[ad_1] With the frenzy of the 2025 NBA trade deadline now behind us, the attention of the NBA-watching world now shifts to the Bay Area for the high-octane basketball exhibition/convention/trade show that is 2025 All-Star Weekend. Here are a few things to keep an eye on as the league’s best and brightest strut their stuff across three days of basketball-adjacent …

[ad_1] Dontaie Allen, winner of the 2019 Kentucky Mr. Basketball award, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the NCAA on Jan. 31 in the Eastern District of Kentucky. The Allen v. NCAA lawsuit includes 33 current and former Division I men’s basketball and football players — seven with ties to the commonwealth. It argues that the NCAA …

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISO — It was the highlight of the 2024 All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis: Stephen Curry had to get red hot late to beat Sabrina Ionescu’s impressive score in a 3-Point Shootout on All-Star Saturday Night. There will be no repeat of the event this weekend in San Francisco, despite it being on Curry’s home court and Ionescu being …

[ad_1] After months full of talking about the hypothetical matchup, the time has now officially come for episode No. 1 of the 2024-25 “IBOB,” or the “Iron Bowl of Basketball,” between two of the nation’s premier college basketball programs, as well as in-state rivals, the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers. Taking a look at Auburn in particular however, most …

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[ad_1] Riding a four-game winning streak, the Nebraska men’s basketball team played host to No. 25 Maryland on Thursday night. Though the Huskers brought momentum to the game with their winning streak, they failed to extend it, falling to the Terrapins 83-75. After trading blows early on, Maryland held the lead for the final 27 minutes of play and went …

[ad_1] When UCF and Colorado meet, one team will end their season-long losing streaks. The Knights have lost dropped five in a row, the fourth such streak under coach Johnny Dawkins, while the Buffaloes hold the fifth-longest losing streak in the nation at 13 consecutive games and remaining winless in conference play. It’s been a disappointing stretch for UCF (13-11, …

[ad_1] For the first time the dunk contest featured a G-League star, with Mac McClung wowing all with an amazing aerial performance. [ad_2] Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYXNpruDFI Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

[ad_1] The NBA’s biggest stars are in the Bay Area this weekend for the 2025 All-Star Game, which will reunite three players who starred on last summer’s U.S. Olympic gold medal team. The trio has also dominated the basketball narrative for the past 15 years—or 21 in the case of LeBron James. Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and James will team …

[ad_1] SEC basketball baptized another believer. Jay Bilas, ESPN’s erudite college hoops voice, abandoned his east coast allegiance and saluted the SEC’s fiefdom. “This is the most powerful basketball league, top to bottom, that there has ever been,” Bilas said Tuesday on the SEC Network. “I have never seen anything remotely like what we’re seeing in the Southeastern Conference this …

[ad_1] The 2016 and 2020 NBA Slam Dunk Contests delivered some of the most unforgettable endings in dunk contest history! From the … [ad_2] Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJu0GVC7Hlc Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

[ad_1] EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo took only a few seconds to point the finger for Michigan State basketball’s Tuesday night loss to Indiana directly at himself. The 30th-year Hall of Fame coach’s admission after practice Thursday was nothing new. Izzo has preached accountability with his players for years and thrust it onto himself as warranted. Rewatching the 11th-ranked Spartans’ …

[ad_1] Bruce Pearl has told the story so many times it’s practically legend now, memorialized over 17 years as one of the great scenes in the history of college basketball. For one day in February of 2008, the city of Memphis was the center of the sports universe: The No. 1, undefeated Memphis Tigers vs. the No. 2 Tennessee Volunteers. …

[ad_1] BOYS BASKETBALL Xavier 65, West De Pere 63 APPLETON – Luke Oelhafen’s 3-pointer with 6.1 seconds left proved to be the deciding points in the Hawks’ thrilling victory against Bay Conference leader West De Pere. The win moves the Hawks to a two-way tie atop the Bay Conference at 11-1 with the Phantoms with two games remaining in league …

[ad_1] Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears Jr. moves the ball against Illinois during the first half on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. • What: Michigan State at Illinois • When: 8 p.m. (ET) Saturday • Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois • TV/Radio: FOX/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 195 …

[ad_1] AMES – Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly wanted to remind his players just how close they were to the end of the season and how much was still at stake. So Fennelly grabbed a sheet of paper and wrote down the list of the Cyclones’ final five opponents and included a fact about what they could accomplish …

[ad_1] Warriors and Knicks are the most valuable NBA franchises: See the full list here originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s a good time to be an NBA owner. Franchise values have skyrocketed in recent years, with billion-dollar sales now the norm. What franchise is the most valuable, though? And what goes into determining how much each team is …

[ad_1] By now, casual sports fans and die-hard college hoops junkies alike should be fully engaged with March Madness now just a few weeks away. We’re back once again to help you plan your weekend of viewing by picking the five games in men’s college basketball we think will be most worthy of your attention. Those who have peeked ahead …

[ad_1] Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics dunked the ball over Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers at the 2024 AT&T Slam Dunk contest. Will they bring the same level of showmanship this year? Tune in Saturday and find out. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images) NBA All-Star Weekend is always jam-packed with celebrities and wild events, including the crowd-favorite slam dunk contest. …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo took only a few seconds to point the finger for Michigan State basketball’s Tuesday night loss to Indiana directly at himself. The 30th-year Hall of Fame coach’s admission after practice Thursday was nothing new. Izzo has preached accountability with his players for years and thrust it onto himself as warranted. Rewatching the 11th-ranked Spartans’ …

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[ad_1] Five wins in a row, capped by Tuesday night’s victory at home against Purdue, has sent Michigan to the top of the Big Ten and pushed the Wolverines to the No. 4 line in our Bracketology projecting the NCAA men’s tournament field. After leading Florida Atlantic to back-to-back tournament berths and a Final Four appearance two seasons ago, Dusty …

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[ad_1] SMITHFIELD — There are certain areas of a basketball stat sheet that can tell a story. Bryant’s men checked every box by halftime Thursday night and the rest of the evening was a relative cruise. The Bulldogs were too big, too strong and too assertive to offer NJIT a way back. That’s what can happen when a conference leader …

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue men’s basketball center Trey Kaufman-Renn placed blame and credit where it belonged following Tuesday’s 75-73 loss at Michigan. He credited the Wolverines for “putting the people on the floor they need to win games.” He knows the Boilermakers had chances to prevent that battle for the Big Ten lead to come down to one possession. …