Articles filed under Basketball
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Rutgers survives grind against Michigan in Big Ten openerMar 09, 2023 8:00 am - Call it epic defense or the tightest possible lid on the basket, Thursday's opening game of the Big Ten Tournament featured an extended dry spell. Michigan hit just 1 of...
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Benet ready for another challenge against New TrierMar 09, 2023 12:00 am - Gene Heidkamp's Benet basketball team has done almost nothing but win this season. It's the one loss, though, that sticks with him - in a good way. Four hours after knoc...
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Downers Grove North's run has community buzzing on eve of 1st state appearanceMar 09, 2023 12:00 am - Jim Thomas took a few seconds to soak things in before Tip-Off of Monday's supersectional, and took a look around the stands at UIC's Credit Union 1 Arena. It was quite ...
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Illini's third loss to Penn State a real kick in the rearMar 09, 2023 12:00 am - As Illinois went one-and-done in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, it was still tough to tell - is this a good team in theory or an actual good team? The Illini have a...
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Bulls match level of competition and then some, roll past DenverMar 08, 2023 3:00 pm - There aren't many sadder scenarios in the NBA than scoreboard-watching when you're a team struggling to reach the final play-in spot in the East. Bulls coach Billy Donov...
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Jim O'Donnell: Presenting a solution for Big Ten flameout in NCAA men's tournamentMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - SPECIES THAT EAT THEIR OWN face constantly diminished dinner options. No sports species of the new mill has proved more effective at devouring its own than Big Ten men's...
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Coach: Madness of March hitting strong at Oakton CollegeMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - Here they go again. The run-and-gun, full-court pressing, never-heard-of-"slow down basketball" Oakton College women's team is making another run at the National Junior...
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Vucevic: No doubt, Nuggets' Jokic deserves third-straight MVPMar 07, 2023 11:00 am - The idea of Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic winning a third consecutive MVP award has sparked some lively debate on sports talk shows. With the Bulls headed to Denver...
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Girls basketball: Top 20Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Girls basketball Final Team Comment 1. Benet (25-8) Beaumont leads Benet to 2nd in Class 4A 2. Geneva (31-4) 3rd place in Class 4A 3. Hersey (28-10) Sends Fendley out...
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Loyola bounced by Saint Joseph in A10 tournamentMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Lynn Greer III had 22 points in Saint Joseph's 72-67 victory over Loyola on Tuesday in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. Greer added 1...