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SYRACUSE, NY — Boston College coach Steve Donahue preached to his team all season that it should keep believing in itself, and in a clutch second half and overtime Wednesday, the Eagles turned that sermon into reality. Eagles guard Lonnie Jackson coolly sank four foul shots in the final 26 seconds of overtime as the […]
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke had enough energy to respond from a difficult defeat, while top-ranked Syracuse simply boiled over by the end Saturday night. Forward Jabari Parker scored 19 points and No. 5 Duke held on to beat Syracuse 66-60 after a potential tying basket was waved off with 10.4 seconds remaining at Cameron Indoor […]
Basketball Insiders continues our Deadline Watch series, where we examine the trade buzz circulating around each division, with a look at the Pacific Division.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Freshman guard Andrew Wiggins scored 29 points and sophomore forward Perry Ellis added 20 as the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks remained unbeaten in the Big 12 on Wednesday by tripping the No. 16 Iowa State Cyclones 92-81 in Allen Fieldhouse. Although the Cyclones used quick darts to the basket and good shooting […]
DENVER — The Denver Nuggets put a scare in the San Antonio Spurs with a strong fourth quarter two days ago. The Spurs took note, and in Friday’s rematch they never let up. Guard Marco Belinelli scored 27 points, forward Tim Duncan had 20 and San Antonio extended its winning streak to 16 with a […]
BOSTON – Don’t look now, but the Philadelphia 76ers have won two of their last four games. No big deal, you say? Well, when you consider they had dropped 26 straight games before going on this mini-.500 run, this is news. “We’re on a roll,” coach Brett Brown quipped after his team rode rookie guard […]
With the 2014 NCAA Tournament’s opening rounds set to begin, Yannis Koutroupis relates his latest full 2014 NBA Mock Draft.
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall scored 33 points and forward Drew Gooden added 21 as the Washington Wizards rallied for a 101-94 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. Guard Bradley Beal added 15 points for the Wizards (34-32), who trailed by 10 points early in the final period, but closed the game with a […]
DALLAS — For the second time in nine days, the Dallas Mavericks sent the Oklahoma City Thunder a message just in case the teams meet in the first round of the playoffs. Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki had 32 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals in a turn-back-the-clock performance that turned away Kevin Durant […]
Basketball Insiders looks back at some of the articles from the past week in case you missed them the first time around.