Rudy Tomjanovich, or Rudy T as many call him, has been involved in the game of basketball throughout his entire life. Along with Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, and Bill Walton, Tomjanovich will be in Houston for the 2023 Final Four at an event called On Location, where they will engage with fans and take photos. Tomjanovich was kind enough to …

The 2023 NCAA Tournament has reached the game’s biggest stage, the Final Four. The schedule is set, with No. 5 seed San Diego State, the South Regional champions, playing No. 9 seed FAU, the East Regional champions, in the first game at 6:09 p.m. ET and then the No. 4 seed UConn, the West Regional champions, playing No. 5 seed …

Indiana Pacers v Brooklyn Nets LaMarcus Aldridge retired once due to a heart condition (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome), back in 2021. That time it didn’t take, he came back to the then-a-super-team Nets and showed there was something in the tank averaging 12.9 points (on 55% shooting), 5.5 rebounds and a block a game. However, the Nets did not bring him back …

HOUSTON — Shortly after his former school fired its men’s basketball coach about a year ago, Tristen Newton decided that he was leaving too. “I said if I was going to have to play for a new coach, I should get to pick the one I play for,” the high-scoring 6-foot-5 guard said. Newton submitted the necessary paperwork to East …

PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia 76ers have been dealing with injury issues recently as the playoffs quickly approach. The big issues are with their star duo in the form of James Harden and Joel Embiid who are both nursing injuries. Harden has been dealing with a left Achilles injury. An injury that can raise alarms when the word “Achilles” gets thrown around. It’s …

EJ Jarvis, a 6-foot-8-inch, 220-pound power forward who spent the past three seasons playing forward for the Yale Bulldogs, has committed to play basketball at the University of Florida, according to 247Sports. Jarvis played a vital role in the Bulldogs’ 2022-23 season, leading them to a 21-9 record and their third-best KenPom finish in the last decade at No. 64 …

The Denver Nuggets (51-25) hit the road to take on the Phoenix Suns (41-35) on Friday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. The Suns are 25-12 at home, while the Nuggets are 19-18 on the road. Denver saw its four game winning streak snapped on Thursday in 107-88 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans where they were without All-Star center …

UCLA forward Kenneth Nwuba, left, fights for control of the ball against UC Davis forward DeAndre Henry during a game Dec. 21. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Count Kenneth Nwuba in. He’s coming back for a sixth season. The UCLA redshirt senior big man announced Friday on Instagram that he will return after his role dramatically increased over the …

Each week during the 2022-23 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. [Last time on Fact or Fiction: Is Michael Jordan also the GOAT of the worst current NBA owners?] Let us get this out …

HOUSTON — When San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher first rose to fame in college basketball during the early 1990s, it was because he helped recruit the “Fab Five” to Michigan as an assistant under Wolverines coach Steve Fisher. During the group’s first season on campus playing for Fisher and Dutcher, the Wolverines reached the national title game starting five …

Eastern Conference rivals match up when the Atlanta Hawks (38-38) go on the road to play the Brooklyn Nets (41-35) on Friday evening. This will be the final regular season affair between these clubs, with Atlanta securing a 129-127 win over Brooklyn on Feb. 23, however, the Nets lead the season series 2-1. The Hawks are sitting in the eighth …

USATSI Kansas wing Gradey Dick is declaring for the NBA Draft following a standout freshman season in which he earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors, he told ESPN Friday. The 6-foot-8 sharpshooter stood out as one of the top perimeter threats in the nation while helping guide the Jayhawks to a Big 12 title and No. 1 seed in the …

Former NBA big man LaMarcus Aldridge has retired from the NBA for the second time, according to a tweet from the former All-Star himself on Friday. His retirement ends a career that spanned 16 years in the league as well as playing for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, and the Brooklyn Nets. Aldridge, 37, ends his career with …

USATSI The final game of this year’s Final Four is the headliner on Saturday’s doubleheader slate as No. 4 seed UConn and No. 5 seed Miami meet in Houston for the right to play in the national championship game. Tipoff for Saturday is set for 8:49 p.m. ET at NRG Stadium. Miami is making its first Final Four appearance in …

An Eastern Conference contest has the New York Knicks (44-33) traveling to play the Cleveland Cavaliers (48-29) on Friday evening. The Cavaliers currently own the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, while, New York sits in the fifth spot. The Knicks have won the last two games against Cleveland, and on Jan. 24, New York beat Cleveland 105-103. Julius Randle (ankle) …

March Madness officially morphs into April Insanity on Saturday as the Final Four kicks into gear with the opening game set between No. 5 seed San Diego State and No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic. The Owls and Aztecs will tip at 6:09 p.m. ET on CBS from Houston, with the winner advancing to the title game. The matchup pits strength-on-strength …

Not long ago, the NBA’s one-and-done rule for draft eligibility was headed for elimination in the league’s collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Players Association. “My personal view is that we’re ready to make that change,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver told reporters in 2018. However, the league and the players’ union have no plans to dump the one-and-done rule …

USATSI The transfer portal landed a big name from a big man on Friday in a stunning bit of news as former top-50 recruit Hunter Dickinson, a 7-foot-1 center who led Michigan in scoring and rebounding each of the last three seasons, entered the transfer portal, according to multiple reports. Dickinson hits the portal after three seasons but is a …

The 53-24 Boston Celtics make the trip back to their home court of TD Garden to face the 36-40 Utah Jazz on their home court just one day removed from thrashing the first-place Milwaukee Bucks on the road in Wisconsin. The Celtics might want revenge for a close loss against Utah earlier this month, but both teams appear to be …

I have no idea how MLB didn’t schedule any day games today. I understand why it has a lot of teams take the day off in case their openers are spoiled by rain, but how do you not schedule at least one day game today? You couldn’t put the Mets and Marlins in the afternoon? It’s ridiculous. You captured everybody’s …

The NBA won’t be lowering its minimum age requirement anytime soon. The league and the National Basketball Players Association have stopped discussions surrounding lowering the minimum age for players amid their negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Currently, American players have to be 19 years old to enter the league. Both the NBA and …

It would be hard for an NBA team to play more differently from one game to the next than the Boston Celtics did against the Washington Wizards and Milwaukee Bucks, but the improved play vs. the Bucks compared to Boston’s flop against Washington was something on the mind of star Celtics forward Jayson Tatum postgame. “We responded well from the …

With the news that Eugene Brown III will leave Ohio State after entering the transfer portal, it leaves the Buckeyes with an open scholarship depending on other factors and what happens with Brice Sensabaugh’s NBA decision. Head coach Chris Holtmann can go a variety of different ways with the available scholarship. The most obvious is the transfer portal as we will …

Michigan basketball center Hunter Dickinson has entered his name into the portal as a grad transfer, according to multiple reports. This past season, Dickinson led the Wolverines with 18.5 points per game while grabbing nine rebounds per contest. Dickinson also shot a team-best 56% (227-of-408) from the field and 42.1% from the three-point line (24-of-57), which was also a team …

Getty Images As the NBA and the NBPA continue to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement ahead of Friday night’s opt-out deadline, there’s one popular topic that may go unchanged in the new CBA. For several years there have been talks to lower the minimum age for entry into the NBA Draft back down to 18, but ESPN reports that …