NORTH AUGUSTA, SC — As LeBron James sat on a folding chair in the corner of a recreation-center basketball court last week, he often appeared to be in a state of agitation. There was James, edging onto the court repeatedly to check the scoreboard and the clock above him. Or chomping on an apple and … Read more
LAS VEGAS — Few could have foreseen Xavier Booker, who as a sophomore barely got off his high school team’s bench, in his current position: being scrutinized by NBA scouts and recruited by Kansas, Kentucky, Gonzaga, Duke, Michigan State, Michigan, Indiana and a cadre of others. Then again, who wouldn’t fancy a 6-foot-11 left-hander who … Read more
Lennie Rosenbluth, the All-America forward who led a North Carolina team to the New Yorkers with an unbeaten season and a thrilling victory over Wilt Chamberlain’s Kansas squad in the 1957 NCAA basketball tournament championship game, died on Saturday. He was 89. His death was announced by North Carolina’s athletic department, which did not cite … Read more
C. Vivian Stringer, the Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach at Rutgers University who first became a college sideline in 1971 and became one of her sport’s premier defensive minds, said Saturday that she would retire in September. The first black coach to win at least 1,000 Division I basketball games, Stringer, 74, has long … Read more
If this year’s NCAA basketball tournaments look a little bigger – a little older – your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Call it a silver lining of the pandemic. Before the pandemic intervened, college students had five years to complete four seasons of play. For various reasons – among them injuries, one-time transfers or competition waivers … Read more
Jay Wright’s storied run at Villanova has come to an end. The Big East Conference was notified on Wednesday night of coaching from Wright’s plans to retire, said a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because his retirement had not been announced. An official announcement is expected later Wednesday night. … Read more
NEW ORLEANS – After coaching the last game of his storied career, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and his wife, Mikey, rode a golf cart into a hallway near the pressroom of the Superdome late Saturday night. The Blue Devils’ season came to a sudden and dramatic end after a 81-77 loss to North Carolina, their tobacco … Read more
NEW ORLEANS – David McCormick and his Kansas teammates were trailing by 15 points at half time of the national championship game, but they were just smiling. “They think I’m crazy,” McCormick said in a television interview. He told his friends: “Just come out here, have fun and do what we were born to do. … Read more
New Orleans – After the final buzzer as he made his way to court, Kansas transfer guard Remy Martin looked at Fans Mandy San Jose Hawks fans who were pushing against the railing of the superdome so he could get closer to him. General Chat Chat Lounge “Remy! Rem-y! “They shouted. They made up his … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS – Don Staley was growing up. Staley, a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist and Hall of Famer as a player, coached at Temple, his hometown, in Philadelphia, for eight years, but the team couldn’t miss the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. So when Steele took over as coach of the South Carolina women’s basketball … Read more