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NCAA BASKETBALL: Wisconsin-Stout ends Lady Royals’ season
SCRANTON — All season, the University of Scranton women’s basketball team leaned on its defense. However, the University of Wisconsin-Stout dented that armor Saturday night. Raegan Sorensen scored ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 16 -
NCAA Tournament: Everything you need to know about Maryland men’s basketball
The Maryland men’s basketball team sat shoulder-to-shoulder in front of a TV on Sunday night to watch the NCAA’s selection show announce their postseason fate. Donning red long-sleeve shirts that ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 17 -
Boys basketball: Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks battle with returning Heritage Christian Academy
Mar. 18—MINNEAPOLIS — After ending a 34-year state absence, the Dawson-Boyd boys basketball team is zoned in. Fresh off a 59-52 win over Hills-Beaver Creek in the Section 3A championship, the ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 18 -
The Associated Press 2024-25 men’s college basketball All-America teams
The Associated Press 2024-25 All-America men’s basketball team with statistics through regular-season and conference tournaments: Cooper Flagg, Duke, 6-9, 205, Freshman; Newport, Maine; 18.9 ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Morgantown, University, Clay-Battelle set for quarterfinals of boys state basketball tournament
Mar. 18—CHARLESTON — Monongalia County will be well-represented this week in Charleston as all three public high schools have qualified for the 2025 WVSSAC boys' basketball tournament. Rivals ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Former Blue Devil basketball star become football radio voice
Jon Boyce was denied a chance to play football for Lebanon High School. But a radio interview while starring on the basketball court for the Blue Devils set the wheels in motion for the 2003 ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
West Virginia set to begin another search for men's basketball leadership
It’s been quite a week so far for the West Virginia basketball program. First, the Mountaineers were shockingly left out of the NCAA Tournament field despite having a resume that certainly ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Meet Mark Sears, cadet: Alabama basketball star's adventures in military school
Mark Sears went to Hargrave Military Academy before he played for Alabama basketball. How military school shaped his path to UA, his game and his life.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Three local basketball stars announced as Player of the Year finalists
Mar. 19—The Alabama Sportswriters Association announced the finalists for its major high school basketball awards on Wednesday, and three local players made the cut for player of the year. ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Hamilton SE's Maya Makalusky, an IU recruit, named Miss Basketball
Indiana University recruit Maya Makalusky, a 6-foot-4 wing player at Hamilton Southeastern, is the 2025 Miss Basketball in the Hoosier state. The award from the Indianapolis Star honors the top ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
ROUNDUP: Engineers' McGowen named D3 men's basketball All-Region
Rose-Hulman men's basketball senior Miles McGowen has earned third-team All-Region honors from D3hoops.com following the Engineers' 2024-25 college season. McGowen becomes just the third player in ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Gophers men’s basketball: Two more players to enter NCAA transfer portal
The Gophers men’s basketball program had two players enter the NCAA transfer portal on Wednesday. Without a sitting head coach, Minnesota watched junior forward Frank Mitchell and redshirt ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20 -
Kevin Willard needed just two weeks to transform Maryland men’s basketball
Once upon a time in college basketball, rebuilding meant signing a new core of players and watching them grow up together over two or three years. Kevin Willard had two weeks. Two weeks to put a ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20 -
Boys basketball: Montevideo Thunder Hawks take home consolation championship
Mar. 20—ST. PAUL — They got it. The Montevideo Thunder Hawks earned a trophy Thursday in the state Class AA boys basketball tournament. They beat Minnehaha Academy 83-80 in overtime for the ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20 -
Boys basketball: Cherry a little too quick for BOLD at state
Mar. 20—MINNEAPOLIS — Cherry's mix of athleticism and speed, most often, is overwhelming. BOLD experienced it first hand in the Class A state boys basketball quarterfinals. Defending state champion ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20 -
Will Wade's impending departure a price McNeese is happy to pay for revived basketball program
McNeese President Wade Rousse sat down with Will Wade when he hired him as basketball coach and laid out a two-year plan: Make the NCAA Tournament in the first year, and win a game in the second. ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
High school sports: Multiple GWOC schools looking for new basketball coaches
Mar. 20—As March winds down, the coaching carousel continues to spin at local high schools. In boys basketball, three jobs are open in the Greater Western Ohio Conference. At Fairmont, alumnus ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
Ohio State verbal commit named Ohio's Mr. Basketball
Mar. 20—Ohio State verbal commit Marcus Johnson was named Ohio Mr. Basketball for 2025 by the Ohio High School Prep Sports Media Association. A junior point guard for Garfield Heights, Johnson beat ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
Team of the Week: East Lansing boys basketball wins state championship
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A magical season ended with a state championship for the East Lansing boys basketball team. The Trojans took down Wayne Memorial, 66-44, on Saturday to win the Division ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
Arkansas hires Oral Roberts' Kelsi Musick as women's basketball coach
Arkansas hired Kelsi Musick as its women's basketball coach, the school announced Friday. The former Oral Roberts coach signed a five-year deal worth $600,000 a season. “As I spoke to Kelsi and ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
Boys basketball: Blackjacks' 1991 squad cheers on one of their own
Mar. 21—MINNEAPOLIS — The Class A state boys basketball tournament was cause for celebration. One side of the Target Center was packed with Dawson-Boyd's black and yellow as the Blackjacks prepared ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
Maryland men’s basketball routs Grand Canyon, 81-49, to advance
SEATTLE — Maryland men’s basketball’s loftiest perch in a decade also invited a precipitous fall. Fortunately for the Terps, they ensured such a calamity would not occur. The No. 4 seed lived up to ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
Boys basketball: Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks cash out with Class A crown
Mar. 22—MINNEAPOLIS — As Cory Larson and members of the Dawson-Boyd boys basketball team were introduced to the media following the Class A state championship, Larson had an addendum to the team's ...Yahoo Sports - 6d -
PIAA BOYS BASKETBALL: Northwest falls in Class 2A semifinals
POTTSVILLE — There was a point late in the second quarter of Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A boys basketball semifinal where Northwest Area was down nine, but had the ball and some momentum. ...Yahoo Sports - 6d -
VIDEO: Brandon Valley triumphs for Class AA boys basketball title
Mar. 23—RAPID CITY — Brandon Valley came out on top with the Class AA state boys basketball championship on Saturday, topping Mitchell in a state tournament rematch from 2024. Landon Dierks and ...Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Auburn women's basketball hires Norfolk State coach Larry Vickers
Auburn has hired Norfolk State coach Larry Vickers to be its women's basketball coach, the school announced Sunday. Vickers led Norfolk State to consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ...Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Rodney Terry fired: 5 names to watch for Texas men's basketball coach
After firing Rodney Terry following two full seasons, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte will make his third men's basketball hire in four years.Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Girls basketball coach fired after pulling player's ponytail in angry confrontation
A Hall of Fame girls basketball coach in upstate New York apologized Sunday after being fired over the weekend for violently yanking the ponytail of his star player and appearing to berate her ...NBC News - 5d -
Notre Dame women's basketball masters Michigan in March Madness second round
Here are three thoughts - including a return by Olivia Miles - from Notre Dame women's basketball NCAA Tournament victory over Michigan that sends Irish to Sweet 16Yahoo Sports - 5d -
USF hires Arkansas State’s Bryan Hodgson as basketball coach
USF has announced the hiring of Arkansas State’s Bryan Hodgson, a former Alabama assistant, as its next men’s basketball coach. Hodgson, 37, also was linked closely to the UNLV vacancy. A western ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Has LSU women’s basketball redefined its ceiling as it enters the Sweet 16?
BATON ROUGE, La. — Eyes closed. Head back. Arms stretched up to the heavens. Kim Mulkey reached basketball nirvana. The full-court heave in transition from Shayeann Day-Wilson. The one-touch pass ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Hawaii basketball adds versatile 6-7 guard from Evansville
The University of Hawaii basketball team today secured a commitment from a multi-skilled transfer. Tanner Cuff, who started all 27 games for the University of Evansville the past season, said he ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Eight UND women's basketball players in portal on opening day of transfer window
Mar. 25—GRAND FORKS — Eight UND women's basketball players are listed in the NCAA Transfer Portal on the portal's opening Tuesday morning. Players such as Grand Forks' Jocelyn Schiller and leading ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
The Chronicle's 2024-25 All-Area Girls Basketball Team
Mar. 25—Their high schools are separated by less than 20 miles round trip. They've been AAU teammates. They've been the catalysts in leading their respective girls basketball teams to league and ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
NBA will continue talks on expanding role in European basketball at board meeting this week
The NBA's ongoing exploration of expanding its role in European basketball will continue this week at the league's Board of Governors meeting in New York, as Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Ross Hodge named West Virginia head men's basketball coach
Ross Hodge, who has won 80% of his games as a head coach and is considered one of the nation's top defensive masterminds, has been named the 24th head men's basketball coach at West Virginia ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Breaking down the hiring of Ross Hodge as WVU's next men's basketball coach
© Chris Jones-Imagn Images West Virginia officially hired Ross Hodge as their next head men's basketball coach on Wednesday. Keenan Cummings and Wesley Shoemaker of WVSports.Com discuss the move ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Archives: Dawson-Boyd boys basketball capture Class A third-place in 1991
Mar. 26—Willmar — The West Central Tribune went into its archives to find its articles on the 1991 Class A boys basketball run by the Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks. Read up on the Blackjack memories of ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
In a flash, it's Dennis Hutter's turn to lead UND women's basketball
Mar. 26—GRAND FORKS — Dennis Hutter didn't start the week expecting to be a Division I head women's basketball coach but by mid-day Monday that was the reality. After a surprising Monday ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Memorial's Jesperson earns all-state honors in boys basketball
Eau Claire Memorial senior Cooper Jesperson had a remarkable senior season on the basketball court. He led the Old Abes to conference and regional championships. Jesperson, a 6-foot-4 point guard, ...Yahoo Sports - 2d
