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After a crazy four days of basketball this past weekend, we have reached the Sweet 16. In this year’s men’s basketball tournament, we have already seen arguably the most shocking upset in tournament history, an improbable collapse, buzzer beaters and some questionable calls in the ...

The seemingly protracted preseason has ended and the 2015-16 NBA season officially tips off on Tuesday night. There is a lot to look forward to this season, with some highly regarded rookies beginning their NBA careers, superstars returning from injuries and other stars making their ...

Over a month has passed since the start of the NBA free agency period and one acclaimed player is still unsigned: power forward Tristan Thompson, who made a name for himself this past season playing alongside LeBron James with the Cleveland Cavaliers. When the free ...

For a while now, there has been debate about the draft eligibility rule in the NBA. Currently, the rule states that a player has to be one year removed from high school in order to be eligible for the draft. In the past, high school ...

Thursday night in the 2015 NBA draft saw the two-round event start off with the Minnesota Timberwolves selecting Karl-Anthony Towns first overall and ended with the Philadelphia 76ers taking Luka Mitrovic with the 60th selection. As with every draft, whether it is basketball, football, baseball ...

Just nine days after the conclusion of the 2014-15 NBA season, the offseason is set to officially begin Thursday night with the NBA draft. Ohio State basketball may not be as premier of a program as the likes of Duke, North Carolina or Kentucky, but ...

In the days leading up to Thursday’s opening game of the NBA Finals, the debate is on about which team is going to take home the Larry O’Brien Trophy. LeBron James looks to break Cleveland’s infamous three-sport 51-year title drought — which began with the ...

Those of you who have been watching the NBA playoffs — or have been trying to watch it — have seen a free-throw contest as opposed to a basketball game while following the Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets series. Both teams have been using ...