Articles filed under Basketball
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NCAA announces 16 opening-weekend hosts for women's tournament before the bracket revealMar 14, 2026 3:11 pm - Anticipated No. 1 seeds UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Texas were chosen as hosts for the first two rounds of the NCAA Women's Tournament on Saturday.
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Lincicome: Fans, get your brackets and exclamation marks ready!!!Mar 14, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Bernie Lincicome writes about the upcoming men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments.
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O’Donnell: Robots and distraction but few surprises in NCAA men’s tourney?Mar 14, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Jim O’Donnell writes about the upcoming NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
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Kawhi Leonard scores 28 points in the Clippers’ 119-108 victory over the BullsMar 14, 2026 12:11 am - Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, Bennedict Mathurin had 26 and the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to four games with a 119-108 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.
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Close, but no trophy: Illini falter late in loss to WisconsinMar 13, 2026 7:33 pm - Illinois suffered its fourth overtime loss in the last five weeks and was knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament with a 91-88 loss to Wisconsin on Friday at the United Center.
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Luka Doncic scores 51, LeBron James returns from injuries to lead Lakers past Bulls 142-130Mar 13, 2026 12:29 am - Luka Doncic had 51 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, LeBron James added 18 points in his return after missing three games because of injuries and the Los Angeles Lakers used a strong third quarter to defeat the Chicago Bulls 142-130 on Thursday night.
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Blums and Davidson win 64-59 in OT against Loyola in Atlantic 10 Conference TournamentMar 12, 2026 10:51 pm - Roberts Blums scored 14 points and Sean Logan added four in the overtime as Davidson took down Loyola 64-59 on Thursday in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament.
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Windy City Bulls knock off Valley SunsMar 12, 2026 10:49 pm - The Windy City Bulls eclipsed the Valley Suns 124-116 Thursday night in the teams’ first franchise matchup since the Suns joined the NBA G League for the 2024-25 season. ...
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As Martinelli’s Northwestern career ends, his brother recalls how it all beganMar 12, 2026 9:18 pm - Northwestern forward Nick Martinelli likely played his last game Thursday at the Big Ten Tournament, a loss to Purdue. Watching from his seats, older brother Dom relfected on where the story began.
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To build a Final Four contender, Illinois basketball looked 5,000 miles east — to the BalkansMar 12, 2026 10:00 am - The back of the Illinois team bus is a Balkan party after most road wins. Tomislav Ivisic is banging the ceiling on drums. His twin brother, Zvonimir Ivisic, is on his feet and pumping his fist to the beat. David Mirkovic is on vocals … or at least the loudest one.