SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Golden State star Stephen Curry will be sidelined for the remainder of the regular season because of a sprained ligament in his left foot. The reigning scoring champion, who was injured March 16 at home against Boston and has missed seven games since, is scheduled to be reevaluated after another week, with an update scheduled for April …

By and large, the two biggest money-making sports in college athletics are football and basketball. At a place like Ohio State, the football program brings funds a lot of other sports, programs, and activities of the athletic departments. Second to that is hoops, where OSU has its own significant tradition. However, when you look across the landscape of college athletics, …

The Philadelphia 76ers are facing their first real hiccup during the James Harden era. They have lost three games in a row following a loss to the previously 20-56 Detroit Pistons on Thursday where Harden shot only 4-for-15 and he was 1-for-6 in the fourth quarter. Over his last 11 games, Harden is averaging 21.8 points, but he is shooting …

Tommy Lloyd spent 22 years as Mark Few’s right-hand man turning Gonzaga into a national powerhouse. He needed just one season to return Arizona to prominence. Lloyd was named The Associated Press men’s college basketball coach of the year on Friday after leading the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 in his first season. He received 28 votes from a 61-person …

Two teams in search of momentum-building efforts, while on the cusp of the postseason, will go head-to-head Saturday night when the Utah Jazz visit the Golden State Warriors at San Francisco. Before taking their respective home courts at midweek, the Jazz (46-31) and Warriors (48-29) had been struggling to the point where home-court advantage in the first round of the …

NEW ORLEANS — It looks like Mike Krzyzewski will take at least one mystery about himself into retirement. So far none of his Duke players have been able to uncover the secret social media aliases that he uses to follow them on Twitter and Instagram. “I’ve definitely tried,” junior Wendell Moore said. “He’s too hard to find,” freshman A.J. Griffin …

The New Orleans Pelicans (33-43) hit the road to take on the Los Angeles Lakers (31-45) at 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 1 at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers are coming off a 122-109 loss to the Utah Jazz on Thursday night that extended their losing streak to four games. The Pelicans have won two straight after knocking off the …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe spent an entire season relentlessly chasing and pulling down seemingly every rebound that came his way – and plenty that didn’t, too. “I want to be the greatest rebounder I can be,” Tshiebwe said. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior put up better rebounding numbers than anybody in Division I in decades. And it’s a big …

When the Miami Heat visit the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night, it will be a reunion for Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan. Those two stars were teammates for years with the Toronto Raptors. Now, they are key players in their first year with new teams — Lowry with Miami and DeRozan in Chicago. DeRozan scored a season-high 50 points Thursday, …

In one of his last few media sessions as Duke’s head coach, Mike Krzyzewski took an opportunity Friday to voice his opinion on the changing landscape of the NCAA and, in particular, how the organization’s evolution will impact college basketball. With his Blue Devils set to play North Carolina in the Final Four on Saturday night, Krzyzewski’s coaching career will …

Theis talks up abilities of Time Lord as he steps into starting role originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Daniel Theis has taken on added importance in his second stint with the Boston Celtics. Initially acquired from the Houston Rockets in the deal which sent Dennis Schroder out of town in February to serve as frontcourt depth, Theis is suddenly …

USATSI The 2022 NCAA Tournament is rapidly coming to a close, which means the Final Four teams have been locked in for the festivities in New Orleans that will end with the crowning of a national champion in Division I men’s college basketball. With Duke vs. North Carolina and Kansas vs. Villanova on deck, New Orleans awaits one of the …

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The Minnesota Timberwolves (43-34) hit the road to take on MVP candidate Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets (46-31) in a key Northwest Division clash at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, April 1 at Ball Arena in Denver. The Nuggets are coming off a 125-118 win over the Indiana Paces, which extended their winning streak to three games. The Timberwolves …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The name “Tobacco Road” misses the point. The most important industry in the 11-mile stretch of real estate between North Carolina’s two cathedrals of hoops, the Smith Center in Chapel Hill and Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, is basketball. For decades, a win, or loss, in any given matchup between Duke and North Carolina has had …

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After a brief hiatus, we’re back with another installment of our NBA trade rumor rankings series, where we rank the five players who have appeared most often on our Trade Rumors page over the past week, as there’s just too much to talk about on the trade market for us to stay away much longer. From superstars playing on the …

NEW ORLEANS — North Carolina coach Hubert Davis was asked by reporters if his No. 8 seeded team was staging a “Cinderella” story in this NCAA Tournament. The first-year head coach noticeably scoffed, believing his blue-blooded program — winners of six NCAA titles in its stored history — belongs in this Final Four just as much as favorites Kansas and …

Around 250 years ago, the United States went to war with England to gain independence. It won. Not long after that, after wallowing in their own misery over the defeat, the English tried again but were again sent back across the Atlantic with their tails tucked between their legs. This fall, the United States will hand them another beating. Or …

The 2022 NCAA Tournament delivered historic upsets and millions of busted brackets, but there’s nothing Cinderella about the programs and matchups in the Final Four on Saturday night. Kansas, Villanova, Duke and North Carolina have combined for 61 Final Four appearances and 17 national championships, including the winners in seven of the last 13 title games. It’s a blue-blood Final …

The Warriors’ initial timeline on Stephen Curry‘s foot injury allowed him to return around now. But with 10 days left in the regular season, he’ll miss at least 10 more days. Warriors: https://twitter.com/WarriorsPR/status/1509975351362945026/ Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN: This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your settings here to see it. The regular season ends April 10. …

This is not a vintage Villanova men’s basketball team. Collin Gillespie is not your typical Villanova star. Yet here the Wildcats are among the bluest of blue bloods in their third Final Four since 2016 seeking their third championship in seven years. They’re not here as outliers in arguably the most prestigious Final Four in history, but as rightful members …

Tatum shares great insight into Celtics’ culture under Ime Udoka originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics made quite the gamble last summer by moving Brad Stevens to the front office and hiring Ime Udoka as his head coach replacement. If the Celtics’ current record — 47-30 and two games behind the No. 1 seed Miami Heat in …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self was wading through old video of Villanova this week, trying to scout a specific action that the Wildcats use on the offensive end of the floor, when the Hall of Fame Kansas coach did something he’s avoided the past four years. Self watched film of the 2018 Final Four. The one where the Wildcats …

Adrian Wojnarowski: Golden State’s Stephen Curry is expected to have his left foot sprain re-evaluated in a week — and a regular season return for a single game hasn’t been ruled out — but expectation remains he’s course to return for start of playoffs, sources tell @Kendra Andrews and me.Source: Twitter @wojespn What’s the buzz on Twitter? Chris Mannix @SIChrisMannixPositive …