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Ben Nadeau discusses a decade of picks at No. 9 overall.
ST. LOUIS — Make it 19 in a row for the Atlantic 10 Conference’s runaway front-runner. Guard Jordair Jett scored 16 points and No. 10 Saint Louis clamped down on George Washington during the last nine minutes on Saturday night for a 66-59 win. Center Rob Loe tacked on 12 points for the Billikens (25-2, […]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After trailing for much of the game, Florida mounted a tense rally that concluded with five foul shots by center Patric Young and guard Scottie Wilbekin in the final 20 seconds, and the Gators held off Auburn’s upset bid, 71-66, on Wednesday night. “We’ve been in situations like this before,” Young said. […]
STANFORD, Calif. — No. 1 Arizona came back from a seven-point, second-half deficit on Wednesday to beat Stanford 60-57 and remain unbeaten. Guard Nick Johnson scored 16 points and hit most of the key shots for the Wildcats (21-0, 8-0 Pac-12). He made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 49 seconds to go, then hit two clutch […]
PHOENIX — Guard Goran Dragic scored 18 of his 32 points in the first quarter and the Phoenix Suns combined 14 3-pointers with 26 fast-break points to rout the New York Knicks 112-88 on Friday night. Guard Eric Bledsoe and forward Markieff Morris added 16 points each for the Suns, who have won a season-high […]
With the trade deadline approaching, Tristan Tucker takes a look at which rookies are on a roll down the stretch. LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards are staples, but who else is emerging?
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Central Florida pushed top-seeded and 13th-ranked Cincinnati to the brink of an upset, but Bearcats freshman guard Kevin Johnson would not allow his team to exit early. Behind a late 3-pointer from Johnson, the Bearcats held on Thursday for a 61-58 victory in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference. Johnson’s 3-pointer […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall scored 25 points and forward Drew Gooden had 16 points as the Washington Wizards fended off the reeling and shorthanded Atlanta Hawks 101-97 victory on Saturday night. Center Marcin Gortat had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Wizards (38-35), winners of two straight after dropping four of five. Sixth […]
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Friday that losing a basketball game might not be the worst thing for his team as the NBA playoffs approach. He theorized that it might be the best way to get players to work on any deficiencies they might have developed while stockpiling some easy […]
The Norfolk State Spartans, the host of this year’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament, are two wins from the conference title in front of home fans after downing the Savannah State Tigers 57-47 Thursday in the quarterfinals in Norfolk, Va. Next up for the No. 4-seeded Spartans will be a rematch Friday in the tourney semifinals […]