TBS aired a nearly 10-minute tribute to Mike Krzyzewski during Saturday’s NCAA men’s Final Four pregame show. The format was similar to the John Madden tribute that FOX aired in December. It had the Duke men’s basketball coach sitting in a chair watching large screens of clips with people talking about him. Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo was one …

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Obi Toppin dunking white uniform two hands If you’re a Knick fan who wants to see Obi Toppin get more minutes, you’ll get your wish over the next eight days. Julius Randle will likely miss the rest of the season due to a lingering quad ailment. So Toppin should play extended minutes in the Knicks’ final four games. Toppin played …

USATSI With the 2022 NCAA Tournament in its final weekend, action on the NBA Draft front is trickling down with qa flurry. We’ve already seen a number of this year’s top underclassmen prospects enter their names into the draft well ahead of the entry deadline at 11:59 p.m. ET on April 24. The names continue to get bigger as we …

ATLANTA (AP) Brooklyn Nets guard Goran Dragic has COVID-19 symptoms, according to coach Steve Nash, and will not play in Saturday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. Nash said Dragic ”doesn’t feel well. But that’s all I know.” Dragic was placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. The loss of Dragic, who is averaging 7.5 points and 4.1 assists, …

The 2022 Final Four is underway on Saturday, and at halftime of the first game in New Orleans between No. 1 seed Kansas and No. 2 seed Villanova, it’s the Jayhawks who take a commanding 40-29 lead into the half. Kansas came out hot like a team on a mission, jumping out to a 10-0 lead. Villanova, however, somehow found …

Kristian Winfield: Steve Nash on Goran Dragic, who has COVID: “He has symptoms. He doesn’t feel well, but that’s all I know.”Source: Twitter @Krisplashed What’s the buzz on Twitter? Brian Lewis @NYPost_LewisSteve Nash said Goran Dragic has symptoms of COVID-19 and isn’t feeling well. Bruce Brown however just has the flu, and hopes he can recover quickly. #Nets – 6:09 …

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On the eve of either the revenge of Duke Men’s Basketball head honcho Mike Krzyzewski’s NCAA tournament revenge against longtime Tobacco Road rival University of North Carolina or perhaps the final game of his Hall of Fame collegiate coaching career, Boston Celtics star and Duke product Jayson Tatum had plenty to say about his former college coach to Draymond Green …

MINNEAPOLIS — Brea Beal has made a habit – a career, actually – of relentlessly guarding the best backcourt player for South Carolina’s opponent and making sure her night is full of frustration. Her effectiveness is easy enough to see, such as in the semifinal victory over Louisville when the 6-foot-1 junior smothered Cardinals star Hailey Van Lith. Beal can …

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The Boston Celtics have been absolutely rolling in the second half of their 2021-22 NBA season, at least until they lost key frontcourt defensive cog Robert Williams III to a torn lateral meniscus for several weeks. Since then, the Celtics have struggled and lost to the Toronto Raptors — albeit with four starters sitting — and nearly dropped a game …

In his first public comments since undergoing surgery on his torn left meniscus earlier this week, Boston Celtics center Robert Williams III detailed his thought process when he realized that there was something wrong with his knee during a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves late last month.  “I was hurt … I was so hurt, because I knew something wasn’t …

NEW ORLEANS — The most illuminating version of Mike Krzyzewski is the one only a few people ever get to see: Coach K wide-eyed at 3:24 in the morning. Wounded pizza crusts on the plate, a Diet Coke in arm’s reach, the Duke head coach with his assistants poring through game after game after game. Tedious work. But, for Krzyzewski, …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 29 points, 14 rebounds and six assists and the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 144-114 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday. Philadelphia tied its franchise record of 21 3-pointers, last set on March 1, 2020. Tobias Harris added 23 points and had a season-high five three-pointers as the Sixers …

When COVID-19 emerged onto the scene in early 2020, everyone had more to worry about than a busted college basketball postseason. But two years after the pandemic arrived and expedited the end of the 2019-20 season and the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament, there is some reflection to be done on that time for Kansas as the Jayhawks prepare to …

You saw it, we saw it — for a few weeks, the narrative was more or less impossible to avoid in the NBA media. We are of course referring to the idea that gained far more traction than it ever had any business doing that claimed the Boston Celtics were going to need to split up their two star wings, …

PHILADELPHIA–In order for the Philadelphia 76ers to continue to have success on the floor and build off a 144-114 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday, they will need more hot shooting out of Tobias Harris to keep building. Harris had 23 points on 8-for-13 shooting and he was 5-for-9 from deep in the win as he was able to …

NEW ORLEANS — Wearing Duke and North Carolina gear, a family with split loyalties lined up outside the Superdome a little after 9 a.m. Friday, nearly an hour before fans were allowed in the stadium for open practices at the Final Four. The moment they entered the stadium, 14-year-old Brody Owen, wearing a white Tar Heels jersey, ran ahead into …

Starting Boston Celtics center Robert Williams III spoke with the media for the first time since getting surgery to repair his torn left lateral meniscus, damaged in Boston’s blowout win over the Minnesota Timberwolves last Sunday. Since then, the range of outcomes stretched from missing the rest of the season and perhaps some of the next to a shorter four …

Before the UNC basketball program takes on Duke in the Final Four on Saturday night in New Orleans, a familiar face put out a video of encouragement for the team. And that familiar face has some experience in the Final Four. Former UNC wing Theo Pinson posted a video that was on BDahtTV’s Instagram page, telling the players to go …

Will injured Boston Celtics big man Robert Williams III make an early return to the court after hearing news that the best-case scenario for his surgery to repair his torn meniscus was the outcome we had all been hoping to hear? Even better, there is even some optimism the Timelord could get back on the court even earlier than the …

NEW ORLEANS — The sport Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is leaving is run by an organization he doesn’t much recognize anymore. Or like at all. The 75-year-old coach, whose career ends after Duke is done at the Final Four, used the opportunity of what could be his last big news conference Friday to spell out issues he feels will haunt …

RJ Barrett Isaac Okoro cropped 4/2/22 The Knicks’ home stretch of the regular season tipped off this weekend with a 119-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at MSG. Five things to know from Saturday’s game 1. Without PF Julius Randle, who head coach Tom Thibodeau told said in a pregame news conference is “most likely” out for the Knicks’ final …

From beginning to end, 2022 NCAA Tournament storylines have been dominated by rewarding, entertaining and bracket-busting college basketball games. And, after starting with 68 teams, we’re down to four – the Final Four of this year’s Big Dance. On Saturday in New Orleans, it will be No. 2 seed Villanova  vs. No. 1 seed Kansas  at 6:09 p.m. ET in …