Basketball

HOUSTON (AP) — One short year ago, college basketball was getting ready for the game of a lifetime: North Carolina vs. Duke at the Final Four. And thi...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The last three weeks have been a blur to Jim Crowley. It was 21 days ago that the Providence women’s basketball coach parted w...

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Before every home game, UConn’s hype man gets on his microphone and greets the crowd with, “Welcome to the basketball capital of ...

SEATTLE (AP) — An undefeated South Carolina team led by star Aliyah Boston and guided by vaunted Dawn Staley, an Iowa squad that features high-scoring...

Otto-Eldred and Port Allegany headlined the North Tier League girls basketball awards, with both teams boasting three All-Stars, as well as Katie Shee...

The Otto-Eldred boys basketball team was the only North Tier Legaue program alive through nearly four weeks of postseason basketball. With its loss in...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Five years felt like 50. When the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Houston 108-91 on Sunday night to clinch their first playoff spot since 20...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Trailing by 12 points late in the first half, the New York girls appeared on their way back to the losing column in the Big 30 Baske...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Angel Reese had 18 rebounds and LSU returned to the women’s Final Four for the first time in 15 years by beating Miami 54-42 o...

Everyone’s heard of UConn. All these other guys? They’ll need name tags at the Final Four. When they travel to Houston next week to play for the natio...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Apparently, Jaiden Huntington didn’t cool off a week after helping shoot his team to a state championship. Last week, Huntington mad...

DUKE CENTER — Winter is the longest of the three high school sports seasons. It doesn’t just feel that way because of the stagnant cold and fleeting d...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Darrion Trammell and San Diego State used a dominant defensive performance to knock top overall seed Alabama out of the NCAA To...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The horn sounded and Miami coach Katie Meier turned to start jumping and hugging her staff as players and cheerleaders sprinte...

Teah Smith isn’t just Jacob Smith’s mother. She’s also his boss at the Olean McDonald’s Restaurant. “I’m never getting away from her,” Jacob, a 17-yea...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jordan Hawkins scored 24 points for UConn and the Huskies are one step away from the Final Four after an 88-65 rout of Arkansas 88-65...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Folks across the country watching the first-round of the NCAA Tournament last week thought it rightfully funny when they saw a...

The faces, of course, will be mostly new. The court at Sunday’s Big 30 Senior Classic girls basketball game, however, will look quite familiar to Jean...

Looking over his roster for the Big 30 Basketball Senior Classic, Jim Insley saw positional balance and one thing in common for most of his players: t...

The District 9 League basketball conference recently announced its All-Star teams for the 2022-23 season. Brookville won the boys league with a 9-1 re...