Northwest Missouri State wins 2021 NCAA DII championship again

It was a familiar end to the most unfamiliar season in recent memory. No. 2 Northwest Missouri State dominated No. 1 West Texas A&M, 80-54, to win the 2021 DII men’s basketball championship on Saturday afternoon. It’s the second-consecutive title for the Bearcats and their third in the last five years.  Ryan Hawkins led all scorers with…

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Bruno Caboclo to play in Europe

Bruno Caboclo (206 cm, F/C) has signed with defending French champions Limoges CSP Elite. It is the 25-year-old’s first stint in Europe. Caboclo started the season with the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He was released a couple of months ago. Caboclo has played in the NBA and the G League for the past seven…

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Malcolm Rhett from Poland to France

Malcolm Rhett (206 cm, F/C) has left MKS DG. He has signed in the ProA with Boulazac Basket Dordogne. It’s the third team Rhett will play for this season. He started the season in Poland with GTK Gliwice but switched after 10 games to MKS DG. Now on his way to France, Rhett joins a…

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Bologna, Gran Canaria storm into Eurocup semis!

Virtus Bologna remained undefeated for the season to sweep into the semifinals, where Gran Canaria will join them. At the same time, the two other 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinal series will have do-or-die third games next week. Virtus lost all of a 20-point lead before defeating host Joventut on Friday, the same night that Gran Canaria…

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Grand Canyon forward Oscar Frayer killed in auto crash

Grand Canyon University forward Oscar Frayer was killed in an automobile accident along with two others, including his older sister Andrea Moore, 28, on Tuesday, near Lodi, California. Frayer was 23. “We love O,” Grand Canyon coach Bryce Drew said in a news release. “He was the heartbeat of our team with his vibrant, energetic…

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What are the odds of predicting NCAA March Madness brackets?

As the single-elimination tournament that decides the NCAA Division I national basketball championship, March Madness always has the potential to spring plenty of surprise results. Despite winning the last NCAA Tournament Championship in 2019, not to mention being one of the top college basketball programs in the country, Virginia was sent packing in the First…

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Winners and losers from record-breaking NBA trade deadline

After a relatively quiet run-up to the trade deadline, the dam broke on Thursday. There were 16 trades. In one day. A record of 45 players were traded! Trades were flying around the league from Toronto (via Tampa Bay) to Los Angeles, yet two players most expected to be on the move — Kyle Lowry of Toronto…

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Armoni Brooks goes overseas

Armoni Brooks (190 cm, G) has signed his first contract in Europe. He agreed to terms with Entente Orleans 45 in the French ProA. Brooks started this season in the G League with Rio Grande. There he played 16 games and averaged 16.3 ppg and 3 assists. Armoni Brooks, 22 years old, played three years…

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