Wednesday's Big East Tournament action saw bubble-hopefuls South Florida and Seton Hall each lose a must-win game, and both will now head to the NIT. On the other side, Marquette and Notre Dame both won, and more importantly, loc...

March Madness. The name says it all. There is the pure insanity, the Madness, that the tournament promises every year. There is the excitement and energy, the Madness, that the players, coaches, and fans exude during the tourname...

Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle reports: Guard Monta Ellis revealed Wednesday that he was born with a small hole at the base of his spine, a condition that he says started causing back pain in high school and still...

In the midst of recent struggles by the Los Angeles Lakers, a new trend has emerged which blames all of the ailments of the team on its superstar Kobe Bryant, with some even going as far to say the Lakers are a better team without B...

Youth is wasted on the young. And so are 40-inch verticals, freakishly explosive crossovers, and $3,000 rims on a Chevy Corsica. In college basketball, the saying holds true unless you’re the Fab 5, Carmelo Anthony, or never nervous...

Ahh the NCAA Tournament. March Madness. The upsets. The Buzzer Beaters. There's nothing like it. Every game is a Game 7. The loser goes home and the winner moves on. Every so often we get a team from out of nowhere who makes a gre...

Let's say that the Wolves get a high first-round pick. Let's say that the Wolves sign a pretty good free agent. Let's say that the Wolves acquire Nikola Pekovic, and he becomes as good as expected. What would happen to the Wolves? T...

Seton Hall (19-11) came into the Big East tournament with an RPI at 54. The Pirates knew they needed to make a serious run in the next few days in order to impress the NCAA selection committee.  Tonight’s win over Providence (12-18)...

The Boston Celtics hope to make a late postseason run.    They acquired Nate Robinson in the trading deadline and hope he can re-energize the second unit, the Big Three (Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen) can find the founta...

Wednesday's tournament slate Big East Conference First Round (New York City)Noon - ESPN - #8 Georgetown vs. #9 South Florida2 p.m. - ESPN - #5 Marquette vs. #13 St. Johns7 p.m. - ESPN - #7 Notre Dame vs. #10 Seton Hall9 p.m. - ESPN...

After the Orlando Magic beat the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, much was made of the Lakers struggles in suffering their third straight defeat. Yes, it was the first time in a long time that the Lakers have lost three in a row. B...

The Los Angeles Clippers are the worst managed team in the NBA and quite possibly in all of professional sports. The team is lottery participants almost every year due to the fact that they often often pass up future Hall of Famers ...

The mistakes the Raptors made in letting Kobe Bryant get a good look at the game-winner last night. It wasn't enough that they let Bryant get to a spot he likes ... they also left him a pretty amazing plan B: Look at Lamar Odom i...

Entering the Big East tournament, there were six teams who locked their NCAA bids while another six were still on the bubble. Marquette, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, USF, Connecticut, and even Cincinnati ended their seasons in hopes of ...

I would start by referring to this Warriors team as a rabble. Unfortunately, that would be an insult to rabbles. There is nothing that says a disorganised, unholy rabble can't play with heart and passion—two qualities that have been...

Somewhere Bill Simmons, ESPN columnist who has made his dislike for Dunleavy  evident in several articles, is smiling. The final link between Mike Dunleavy and the Clippers was officially severed today.  Word apparently arrived via...

I think the Coaches Proposal for the Big East Conference Tournament is a great idea. This would create a normal 16-team tournament, and in a way it would be like a mini-NCAA tourney. The top four seeds would play the bottom four on ...

Suspended Miami Heat point guard Rafer Alston still hasn't contacted the team.

When Michael Jordan agreed to purchase the Charlotte Bobcats in late February, he became the first player to own a majority stake in an NBA franchise. David Stern said he expects the other owners to approve the former Bulls’ star be...