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Nets drag 4-game losing streak into clash with stumbling Spurs
Something has to give when the Brooklyn Nets, losers of four straight games, square off against the slumping, short-handed Spurs on Tuesday night in San Antonio.,The Spurs play the second of a two-game homestand that began with a 146-132 loss to Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City on Sunday. Ro...
Cavaliers look to maintain mastery of Bulls
The NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers twice defeated the Chicago Bulls during a season-opening 15-game winning streak.,On Tuesday, they hope to extend their latest double-digit surge at the expense of host Chicago.,Cleveland totes a 10-game winning streak into the matchup with the struggling Bulls, it...
Cavaliers look to continue mastery over Bulls
The NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers twice defeated the Chicago Bulls during a season-opening 15-game winning streak.,On Tuesday, they'll hope to extend their latest double-digit surge at the expense of host Chicago.,Cleveland totes a 10-game winning streak into the matchup with the struggling Bulls,...
Off lopsided loss, Creighton opens final week at Seton Hall
After one of its worst losses of the season, Creighton looks to get back in the groove when it travels to face Seton Hall on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,The Bluejays (20-9, 13-5 Big East) were hammered by Xavier 83-61 on Saturday, suffering their second-biggest margin of defeat this season.,"We haven't ...
Flyers open homestand vs. Flames, welcome back old faces
Just over a month since combining on a notable trade, the Calgary Flames and host Philadelphia Flyers square off Tuesday. ,Philadelphia is 4-0-1 in its last five games as the team has begun to integrate Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier into its lineup. They came to the Flyers, along with a pair o...
Freshman Ben Hammond guides Virginia Tech against North Carolina
In short bursts this season, Virginia Tech's Ben Hammond has shown potential to be a rare point guard who can control games at both ends of the floor with his quickness and the force of his will.,Saturday in an overtime victory against Syracuse, it all came together for the freshman as he posted car...
No. 23 BYU visits No. 10 Iowa State for battle of 'confident' teams
No. 10 Iowa State harbors no secrets about its keys to success.,Battle for rebounds. Dive for 50-50 balls. Apply relentless pressure on defense.,"We've got to be the more physical, tougher team," Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger said. "When we do that, we'll beat anybody. ... We're extremely confid...
Magic sticking together, aiming for revenge on Raptors
The Orlando Magic will hope to dust themselves off and snap a three-game losing skid on Tuesday when they host the Toronto Raptors.,The teams will be meeting for the second time in three days.,The Magic put forth a spirited comeback before Franz Wagner was unable to convert a layup with two seconds ...
Bruins, Predators share offensive struggles
Playing the first of just four March home games, David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins will have to start anew when they welcome in the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.,It will be Boston's first skate since the star winger's league-leading point streak ended at 17 games in a 1-0 loss Sunday to t...
Georgia Tech vying to build on recent stretch vs. last-place Miami
Surging Georgia Tech will play its final home game of the regular season when it faces last-place Miami on Tuesday in Atlanta.,Georgia Tech (15-14, 9-9 Atlantic Coast Conference) has won six of eight games since the beginning of February and enters play riding a five-game home winning streak. On the...
No. 16 Memphis, on brink of conference title, visits UTSA
Seventh-year Memphis coach Penny Hardaway spoke with some emotion after Sunday's 88-81 win at UAB moved the Tigers to the brink of the American Athletic Conference regular-season title.,"To be able to win this for the school, for the city, is phenomenal because we knew the city knew we needed this g...
Tourney hopeful Georgia aims to avoid letdown at South Carolina
Georgia may be starting to figure things out in time to make a late push toward earning an NCAA Tournament bid.,The Bulldogs now must avoid repeating what happened to Arkansas over the weekend in Columbia, S.C., and beat last-place South Carolina on Tuesday night.,Georgia (18-11, 6-10 SEC) enters it...
No. 18 Purdue takes on Rutgers with eye on league standings
No. 18 Purdue is hoping its recent troubles have come to an end and that it can look ahead toward postseason play.,With a four-game slide in the rearview mirror, the Boilermakers look to win a second straight game when they face Rutgers on Tuesday night in Big Ten play in West Lafayette, Ind.,Purdue...
No. 3 Houston squares off with Kansas following Big 12 title
Roughly one month before the Big 12 schedule opened, and after Houston absorbed a pair of overtime losses during a tournament in Las Vegas, another conference title did not appear to be guaranteed.,With their 73-64 home victory over Cincinnati on Saturday, the third-ranked Cougars (25-4, 17-1 Big 12...
Jazz look for 'refocusing' moment as they prepare for Pistons
Though he's been patient as his team goes through a rebuilding phase, Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy didn't hold back on Sunday after a 128-121 home loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.,Considering how well the Detroit Pistons are playing coming into Monday's matchup in Salt Lake City, the Jazz will have t...
Kings, Mavericks battle for ground in tight West terrain
Two teams dealing with injured big men and looking to move out of the play-in portion of the Western Conference standings go head-to-head Monday night when the Sacramento Kings visit the Dallas Mavericks.,Three consecutive wins by the Kings and three losses in four games by the Mavericks have left t...
UCLA refocused on defense in road game against Northwestern
UCLA looks to salvage its final road trip of its inaugural Big Ten Conference season on Monday when the Bruins face recently surging Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.,UCLA (20-9, 11-7 Big Ten) suffered a major blow to its pursuit of a top-four seed and bye into the quarterfinals of the upcoming confere...
No. 4 Houston squares off with Kansas following Big 12 title
Roughly one month before the Big 12 schedule opened, and after Houston absorbed a pair of overtime losses during a tournament in Las Vegas, another conference title did not appear to be guaranteed.,With their 73-64 home victory over Cincinnati on Saturday, the fourth-ranked Cougars (25-4, 17-1 Big 1...
Kings out to halt skid, end trip with win vs. Blackhawks
The suddenly skidding Los Angeles Kings will shoot to salvage the finale of a three-game road trip Monday as they visit the Chicago Blackhawks.,Losers of three straight, Los Angeles had a brief respite Sunday after back-to-back road losses in Dallas and St. Louis to start the weekend.,Kings coach Ji...
Ja Morant on the upswing as Grizzlies prepare for Hawks
Ja Morant is returning to the form that made him a two-time NBA All-Star and one of the league's premier players.,Morant -- who has endured back-to-back seasons interrupted by injury, with a league suspension tossed in -- enters Monday's game against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on a roll, minus an ab...