Yearly Archives: 2025

Butler claims joining Steph, Draymond on Dubs everything he dreamt of

[ad_1] Butler claims joining Steph, Draymond on Dubs everything he dreamt of originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “Warriors Now” with Bonta Hill and Monte Poole at 4 p.m. PT today, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. The Warriors are receiving everything they could have asked for …

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UNC basketball vs Notre Dame: Score prediction, scouting report for ACC Tournament

[ad_1] UNC basketball opens the postseason against No. 12-seeded Notre Dame on Wednesday (2:30 p.m., ESPN) at the 2025 ACC Tournament in Charlotte. The fifth-seeded Tar Heels (20-12) arrive at Spectrum Center projected to miss the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the last three seasons under head coach Hubert Davis. The Fighting Irish (15-17) advanced to Wednesday’s second …

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Celtics-Lakers draws 4.6M viewers, largest NBA audience for non-Christmas regular-season game in seven years

[ad_1] The Boston Celtics’ 111-101 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night drew the largest non-Christmas audience for an NBA regular-season game in seven years, according to the league. The game, which peaked at 5.3 million viewers, averaged 4.61 million viewers on ABC, topping the previous high of 4.64 million for a Celtics-Cleveland Cavaliers game in February 2018. …

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Who will be the men’s tourney No. 1 seeds? | College Basketball Power Hour

[ad_1] Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, Caroline Fenton, and basketball analyst Isis “Ice” Young debate the strongest teams in Men’s college basketball right now and predict who will be in the top four come Selection Sunday. Hear the full conversation on the “College Basketball Power Hour” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more …

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Celtics-Lakers draws 4.6M viewers, largest NBA audience for non-Christmas regular-season game since 2018

[ad_1] The Boston Celtics’ 111-102 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night drew the largest non-Christmas audience for an NBA regular-season game in seven years, according to the league. The game, which peaked at 5.3 million viewers, averaged 4.61 million viewers on ABC, topping the previous high of 4.64 million for a Celtics-Cleveland Cavaliers game in Feb. 2018. …

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UNC basketball on outside looking in with Bracketology

[ad_1] The North Carolina Tar Heels find themselves in a similar situation. Going into conference tournament week, the Tar Heels are on the NCAA Tournament bubble and fighting for their lives. And it likely could come down to another game against Duke to decide their fate. With North Carolina being the No. 5 seed in the ACC Tournament, they will …

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Nikola Jokić thinks he’s playing ‘the best basketball of my life’ — and he may be right

[ad_1] In the aftermath of another monstrous performance — 35 points on 15-for-20 shooting, 18 rebounds, eight assists, a steal and a block with just one turnover in 40 peerless minutes — to earn the Denver Nuggets a split of their back-to-back set against the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, Nikola Jokić wasn’t particularly interested in handicapping the state of this …

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The Big 12 will reduce men’s conference basketball schedule to 18 teams beginning next season

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Big 12 will reduce its men’s conference basketball schedule to 18 games next season, answering the concerns of numerous coaches who argued that the 20-game grind of this past season provided their teams with no time for rest. The conference, which began its postseason tournament Tuesday, expanded to 16 teams this season with …

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Caleb Love heading into Big 12 tourney: “Trust your work” | College Basketball Power Hour

[ad_1] Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz is joined by Arizona Wildcats guard Caleb Love who reflects on his favorite college basketball memory and talks about what it’s like for Arizona to be in the Big 12 tournament. Hear the full conversation on the “College Basketball Power Hour” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. Video …

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