Archive | Basketball – Men’s
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Column: FIBA job one of Coach K’s best
Mike Krzyzewski made his triumphant return to the Duke U. campus last night, just days after leading the United States National Team to its fourth FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
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Column: USA wins gold, but does anybody care?
Sunday night, USA basketball captured the gold medal in the FIBA World Basketball Championships for the first time since 1994. The end of a 16-year drought should have Americans celebrating in the streets, right? But the truth is the tournament has seemed to draw little interest from most U.S.
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Report: Kentucky recruit was paid by Turkish team
The New York Times reported Tuesday that U. Kentucky basketball recruit Enes Kanter received about $100,000 in cash and benefits over a period of three years from the Turkish professional team he played for, citing the general manager of the team.
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15-year-old basketball star commits to Indiana for 2014 recruiting class
Since being hired as Indiana men’s basketball coach in April 2008, Tom Crean has continually stressed the importance of getting in-state talent to come to Bloomington, and they’re joining him young. James Blackmon Jr.
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MGM casino probed after Jordan tweet
MGM Resorts International was under investigation after the underage son of basketball great Michael Jordan bragged on Twitter about partying at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub. Officials were examining whether the casino operator violated laws prohibiting drinking or gambling by minors.
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Xavier Henry in unlikely contract dispute
Xavier Henry has twice been committed to a Memphis basketball team. He has yet to put on a jersey representing either of those teams. Henry originally committed to play for coach John Calipari at Memphis before decommitting and joining the Kansas basketball team.
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Column: Marcus Jordan – More than just a story?
Since when are kids not allowed to be kids? Since when does a famous last name set the standards by which you live? By now media outlets around U. Central Florida — and even ESPN — are reporting about Marcus Jordan’s wild tweets about his weekend in Vegas.
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Sentinel: Jordans drop 56K in Las Vegas
What happens in Vegas, gets posted on Twitter A few key players from the U. Central Florida men’s basketball team stirred controversy this weekend, and this time it wasn’t over a shoe deal.
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Alford gears up for fourth season at New Mexico
The 2010-11 U. New Mexico men’s basketball schedule was released last week. The 31-game season includes notable contests against California, Texas Tech, Southern Illinois, NMSU and Dayton.