On Jan. 31, the NBA announced the participants for the 2023 Rising Stars tournament, which will take place on Friday, Feb. 17 during All-Star weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. The first game will tip off at 9 p.m. ET. The roster, chosen by the NBA’s assistant coaches, includes 11 NBA rookies, 10 sophomores and seven G League players, excluding …

CBS Sports graphic Alabama moved to No. 1 in the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings on Monday morning. Two days later, on Wednesday night, the Crimson Tide lost 68-59 at Tennessee, causing another shakeup that led to Purdue sliding back to the top spot. My top three is now Purdue, Houston and Alabama in that …

The Kevin Durant era for the Brooklyn Nets was not the most fruitful of eras. The Nets made the move in the summer of 2019 to sign both him and Kyrie Irving as they hoped that the two superstars would lead them to their first championship in franchise history. Instead, everything that could have gone wrong did. There were injuries, …

Who’s Playing San Francisco @ Pacific Current Records: San Francisco 16-12; Pacific 13-14 What to Know The Pacific Tigers are 3-11 against the San Francisco Dons since December of 2015, but they’ll have a chance to close the gap a little bit Thursday. Pacific and San Francisco will face off in a West Coast battle at 11 p.m. ET at …

The NBA on Thursday announced that Houston Rockets rookie Tari Eason will replace Detroit Pistons rookie Jalen Duren in the NBA Rising Stars game on Friday in Salt Lake City, Utah. Duren will miss the annual showcase game at All-Star Weekend due to a sprained right ankle, the league announced. He missed five games last month because of the injury …

Who’s Playing Gonzaga @ Loyola Marymount Current Records: Gonzaga 21-5; Loyola Marymount 17-10 What to Know The Loyola Marymount Lions and the #13 Gonzaga Bulldogs will face off in a West Coast clash at 11 p.m. ET Feb. 16 at Albert Gersten Pavilion. Loyola Marymount is out to keep their four-game home win streak alive. The Lions lost a heartbreaker …

A Western Conference showdown has the Phoenix Suns (32-27) hosting the Los Angeles Clippers (32-28) on Thursday evening. Phoenix is finding its groove right before the All-Star break as the Suns are winners of five of their last six games. On Feb. 14, Phoenix topped the Sacramento Kings 120-109. The Clippers halted their two-game skid on Tuesday, defeating the Golden …

The App. State Mountaineers and the Texas State-San Marcos Bobcats are set to square off in their lone meeting this season on Thursday night. App. State has lost three of its last four games, but it is getting set for its first home game in nearly two weeks. Texas State has lost four of its last five games, including a …

The Philadelphia 76ers made a move just before the All-Star break when they waived Julian Champagnie in order to make room for Mac McClung on the roster as they signed McClung to a two-way deal. Champagnie played in just two games for the Sixers before being waived as he spent most of his season in the G League with the …

The third-ranked Purdue Boilermakers will look to get back on track when they take on the red-hot Maryland Terrapins in a key Big Ten Conference matchup on Thursday night. The Boilermakers (23-3, 12-3 Big Ten), who are 6-2 on the road, are coming off a 64-58 loss at Northwestern on Sunday. It was just their second loss in 12 games. …

Second-year center Alperen Sengun, rookie forwards Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason, and third-year forward KJ Martin will represent the Houston Rockets in three events at the NBA’s 2023 All-Star weekend. Second-year guard Jalen Green was scheduled to, but he no longer will due to the left groin strain that he suffered on Wednesday. Sengun, Eason, and Smith will play …

Football just ended, and we’ve still got March Madness to get through before it starts, but I’m legitimately excited about MLB this season in a way I haven’t been for a while. With pitchers and catchers reporting this week, we’ve been treated to photos of players showing up to camp and throwing, but the photos that stood out and excited …

Jalen Green’s groin strain helped open up an opportunity for another Houston Rockets prospect, with rookie Tari Eason now joining Friday’s NBA Rising Stars tournament at All-Star weekend. The Rising Stars event takes place Friday night, less than 48 hours from when Green suffered the injury in Oklahoma City. While the Rockets have yet to issue a projected timetable for …

The No. 2 Houston Cougars (23-2) go on the road to face the SMU Mustangs (9-17) in an AAC bout on Thursday evening. The Cougars lead the all-time series 21-11 over the Mustangs. Houston has won four of the past five matchups. On Jan. 5, the Cougars beat SMU 87-53.  Tipoff from Moody Coliseum in Dallas is set for 7 …

DeMar DeRozan is not healthy. The Chicago Bulls star is listed as out for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks with a strained right quad. DeRozan also missed Wednesday’s game against the Indiana Pacers.  DeRozan left Monday’s game against the Orlando Magic early because “I didn’t want to risk nothing,” he told reporters. He added that “it’s something that I’ve …

The Iowa Hawkeyes will try to build on their recent momentum when they face the Ohio State Buckeyes on Thursday night. Iowa has won four of its last five games, beating Minnesota by 12 points on Sunday in a road game. Ohio State is riding a six-game losing streak coming into this matchup, with its latest loss coming against Michigan …

New York Knicks (120) Vs. Boston Celtics (117) At TD Garden (OT) Joe Mazzulla got thrust from the back bench into one of the highest-profile coaching jobs in the NBA. When the Celtics suspended Ime Udoka following an inappropriate relationship with a team staff member, Mazzulla was given the interim head coaching job. He did an impressive job not letting …

The Chicago Bulls are one of two teams that made no moves at the trade deadline. Now they appear likely to follow the other one, the Cleveland Cavaliers, into the buyout market. (The Cavs signed veteran wing Danny Green this week.)  The Bulls are not only in the mix for Russell Westbrook, they have talked to representatives of fellow veteran …

Getty Images The Auburn men’s basketball program has had its ups and downs this season, but there is one Tiger who already won 2023. Craig Noyes, a writer for the student-run website The Auburn Plainsman, made a 94-foot putt to win a car in front of a sold out Neville Arena. According to WVTM 13, Noyes had only played nine holes …

Embiid says he’s focused on ‘getting healthy,’ not All-Star availability originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Joel Embiid may very well go from All-Star reserve to starter to non-participant. After helping the Sixers secure a fourth straight win before the break, Embiid emphasized that his health is a greater priority than any All-Star festivities. “That’s not where my focus is,” …

Getty Images Sports fans in Florida may soon have reason to think twice about storming the field or court after their favorite college team pulls off a big win. Multiple bills that would criminalize court-storming and field-storming have been introduced in the Florida state legislature, according to WCTV in Tallahassee. One of the bills, SB 764, which is also titled …

We’ve finally reached the All-Star break, a much-needed break for everyone in the league before the final stretch of the season. We’ll see most of the top rookies from this class compete in the Rising Stars Challenge, and Detroit Pistons rookie Jaden Ivey secured an invite to the Skills Challenge. But for everyone else not participating in the weekend’s festivities, …

Getty Images There are 62 NCAA college basketball games on Thursday that the SportsLine Projection Model has simulated. It looked through expected blowouts like the 19 points that the North Dakota Fighting Hawks is getting against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and tight contests like the pick’em between the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and the Georgia State Panthers.  After going through …

Latest NBA MVP straw poll suggests Tatum faces an uphill battle originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jayson Tatum is the best player on the best team in basketball, but he’ll need to raise his game considerably to capture the 2022-23 NBA MVP award. ESPN’s Tim Bontemps recently published his second NBA MVP straw poll of the season, which asked …

The No. 13 Gonzaga Bulldogs will have revenge on their mind when they face the Loyola Marymount Lions on Thursday night on CBS Sports Network. Gonzaga is one game back of Saint Mary’s in the West Coast Conference standings with five games remaining in the regular season. Loyola Marymount has lost three of its last four games, with all three …