Articles filed under Basketball
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Jon Scheyer followed a legend in Duke’s Coach K. It took him just 3 seasons to reach the Final FourApr 04, 2025 2:55 pm - Duke's Jon Scheyer is in the Final Four for the first time as a head coach. The 37-year-old is in his third season as the Blue Devils' coach and the successor to Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. Scheyer has won two Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament titles in his three seasons.
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UCLA coach Cori Close uses lessons learned from time with UConn’s Geno Auriemma over a decade agoApr 03, 2025 6:18 pm - UConn is in a familiar place, playing in the women's Final Four for the 16th time in the past 17 seasons while UCLA is making its first appearance in the NCAA national semifinals. Bruins coach Cori Close flew across the country to visit UConn's Geno Auriemma 14 years ago when she was just starting out at UCLA.
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Once pariahs, now winners, Final Four coaches Pearl, Sampson a reflection of a changing gameApr 03, 2025 5:53 pm - A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were looking to resurrect their careers after being handed show-cause penalties by the NCAA for recruiting violations. This week, they're coaching at the Final Four.
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DePaul promotes suburban native Jill Pizzotti to replace longtime women’s coach Doug BrunoApr 03, 2025 2:47 pm - DePaul promoted assistant Jill Pizzotti to take over for longtime coach Doug Bruno on Thursday after he stepped down last week. Pizzotti was hired by DePaul in 2011 and served as interim coach with Bruno missing this season because of health issues.
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UConn’s Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma share mutual respect heading into the Final FourApr 02, 2025 7:50 pm - UConn's run to the Final Four reveals the partnership guard Paige Bueckers and coach Geno Auriemma have forged over her time with the Huskies. UConn will play in its record 24th national semifinal in the women's NCAA Tournament on Friday when the Huskies meet UCLA on Friday in Tampa, Florida.
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Maple hardwood, the very foundation of the Final Four, is ingrained with basketball’s rich historyApr 02, 2025 4:28 pm - The maple hardwood that makes up the courts at the men's and women's Final Four is part of basketball's foundation. Maple has been the go-to wood for courts for a century. That means decades of historic moments in basketball have happened on the same type of surface. That includes epic games and great players or coaches. The Michigan-based company that makes the Final Four courts is Connor Sports.
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Your Chicago Bulls are a postseason team once again … kind ofApr 02, 2025 12:14 pm - With their 137-118 win over the Toronto Raptors on April 1, the Bulls clinched their third straight Play-In Tournament berth. Someone call Pat Riley, because we’re talking about three-peats in Chicago again.
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Chattanooga tops Loyola 80-73, will play UC Irvine in NIT championship gameApr 01, 2025 11:11 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Trey Bonham scored 23 points and Honor Huff hit a big 3-pointer late to lead Chattanooga to an 80-73 victory over Loyola in an NIT semifinal at Hinkle Fiel...
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Bulls make it official, will head to play-in tourney for third straight yearApr 01, 2025 10:21 pm - Some NBA teams prefer not to join the play-in tournament. Like Toronto, which let the Bulls roll to a 137-118 win Tuesday at the United Center. The victory clinched the Bulls’ third-straight trip to the play-in.
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O’Donnell: Celebrating the 2004-05 Fighting IlliniApr 01, 2025 9:20 pm - Jim O’Donnell: It’s a good time to celebrate the anniversary of the 2004-05 Fighting Illini team that reached the NCAA championship game.