Archive | Basketball – Men’s
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How Aldrich and Henry will fit into the NBA
Cole Aldrich didn’t really fit in New Orleans. The experts never really mentioned Aldrich as an option for the Hornets’ first-round pick, even though the team was in the heart of his projected range (about sixth to 15th). New Orleans, after all, has an established veteran at center in former No.
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Mavericks expect big things from Jones
After making U. South Florida history Thursday night by becoming the highest Bull ever drafted, Dominique Jones said he’s anxious to see what kind of challenges the NBA will present. “It feels good (to be drafted in the first round),” Jones said in a statement.
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Singler and Smith take leadership positions
With the departures of Jon Scheyer, Brian Zoubek and Lance Thomas—three seniors who developed into respected leaders during their ultimately successful tenures at Duke—the 2010-11 Blue Devils now look to a new corps of leaders.
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How to repeat…by the 1991-1992 Blue Devils
Brian Davis still remembers how he felt after Duke won its first ever national championship. He, Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill had just beaten Kansas by seven. The Blue Devils were not expected to have gotten that far, and he and the rest of the team were overjoyed.
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Free agency steals show from draftees
Teams and individual players alike used the 2010 NBA Draft as a springboard for professional careers, preparation for perhaps the biggest offseason in NBA history and even a fashion show.
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Friends, fans and family pay their last respects to Coach John Wooden in final memorial service in Pauley Pavilion
In a fashion that paid homage to the legendary basketball coach, the UCLA community said one final farewell to John Wooden on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion. In a quick but unhurried memorial service that started exactly at 11 a.m.
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Kansas stars Aldrich, Henry selected 11th, 12th
Those who have spent a lot of time around Xavier Henry always notice one thing first: his ever-present smile. Thursday night, at a little before 7:30 in the Theater at Madison Square Garden, Henry’s smile started to falter a little bit.
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Sherron Collins goes undrafted
Ever since the loss to Northern Iowa, Sherron Collins has been a ghost. He spent time working out for the NBA draft in Las Vegas and returned home to Chicago, where he is now. He cut off all contact with almost everybody from the outside of his inner circle.
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‘Bigger, faster, stronger’
As Duke U. Director of Athletics Kevin White enters his third year on the job, Duke sits in a comfortable position in an otherwise topsy-turvey collegiate sports world.