Who’s Playing Rider @ Fairfield Current Records: Rider 10-9; Fairfield 10-10 What to Know The Fairfield Stags will be returning home after a two-game road trip. Fairfield and the Rider Broncs will face off in an MAAC battle at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday at Leo D. Mahoney Arena. The Stags won both of their matches against Rider last season …

The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a heartbreaking defeat on the road in Boston on Saturday night, as a controversial non-call at the end of regulation denied LeBron James the chance to win the game at the free-throw line. With the game tied 105-105, James drove to the rim and attempted a layup, but Jayson Tatum made clear contact with James’ …

Who’s Playing Siena @ Marist Current Records: Siena 14-7; Marist 7-12 What to Know After a three-game homestand, the Siena Saints will be on the road. Siena and the Marist Red Foxes will face off in an MAAC battle at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday at McCann Center. The teams split their matchups last year, with the Saints winning the …

LeBron James and the Lakers have not gotten an accurate whistle down the stretch of a handful of games this season, and it burned them again Saturday night in a brutal 125-121 overtime loss against the Celtics in Boston.  With the score tied at 105, the Lakers had a frontcourt sideline out of bounds with 4.1 seconds to play in …

Who’s Playing Detroit @ Youngstown State Current Records: Detroit 8-14; Youngstown State 16-6 What to Know The Youngstown State Penguins and the Detroit Titans will face off in a Horizon League clash at 2 p.m. ET Jan. 29 at Beeghly Physical Education Center. Youngstown State is out to stop a four-game streak of losses at home. The Penguins came out …

LeBron James should have had two chances to win Saturday’s road game in Boston from the foul line at the end of regulation, but a critical missed call sent the game to overtime and led to intense backlash from fans and analysts alike across the league. With the game tied at 105-105 and the clock running down, James drove to …

Who’s Playing Providence @ Villanova Current Records: Providence 16-5; Villanova 10-10 What to Know The Villanova Wildcats are 13-4 against the #23 Providence Friars since January of 2016, and they’ll have a chance to extend that success on Sunday. Villanova and the Friars will face off in a Big East battle at noon ET at Wells Fargo Center. Villanova won …

Getty Images We have seen NBA players pick up technical fouls for taunting. We’ve seen them get technicals for cursing, for obscene gestures and for making unnecessary contact with an official. On one hilarious occasion, we even saw Tim Duncan get T’d up for laughing. But never in the history of the NBA have we seen a technical foul quite …

Who’s Playing Manhattan @ Canisius Current Records: Manhattan 6-13; Canisius 5-14 What to Know The Canisius Golden Griffins will be returning home after a two-game road trip. The Golden Griffins and the Manhattan Jaspers will face off in an MAAC battle at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday at Koessler Athletic Center. Canisius will be hoping to build upon the 64-57 …

The Boston Celtics may have grabbed an overtime victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night, but shortly after the final horn, the NBA admitted the referees missed a crucial foul on LeBron James that would have given James a chance to ice the game at the free throw line. The NBA officials pool report was quite clear on …

Who’s Playing Quinnipiac @ Iona Current Records: Quinnipiac 15-5; Iona 13-7 What to Know The Iona Gaels will be returning home after a two-game road trip. The Gaels and the Quinnipiac Bobcats will face off in an MAAC battle at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday at Hynes Athletics Center. Quinnipiac will be strutting in after a victory while Iona will …

The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t getting along with officials this season. Los Angeles ranks third in the NBA in restricted area field goal attempts, but just 19th in clutch free throw attempts per minute. For whatever reason, the offense that scores more in the paint than any other can’t seem to get calls at the end of games. And against the …

Who’s Playing Oakland @ Robert Morris Current Records: Oakland 9-13; Robert Morris 10-12 What to Know The Robert Morris Colonials have been on the wrong side of a one-way rivalry with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and are hoping to record their first victory since Feb. 12 of 2021. Robert Morris and Oakland will face off in a Horizon League battle …

Lakers voice frustration with controversial no-call in loss to C’s originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Resiliency, and perhaps some help from the officials, propelled the Boston Celtics to a thrilling overtime victory vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. With the game tied, Jayson Tatum appeared to foul Lakers superstar LeBron James at the rim in the final …

Anarchy reigned supreme across the college basketball landscape as seven ranked teams fell to unranked teams in a shakeup Saturday of stupendous proportions.  No. 2 Alabama was the (unfortunate) poster child of such chaos as the Crimson Tide — No. 3 in scoring margin among power conference teams headed into the weekend — got flattened by Oklahoma by 24 points …

Patrick Beverley T’d up for showing ref camera after no-call on LeBron originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The officials in Saturday night’s Celtics versus Lakers showdown missed a clear foul late — and Patrick Beverley went to hilariously ridiculous lengths to make sure they knew about it. With the score tied in the final seconds of the fourth quarter …

Who’s Playing Michigan @ Penn State Current Records: Michigan 11-9; Penn State 13-7 What to Know The Penn State Nittany Lions are 2-8 against the Michigan Wolverines since January of 2016, but they’ll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Sunday. The Nittany Lions and Michigan will face off in a Big Ten battle at noon …

Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley may be credited with the most creative (plus ill-advised) technical foul of the season in Boston’s 125-121 overtime victory on Saturday. Before the start of overtime and after referees failed to call a foul on Jayson Tatum when it was clear he hit LeBron James’ arm on a potential game-winning shot, Beverley grabbed a …

The No. 5 Kansas State Wildcats blasted Florida on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum 64-50, improving their record to (18-3, 6-2) on the season. The Wildcats jumped out to an early 11-3 lead with Cam Carter converting on a couple of buckets at the rim. From that point, K-State never looked back. The Wildcats expanded their first-half lead to 22-8 when …

There was some hope that Ohio State basketball could turn around their horrendous January stretch, but after falling to Indiana 86-70, they would love to forget the first month of the 2023. Just two wins in nine games during the month, putting chris holtman’s squad just one game above .500 at 11-10. It’s hard to believe that this team has tumbled so …

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving did not have a particularly good game in the first three quarters of the Nets’ game against the New York Knicks. Through the first three periods, Irving was 4-of-12 from the field as the Knicks made sure to send a second player towards Irving whenever he touched the ball. Things changed in the fourth quarter …

LEXINGTON, Ky. — After a first half filled with misses at the free-throw line and beyond the 3-point arc that saw Kentucky men’s basketball trudge in the locker room down 41-34 to No. 9 Kansas, the Wildcats came alive in the final 20 minutes. It would have been enough to notch a marquee victory. If only Kansas didn’t have an …

Wizards beat Pelicans for fifth straight win originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington The Washington Wizards beat the New Orleans Pelicans 113-103 on Saturday night. Here are five takeaways from what went down… 5 in a row The Wizards are in the midst of a massively important five-game road trip with the Feb. 9 trade deadline quickly approaching, and they …

Rick Barnes and No. 4 Tennessee got the better of No. 10 Texas on Saturday night in its Big 12/SEC challenge matchup. The Vols controlled the game from start to finish, cruising to an 82-71 victory. A first-half scoring drought of nearly seven minutes put Texas in a hole early on. Tennessee’s top-ranked defense held Texas’ leading scorer Marcus Carr …

PHILADELPHIA — Fresh off of dominating reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets to the tune of 47 points, 18 rebounds and five assists in Philadelphia’s 126-119 comeback victory on Saturday afternoon, 76ers center Joel Embiid expressed his feelings regarding not being voted as a starter for the All-Star game this season.  Embiid was selected as a starter …