• SDSU Basketball: In Beating Yale, Aztecs Make School History

    San Diego State has made school history in March Madness this year. The Aztecs have officially advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the second straight season, a feat they have never reached before.The No. 5 Aztecs defeated No. 12 UAB 69-65 and No. 13 Yale 85-57 over the weekend to claim their spot in the Sweet 16. However, the Aztecs' chances of advancing to the Elite Eight will be much tougher, as San Diego State will face No. 1 UConn on Thursday, a rematch of last year's NCAA Tournament...

  • Boys' basketball player of the year: Trent Perry of Harvard-Westlake

    Trent Perry smiles so much during basketball games that photographers can’t help but focus their cameras on his face. He’s always showing his joy at competing, his passion for winning, his commitment to succeeding. Over this past season, few guards have been better. When the game matters, when the moment reaches a fever pitch, Perry steps forward to deliver. The 6-foot-4 senior headed to USC helped the Wolverines win a Southern Section Open Division championship and repeat as state Open Division...

  • Girls' basketball coach of the year: Melissa Hearlihy of Harvard-Westlake

    Just before the basketball season began, Harvard-Westlake coach Melissa Hearlihy learned her team’s top returning player, Bella Spencer, suffered a torn knee ligament. Other injuries would follow. A 2-7 start left the Wolverines reeling. They were 4-13 at one point. All the experiences, ups and downs, from a coaching career that began in 1985 gave Hearlihy the wisdom to preach patience. “When we weren’t winning, she kept us motivated,” freshman guard Angelina Habis said. Players got healthy....

  • IPL 2024: All-round Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans in dominating performance

    Posting a big total of 205/6, the defending champions reduced Gujarat Titans to 143/8, beating them by 63 runs.

  • UTEP men's basketball charge back to beat Liberty, reach CUSA Tournament semifinals

    UTEP basketball takes on No. 1 Sam Houston State at 10:30 a.m. MT on Friday

  • Virginia AD Caught Liking Tweets Roasting Basketball Team's Pathetic Play-In Game Performance

    Virginia’s men’s basketball team saw its season end following a truly horrendous showing against Colorado State in the First Four on Tuesday night, and it seems like the school’s athletic director sympathized with the many fans who were shocked at the show of talent (or lack thereof) that was on display. There were plenty of […]

  • Oakland Basketball Star Jack Gohlke Drains Full-Court Shot Less Than 24 Hours After Beating Kentucky

    Jack Gohlke led Oakland to a win over Kentucky in the First Round of March Madness on Thursday night. His game-high 32 points led the 14-seed Golden Grizzlies to a massive upset win over the 3-seed Wildcats and all of his shot attempts were from beyond the arc. He has the green light from anywhere […]

  • University of Texas San Antonio women’s basketball beats Northern Colorado 80-62 in first round of WNIT

    UTSA (18-14) advances to the second round Sunday against Wyoming. UNC ends its season with a 15-16 record.

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    Freshman Audi Crooks scores 40 as No. 7-seed Iowa State beats 10th-seed Maryland in NCAA first round

    By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Audi Crooks grabbed the Iowa State name plate and emphatically placed it on the big NCAA Tournament bracket board, into the space for the second round. She absolutely earned the chance to do so. “That was so fun, my teammates soaked me in water,” she

  • Freshman Audi Crooks scores 40 as No. 7-seed Iowa State beats 10th-seed Maryland in NCAA first round

    Freshman Audi Crooks scored a career-high 40 points on 18-for-20 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds in her sensational NCAA Tournament debut, and No. 7-seed Iowa State hit all the big shots in the second half to rally from 20 points down and beat 10th-seeded Maryland 93-86 in the first round. The 20-point comeback marked the second-largest all-time in an NCAA Tournament game trailing only Texas A&M overcoming a 21-point deficit to beat Penn in 2017. Emily Ryan knocked down a key 3-pointer with...

  • Knicks Bulletin: “Just basketball. Basketball.”

    On Jalen Brunson’s 45-point game against Portland and his overall play “He’s going along and then all of a sudden he gets four or five buckets in a row. Then he gets into a rhythm, and I think his teammates, they’re setting screens, they’re moving the ball, they’re giving him a second look. It’s them working together which is creating it, but he’s a very gifted shot-maker.” “He’s got every shot you can imagine: shoots the three, puts it on the floor, good in the post, good pivot game, good...

  • Bam Adebayo hits buzzer-beating 3-pointer; Heat beat Pistons

    Bam Adebayo made a 30-foot shot just before the final buzzer, giving the visiting Miami Heat a 104-101 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday afternoon. On the final play, Terry Rozier drove toward the top of the key, then kicked the ball to a trailing Adebayo. It was just the 12th 3-pointer of the Heat center's career. The Heat completed a four-game sweep of the season series. They also won at Detroit on Friday night, 108-95. Duncan Robinson led Miami with 30 points and five assists. Adebayo...