Basketball

The 2024 version of March Madness has apexed with a trio of streak busters in the desert. N.C. State is in the Final Four for the first time since Jim...

If you played a “six degrees of Kevin Bacon” game with this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball final four, you’d probably be able to make a map of the natio...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Caitlin Clark made nine 3-pointers and finished with 41 points and 12 assists in a sensational performance as Iowa knocked defendi...

Remember Gerry McNamara? The cult hero of Syracuse drilled six 3-pointers in the first half of the 2003 national championship game against Kansas to h...

Gerry McNamara has signed a deal to take over as coach at Siena, deciding to leave Syracuse after two decades as a standout player, assistant and even...

For the second consecutive season, Otto-Eldred’s Landon Francis was voted the North Tier League boys’ basketball MVP, as North Tier League all-stars w...

It’s an argument as old as time, or at least as long as I have been covering high school sports in Western Pennsylvania. The classic private/charter s...

In his first public comments since the controversy over St. Bonaventure’s withdrawal from a potential NIT appearance, university president Dr. Jeff Gi...

St. Marys senior Jayssa Snelick was voted the District 9 League girls basketball MVP for the 2023-24 season, as the league announced its all-stars and...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — During a first half timeout, Pennsylvania coach Tom Harpst could be heard saying, “When in doubt, shoot the ball.” The PA players sh...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — While it may have been a one-sided affair, the Big 30 Senior Classic provided a special opportunity for the brightest stars on oppos...

NEW YORK (AP) — James Madison’s moment in the college sports spotlight has been years in the making. The Dukes’ NCAA Tournament victory over Wisconsin...

NEW YORK (AP) — UConn was certainly expected. Yale, not exactly. Indeed, these are heady days for Huskies and Elis all over Connecticut, with two Nutm...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Joe Manhertz, St. Bonaventure’s athletic director since August 2021, resigned Friday night, the university announced Saturday ...

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn coach Geno Auriemma has had years when he was very confident his team would be making a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Th...

It was a bad day on Thursday for the folks that yelled about the Atlantic 10 not being worthy of receiving multiple bids. Even though Dayton safely se...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A day later, it didn’t get any better. In fact, somehow, some way, it might actually have gotten worse. Twenty-four hours after St. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stetson had UConn’s full attention. That was bad news for the Hatters. Donovan Clingan scored 19 points and Cam Spencer had 15 as top-...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — John Poulakidas scored 28 points, Samson Aletan made a key block during a wild scramble in the final seconds, and 13th-seeded Ya...

Hubert Davis remembers the inside-out emphasis of playing for North Carolina Hall of Famer Dean Smith before a 12-year NBA career. “When I was here at...