Articles filed under Basketball
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Billy Donovan, Sylvia Fowles and Danny Crawford highlight Basketball Hall of Fame classApr 05, 2025 4:55 pm - Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as was the 2008 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team that they played on. Also selected: WNBA greats Sue Bird, Maya Moore and former Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Bulls coach and two-time NCAA champion Billy Donovan, Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison and longtime NBA referee Danny Crawford of Naperville.
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O’Donnell: Grant Hill keeping it nice with extension at TNTApr 05, 2025 10:15 am - A FEW WINTERS AGO, BILL RAFTERY SAT in a downtown Milwaukee pub, skirting midnight with one old chum and two relatively new ones. The main event that evening had been a B...
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Strong, Fudd help UConn blow out UCLA in Final Four; South Carolina clobbers TexasApr 04, 2025 10:52 pm - Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd didn't even need much help from superstar Paige Bueckers to propel UConn into the national title game, leading the Huskies to a remarkably easy 85-51 victory over UCLA in the Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament.
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Vucevic, White, Giddey lead the postseason-bound Bulls past the Trail Blazers 118-113Apr 04, 2025 9:45 pm - Nikola Vucevic and Coby White each had 31 points, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the post-season bound Chicago Bulls beat the Portland Trail Blazers 118-113 on Friday night. Giddey had 15 points, 19 rebounds and 12 assists for his sixth triple-double of the season. The Bulls are 10th in the Eastern Conference, the lowest position they can finish.
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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.