Glenn Robinson III is a freshman at Michigan. One of his classes is a humanities course titled “The Cultures of Basketball.” Earlier this year, a certain team was covered in the curriculum, one whose style and attitude altered the game forever.
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The Findlay Prep boys basketball team saw its 54-game winning streak come to an end Friday. Now, the Pilots must wait to find out if their chances of winning a mythical national championship disappeared with it.
As expected, Mike Moser is not returning to UNLV for his senior season. But he’s not planning to enter the NBA Draft.
The Henderson-based Findlay Prep will play in the semifinals of the 2013 National High School Invitational today at Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Md.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The Rutgers basketball scandal claimed two more university officials on Friday, including the athletic director and an interim senior vice president, who were involved in a decision to “rehabilitate” rather than fire the coach whose abusive behavior was captured on a video.
Las Vegas resident Gary Payton, a defensive stalwart during his 17-year NBA career, learned Thursday he made it into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
Pierre Jackson made the National Invitation Tournament his own. The Baylor senior from Las Vegas finished his college career in style with his fourth straight double-double, compiling 17 points and 10 assists to lead the Bears to the first NIT title in school history with a 74-54 win over Iowa on Thursday.
It took a magic trick by sophomore point guard Trey Burke to get Michigan to the Final Four. To win two more games, he might need to mimic a great escape artist.
Nigel Williams-Goss scored 11 points in the final 6 minutes, 30 seconds to help Findlay Prep rally for a 57-53 win in the National High School Invitational at Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Md. Findlay, ranked No. 1 nationally in several polls, improved to 35-0 this season and has won 54 straight games.
Sports playoffs often are called the “second season.” That couldn’t be more true for Findlay Prep’s boys basketball team.
The last time Michigan enjoyed Final Four status, its team had single-handedly changed the college basketball dress code and its starters had earned their own media nickname: the Fab Five. That was 1993, two decades ago. It’s also the last time the Wolverines did something truly cool.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.
Their time together wasn’t long, but former NBA star Spencer Haywood once was coached by Jerry Tarkanian.
NEW YORK — Pierre Jackson has saved some of the best basketball of his career for the end of it.
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