Lead basketball reporter Derek Piper shares his biggest takeaways from Illinois’ 116-65 win over Ottawa in Friday’s exhibition game. To read this full article and more, subscribe now — SALE: One Month for Only $1 Get access to this article and all of the in-depth coverage from the 247Sports Network with this special offer. Join…

Taking the court for the first time in the 2023-2024 season, the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team was outclassed by Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 92-58 on Friday night at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Friday’s contest between the Rainbow Warriors and Gaels was an exhibition game as part of the Outrigger Charity Invitational, where…

Cameron Indoor Stadium is back. And for once, not much has changed. After a year marked by its newness — a new head coach, nearly all new starters — Duke basketball seems to be embracing continuity. Less than an hour before Countdown to Craziness kicked off, the news dropped that Jon Scheyer will be officially extending…

Countdown to Craziness has come and gone and a good time was had by all. It’s gotten to be an impressive tech event. The coordination is truly impressive. One of the things that was most intriguing was that someone was running a very small drone. We first saw it during the player introductions which was…

With far more depth than in his first two seasons, Tommy Lloyd has the luxury of mixing and matching lineups during the preseason to find the ones that will work best for when the games start to count in a few weeks. But even he was surprised by some of the quintets he ended up…

Indiana men’s and women’s basketball appeared in front of the public for the first time this season in their annual Hoosier Hysteria event Friday night at Assembly Hall. The teams competed in a skills challenge, 3-point shootout and knockout contest. Here are three key moments from the event.  Yarden Garzon lights up 3-point contest and…

Are you someone who enjoys beating up on inexperienced fantasy managers, or would you find it much more rewarding to test your skills by taking on a difficult challenge? If you’re in the latter group like me, then I present to you one of the most difficult challenges I can think of for fantasy basketball:…

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“I really like the new basketball courts. It’s going to be fun playing here,” said eighth grader Roman Thomas. ST. LOUIS — “I think they’re pretty cool,” said 13-year-old Roman Thomas. It was a super “cool” day for Thomas. He lives down the street from two new basketball courts that are now open in Tower…

Indiana kicked off its 2023-24 season on Friday evening with its annual edition of Hoosier Hysteria. Watch below IU basketball coach Mike Woodson’s full comments in an interview live at the event inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Further below you can see the video played at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall before Woodson was introduced to…