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The Texas Longhorns were one of the top teams in college basketball last season. After Chris Beard was let go following allegations of domestic violence, the team did not miss a beat under new head coach Rodney Terry. Terry led the Longhorns to a 12-6 record in Big 12 Conference play as well a Big […]

The 2023 FIBA World Cup has reached the end of group play and the start of the knockout stage. Team USA suffered their first loss of the tournament but still advanced to the quarterfinals. One team that will not be advancing to the next stage of the FIBA World Cup is the Dominican Republic led […]

The Dallas Wings have quietly become one of the top teams in the WNBA. While the Las Vegas Aces, New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun have been the top three teams in the league for the entire season, the Wings have solidified themselves as the fourth best team in the WNBA under new head coach […]

With the knockout stage here at the FIBA World Cup, one of the top teams who can pose a threat to Team USA is Canada. Led by rising star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Canada was facing a must-win situation on Sunday against Spain. A loss would have eliminated Canada from the 2023 FIBA World Cup knockout stage. […]

Team USA suffered their first loss at the 2023 FIBA World Cup under head coach Steve Kerr on Sunday. The 110-104 loss came against Lithuania and was the first time that Team USA had lost a game in FIBA World Cup play overall. They found themselves down 31-12 after the first quarter and were never […]

Last season was a pretty forgettable one for the BYU Cougars as they completed their final season in the West Coast Conference. They finished with an overall record of 19-15 and only 7-9 in WCC play. They will be moving to the Big 12 Conference this season and a fresh start. The transfer portal has […]

The top three teams in the WNBA this season have been the Las Vegas Aces, New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun. But the Dallas Wings have quietly cemented themselves as a top four team in the league. Led by the star duo of Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally, both of whom were named to the […]

It’s no secret that flights from game to game have been at the forefront of the issues that WNBA players currently face. Earlier this season, those issues came to a tipping point when Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was harassed in an airport. Currently, WNBA players are not allowed to fly charter as other professional […]

The Atlanta Dream have been a bizarre team this season. They have enough talent on the roster to be one of the better teams in the WNBA but they’ve just been very inconsistent. At 17-19, the Dream currently hold a playoff spot at No. 5, but they could easily miss the playoffs altogether as they […]

The Indiana Fever’s roller coaster season came to an end this week when they were eliminated from playoff contention. They still have four games left to play but they have to wait until next season to make the playoffs. At 11-25, the Fever’s record isn’t quite what it appears to be. They were in a […]

The New York Liberty have been one of the best teams in the WNBA this season and they’re considered a championship favorite alongside the Las Vegas Aces. They retooled their roster in the offseason by adding All-Stars Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot to play alongside fellow All-Stars Sabrina Ionescu and Betnijah Laney. But […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie forward Victor Wembanyama is quite possibly the most hyped NBA prospect ever. He was considered a generational type prospect long before the Spurs selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. There was absolutely no question that he was going to be selected as the top […]

Overall, the 2022-23 season was a successful one for the Texas A&M Aggies basketball team. They finished with an overall record of 25-10 and 15-3 in SEC Conference play. They made it to the SEC Tournament championship game where they lost to Alabama who was ranked the No. 2 team in the nation at the […]

The FIBA World Cup is officially underway. The tournament is being held across three countries; Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines. So far, Team USA is off to a good start. They’re 3-0 having defeated Greece, Jordan and New Zealand. Their next two games are against Montenegro and Lithuania. But it was an NBA player not […]

For the majority of this season, the Las Vegas Aces have been the best team in the WNBA. They still hold the best record in the league at 30-6, but they haven’t been playing as sharp as of late. Part of it may be fatigue, part of it may be the doldrums of the regular […]

At 19-16, the Dallas Wings sit in fourth place in the WNBA standings as the regular season begins to wind down. With the collection of talent on their roster, they are a potentially dangerous team come playoff time. The Wings are led by the star duo of Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally, both of whom […]

The Dallas Wings have been one of the better teams in the WNBA this season. With only a handful of games left in the regular season, the Wings are 19-16 and are in control of the fourth spot in league standings. They are two games up ahead of the 17-18 Washington Mystics. The Wings have […]

At this point in the offseason, most NBA teams already have their rosters set for the 2023-24 season. A few minor moves are what’s left to be made in the form of two-way contracts or training camp Exhibit 10 contracts. This season as per the NBA’s new CBA, teams are allowed to have three two-way […]

The Atlanta Dream have been having a very inconsistent season. With an overall record of 17-19, they’re still in the mix for a playoff spot, but they’re also in danger of not making the playoffs all together. They currently sit in sixth place in the WNBA standings but they could easily fall to ninth as […]

The Denver Nuggets are the team to beat in the NBA’s Western Conference until proven otherwise. That’s the leeway you get when you’re the defending champions. That’s not to say they won’t have their share of teams coming for their throne. The Western Conference got tougher this offseason. The Golden State Warriors added Chris Paul. […]

The Phoenix Mercury don’t have anything left to play for in the standings as they have officially been eliminated from playoff contention this season. What they can do is play spoiler for teammates jockeying for playoff position and they can also play for pride to finish out the season on a high note. One of […]

It was a fairly successful 2022-23 season for the Tennessee Volunteers. They finished with an overall record of 25-11 and 11-7 in SEC Conference play. They made the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 beating Louisiana and Duke along the way before falling to Florida Atlantic. Tennessee did so without key guard Zakai […]

At this point in the offseason, most college basketball rosters are completed. There may be a special case here or there where a player is waiting for NCAA clearance, but for the most part the dust has already settled even for all the players still in the transfer portal. While the portal has changed the […]

With the 2023 WNBA regular season winding down, the playoff picture is beginning to look a little more clear. Both the Seattle Storm and the Phoenix Mercury were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention on Sunday with their losses. The Indiana Fever remain alive in the playoff race but they face some uncertainty surrounding Aliyah Boston. […]

Just looking at the rosters from the ongoing FIBA World Cup and the number of NBA players playing for other countries, it’s evident how much of an influence international basketball has begun to have on the American game. American colleges have begun to look overseas for potential recruits. It soon won’t be so uncommon to […]

The Indiana Fever are not out of the playoff race yet as the 2023 WNBA regular season winds down. At 11-24, the Fever have now won three games in a row and are desperately clinging to their playoff hopes. A loss against the Atlanta Dream on Sunday would have mathematically eliminated them from playoff contention. […]

When Phoenix Mercury training camp began back in April, Sug Sutton knew that nothing was promised. On a non-guaranteed camp contract, Sutton had to make the team, beating out several other roster hopefuls. With only 144 roster spots in the WNBA, the league has become the toughest professional sports league to break into. Every moment […]

The FIBA World Cup got underway this week and Team USA started off their group stage with a big win against New Zealand. Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is perhaps the biggest name on Team USA with Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra as an assistant under head coach Steve Kerr. Spoelstra is regarded as […]

The Phoenix Mercury appear to be headed for a lottery finish. At 9-24 the Mercury currently hold the worst record in the WNBA. It’s been a very disappointing season amid the return of Brittney Griner. Griner herself has missed time this season due to injury as well as mental health issues. Diana Taurasi has missed […]

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson has arguably become the best player in the WNBA. She is the reigning MVP and is once again one of the favorites to earn the league’s top award. She is the face of the Aces franchise and she recently went off against the Atlanta Dream for a career-high 53 […]

The 2023 FIBA World Cup is officially underway in the group stage. Team USA is not the only country that has NBA players anymore. Many other countries’ national teams have NBA players on their roster and one of the most well-known is Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic who is leading Slovenia. Doncic is arguably the […]

The San Antonio Spurs surprised nobody when they selected Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Wembanyama had been the consensus No. 1 pick for a while and multiple teams engaged in tank jobs to try and land him. Wembanyama has been called a generational talent and a for […]

It was a pretty successful 2022-23 season for the Pittsburgh Panthers. They finished with an overall record of 24-12 and 14-6 in ACC Conference play. They showed a lot of improvement in Jeff Capel’s fifth season as head coach and they made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. This season though, Pittsburgh […]

The Las Vegas Aces won their first championship in franchise history last season. It’s become customary for professional and college sports teams to visit the White House after winning a championship. However, between the years of 2017-2020 when Donald Trump was president, teams began staying away as it was no longer an honor to visit. […]

It’s been a busy summer for Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown. He started it off with a lucrative contract extension making him one of the highest paid players in the NBA this upcoming season. He followed that up with a big heartfelt gesture towards all of the media members who voted him in as an […]

Since even before the 2023 WNBA season began, the New York Liberty were considered one of the title favorites alongside the Las Vegas Aces. So far this season, they’ve lived up to that hype. They are currently 26-7 and behind only the Aces in the league standings. With a starting lineup of Breanna Stewart, Sabrina […]

With the 2023 FIBA World Cup set to tip-off next week, Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is busy preparing for a hopeful medal run with Slovenia. As team captain, he has talked about how his leadership role with the Mavs has prepared him for this. Luka Doncic has emerged as the face of the Mavs’ […]

Over the past two seasons, Atlanta Dream wing Rhyne Howard has been solidifying herself as one of the best up and coming stars in the WNBA. A two-time All-Star selection, she’s become the face of the Dream franchise. Although the team has had an inconsistent season as a whole, she herself has been one of […]

Coming into this season, not many fans nor media thought much of the Connecticut Sun. The road to the 2023 WNBA championship was seen as a two-team race between the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty. While those two teams have certainly lived up to their preseason hype, the Sun have quietly placed […]