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Big 12 Tournament: Bobby Hurley, out as Arizona State coach, leaves with no regrets
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wednesday spelled coach Bobby Hurley’s final game after 11 seasons at Arizona State, but he was ready to depart with his head held high.
“I haven’t spoken directly about my future, or next year, to this point,” Hurley said shortly before his expected ouster was officially announced. “But I don’t have any regrets...Read more
Magic outlast visiting Cavaliers to win fifth in a row
ORLANDO, Fla. — Entering Wednesday’s game between the Magic and Cavaliers, Orlando owned the top defensive rating in the league since the NBA All-Star break.
Even Cleveland coach Kenny Atkinson said Jamahl Mosley‘s squad was playing much better and with more confidence since the sides last met in late-January.
But the third meeting of ...Read more
Maryland men's basketball season ends with 75-64 loss to Iowa in Big Ten tournament
One of the more disappointing seasons in Maryland men’s basketball history is officially over.
The Terps squandered an 11-point lead in the first half and could only watch helplessly as Iowa roared back for a 75-64 victory in a Big Ten tournament second-round game Wednesday afternoon at the United Center in Chicago.
The setback mercifully ...Read more
NC State halts losing streak, advances at ACC tournament with win over Pitt
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When N.C. State and Pittsburgh stepped onto the Spectrum Center court in Charlotte on Wednesday, the two programs were in desperately different positions.
The Panthers squeaked into the ACC tournament on Saturday as the No. 15 seed. They had nothing to lose and were fresh off an upset win over Stanford in the opening round....Read more
Kristian Winfield: After Bam's 83, the Wizards may be NBA's new scoring lab -- with Knicks up soon
NEW YORK — Circle March 22 on your calendars, Knicks fans.
Because if Bam Adebayo can score 83 points against the Washington Wizards, there’s no telling what Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns might do to the most miserable defense the NBA has seen in years — possibly ever in the modern era.
Yes, the Wizards are that bad.
So bad they ...Read more
Kentucky takes care of business in SEC tournament opener, beats LSU to advance
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kentucky got the first one out of the way Wednesday afternoon.
It was looking dicey for much of the game, but the Cats finally put away LSU in the second half, defeating the Tigers 87-82 in the first game of the SEC Men’s Basketball tournament in Bridgestone Arena.
Kentucky (20-12) will play 8-seeded Missouri (20-11) in ...Read more
Dave Hyde: Bam! 83 points! Heat's Adebayo delivers history 'out of nowhere.'
By the end of the night, after the M-V-P chants and celebratory hugs, after his mom broke in tears and he said his girlfriend, WNBA star A’ja Wilson, was about to break into tears beside him, Bam Adebayo condensed the night to eight words.
“It’s Wilt, me and Kobe, which sound crazy,’’ he said.
Crazy. Irrational. Delusional. And ...Read more
Lakers' Luka Doncic in a custody dispute for his two daughters with his former fiancée in Slovenia
LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic is attempting to bring his daughters to the United States from his native Slovenia after separating from his fiancée, according to reports.
His former fiancée, Anamaria Goltes, 28, has filed a petition in California seeking child support and attorney fees from Doncic. One of Doncic's daughters was with him for ...Read more
Mirjam Swanson: Booooo! Bam Adebayo was 'cheating the game' in surpassing Kobe Bryant's 81-point effort
LOS ANGELES — Wham, Bam, pfft.
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo scored 83 points Tuesday night, the second most in an NBA game in history, surpassing Kobe Bryant's iconic 81 points two decades ago.
Congrats to Adebayo, I guess.
The way it went down was highly questionable. Nothing romantic or real about it. We thought flopping and foul-baiting...Read more
No deal after WNBA and players hold marathon bargaining session in Manhattan
NEW YORK — Tuesday’s self-imposed deadline to reach a new collective bargaining agreement in hopes of beginning the 2026 WNBA season on time elapsed despite a 12-hour negotiating session between the league and WNBPA.
The all-nighter took place at the Langham Hotel in Midtown Manhattan with players Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart, Alysha ...Read more
Warriors extend Steph Curry's injury absence, but with encouraging update
Steph Curry has been ruled out for at least five more games as he and the Golden State Warriors seek to manage his knee injury during their flailing end-of-season push.
The Warriors announced yet another 10-day extension of Curry’s absence due to knee inflammation, the third such window since the All-Star break as he has missed the last 15 ...Read more
Michelle Kaufman: Miami's Jai Lucas deserved more votes for ACC Coach of the Year
MIAMI — Jai Lucas or Jon Scheyer? Who deserved to win the ACC Coach of the Year award?
Voters overwhelmingly chose Scheyer, coach of top-ranked and dominant-in-every-way Duke, over University of Miami first-year coach Lucas, who directed the biggest turnaround in the nation, transforming Hurricanes men’s basketball from a 7-24 team into a ...Read more
Mac Engel: TCU coach accepts this fact: Expansion of March Madness is 'inevitable'
FORT WORTH, Texas — The NCAA claims to hold 92 championships in 24 sports for its member institutions, and of those, one is known to make a profit.
Which is why the NCAA will soon expand its men’s basketball tournament from 68 teams to pick-your-number. This is about survival.
“It’s inevitable,” TCU men’s basketball coach Jamie ...Read more
Golden State blows late lead in frustrating overtime loss
SAN FRANCISCO – Unlike the teams below them in the Western Conference standings, the Warriors are actually trying to win basketball games. But just like those teams at the bottom of the conference, the Warriors’ ability to indeed triumph on the court has been limited as of late.
Coming off a baffling loss at a Jazz team trying to stack ...Read more
Luka Doncic has a triple-double as depleted Lakers defeat Minnesota
It was going to fall on the shoulders of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to provide the Lakers with enough offense and it was going to fall on the shoulders of Marcus Smart to be the defensive presence with so many of their teammates sitting out with injuries.
They were being forced to carry the load because LeBron James (right hip contusion and ...Read more
Heat's Bam Adebayo scores 83 points, second in NBA history to Wilt Chamberlain's 100
MIAMI — So what do you do when you are lacking Tyler Herro, Norman Powell, Andrew Wiggins and Kel’el Ware?
You give the ball at the start to Bam Adebayo and get out of the way.
In a performance that surpassed anything put together in Heat franchise history by LeBron James or Dwyane Wade or even almost anything in NBA history, Adebayo set ...Read more
Maryland men's basketball crushes Oregon in Big Ten tournament
Maryland men’s basketball isn’t ready to end its season just yet.
Facing a one-and-done scenario, the Terps scored the game’s first nine points and 21 of the first 29 to blitz Oregon, 70-60, in a Big Ten tournament first-round game Tuesday evening at the United Center in Chicago.
Maryland (12-20), the No. 17 seed, ended a four-game skid ...Read more
Heat's Bam Adebayo scores 83 points, second in NBA history to Wilt Chamberlain's 100
MIAMI — So what do you do when you are lacking Tyler Herro, Norman Powell, Andrew Wiggins and Kel’el Ware?
You give the ball at the start to Bam Adebayo and get out of the way.
In a performance that surpassed anything put together in Heat franchise history by LeBron James or Dwyane Wade or even almost anything in NBA history, Adebayo set ...Read more
Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren Detroit lead Pistons to blowout win against Nets
BROOKLYN — Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren might've had their best game together since becoming teammates in the summer of 2022. They scored a combined 47 points, leading the Pistons to a 138-100 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night at Barclays Center.
Duren led the way with a game-high 26 points on 9-of-10 shooting. Cunningham ...Read more
Celtics rally after Jaylen Brown ejection but fall short in loss to Victor Wembanyama, Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are a daunting matchup for any NBA team. The Boston Celtics made them sweat Tuesday night despite playing more than half of the game without three important rotation players.
But in the end, the unique talents of Victor Wembanyama proved too much for Boston to handle.
With Jaylen Brown ejected late in the second quarter ...Read more
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