Hamidou Diallo will miss the rest of the 2021-22 season with a left index finger avulsion fracture, the Detroit Pistons announced Friday. The injury occurred early in the fourth quarter of the Pistons’ home game against the Chicago Bulls on March 9. Diallo missed the next seven games, and will now miss the remaining nine. [ Pistons happy to see …

The 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket has already been packed with outcomes that surprised and storylines that are almost too good to be true. As we prepare to send two teams on to the Final Four in New Orleans on Saturday in the Elite Eight, it’s notable not just who has made it to this point, but also who is not …

All season long, the Brooklyn Nets and Kyrie Irving have been hopeful that New York City’s vaccine mandates would eventually be lifted, and the All-Star guard would be cleared to play in home games. Now, the time has finally arrived. Irving will likely make his home debut this season on Sunday against the Charlotte Hornets after mayor Eric Adams lifted …

A look at what’s happening in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday: GAME OF THE DAY ARKANSAS VS. DUKE Mike Krzyzewski would pass John Wooden for most Final Four appearances if No. 2 seed Duke can beat fourth-seeded Arkansas in the West Region final in San Francisco. UCLA’s Wizard of Westwood went to the national semifinals 12 times between 1962-1975. For …

Kyrie Irving Kevin Durant cropped 1/10/22 Kyrie Irving is cleared to play in Nets home games at Barclays Center, set to make a debut with Sunday’s 7:30 p.m. tip-off versus the Charlotte Hornets. Kevin Durant is chief among Irving’s teammates who breathed a sigh of relief with Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement Thursday that the mandate for athletes and performers unvaccinated …

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Villanova began the season among the figurative favorites to reach the Final Four. The Wildcats were ranked No. 4 and boasted a veteran roster that reached all the way back to the 2018 national championship season. But by mid-December, they already had four losses in a rough schedule, taking a beating from defending national champion Baylor …

The Golden State Warriors’ wait for the return of James Wiseman just got a lot longer. The former No. 2 overall pick has been ruled out for the rest of a season that has been spent recovering from a meniscus repair in his right knee, the Warriors announced Friday. The Warriors had hoped Wiseman would be a late reinforcement in …

The Sweet 16 rolls on with double the action on Friday. It’s the first day of the women’s Sweet 16, and two No. 1 seeds are in action. Top overall seed South Carolina faces North Carolina (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) and No. 1 Stanford takes on Maryland to end the night, with No. 2 Texas vs. No. 6 Ohio State …

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Something is still amiss with James Harden. The 76ers point guard lacks the explosiveness he displayed while blowing past defenders with the Houston Rockets. It’s the result of the left hamstring tightness that sidelined Harden for most of February. “He’s still not there,” coach Doc Rivers said before Friday’s shootaround at UCLA. “But his miles per hour have increased. He’s …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina’s leading scorer Jermaine Couisnard has entered the NCAA transfer portal, a day after the Gamecocks hired Lamont Paris as the team’s new men’s basketball coach. Team spokesman Michael DeBates said in an email to The Associated Press on Friday that the fourth-year guard had decided to leave. Paris, the former Chattanooga coach, takes over for …

Getty Images There are seven games on the Friday NBA schedule that the SportsLine Projection Model has simulated. It looked through expected defensive battles like Heat vs. Knicks (O/U: 215 in the latest NBA odds from Caesars Sportsbook) and expected barnburners like Trail Blazers vs. Rockets (O/U: 234). After going through those games and more, we’ve found three games that …

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) Steve Prohm has returned to Murray State for a second stint as men’s basketball coach, taking over the program as the Racers prepare to join the Missouri Valley Conference in July. The coach said in a release Friday he was ”excited and grateful” for the chance to return to Murray State and noted its continued success after …

The Memphis Grizzlies will look to continue their dominance at home Saturday night when they host the Milwaukee Bucks. Memphis hasn’t lost at home since Feb. 16 and is riding a six-game home winning streak after its 133-103 rout of the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. Desmond Bane led the Grizzlies (51-23) with a game-high 30 points on 12-of-15 shooting. …

Arkansas just took down the No. 1 overall seed of the NCAA Tournament in style and now faces a more daunting assignment. End the coaching career of Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K is three wins away from retiring as a six-time national champion, and the fourth-seeded Razorbacks will look to again be spoilers when they battle the second-seeded Blue …

Gonzaga may have just suffered an early elimination from March Madness, but two former Bulldogs have been making an impact for the Washington Wizards and in NBA DFS lineups as of late. Rui Hachimura missed the first 39 games of the season to take time away for personal reasons but has come back to join rookie Corey Kispert, who has …

Fourth-seeded Arkansas used what amounted to a sneak attack to take down No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga, not only knocking the Bulldogs out the NCAA Tournament but taking out a whole lot of fans still hoping to win bragging rights and office pools. Then again, the number of busted brackets before the Elite Eight just might mean everyone gets a …

The San Antonio Spurs and the New Orleans Pelicans are engaged in a tight battle to qualify for the play-in tournament in the Western Conference as they meet Saturday in New Orleans. The Pelicans (31-42) entered Friday tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for ninth place, two games ahead of the 11th-place Spurs (29-44). The teams that finish in the …

When Gonzaga lost to Arkansas last night, I couldn’t help but wonder if we’ll ever see the program break through and win a national title. With the loss, Gonzaga set a record no program wants to achieve: it’s the fifth time Gonzaga was a No. 1 seed in the tournament and didn’t win a national title. No other program has …

Ryan Ward: Frank Vogel on LeBron’s season: “He is as deserving for MVP consideration as anyone in the league.”Source: Twitter @RyanWardLA What’s the buzz on Twitter? Ryan Ward @RyanWardLAFrank Vogel on LeBron’s season: “He is as deserving for MVP consideration as anyone in the league.” – 4:02 PM Mike Trudell @LakersReporterFrank Vogel he’s hopeful that both LeBron and THT will …

SAN FRANCISCO – Nolan Richardson, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led the Arkansas Razorbacks to the 1994 national title, has a prediction about Mike Krzyzewski’s farewell tour. It’s going to end of Saturday, at the Chase Center in the Elite Eight. That’s when the fourth-seeded Arkansas plays the second-seeded Duke Blue Devils, who are trying not only to …

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Nebraska hasn’t produced a first-round pick in the NBA draft since (now-Clippers coach) Tyronn Lue in 1998. Bryce McGowens could change that. Jonathan Givony of ESPN: Nebraska freshman Bryce McGowens will declare for the 2022 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Monday. “I am planning on forgoing my college eligibility and hiring agent Drew Gross of Roc Nation Sports,” McGowens …

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — UMass has found a new leader for its basketball program, hiring Frank Martin as its coach Friday. Martin, 56, takes over the Minutemen program from Matt McCall, who was fired this month after going 58-81 over five seasons in Amherst. “It is evident that there is tremendous alignment in place to win and do it the …

While the Lakers haven’t said when he’ll return to game action — he’d need to be cleared for full-contact work first — Davis has said that he’s not concerned about needing a long ramp-up to get his wind back to where it needs to be. We still haven’t seen Davis running at full speed or pushing his pregame workouts to …