DALLAS (AP) — Luka Dončić had 34 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz 113-97 on Thursday night to move into the sixth and final guaranteed playoff position in the Western Conference. Dallas improved to 41-29 with its third straight victory and seventh […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Graham Ike scored 16 points and Anton Watson added 13 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists to power fifth-seeded Gonzaga over No. 12 seed McNeese State 86-65 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Ike made all six of his field […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The chatter starts even before the first coach is fired, and by the time college basketball coaching jobs actually open up, the speculation is rampant about who is going where. Yes, Florida Atlantic coach Dusty May said, the constant rumors about his future are a distraction […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — DaRon Holmes II and seventh-seeded Dayton staged a huge March Madness rally, closing with a 24-4 run to erase a 17-point deficit and beat 10th-seeded Nevada 63-60 in the West Region on Thursday. Holmes, the Atlantic 10 player of the year, scored 18 points, including a […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Grambling State star Jourdan Smith spent months losing sleep over his team’s 2023 season finale. This week, he celebrated the school’s biggest basketball win with a bleary-eyed moment of joy. After leading the Tigers to the Southwestern Athletic Conference regular-season title, after setting up a rematch in […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dae Dae Grant scored 19 points, including four clinching free throws in the final 10 seconds, and No. 11 seed Duquesne kept retiring coach Keith Dambrot working for a little bit longer with a 71-67 victory against sixth-seeded BYU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Long Beach State’s athletic director said the timing of his decision to part ways with coach Dan Monson was done with the hope it might trigger the exact run that led the team on its unexpected trip to March Madness. “My belief and hope is […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chet Holmgren scored 35 points and tied a career high with 14 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the short-handed Utah Jazz 119-107 on Wednesday night. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 of his 31 points in the second half for the Thunder, who have the best […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The film session last week was a cringeworthy review of bad boxouts, poor spacing and defenders standing flat-footed. In other words, Long Beach State coach Dan Monson told his team, “The kind of plays that get coaches fired.” This week, it’s easy to laugh at […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Tennessee Volunteers have a history of underachieving in the NCAA Tournament under coach Rick Barnes. The second-seeded Vols hope All-American Dalton Knecht can help change that. For the first time in recent memory, the Vols have a big-time scorer to go to in crunch time in Knecht, […]
