Big changes are coming to college basketball this season, none bigger than the demise of the Pac-12. While it still exists on paper, with Oregon State and Washington State as its only members, it is not competing this season as it seeks to rebuild over the next two years. The Beavers and Cougars will play in the West Coast Conference for …

Team USA defeated Team Canada, 86-72. Anthony Edwards led the United States with 13 points and 3 rebounds while Stephen … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHtIxjKPP9w Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Getty Images LeBron James will be starring for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics later this month. While basketball is his first love, the Los Angeles Lakers star revealed that there’s another Olympic sport that he’d love to participate in if given the chance. During an interview with Craig Melvin of “TODAY,” James stated that he would be interested …

The countdown to August 31 is down to 51 days and shifting into the player spotlight here at Cornhuskers Wire is Huskers offensive lineman Justin Evans. The East Orange, New Jersey native is entering his third season with the Nebraska program after appearing in 12 games as a redshirt freshman in 2023. The 6-foot-1 Evans started in five games for …

We brought you the NBA’s seven worst contracts of the summer, so what would we be if we did not bring you the seven best? We would be the worst. And we obviously are not the worst. We are the best at this. Listen: It is hard being right about every contract. It makes every general manager around the league …

So much of high school recruiting comes down to a two-week period in the middle of the summer, commonly known as the “live period.” College coaches are out in full force, not distracted by the season or the transfer portal, traveling the country to various recruiting events, often run by sneaker companies. The most notable of those events is the …

The Golden State Warriors fend off elimination in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals, winning 106-105. The Raptors now lead the … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffdXLm8EaYg Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Stephen A. Smith fires back at Jaylen Brown after Team USA snub originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jaylen Brown opened the door Wednesday, and Stephen A. Smith happily stepped through. After Team USA tabbed Boston Celtics guard Derrick White as Kawhi Leonard’s replacement for its 2024 Paris Olympics squad, Brown reacted with a pair of social posts suggesting he …

The news on NCAA Tournament expansion is … there is no news. The NCAA men’s basketball committee wrapped its annual summer meetings on Wednesday and didn’t move closer to a decision on whether to expand the NCAA Tournament, sources told CBS Sports. The topic was discussed at length Tuesday and remains up for debate for many reasons, arguably the biggest …

Check out the best dunks, blocks, clutch moments and more from the 2018 NBA Playoffs so far! Subscribe to the NBA: … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGrM6CICfto Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Three Boston Celtics are playing for Team USA at the Paris Olympics. Jaylen Brown, widely considered the team’s second-best player, is not among them. It didn’t seem like much of a slight when the rosters were initially announced. The star-studded group had to make cuts somewhere when LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant all surprisingly agreed to play following …

Among the targets on Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels’ 2025 recruiting big board is five-star forward Nate Ament. The Tar Heels joined the recruitment a little late for the forward, offering him in May after watching him for months. Davis and his staff eventually liked what they saw in him to extend the offer and now the …

Steph puts on Team USA show but sees simplicity as best path to gold originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area LAS VEGAS – Steph Curry’s superhero cape became torn, tattered and worn down to its final threads the last few seasons, carrying the Warriors to a fourth NBA championship in 2022 but seeing the franchise’s sovereignty fall by the …

Louisville men’s basketball head coach Pat Kelsey has described his offensive philosophy as being rooted in randomness. His up-tempo teams have had a calling card over the years, however; and it’s very much by design. They’ve liked to shoot 3-pointers — a lot of them. That’s not going to change anytime soon. In a video the Cardinals posted to X, …

Led by Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, the Miami Heat mounted this incredible late comeback to head to the 2011 Finals. Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6hr_hqZ-ME Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

LAS VEGAS — There are precious days between now and the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, and it appears like the United States men’s basketball team couldn’t afford to wait on Kawhi Leonard to ramp it up to get to full strength. USMNT managing director Grant Hill intimated as much in a media session before the team’s exhibition …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA Vincent Goodwill reports from Las Vegas on the men’s national team’s performance in Thursday night’s exhibition – its final stateside game before continuing its preparations for Paris. View more Video Transcript The biggest takeaway from the United States exhibition game against Canada Sloppiness. Very sloppy the turnovers, the five man units, Joel and B getting in …

The last time Team USA stepped on the court in a major tournament, it lost a 127-118 thriller against Canada for the bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup. That loss compelled many of the best players in the world, including LeBron James and Stephen Curry, to suit up for Team USA in the 2024 Olympics. Fittingly, their journey to …

Grant Hill explains why Team USA tabbed Derrick White over Jaylen originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston LAS VEGAS — After Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown appeared to express some frustration with being ignored for an open roster spot on Team USA, managing director Grant Hill did his best to explain Wednesday why Brown’s teammate Derrick White was the ideal …

Mychal Thompson shares only regret from son Klay’s Warriors tenure originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Some NBA fans loved them. Most fans hated them. Regardless of where fans stood on the Kevin Durant-era Warriors, one thing was certain: that team was historically good. Durant only stayed in Golden State for three seasons, but it’s hard not to wonder …

One Michigan State player has been included in a preseason list of top sophomores entering the 2024-25 season. Can you name which former McDonald’s All-American it is? Jeremy Fears Jr. was listed as the No. 19 player among best sophomores entering the 2024-25 college basketball season. He was the only Spartan to make the list, with many (including myself) wondering …

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Forsberg: Jaylen will be ‘supremely motivated’ by Team USA snub originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Even after earning Eastern Conference Finals MVP and NBA Finals MVP honors, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has a chip on his shoulder. Brown was surprisingly left off Team USA’s roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics despite coming off the best season of his …

Canada’s first Olympic men’s basketball team since 2000 includes 10 NBA players, a record for any nation other than the U.S. The team is headlined by a backcourt tandem: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, an All-NBA First Teamer for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Jamal Murray, the point guard for the 2023 NBA champion Denver Nuggets. The other NBA players are Nickeil Alexander-Walker …

KATIE STRATMAN FOR THE ENQUIRER-USA TODAY NETWORK As college basketball coaches scramble over the next few weeks trying to secure top talent in the all-important month of July, we take a look at four 2025 commitments over the last two weeks that could pay off big in the long run. All four prospects currently fall outside of the top 50 …