West Virginia junior point guard Jordan McCabe is leaving the Big 12 to come to Las Vegas and play for the Rebels.
Basketball
Raiders owner Mark Davis’ purchase of the WNBA’s Aces in January spurred speculation that it could be tied to a possible move to bring a NBA franchise to the city.
Duke has won five national championships, and Gonzaga is ranked No. 1 this season.
Dearica Hamby was the WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year the past two seasons, averaging 11.8 points and 7.4 rebounds over that span.
Sophomore Caleb Grill scored 27 points, but the Rebels weren’t able to pick up their first win of the season.
The Aces defied their preseason expectations, while the Storm lived up to theirs. They will meet in the best-of-five WNBA Finals beginning Friday.
Diana Taurasi made seven 3-pointers and scored 26 of her 32 points in the first half, and the Mercury completed a season sweep over the Aces 92-85 on Tuesday.
William Hill and BetMGM reported Denver money-line wagers of $500,000 or more that were decided in a wild final sequence Tuesday night.
The Aces will try to bounce back from Friday’s 102-95 loss to Phoenix on Sunday when they meet a Dallas team that has won two in a row.
The Mountain West said athletes would be allowed to take part in on-campus workouts. The conference also announced it was taking several cost-cutting steps.
In tweeting a three-paragraph statement about being saddened and pained and angry, Michael Jordan opened a window into the world of athletes and activism.
Will fans feel safe enough to brave the masses and attend a sporting event fresh off a global pandemic?
The Final Four semifinal matchups in the Review-Journal’s What If Tournament appear to be competitive on paper. Oddsmaker Vinny Magliulo set numbers on the hypothetical games.
Imani Lacy had 20 points and 17 rebounds, and Da’ja Hamilton scored 19 points Sunday to lead eighth-seeded UNR to a 74-64 victory over No. 9 New Mexico in a first-round game of the Mountain West Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Thomas Mack Center.
The Mountain West and Pac-12 basketball tournaments are expected to go on as planned even as an advocacy group suggested that March Madness games be played without fans present because of concerns about the coronavirus.
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