Over the last year, I’ve come to believe there is a platonic ideal for an NBA tank job. It’s courtesy of the newest mechanism in the league: the NBA Cup, an in-season tournament that transforms four ...

Auburn Basketball took down the North Carolina Tar Heels 85-72 in dominating fashion last Tuesday in the 2nd round of the ...

The Celtics are hitting another level, the 76ers are flailing, Nikola Jokic and LeBron James are must watch and the teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes.

Seniors Dajuan Harris and KJ Adams huddled with their Kansas basketball teammates after an alarming development took place ...

Flagg has been tested during the first weeks of his college career, and the 17-year-old phenom still looks like the No. 1 ...

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Cooper Flagg set out to lead Duke basketball to a big win vs. No. 1 Kansas, but he could not quite pull it off ...

Highly touted Duke freshman Cooper Flagg took advantage ... with 1:57 left for a 73-71 lead. Flagg hit a free throw for Duke ...

It’s Duke vs. Kansas as the Blue Devils try to take down the top-ranked team in college basketball. Follow for live score ...

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Coaches don’t like to look ahead and project potential matchups they could see in a multi-team event. Sportsbooks, of course, ...