Yearly Archives: 2024

Bracketology: Penn State men’s basketball impresses in latest NCAA Tournament projections

[ad_1] Penn State men’s basketball has slowly but surely crept into the national spotlight with a resurgent second season under Mike Rhoades. And if Joe Lunardi is any indication, the Nittany Lions are playing their way into a national tournament berth. In the latest edition of ESPN’s Bracketology, where Lunardi projects which teams will make the upcoming NCAA Tournament, Penn …

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Bayless oddly rebukes Kerr’s rant at officials in Warriors’ loss

[ad_1] Bayless oddly rebukes Kerr’s rant at officials in Warriors’ loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Skip Bayless had an interesting response to Steve Kerr’s complaints about the officiating in the Warriors’ 91-90 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. The outspoken pundit rebuked Kerr’s contention that the referees were wrong in calling a loose-ball foul on Jonathan …

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North Carolina weirdly pitched AJ Dybantsa on Duke’s success during failed recruitment

[ad_1] (Photo by ALTAN GOCHER/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images) AJ Dybantsa decided to play college basketball at BYU, but before that, he considered various other schools including North Carolina. Picture this scenario that Dybantsa experienced: You are the top basketball recruit in the nation and while meeting with the program, the university opts to weirdly invoke the success of their …

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Meeting in unfamiliar territory, UCLA and Arizona may feel like perfect strangers

[ad_1] Arizona guard Caleb Love, shown leaping in the air while guarding UCLA’s Sebastian Mack last season, is the Wildcats’ sole returning player. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) Long each other’s biggest basketball rival in the Pac-12, UCLA and Arizona will meet again Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix as newly estranged. It will be a nonconference game. …

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From Deep: Early season 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball Awards

[ad_1] The three-ball has become arguably the staple of scoring in the NBA — so we figured we’d take some shots from way downtown, too. Here, fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus will break down three things fantasy managers need to know each week. Or, he’ll break down multiple three-point pieces of advice, analysis and more — it just depends on …

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Toronto Raptors’ Ochai Agbaji Talks Culture, Kansas, and Path to NBA

[ad_1] Toronto Raptors guard Ochai Agbaji, 24, has been on three different NBA teams since entering the league. Selected 14th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2022 Draft, he was traded to the Utah Jazz before playing a regular season game and joined the Toronto Raptors in February. But regardless of the different uniforms, Agbaji is playing for the …

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Gameday Central: What to know before New Mexico State men’s basketball faces Texas

[ad_1] New Mexico State (4-5) plays only one basketball game this week, a road contest against Texas (7-2) at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Aggies are coming off an emphatic 89-83 overtime victory against rival New Mexico last Saturday on the road, snapping a five-game losing streak. Senior guard Christian Cook and graduate student forward Robert Carpenter each scored over 20 …

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Would another long, cold winter of Gophers men’s basketball bring change?

[ad_1] Going into this season, Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson didn’t publicly speculate on how his latest remade roster would fare in the expanded Big Ten Conference. But Johnson did express confidence his senior-laded squad would play as if there were no tomorrow because the majority of key players are in their final year of eligibility. “There’s urgency now,” …

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