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MANHATTAN, Kan. — Guards Marcus Foster and Will Spradling each scored five points in overtime as the Kansas State Wildcats upset the No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks 85-82 on Monday at Bramlage Coliseum. It was the Wildcats’ third win in the last seven games in Manhattan against Kansas after losing 25 straight from 1983-07. The Wildcats […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Reserve forward Tobias Harris had 25 points and 11 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic snap a nine-game losing streak with a 95-85 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night. Magic center Nikola Vucevic had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Rookie point guard Victor Oladipo contributed 13 points and a […]
Basketball Insiders takes a look back at some of the articles of the past week in case you missed them the first time around.
Kansas freshman center Joel Embiid went to Los Angeles on Monday see a back specialist, but coach Bill Self expects him to be ready for the postseason. Embiid missed the final two games of the regular season with a lower-back injury. He is seeking a second opinion on the status of his injury. “This was […]
Senior forward Du’Vaughn Maxwell had 19 points and 10 rebounds, leading Hampton to an 81-78 victory over Howard on Saturday night at Burr Arena in Washington, D.C. Maxwell was one of four players who scored in double figures for Hampton (15-11, 10-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), which has won seven of its last eight. Sophomore guard […]
LOS ANGELES — Washington Wizards coach Randy Wittman blamed the breaks of the game for his club coming up short against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. With Clippers forward Blake Griffin scoring 29 points, Los Angeles posted a 110-103 win over the Wizards at Staples Center. “We battled the last few minutes. They […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Memphis Grizzlies methodically moved up the Western Conference standings since the start of winter. They are doing so playing a brand of basketball that is just as meticulous. “We’re not the kind of team that’s gonna go up and down the court,” Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said. “We rely on getting […]
ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis has a well-earned reputation for being stingy on defense. If the last two games are any indication, though, the 19th-ranked Billikens might be about to supplement that with a more consistent offense. Using a week between games to identify ways to attack Richmond’s tricky matchup zone, Saint Louis opened up […]
ST. LOUIS — By its recent standards, this was a veritable blowout for No. 10 Saint Louis. After winning its previous three games by a combined eight points, the Billikens made the second-largest crowd in Chaifetz Arena history nervous on Saturday night by blowing a 14-point lead in the second half and missing double-figure free […]
Jesse Blancarte checks out a decade’s worth of No. 6 overall picks in the NBA Draft to find the hits, misses and and in-betweens.