Iowa women’s basketball is off to a terrific start to its 2024-25 season. The Hawkeyes are now 4-0 with wins over Northern Illinois (91-73), Virginia Tech (71-52), Toledo (94-57) and Drake (86-73) entering Wednesday night’s contest versus Kansas. Iowa’s transfer portal addition of senior point guard Lucy Olsen has provided precisely what the Hawkeyes had hoped. Olsen is averaging a …

Nov 19, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Florida Gators guard Alijah Martin (15) dribbles the ball up the court against the Florida A&M Rattlers at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Mandatory Credit: Morgan Tencza-Imagn Images Florida remains undefeated through five games to start the 2024-25 college basketball season, and the Gators keep moving up the ESPN Basketball Power …

For all the depth in the West — a team over .500 would miss even making the play-in right now — are the two best teams in the NBA in the East? They are in this week’s NBC Sports 2024-25 NBA Power Rankings. TITLE CONTENDERS 1. Boston Celtics (12-3, Last Week No. 5). Last season, the Celtics led the league …

Grading the Cats: K-State pulls out win vs Mississippi Valley State (Photo by K-State Athletics) Like the first game of the season, it took Kansas State a while to get going in this one against Mississippi Valley State, but they figured it out in the second half, despite a late push from the Delta Devils for a 74-56 win. Here …

Why Steph vs. Trae battle is matchup to watch in Warriors vs. Hawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Atlanta Hawks had a vision when selecting Trae Young fifth overall in the 2018 NBA Draft. General manager Travis Schlenk hoped Young could have an impact similar to that of a point guard drafted during his 13 years with …

The undefeated Penn State men’s basketball team is back home, facing off against the Horizon League’s Purdue Fort Wayne as part of the Sunshine Slam. The game tips at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Bryce Jordan Center. The first three home games of the 2024-25 season saw the Nittany Lions score more than 100 points twice and nearly a third …

We are nearly a month into the NBA season. With a decent sample size in hand, we have a bit of a better gauge of the trade market for fantasy basketball. Let’s discuss some players to buy low on, sell high on or hold based on the first month of the season. Buy Josh Giddey, Chicago Bulls The trade from …

Nov. 20—DALLAS, Texas — The East Central University men’s basketball team earned its first victory of the 2024-25 season on Saturday, defeating Mississippi College 72-58 in an exciting non-conference showdown that handed the Choctaws their first loss of the year. The two teams squared off at Richland College in a neutral-site matchup. Mississippi College, now 3-1, jumped out to an …

We have what could be considered a modest slate by Wednesday standards, as there are “only” eight games on tap. Naturally, that still gives us a very robust player pool to work with, and we fortunately have several players carrying salaries that render them very high-upside value options. As customary, we’ll highlight multiple advantageous positional matchups to exploit at each …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Good Word with Goodwill On this episode of the Good Word with Goodwill podcast, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by Isis “Ice” Young to talk about some of the biggest disappointments in the league so far this season. They start in Philadelphia, where the 76ers …

The finger-pointing has started in Philadelphia, where a team that entered training camp with championship aspirations has stumbled to a 2-11 record and had an hour-long postgame team meeting where Tyrese Maxey is calling out his friend Joel Embiid. ‘ A couple of fingers were pointed in that meeting at head coach Nick Nurse — players said they wanted to …

Maui Invitational HONOLULU — Three generations of TJ Rickard’s family lost their homes in the deadly Maui wildfire more than a year ago, and he and his extended family still have not rebuilt. That leaves Rickard, a high school basketball coach, conflicted about the return of the storied Maui Invitational college tournament. Like many, Rickard is excited to have top-drawer …

Three big numbers from Celtics’ streak-busting win over Cavs originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The biggest number from the Boston Celtics’ streak-snapping win over the previously undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night is, rather obviously, 1. The Celtics are now the 1 in Cleveland’s 15-1 record. But that was far from the only notable digit on the night. From …

Long-time Tuscaloosa residents remember Martin Newton teaching passing drills and dribbling drills alongside his dad at youth camps that the Bama Bounders would show off at halftime of Alabama basketball games. Granted, teaching a young pupil how to spin the rock on their finger was a lost art. More than 40 years later, Newton can be found making mad dashes …

Cavs’ ownership group launches bid for WNBA team in Cleveland: Why it has a shot CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers are looking to make a second foray into the WNBA, with majority owner Dan Gilbert “actively pursuing” the American pro women’s league’s 16th team. “Cleveland’s vibrant ecosystem of world-class assets, passionate and engaged sports fans, coupled with a culture that has …

Thirteen of the 15 players on Maryland’s roster played in Tuesday night’s 108-37 thrashing of Canisius at Xfinity Center. The only two who didn’t? Fifth-year senior point guard Jahari Long, who is still recovering from a right knee injury suffered against Rutgers on Feb. 25, and fifth-year senior small forward Jordan Geronimo, who was a surprise scratch. Coach Kevin Willard …

Kerr admits Warriors are ‘very concerned’ about Melton’s ACL injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It appears the Warriors could be without one of their starters for an extended period of time. Veteran guard De’Anthony Melton suffered a sprained ACL in Golden State’s 120-117 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Nov. 12, and the team announced the following …

3 things from Purdue vs. Marquette: Boilers not in Mackey anymore Marquette guard Chase Ross (2) and Purdue guard Braden Smith (3) chase a loose ball during the first half of their game Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)(Photo by Joshua Facemyer) Sometimes, …

Why Draymond believes Harden deserves top spot on NBA 3-point list originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green believes James Harden, not his Warriors teammate Steph Curry, deserves the No. 1 spot on the NBA’s all-time 3-point list — but not for the reasons one might think. Earlier this month, Harden spoke to ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania …

Ron Johnson-Imagn Images On Wednesday night, tune into SEC Network for the Illinois vs Alabama game. This men’s college basketball contest pits a 3-0 Illinois team against a 3-1 Alabama team in a game that’s being played at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. Alabama looks to rebound from a loss to Purdue while Illinois goes for its fourth win in a …

As they embark on the longest road trip of the season, the Knicks look and sound like a team that’s finding a rhythm on offense. “We’re starting to click,” Josh Hart said late Monday night. “I think we’re starting to figure out how to play with each other,” Cam Payne said a few minutes later. The eye test and the …

Nov 19, 2024; East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Michigan State Spartans forward Coen Carr (55) leaps over Samford Bulldogs center Riley Allenspach (35) during the second half for a dunk at Jack Breslin Student Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Dale Young-Imagn Images Michigan State basketball overcame an early double-digit deficit to earn an 83-75 victory over Samford on Tuesday night. The Spartans …

Steph wants to set unbreakable 3-pointer record but sees one threat originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area A few days after James Harden moved past Ray Allen and into second place on the NBA’s career list for made 3-pointers, he shared an embrace with the man in first place. That’s about as close as Stephen Curry wants anyone to …

Michigan State basketball welcomed in Samford for a matchup against the back to back SoCon champs. The Bulldogs gave the Spartans all they can handle, and then some. In the end, MSU was able to hold off Samford, defeating the Bulldogs 83-75, behind career high efforts from Jaden Akins (25 points), Jase Richardson (12 points) and an MSU high from …

With the NBA season approaching the one-month mark, our writers weigh in on the biggest surprises and disappointments so far, plus rank the top title contenders in the early going. 1. Most pleasant surprise of the season so far? Ben Rohrbach: The Cleveland Cavaliers. I figured last season, when they lost to the Boston Celtics in a five-game, second-round playoff …