The Brooklyn Nets still have some games to go in the regular season, but the NCAA Tournament has players who could be playing at the next level.
March Madness live updates, scores, bracket: Alabama vs. BYU, Florida vs. Maryland in NCAA tournament action
March Madness continues on Thursday with four Sweet 16 games, including No. 1 seed Duke and Cooper Flagg facing No. 4 Arizona.
Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson out for season after undergoing procedure to address plantar fasciitis
Veteran guard Jordan Clarkson, who has been in and out of the Utah lineup and played in just 37 games, is now out for the remainder of the season after undergoing "a medical procedure to address plantar fasciitis in his left foot," the team announced Thursday.
When he did play, the 32-year-old showed he can still get a bucket averaging 16.2 points a game, shooting 36.2% from 3, plus adding 3.7 assists and 3.2 rebounds a night. However, the combination of some nagging injuries and the Jazz looking toward the lottery saw Crawford getting limited run.
Utah was already leaning into young guards Isaiah Collier, Keyonte George and Johnny Juzang, trying to get them run and the chance to develop. Crawford's injury will just increase that.
Crawford has one more season on his contract at $14.3 million. Expect his name to come up in trade talk this offseason (as it did at the trade deadline), as a number of teams could use both the scoring punch and the expiring contract the former Sixth Man of the Year can bring.
Sweet 16 loaded with storybook talent from past Cinderellas. But where were the upsets?
With zero teams from mid-major conferences in the Sweet 16 for the first time since tournament expansion in 1985, is the era of the Cinderella over?
Tony Skinn agrees to contract extension as George Mason’s basketball coach
Skinn, a player on the George Mason team that reached the 2006 Final Four, coached the Patriots to a share of the conference’s regular-season title and an NIT victory this season.
Tony Skinn agrees to a contract extension as George Mason’s basketball coach
George Mason basketball coach Tony Skinn has agreed to a one-year contract extension that ties the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year to the school through the 2029-30 season. Skinn, a player on the George Mason team that reached the 2006 Final Four, coached the Patriots to a share of the conference's regular-season title and an NIT victory this season.
VCU introduces coach Phil Martelli Jr., who wants to ‘make memories’ in the NCAA Tournament
Since 2002, VCU has had to hire a basketball coach seven times. The last five have all led the Rams to the NCAA Tournament. So, as he spoke to the media, boosters and fans on Thursday during his introductory press conference, Phil Martelli Jr. knew what kind of expectations he would be taking on as the latest coach in that line.
This Michigan basketball staffer was responsible for putting Auburn hoops on the map
A decade ago, K.T. Harrell went on a historic run for Auburn in the SEC tournament. He's now Michigan's director of basketball operations.
New SMU AD Damon Evans will try to build on momentum program hasn’t seen in decades
New SMU athletic director Damon Evans is taking over a department enjoying momentum it hasn't seen in decades after the Mustangs exceeded expectations in their first year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The football team didn't lose an ACC regular-season game and qualified for the first expanded, 12-team playoff. The men's basketball team flirted with an NCAA Tournament bid before settling for the NIT and reaching the second round.
Does a rivalry game hit different in March Madness? Duke, UNC meeting in NCAA women’s tournament for the first time ever
The Tobacco Road rivalry is finally happening on the NCAA tournament stage on Friday.
Ole Miss basketball’s Chris Beard still runs one Tom Izzo, Michigan State drill
Ole Miss men's basketball coach Chris Beard talked about the one Tom Izzo drill he still runs every day and previewed their March Madness matchup.
Don’t write off future Cinderellas just because it’s an all-power conference Sweet 16, coaches say
Nearly every year there's at least one lovable underdog that rises from obscurity in the NCAA Tournament to capture the hearts of basketball fans and bust their brackets. All 16 regional semifinalists are from power conferences for the first time since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The popular theory is that the transfer portal has led to a concentration of the best players at the big schools paying the most NIL money and, soon, the most through revenue sharing.
Lakers sign Jordan Goodwin, waive Cam Reddish
The Lakers have signed guard Jordan Goodwin, who has been on a two-way contract since Feb. 7, for the rest of the season Thursday with a team option for next season.
To make room on the roster, the Lakers waived forward Cam Reddish.
Goodwin, 26, recently cemented himself in the Lakers' rotation. He used up all of his allotted days with the Lakers under the two-way deal as of Wednesday's win over Indiana.
The 6-foot-5 guard has averaged 6.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 steals in 20.5 minutes a game. In his 19 appearances with the Lakers, he shot 47% from the field, 41.3% from three-point range and 81.8% from the foul line.
Undrafted coming out of college in 2021, Goodwin in four NBA seasons has averaged 6.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 18.3 minutes a game with Memphis, Phoenix, Washington and the Lakers.
Reddish played in 33 games this season with the Lakers, averaging 3.2 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 17.9 minutes.
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Szczerbiak: Transfer portal ‘is better’ for NCAA
Basketball analyst Wally Szczerbiak joins the Dan Patrick Show to discuss the transfer portal in college basketball, the toughest player he faced in the NBA, what teams are on upset watch in the Sweet 16 and more.
Penn hires former Iowa coach McCaffery to lift fallen program back into Ivy contention
Penn hired Fran McCaffery as its men’s basketball coach on Thursday, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.