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Zenit wins VTB regular season after beating CSKA
The VTB League regular season leaders met in the game of the week. If CSKA was successful, the distance between the two teams would be down to two wins. Zenit, on the other hand, could have secured their regular-season win and did just that. In the first four minutes, the home team stunned the Red…
Read MoreFenerbahce whips Pinar Karsiyaka by 58 points
Fenerbahce pounded Pinar Karsiyaka in their Turkish League showdown on Sunday, winning 117-59. Pinar Karsiyaka pulled a stunt to protest a recent ruling by the Turkish Basketball Federation. The TBF rejected a request to have the Fenerbache match postponed because it was just two days before Pinar Karsiyaka’s Basketball Champions League game against Brindisi. So…
Read MoreGrant Hill to be USA Basketball’s next managing director
Grant Hill will succeed Jerry Colangelo as USA Basketball managing director, it was announced on Saturday. The 81-year-old Colangelo is retiring after the Tokyo Olympics this summer. The former Phoenix Suns owner became managing director in 2005. Hill, the No. 3 pick in the 1994 Draft, played 19 seasons in the NBA. Hill retired in…
Read MoreASVEL Villeurbanne sweeps EuroLeague season series vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv
ASVEL Villeurbanne rallied past Maccabi Tel-Aviv on the road (67-74) and swept the regular season series with the Israelis in the EuroLeague. The French outscored the Israelis 26-43 between the second and third quarter and cruised to an easy victory, as Maccabi never recovered after that. “Defense has been our strength, When we play defense…
Read MoreRelegation candidate Giessen shocks Bayern Munchen!
Just two days after Bayern Munchen qualified for the Euroleague final four, they were beaten in the German Bundesliga by relegation candidate Giessen 94-95. Maybe the Bayern players were tired after their Euroleague adventures, or maybe they underestimated the opponent? Maybe it was a combination of both, plus the fact that they had to do…
Read MoreAl Ahli crowned back-to-back Bahrain champions
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Read MoreBaylor’s first-half flurry propels Bears into NCAA Final
Baylor quickly made it clear that it would be playing for the NCAA national title on Monday night. The Bears went on an incredible 29-9 run over the final 12:48 of the first half to take a commanding halftime lead in a comfortable 78-59 win over Houston in Saturday’s semifinals of the men’s NCAA Final…
Read MoreGonzaga needs a buzzer-beater to survive UCLA and enter NCAA Final
Unbeaten Gonzaga defeated No. 11 UCLA in an overtime thriller and enters the NCAA Final. Some say that Gonzaga’s win over the UCLA Bruins might have been one of the greatest games in NCAA tournament history. The game was a breathtaking back-and-forth between Gonzaga, which has legitimate aspirations of going down as one of the…
Read MoreFC Barcelona secures top spot in EuroLeague regular season
FC Barcelona rallied past Fenerbahce on the road (73-82) and clinched the first place in the EuroLeague regular season. The Catalans used a 5-20 run between the third and the fourth quarter and took control of the game to never look back. Fenerbahce couldn’t recover after that and dropped to 20-13, as they are still…
Read MoreGolden State Warriors suffer ‘humiliating’ 53-point loss
The Golden State Warriors suffered one of the worst losses in franchise history Friday night during a 53-point defeat at the hands of the Toronto Raptors — a team that came into the game having lost 13 of its last 14 games. Did anyone see that coming? The Raptors dismantled the Warriors to such a degree that it was…
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