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Villanova Beats Virginia On Tip-In Buzzer-Beater
Donte DiVincenzo’s tip in as time expired gave top-ranked Villanova a 61-59 win over Virginia....

Bill Self Says Carlton Bragg Jr. Suspension "Not Connected" To Rape Investigation
Ahead of its biggest nonconference game of the season, Kansas forward Carlton Bragg Jr. has been suspended for a “violation of team rules,” the Jayhawks announced Thursday night. Per the Kansas City Star, Kansas head coach Bill Self said in a statement that the suspension was unrelated to the curren...

Georgia Tech Upsets No. 14 Notre Dame With Buzzer-Beater
Unranked Georgia Tech took down No. 14 Notre Dame at the buzzer today with a half-court heave from Tadric Jackson to set Josh Okogie up for the game-winning layup....

Blazers Promise To "Be More Mindful" After Sparking Chandler Parsons-C.J. McCollum Twitter Spat
Here is a great petty tweet from the Portland Trail Blazers during last night’s game against the Grizzlies:...

The Bulls Tried Clearing Things Up, But Still Sound Like A Mess
The Chicago Bulls attempted to halt their public meltdown on Friday and get their season back on track, but from the comments of all those involved, it doesn’t seem like it will be quite so easy. ...

Oh God The Knicks Are Going To Screw This Melo Shit Up So Completely, I Can't Wait
The Los Angeles Clippers are wounded—literally!—and in trouble. Chris Paul’s out for at least five more weeks with an injured thumb; Blake Griffin only just returned from a knee injury that kept him out of 18 games. They’ve lost three of four, and to some real dogs: the Wolves, Nuggets, and 76ers. T...

Louisiana Tech Played 4-On-5 After Brawl And Mass Ejections
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs played the final 6:04 of their 79-70 loss to Alabama-Birmingham with just four players, after an on-court brawl resulted in the ejections of most players and all assistant coaches on both teams. (Seriously, I don’t know offhand how many players were ejected—whoever compil...

Duke Is Playing Like Butt, So Coach K Took Away Their Backpacks And Locker Room Access
A report from ESPN’s Jeff Goodman claims that Duke head coach Mick Krizilonski had the Blue Devils over to his house on Tuesday night for a team meeting, where he instructed them to stop wearing Duke apparel and barred them from using the locker room. This, because the Blue Devils are no longer deem...

Bill Self Discusses "Distraction" Of "Very Serious Alleged Allegation" Of Rape At Men's Basketball Dorm<em></em>
Kansas men’s basketball head coach Bill Self spoke with the media for the first time since reports broke Wednesday of a rape investigation currently being conducted by the Lawrence Police Department that lists five Jayhawk players as witnesses....

DeMarcus Cousins's Relationship With The Kings Is Just As Dysfunctional As You Thought
ESPN dropped a huge feature this morning that attempts to answer the eternal questions about the Kings: Can DeMarcus Cousins win in Sacramento, and who is to blame for the team’s ever-present dysfunction? You should really go read the entire thing. ...

Report: LeBron James Wants The Cavaliers To Increase Payroll
LeBron James’s ongoing displeasure with the Cavaliers is apparently over what he perceives to be not enough spending on payroll by team owner Dan Gilbert, according to a report from Brian Windhorst. ...
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Basketball Player's Eye Pops Out Of Socket In Really Gross Injury [Graphic]<em></em>
New Zealand Breakers big man Akil Mitchell suffered a horrific and gruesome injury in a game earlier this morning, when his eyeball “puffed out of its socket” after being caught by an opponent going for a rebound....

Louisville: Sure, We Hosted Sex Parties, But They Were Cheap And Didn't Help With Recruiting
Rick Pitino and the University of Louisville have accepted the majority of the NCAA’s accusations relating to their stripper recruiting scandal, but the two have singled out a few interesting points to push back on in their official responses....

Police Investigating Report Of 16-Year-Old Girl Raped At Kansas Men's Basketball Dorm
According to multiple reports, police in Lawrence, Kan., are investigating a report that a 16-year old girl was raped in McCarthy Hall—an all-male dorm at the University of Kansas that houses 38 students, including the Jayhawks men’s basketball team. The report is currently under investigation by th...

Now The Wizards Have A Hole In Their Wall
The world of professional sports is plagued by holes. First there was that big hole Odell Beckham Jr. put in a wall near the Packers’ visiting locker room (hole’s fixed, by the way), and now the Washington Wizards have their own hole situation to deal with....

Top-Ranked Villanova Goes Down After Furious Marquette Rally
The #1 and #2 teams in college basketball both went on the road tonight and they both lost. Second-ranked Kansas headed to Morgantown and lost by 16 to West Virginia, while top-ranked Villanova blew a big lead to Marquette and lost after they couldn’t score on the final possession. An errant dunk or...

Josh Jackson Dunks On West Virginia, Eventually
If at first you don’t succeed,...

Korean Basketball League All-Stars Pull Off Elaborate Mid-Game Mannequin Challenge
The Mannequin Challenge may have been dead stateside for a couple months already, but we’ll afford some slack to the guys in the Korean Basketball League’s All-Star Game who coordinated and executed a big one in the middle of the game:...

College Basketball Player Loses Shoe, Proves That Sometimes It's Okay To Give Up
Drury University freshman guard Lexie Vaught lost her shoe during Saturday’s game against Rockhurst University, and chose to play through it. She should not have done that....