As strange as it sounds, Kentucky football gave the Wildcats an advantage over Tennessee basketball more than a century ago. In the 1910s, when the hoops rivalry was in its infancy, UK’s basketball lineup was loaded with brutish football players who manhandled the Vols. UT relied on players who played only basketball. They struggled to…

Drake Dobbs had two of the best years of his basketball life followed by the two lowest points. All of it turned him into the leader he is now on a St. Thomas team contending in the Summit League. On a 2020 Star Tribune All-Metro team with McDonald’s All-Americans Jalen Suggs and Dawson Garcia and…

It was a normal AAU game for Haines City guard Arissa Jenkins in April 2022. She was leading the fastbreak, dribbling up the floor, but two opponents were frantically trying to catch up to her before tripping and inadvertently falling on Jenkins’ leg, which buckled her knee and tore her ACL. She was devastated, especially…

UNC basketball welcomes Duke to Chapel Hill on Saturday for a top-10 showdown at the Smith Center.  But if you want to watch college basketball’s most intense rivalry from the Carolina blue seats inside the arena, it’ll cost you. The game tips off at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN), and tickets to get into the Smith Center…

When Connor Nolte went to his first Georgia basketball game of the season last week, he hit up his former Bulldog teammate Matt Bucklin via text to let him know how different the scene was inside Stegeman Coliseum. He also was messaging and sending photos to former players Jeremy Price and Chris Barnes, who were…

Florida basketball will enter one of the toughest road environments in college basketball when it plays No. 8 Kentucky on Wednesday night at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. (8 p.m., ESPN). The Florida Gators (14-6, 4-3 SEC) are 1-3 on the road this season and picked up their first road of the season earlier this…

By its standards, Georgia women’s basketball isn’t having a stellar season. The Lady Dawgs are on a six-game losing streak, 10-10 overall, and each loss during the streak has come by double digits. They last finished a game victoriously Jan. 4 when Joni Taylor’s Texas A&M team (15-5, 3-4 SEC) came to Athens and Georgia…

GOPHERS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY vs. Penn State, Williams Arena, 7 p.m, Wednesday Streaming: B1G+ Radio: 96.7-FM Opening bell: This will be the Gophers’ first game without Mara Braun, who hurt her right foot in Sunday’s loss at Illinois. When Braun hit a three-pointer in the fourth quarter’s first minute, the Gophers led by seven. Without…