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Tatum named first Eastern Conference Player of the Week of new season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The 2024-25 NBA season is only one week old, and Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum has already earned an award. The NBA announced its first Eastern Conference and Western Conference Player of the Week winners Monday. Tatum won for the East, and …

The Dwyane Wade statue was unveiled on Sunday.Photograph: Michael Laughlin/AP Dwyane Wade is now the first Miami Heat player with a statue outside the team’s arena, although many of his fans are unsure if it is a fitting tribute. The Heat unveiled the statue Sunday, eight months after team president Pat Riley announced plans for the tribute. Wade, a 13-time …

Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball. Each week, you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make, lineup notes (who’s in and out of rotations), followed by key …

Kate Paye STANFORD, Calif. — Kate Paye walked into the Stanford women’s basketball office moments after hanging up the phone with former star and Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike and who does she see but another former star in WNBA rookie Cameron Brink. This is a regular day for Paye, being surrounded by such greatness, support and familiarity. And she …

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To open the season, the Milwaukee Bucks handily beat Philadelphia’s JV team plus Tyrese Maxey, which was a solid win. Since then, the Bucks have been anything but solid with unimpressive losses to Chicago and Brooklyn — two teams expected to be in the lottery — and while it’s small sample size theater, the Bucks have a -2.9 net rating …

Oct. 27—First, let’s get this important fact out there. Sunday’s 91-74 loss by the Illinois men’s basketball against No. 24 Mississippi in front of 7,023 fans at the Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss., doesn’t count. The charity-exhibition game to raise proceeds for the Court Appointed Special Advocates of North Mississippi won’t affect the Big …

First-quarter dominance fueling Celtics’ red-hot start to new season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics will host the Milwaukee Bucks at TD Garden on Monday night in an early-season clash between two of the top contenders in the Eastern Conference. The defending champion Celtics actually have a seven-game regular season home win streak against the Bucks. Milwaukee’s …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Back in mid-October, during Kansas basketball’s media day in Lawrence, coach Bill Self highlighted a desire to manage the minutes a few of his veterans will play this season. It’s not that Self won’t play graduate center Hunter Dickinson, graduate guard Dajuan Harris Jr. or senior forward KJ Adams Jr. a significant amount of minutes in close, …

Week 2 of the fantasy basketball season is here, which means having a full week of games to work with. And there are some significant injuries to navigate as well. The Warriors watched their superstar guard sprain his ankle twice Sunday evening, ultimately exiting during a loss to the Clippers. There are also significant injury concerns in Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and …

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Bobby Hurley made himself college basketball royalty inside Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Jersey kid who became the All-America point guard for two national championship teams. Moments from that journey — having his jersey retired, tense tussles with rival North Carolina, love overflowing from the Blue Devils’ famously rowdy home crowd — remained pristine in his …

In this article, we will take a look at the most eye-popping stats, stand-out performances and other must-see news from around the league. Week 1 was filled with a number of huge individual stats, milestones reached and new perspectives regarding what to expect in terms of team’s rotations and player’s roles going forward. To start things off, Jayson Tatum and …

The first week of the NBA season is in the books. Who won the week? What are we overreacting to? Our writers break down the best and the worst of the season so far. 1. Name a big winner from the first week of the season. Vincent Goodwill: The Oklahoma City Thunder (beating teams by nearly 20 points a night). …

KNOXVILLE, TN — Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson had so much fun in Knoxville he extended an invitation to Tennessee coach Rick Barnes for their teams to run it back next year in Bloomington. The two programs clashed in a charity exhibition with all proceeds from the game going to support the John McLendon Foundation. The announced attendance at Food City Center …

GREENVILLE, SC – OCTOBER 27 – Auburn’s Jahki Howard (3) during the game between the #11 Auburn Tigers and the Furman Paladins at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers The 2024-25 Auburn Tigers hit the hardwood for the first time on Sunday and emerged victorious. Five Tigers reached double-figures …

One of the most highly anticipated Mississippi State men’s basketball season is here. The Bulldogs have made back-to-back NCAA tournaments under third-year coach Chris Jans but have yet to win a game. They return All-SEC freshman Josh Hubbard while making a flurry of transfer portal additions. Tickets for Mississippi State’s home and road games can be purchased all season long …

After Dusty May left Florida Atlantic to take over Michigan’s program, plenty of the top remaining players from the Owls’ 2023 Final Four team departed as well. But they didn’t all follow their former coach to Ann Arbor. They scattered to various programs. Florida Atlantic’s top four scorers from last season – all of whom had vital roles during the …

Dwyane Wade is the greatest Miami Heat player ever — the franchise’s true icon. No player in Heat history deserves a statue outside the Kaseya Center in Miami more than Dwyane Wade — and Sunday night he got it. Wade talked about his dreams, his path to this moment, and gave a big shout out to Heat nation. Wade is …

With six men’s basketball teams ranked in the USA TODAY Sports preseason coaches’ poll, the Big 12 Conference will be ultra-competitive once again. According to a panel of writers who cover the Big 12 for the USA TODAY Sports Network, Iowa State was projected to finish in third place within the conference. The Cyclones were also picked third in the …

KNOXVILLE, TN — Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson had so much fun in Knoxville he extended an invitation to Tennessee coach Rick Barnes for their teams to run it back next year in Bloomington. The two programs clashed in a charity exhibition with all proceeds from the game going to support the John McLendon Foundation. The announced attendance at Food City …

One more dress rehearsal stands between Pat Kelsey’s inaugural Louisville men’s basketball team and the start of the 2024-25 season. For it, the Cardinals will host a local Division III program, Spalding, tonight at the KFC Yum! Center. U of L throttled Young Harris College of the DII ranks, 106-59, to begin exhibition play a week ago and looked crisp …

The past three seasons have followed a familiar pattern for ACC men’s basketball programs. For much of the regular season, questions are raised how strong the historically decorated conference still is. On Selection Sunday, fewer teams than usual make the NCAA Tournament. By the tournament’s final rounds, it enjoys a redemptive arc: The ACC’s death has been greatly exaggerated. Will …

Kansas, the No. 1-ranked team in both the Associated Press and USA TODAY Sports men’s college basketball coaches’ preseason poll, also stands atop the new-look, 16-team Big 12, according to a poll of writers who cover the conference for the USA TODAY Sports Network. The Jayhawks are hoping for an improved year after being bogged down by injuries last season. …

The 2024-25 college basketball season is right around the corner. In the everchanging world of the transfer portal and one-and-done it’s sometimes hard to keep track of exactly who makes up your favorite team’s roster. After experiencing significant roster turnover last season, the Butler Bulldogs added five new players (three transfers, two freshman) to complement its seven returning players. With …