Monthly Archives: June 2024

Richey | Boilermakers atop Big Ten power rankings

Jun. 12—Little about Big Ten basketball will feel familiar in 2024-25. Partly because there are now 18 teams. Partly because of the rampant roster turnover across the conference. Rosters that have mostly settled as summer workouts begin, giving Illini beat writer Scott Richey a chance for a first crack at Big Ten power rankings: 1. Purdue Losing a back-to-back national …

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2024 ACC-SEC Challenge: See all 16 matchups for college basketball event

The 2024-25 college basketball season isn’t tipping off for another five months, but one of the sport’s marquee non-conference events has been set. Matchups for the second annual ACC-SEC Challenge have been determined, a total of 16 games scheduled Dec. 3-4. Game times and ESPN network assignments will be announced later. Reigning Final Four participant Alabama will play at North …

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Where ESPN ranks Warriors’ recent titles among champs since 1998

Where ESPN ranks Warriors’ recent titles among champs since 1998 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors dynasty’s four NBA championships all were impressive in their own ways. But how do Golden State’s recent title teams stack up against not just themselves, but all champions since the Chicago Bulls in 1998? ESPN’s ​​Kevin Pelton recently ranked teams based …

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NBA Finals: Celtics rule out Kristaps Porzingis for Game 3

Kristaps Porzingis has become the NBA Finals’ largest remaining X-factor. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) If the Boston Celtics want to take a 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals, they’ll have to do it without Kristaps Porzingis. The Celtics ruled Porzingis out for Game 3 against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday due to a left leg injury, described as a …

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Tatum stars as Celtics go 3-0 up against Mavericks

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown helped the Boston Celtics hold off a Dallas Mavericks fightback to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the NBA finals. Tatum scored 31 points and Brown 30 as the Celtics won 106-99 in game three of the best-of-seven series. The Mavericks reduced their deficit from 91-70 early in the fourth quarter to one point with …

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