[ad_1] How sweet it is for 16 teams left in the 2024 men’s NCAA Tournament. March Madness is hitting its fever pitch, as the 68-team field has been dwindled to just 16. The 2024 Sweet 16 gets underway Thursday, and there’s a bit of conference diversity happening among the field — with a small twist. Of the remaining teams, four …

[ad_1] Welcome to the Victor Wembanyama experience. Come one, come all, for there is a 7-foot-4 Frenchman who can nutmeg you off the bounce, block your 3-pointers, step back from 3, put back his own stepback in two steps and dunk on you from a standstill outside the restricted area. Behold the human cheat code. Here, we track the San Antonio …

[ad_1] After helping Stony Point reach the UIL state basketball tournament for the first time, Tigers senior Josiah Moseley is beginning to rack up individual accolades. The 6-foot-8 Villanova-bound forward was chosen the Gatorade Texas boys basketball player of the year. Moseley was a dominating presence for Stony Point (38-2), which reached the Class 6A state finals before losing to …

[ad_1] The Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team is in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nearly 20 years. Can the Illini hang with Iowa State? Can anyone beat defending champion UConn? What about other No. 1 seeds Purdue, North Carolina and Houston? STREAM: March Madness on Sling TV and Fubo As we prep …

[ad_1] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Arkansas State men’s basketball team earned a 74-61 win over Montana and advanced to the semifinals of the 2024 Ro College Basketball Invitational (CBI) on Monday afternoon at the Ocean Center. Seeded fourth, Arkansas State (20-16) moves on to battle top-seeded High Point (26-8) in Tuesday’s first semifinal contest which will be televised nationally …

[ad_1] The No. 5 Gonzaga Bulldogs will face the No. 1 Purdue Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 this Friday. This isn’t the first time these teams have faced each other this season, with Purdue coming out victorious 73-63 during the Maui Invitational toward the beginning of the year. Despite the Boilermakers having won two games already during the NCAA Tournament, …

[ad_1] The NBA doesn’t exactly seem optimistic about the future of the All-Star Game as an event. On a recent appearance on “King Charles,” commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged that saving the game itself may not be possible. “I just think maybe we’re past that point where we’re going to play a truly competitive game,” Siver said. Everyone’s heard the reasons …

[ad_1] Vanderbilt basketball announced the hiring of James Madison coach Mark Byington on Monday. Byington will officially be introduced at a press conference Thursday at 4 p.m. The press conference will be open to the public and will be livestreamed on SEC Network+ and on the Vanderbilt athletics YouTube channel. “Vanderbilt is getting an extraordinary coach and person in Mark …

[ad_1] JJ Redick raves about C’s ‘unsung hero’ Payton Pritchard originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Payton Pritchard’s stock continues to rise amid his outstanding season as the first guard off the Boston Celtics bench. Pritchard is in the midst of the best stretch of his NBA career. The Oregon product is averaging 18.0 points, 8.0 assists, and 3.6 rebounds …

[ad_1] Inside Nebraska has confirmed with a source that Husker guard Eli Rice has entered the transfer portal. Rice, a 6-foot-8, 213-pounder, played in 17 games as a true freshman before a high-ankle sprain at practice following the Maryland game on Jan. 27 sidelined him for the rest of the season. Rice averaged 4.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game …

[ad_1] Portland Trail Blazers v Oklahoma City Thunder The Portland Trail Blazers have been eliminated from playoff contention and technically have nothing to play for the season’s final weeks. That doesn’t mean they are shutting their young stars down. Shaedon Sharpe, who has been out since Jan. 12 to recover from core muscle surgery, has been assigned to the G-League …

[ad_1] Dusty May’s farewell from Boca Raton included a final radio address to the South Florida basketball community addressing his departure from FAU, aspirations at Michigan and the future of Owls men’s basketball. May appeared Monday morning on ESPN 106.3 FM with Ken LaVicka, the lead play-by-play broadcaster for FAU athletics, in a wide-ranging half-hour interview before the head coach …

[ad_1] Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by Law Murray from The Athletic to talk about the G League Ignite shutting down, the perilous position of the Golden State Warriors, Doc Rivers’ reputation and the Los Angeles Clippers. This embedded content is not available in your region. On this episode of the …

[ad_1] BYU players circle up on the court during first-round NCAA Tournament game Duquesne at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Thursday, March 21, 2024. With every passing BYU failure in the NCAA Tournament, the respective legends of Danny Ainge and Jimmer Fredette only grow larger in Cougar lore. Ainge led the Cougars to the 1981 Elite Eight and …

[ad_1] We’ve got another exciting Eastern Conference matchup on Monday’s NBA schedule as the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks will tip off at 7:30 p.m. ET at State Farm Arena. Atlanta is 31-39 overall and 17-17 at home, while Boston is 57-14 overall and 25-11 on the road. The Celtics are currently the No. 1 seed in the Eastern …

[ad_1] Kevin Keatts and North Carolina State reached the NCAA Tournament the old-fashioned way. The way that existed before the bubble. Before bracketology. Before NET rankings, KenPom, the transfer portal, name, image and likeness and all the rest. Before the tournament field grew (and grew some more), when the only way to punch your ticket into March Madness was by …

[ad_1] We’ve got another exciting Eastern Conference matchup on Monday’s NBA schedule as the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Charlotte Hornets. Cleveland is 43-28 overall and 22-14 at home, while Charlotte is 17-53 overall and 8-29 on the road. This is their first meeting this season, but the Cavs won three of four matchups last season. Cleveland is 35-36 against …

[ad_1] The 2024 NCAA Tournament is down to the Sweet 16. Six incredible days of college basketball — filled with a variety of dominant victories, shocking upsets and shining moments — are in the books with the first 36 games of March Madness leaving us only wanting more. Don’t worry … that will come soon enough. Thursday kicks off four …

[ad_1] We’re neck-deep in the NBA’s “all in” era, and that’s especially true in the Western Conference. In the last year or so alone, both the Minnesota Timberwolves (Rudy Gobert) and Phoenix Suns (Kevin Durant) have traded at least four first-round picks for a star. The Clippers gave up two for James Harden, and considering the picks they were already …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — Seated at a table above assembled media members following his team’s 80-76 loss to Oakland last week, Kentucky coach John Calipari didn’t sound like a man planning to walk away from the program. Instead, while lamenting the season-capping setback, he already had begun looking toward the 2024-25 campaign. “We’ve gotta figure out who’s coming back and who’s …

[ad_1] The Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers combined for 295 total points in a 150-145 victory for L.A. on Sunday. While the Lakers have Monday night to rest and recover, the same can’t be said for the Pacers as they prepare for their second game in as many days at Crypto.com Arena, this time taking on the Clippers. The …

[ad_1] Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the last meeting between North Carolina State and Marquette in the NCAA Tournament, a clash that decided the 1974 NCAA championship. The two programs will renew acquaintances in the Sweet 16 on Friday in Dallas. The 76-64 win for the Wolfpack on March 25, 1974, nonetheless marked a big step forward for MU, …

[ad_1] The number isn’t attained often. A team scoring 150 points in an NBA game is an eye-opener and an outlier, prompting a visit to the record book. As kids these days say about anything remotely stressful: “It’s a lot.” The Lakers defeated the Indiana Pacers, 150-145, Sunday at Crypto.com Arena. Notably, all that scoring came in a regulation 48 …

[ad_1] The NCAA tournament heats up on Monday. Two teams ready to ramp up March Madness with an eye on the Sweet 16 are the No. 8 West Virginia Mountaineers and the No. 1 Iowa Hawkeyes. While the nation will be no doubt tuning in to see Caitlin Clark’s latest masterful chapter, they will be getting one of the better …

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