Not every team competing in the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments of the newly expanded Atlantic Coast Conference will be present in 2020–21. The American Conference (AAC) and the Pac-12’s Stanford and California will compete in the ACC’s first-ever tournaments for the top 15. The league made this announcement on Wednesday. With the addition of […]
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USA Basketball Names Assistant Coaches Thibault, Lawson, And Taylor
USA Basketball announced on Tuesday that Mike Thibault, Kara Lawson, and Joni Taylor will be the women’s national team’s assistant coaches as they compete for gold in the summer Olympics in Paris, 2024. The USA Basketball women’s national team committee chose the assistants, who will work under head coach Cheryl Reeve. They are members of […]
Official basketball retirement for NBA champion and Defensive Player of the Year Marc Gasol
who played basketball professionally for 13 years, winning a championship with Toronto, being named Defensive Player of the Year, and being selected as a three-time All-Star, declared his retirement from the game on Wednesday. In 2007, Gasol was selected by the Lakers with the 48th overall pick after beginning his career in Spain with FC […]
Women’s Basketball All-Time Scoring Record Approaches for Caitlin Clark: The Countdown
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is getting close to Kelsey Plum’s all-time record of 3,527 points in women’s basketball. This season, the Hawkeyes star has scored 3,389 points and is averaging 32.0 points per game. On February 15, she has a good chance of surpassing Plum’s record against Michigan. Jan. 27 saw Clark, the AP player of […]
USA Basketball releases the roster for the men’s national team for 2024
The USA Basketball Men’s National Team for 2024 has a pool of 41 athletes, as of today. Grant Hill, managing director of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team, chose the players; they could vary. The 12-person 2024 USA Men’s National Team will be revealed later. This team will compete for the United States in the […]
41 NBA players are chosen by USA Basketball to be on the roster for the Paris Olympics
The men’s player pool for the Olympics in Paris, which was revealed by USA Basketball on Tuesday, features many well-known players, including LeBron James, Joel Embiid, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant. Maybe it was who was missing that was unexpected. The 41 names announced by USA Basketball as potential members of the team that will […]
18 players are selected for the women’s training camp roster by USA Basketball
In anticipation of the 2024 FIBA women’s Olympic qualifying tournament, USA Basketball has selected an 18-person roster that includes four stars from the Las Vegas Aces, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, and Aliyah Boston. The training camp will be held at New York’s Barclays Center from February 2–4. After that, a 12-person squad will be chosen […]
SCNext Top 25: Revised rankings for girls’ basketball at high school
The weekend schedule of games and activities for Martin Luther King Jr. Day did not let down, even with the bad weather and numerous travel and scheduling conflicts. Leading Archbishop Mitty defeated two more Californian opponents, and leading Long Island Lutheran defeated Rutgers Prep and Etiwanda twice more. A triple-double of 24 points, 11 rebounds, […]
Ahead of Brittney Griner for fourth place on the NCAA scoring list, Caitlin Clark
After surpassing former Baylor star center Brittney Griner, Iowa guard Caitlin Clark moved up to fourth place on the NCAA women’s basketball career scoring list on Tuesday. Clark had 3,274 points going into the No. 2 Hawkeyes’ 96-50 victory over Wisconsin; 10 more points would have put him ahead of Griner. There were 7:02 remaining […]
Lakers versus Pistons predictions, choices, and odds
The Detroit Pistons are hosting the Los Angeles Lakers after suffering defeats in 14 straight games. Our NBA picks predict that Cade Cunningham will be the player the Pistons desperately need to step up. The Los Angeles Lakers will receive a gift from the schedule makers tonight when they travel to take on the struggling […]