 17 points and No. 18 Colorado put together a suffocating defensive performance to cruise to a 79-30 victory over Oregon on Wednesday in the first round of the women's Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas....
Report: Cavs F Evan Mobley (ankle) to miss extended time
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley is expected to miss extended time with a sprained left ankle, The Athletic reported Wednesday....
Surging Heat set for matchup with fading Mavericks
When the Miami Heat visit the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, the teams clash while on different trajectories....
San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher signs extension
San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher signed a contract extension Wednesday that will keep on the sidelines for the Aztecs through the 2027-28 season....
Timberwolves F/C Karl-Anthony Towns (knee) out vs. Pacers
The Minnesota Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns was ruled out of Thursday's road game against the Indiana Pacers with left knee soreness....
Big men are back in style in the NBA
The 1995-96 season was the end of the golden era for big men in the NBA. Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, and Shaquille O’Neal were stuffing opponents into lockers with their unstoppable back-to-the-basket games. They were the superstars in the paint, but Alonzo Mourning, Rik Smits, a...
Zion Williamson thinks he’s slick, but we know he won’t ever be in the Dunk Contest
Each year following NBA All-Star weekend, we discuss the slam dunk contest for at least two to three weeks afterward. Whether it’s good, bad or somewhere in the middle, the conversation surrounding it blazes on for some time. Now we get Zion Williamson fanning the flames dunk contest banter, with hi...
Top 2024 big man Khaman Maluach commits to Duke
Five-star center Khaman Maluach announced his commitment to Duke on Wednesday....
Cait plus 8: Nine names to know for conference tournament week
Millions were introduced to women's college basketball megastars last March, when Iowa's Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes stormed the Final Four but LSU and Angel Reese flexed to take home the national championship....
Wolves look to extend road win streak at Indiana
The Minnesota Timberwolves will carry a four-game road winning streak into Thursday's contest when they open a season-high six-game trip against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis....
Raptors C Jakob Poeltl (finger) out indefinitely
Toronto Raptors center Jakob Poeltl is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery on the little finger of his left hand....