The Grizzlies are 15-2 without Ja Morant this season after beating the Brooklyn Nets last night. Memphis is unquestionably better with him, but it will survive the next couple of weeks and hold on to the No. 2 seed without him. Morant is out and will be re-evaluated in two weeks due to a “tweaked” knee, coach Tyler Jenkins confirmed …

The Miami Hurricanes rose from a longshot No. 10 seed to a bona fide championship contender. Pundits and those who, more importantly, put their money where their mouth is, embraced the sudden ascent. The Hurricanes influenced the most significant point spread shift of all men’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 teams by moving from a +1 underdog to sitting as a …

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant will miss at least two weeks with a knee injury, coach Taylor Jenkins said on Thursday afternoon, via the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Morant first tweaked his knee in their 120-105 loss to the Atlanta Hawks last week. Jenkins at the time said the move was just precautionary and due to “a little soreness.” Morant, though, …

Getty Images Paul George practiced with the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday for the first time since tearing his UCL in December. This, according to the Clippers, is the next step in his rehab and ramp-up process for a potential return.  “We don’t know yet (about when he could come back), but he’s doing good,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said, …

Lace up those dancing shoes. The Sweet 16 has arrived. Four men’s games tonight will kick off an exciting weekend of March Madness that will set the Final Four in both the men’s and women’s brackets. (The women’s Sweet 16 round begins on Friday.) No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga gets things going against fourth-seeded Arkansas. A rematch of the 2018 …

Jim Eichenhofer: Larry Nance Jr. is available tonight to make debut for #PelicansSource: Twitter @Jim_Eichenhofer What’s the buzz on Twitter? Christian Clark @cclark_13Larry Nance Jr. will make his Pelicans debut tonight. Brandon Ingram is out. – 6:20 PM Oleh Kosel @OlehKoselLarry Nance Jr. is AVAILABLE for tonight’s matchup against the Bulls, per Willie Green. – 6:16 PM Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_LopezWillie …

Enes Freedom (former Enes Kanter) has been an outspoken critic of the Chinese government and those he deems too sympathetic to China. Freedom has also fallen out of the NBA after 11 years in the league. The center began the season with the Celtics but played a career-low 12 minutes per game. They traded him to the Rockets, who waived …

When: 7:29 p.m. Thursday. Where: AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. TV: TBS. Radio: WWJ-AM (950; more radio affiliates). Line: Wildcats by 5. Want more Michigan news? Download our sleek mobile app on iPhone or Android. • Box score MICHIGAN’S BIG CHALLENGE: Inside look at why Villanova is so difficult to beat Game notes: Michigan defeated Tennessee in the second …

USATSI Chicago Bulls star DeMar DeRozan won’t play against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday because of a left adductor strain. The team added him to the injury report as “questionable” on Wednesday, and on Thursday afternoon announced that he is out. This will be DeRozan’s fifth absence of the season and his first because of injury. He missed three …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) These teams need no introduction. Built by coaching icons John Wooden and Dean Smith, UCLA and North Carolina are as much a part of college basketball as the hardwood itself. Combined, the programs have been to 39 Final Fours and won 17 national titles. These teams need plenty of introduction. Saint Peter’s, a tiny commuter college in the …

God Shammgod had just returned to his alma mater to finish his leadership development degree and plot his next career move nine years ago when he received a call from an old friend. Chauncey Billups invited Shammgod to come to the Los Angeles Clippers’ game in Boston that night because Chris Paul wanted to meet him. When Paul first spotted …

Our long wait is over. After three dark and lonely nights without the NCAA Tournament, the Sweet 16 tips off tonight. I don’t know how we managed to get through the last 72 hours without it, but we did it, and we may be stronger, better people for it. I mean, probably not, but stranger things have happened, right? After …

Quinton Mayo: “I want to be playing in late June. That’s what I want.” Bradley Beal on his impending free agency via the @Draymond Green ShowSource: Twitter @RealQuintonMayo What’s the buzz on Twitter? Quinton Mayo @RealQuintonMayo“I want to be playing in late June. That’s what I want.”Bradley Beal on his impending free agency via the @Draymond Green Show – 3:26 …

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Kyrie Irving dribble white uniform no opponent In an announcement Nets fans have been waiting for all season, New York City Mayor Eric Adams exempted athletes and performers from the city’s vaccination mandates Thursday, opening up Kyrie Irving to appear in home games for the first time this year. Finally, the Irving saga that’s spanned the course of this already-dramatic …

Michigan State basketball’s season came to a close on Sunday in a crushing loss at the hands of the Duke Blue Devils in the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans took a step forward from a year ago, having a much-improved record and making it further in the NCAA Tournament. Now, it is time for the Spartans …

Clippers guard Paul George, shown in a file photo, practiced with the team Thursday since injuring his shooting elbow in December. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) Paul George participated in Clippers practice Thursday for the first time since injuring his right shooting elbow in December, adding to the team’s hope that the all-star wing could be available for the postseason …

The Sweet 16 seems so calm compared to last week, at least in terms of the sheer amount of action. The first four days is a firehose of March Madness hoops and bets, which is why so many people go to Las Vegas for it every year. You spend the days from selection Sunday to the tipoff of games breaking …

The race for the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed is getting tight. After a second straight disastrous loss to an undermanned team, the Miami Heat’s lead over the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers is down to one in the loss column, and it’s just two over the red-hot Celtics with fewer than 10 games to go for all teams.  Meanwhile, …

The NCAA tournament restarts on Thursday, thankfully. When we left March Madness, it was after the Arizona-TCU thriller capped an amazing Sunday of games and a great first weekend overall. We have made picks for the Thursday games, so let’s look at the odds to win the West and South regions, which play on Thursday. Odds to win West region …

Ohm Youngmisuk: Ty Lue says Paul George is still feeling good and progressing this week after going through minimal contact on-court work. Lue says Norm Powell did shooting on the court this week as well.Source: Twitter @NotoriousOHM What’s the buzz on Twitter? Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwansonPaul George in the mix as Clippers prepare to begin practice. pic.twitter.com/ADP8bk0hVn – 2:11 PM Law …

It has been seven years since the Big Ten had a team reach the Final Four and more than two decades since the conference had a national champion in women’s basketball. With the conference having four teams in the Sweet 16 for a second consecutive year, those streaks could be ending soon. Michigan, Indiana, Ohio State and Maryland are all …

Getty Images Chris Paul is (almost) back. The 12-time All-Star is probable to return from his right thumb injury on Thursday against the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns announced.  Paul broke his thumb just before the All-Star break and has missed Phoenix’s last 15 games. In that stretch, the Suns kept rolling, going 11-4 with a plus-9.8 point differential, the …

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – For one game at least, Maryland coach Brenda Frese figures the pressure is off. The fourth-seeded Terrapins face top-seeded Stanford on Friday night in the Sweet 16. This is only the second time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments that Maryland is seeded this low. It’s also the first time the Terps will play against a …

Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid seeks his first NBA MVP award. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo could win his third MVP award in four seasons. And Denver’s Nikola Jokic has had the kind of season that could make him the 12th player to win consecutive MVPs. While those three stars are the favorites, the 2021-22 season has provided a deep and compelling MVP race …