basketball

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...

For Olean native Francis Tommasino, the wait was worth it. Six days ago, Christopher Newport University’s Senior Director of Athletic Communications g...

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...

PORTVILLE — Three more individuals will join the Big 30 Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend. Scheduled to be inducted this Sunday are Randy Stebbins,...

It hasn’t been a great start to 2023 for the University of Alabama’s marquee athletic programs. It started in mid-January when a Crimson Tide basketba...

Princeton forward Tosan Evbuomwan spent his first three college seasons enduring one disappointment after another. Reaching the NCAA Tournament and ad...

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Recalling the end of last season, Kevin Hind had to correct himself. The Cardinals weren’t upset last February. They just “got bea...

The Sweet 16 features a new format and a bit of history when it begins later this week. The NCAA changed its setup for the women’s tournament this sea...

CLARION — The Terrors weren’t ready for it to end. At this stage of the season, no one is. The Otto-Eldred boys basketball team was one of four Class ...

Don’t say the ‘A’ word. Otto-Eldred had tried its best not to do so since the PIAA boys basketball playoff brackets were released more than two weeks ...

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — An 18-point lead entering the fourth quarter wasn’t quite enough. The Cardinals still needed one more push to make history. The Ra...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Pitino is back in the Big East Conference. St. John’s hired the Hall of Fame coach Monday to boost a storied program that’s been ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Sean Miller has unselfish Xavier back in the Sweet 16. Jack Nunge scored 18 points, Adam Kunkel added 15 on five first-half 3-...

CLARION — With just seven seconds left on the clock, one defensive stop was all the Terrors needed to seal a trip to the PIAA semifinals. As the ball ...

March Madness is racing toward the Sweet 16! Here is what to know about the women’s NCAA Tournament as teams battle for slots in the regionals: TOP SE...

March Madness is heading to the Sweet 16 without a handful of top teams. Two No. 1 seeds, Kansas and Purdue, No. 2 seed Arizona and No. 4 seed Virgini...

CLARION — All good things must come to an end, and for the Otto-Eldred girls basketball team, their end came from a last-second prayer that failed to ...