At the end of 2019, Sydney Kings star Xavier Cooks had just signed his first big deal with the club, lining up alongside the likes of Andrew Bogut and Jae’Sean Tate for his debut at the age of 24. Little more than two years later, Cooks has been thrust into the role of poster boy and appointed co-captain as the […]

UNC fell apart against Miami on Tuesday night. Down 27 points to the Hurricanes at halftime, tying their largest halftime deficit in the last 25 years, the Tar Heels were dominated in every way, falling 85-57. Miami improved to 14-4, (6-1 ACC) in the blowout victory.  It marked North Carolina’s lowest-scoring effort of the season under first-year head coach Hubert Davis and resulted in their second-worst loss in […]

In the long history of college basketball, it’s possible no one ever navigated the delicate process of following a legend better than Kentucky’s Joe B. Hall. And, as it turned out, he was even better at following the following. As each year passed since Hall coached his final game at Kentucky in March 1985, he became that much more popular with […]

Sydney coach Chase Buford has told his team they should be “embarrassed” after his Kings gave up a 10-point lead against the bottom-placed Breakers on Sunday afternoon to hand the New Zealand side their second win of the season. The Breakers failed to lead through the first three-quarters of the match but took advantage of a major fourth-quarter collapse from […]

A vintage display from guard Matthew Dellavedova led Melbourne United to their sixth straight win in a tense clash with fellow title aspirants the Illawarra Hawks at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong on Sunday afternoon. The 31-year-old, who won an NBA title with the Cavaliers in 2016 and made his name from his physicality and hustle plays on both […]

Joe B. Hall, who succeeded legendary coach Adolph Rupp at Kentucky and led the Wildcats to an NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died at the age of 93. Hall is one of only three men to both play on and coach an NCAA championship team (1949, 1978) and is the only one to do so for the same school. “It […]

Asked about Ben Simmons’ situation, Michele Roberts didn’t hold back in voicing her displeasure with the 76ers’ front office. Speaking on SiriusXM NBA Radio in the US on Wednesday, the soon-to-retire National Basketball Players Association executive director took the Sixers to task. Ben Simmons has not played at all for the 76ers in the NBA this season.Credit:Getty Images “Candidly, I […]

A Washington Wizards announcer has apologised for a questionable reference to a Houston Rockets player’s dead father, who was killed in a shooting, after criticism on social media and calls for his firing. Over a replay of Kevin Porter jnr making a three-pointer at the buzzer to beat Washington on Wednesday, Wizards broadcaster Glenn Consor remarked that the Rockets’ 21-year-old […]

The Sporting News ranked the 50 greatest individual seasons recently, and college basketball made its impact on the list. The four players who produced seasons worthy of our list: SN 50: The 50 greatest individual seasons of all time UCLA’s Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) (1966-67, No. 13 overall); USC’s Cheryl Miller (1985-86, No. 20 overall); LSU’s Pete Maravich (1969-70, No. 21 […]

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. NBL championship contenders South East Melbourne Phoenix face a 21-day gap between contests after twice having games postponed due to COVID-hit opposition. The Phoenix saw their December 23 game with the Illawarra Hawks postponed due to the Hawks having COVID-19 cases, and on Tuesday the NBL postponed their clash with the […]