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A Historic Victory is Secured by the Primetime Kings over LeBron’s Lakers

As the Sacramento Kings defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in primetime on Wednesday night, grit once again paid off. Now that they have a new rotation, Sacramento looks like a team that is revitalized and is playing well defensively. This is why the team is winning back-to-back games. First time since LA finished last in […]

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WVSSAC Class AAA Boys Basketball State Tournament Seeds and Schedule for 2024

In the WVSSAC Class AAA Boys Basketball State Tournament, eight teams have earned a spot. The Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center will host the five-day, 28-game event starting on March 12. Every state tournament game will be aired on the MetroNews Radio Network and streamed live at wvmetronews.com. Additionally, HD video broadcasts of the four […]

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BUFF BASKETBALL WINNS IN THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE HONORS

Eight All-Lone Star Conference honors were taken home by the West Texas A&M men’s basketball team tonight at the league-hosted men’s basketball awards banquet. Kieran Elliott won Freshman of the Year, Holt won Defensive Player of the Year, and Larry Wise was named the LSC Player of the Year. Coach Tom Brown received his fifth […]

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UCLA Ascends to No. 1 Seed in NCAA Women’s Basketball Rankings

In the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee’s most recent top 16 announcement on Thursday, UCLA moved up to the top spot from Colorado, joining fellow top seeds South Carolina, Ohio State, and Stanford. Following the February 15 announcement, Oklahoma, which won the Big 12 regular-season championship handily, and Gonzaga have also been predicted to […]

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WVSSAC Class AAA Girls Basketball State Tournament Seeds and Schedule for 2024

The WVSSAC Class AAA Girls Basketball State Tournament will feature eight teams. Starting on March 5, the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center will host the five-day, 28-game event. Every state tournament game will have a radio broadcast on the MetroNews Radio Network and be available to stream online at wvmetronews.com. The four championship games will […]

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In Ewing Girls Basketball’s CJ III First-Round Victory Over Allentown, Lillie Alston Excels

Mercer County girls basketball fans are well-aware of Ewing’s three senior Division I recruits. Because of this, what happened on Thursday as Ewing started its pursuit of a second consecutive state title was encouraging because the Blue Devils also received a significant win from a different source. Lillie Alston, a sophomore, is front and center. […]

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Despite Niles’s Second Consecutive Double-Double, Women’s Basketball is Eliminated in the NEWMAC Quarterfinals

Played Wednesday evening inside Rockwell Cage, the NEWMAC Women’s Basketball Tournament quarterfinal matchup between third-seeded Engineers and sixth-seeded WPI ended in a 65-52 victory for Kamsi Nwogu (Algonquin, IL) and three other MIT players with 14 points apiece. With their improved record of 19-7 overall, MIT—which is currently ranked fifth in the NCAA Division III […]

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SCNext Top 25: Revised Boys’ Basketball Rankings for High School

After defeating Sierra Canyon, which was ranked No. 19, Harvard Westlake advances three spots this week to take the No. 12 spot in the country. The Wolverines dominated Sierra Canyon, winning 72–38 behind the play of ESPN 100 No. 98 Robert Hinton and USC signee Trent Perry, who is ranked 26th overall. They also defeated […]

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ACC Basketball Tournaments To Remain At 15 Teams Despite Conference Expansion To 18 Teams

Not every team competing in the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments of the newly expanded Atlantic Coast Conference will be present in 2020–21. The American Conference (AAC) and the Pac-12’s Stanford and California will compete in the ACC’s first-ever tournaments for the top 15. The league made this announcement on Wednesday. With the addition of […]

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USA Basketball Names Assistant Coaches Thibault, Lawson, And Taylor

USA Basketball announced on Tuesday that Mike Thibault, Kara Lawson, and Joni Taylor will be the women’s national team’s assistant coaches as they compete for gold in the summer Olympics in Paris, 2024. The USA Basketball women’s national team committee chose the assistants, who will work under head coach Cheryl Reeve. They are members of […]