When I heard UCLA’s Shabazz Muhammad is a year older than his old man has been telling people, it didn’t come as a surprise: The first time I saw him play for Bishop Gorman, he looked like Grady from “Sanford and Son.”
Basketball
It is March 24, and from mid-November until now, Mountain West basketball teams have played nearly 300 games. They have been ranked, defeated quality opponents, earned good enough results to have entered the NCAA Tournament with the nation’s No. 1 Ratings Percentage Index of all conferences.
Nigel Williams-Goss had 25 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as Findlay Prep beat Future College Prep (Calif.) 84-68 on Saturday at Henderson International.
If the guarantee was somewhat shocking, it’s only because the Los Angeles Lakers have been shockingly bad.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — With nine minutes left, New Mexico guard Kendall Williams trudged to the bench with a career-high 28 points — and four fouls.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Shane Larkin noticed during warm-ups that something was off with No. 2 Miami. The go-go, up-tempo Hurricanes seemed a step slow, and not entirely ready to play.
It took the Pahranagat Valley boys basketball team 26 minutes, 45 seconds to claim its first lead in Saturday’s Division IV state final.
The Pahranagat Valley girls basketball team relies heavily on its talent from the perimeter when things get tough.
Saturday night started as a nightmare for Desert Pines senior Julian Jacobs.
It could have been disastrous.
Lincoln County coach Lori Cheeney has witnessed her squad, time and again this season, fall flat at some point during the game.
When Ryan Rippetoe missed his first chance to put an exclamation point on the Division III boys basketball state final, the Lincoln County senior forward was confident he would get another chance to dunk.
One of the endearing traits of the Nevada state high school basketball championships is that unlike in other states, the big schools cut down the nets — in a manner of speaking — first, on Friday night. Then they step aside to consider their scholarship offers and shoe contracts while the little schools play title games on Saturday.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — Khem Birch woke up Saturday morning expecting to play a part in a competitive college basketball game. UNLV’s sophomore center was happy to be only half right.
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