Archive | Basketball – Men’s
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Former Oregon assistant hired as head coach of Charlotte Bobcats
In a somewhat surprising move, former Oregon men’s basketball assistant coach Mike Dunlap was named the next head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats.
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NBA Finals: Thunder’s fourth-quarter comeback comes up short in Game 2
The Oklahoma City Thunder made a strong push in the fourth quarter but to no avail, losing to the Miami Heat, 100-94, to even the series at 1-apiece. How the Thunder lost: The Thunder again started very slow, going down 18-2 with less than five minutes left in the first quarter.
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Column: Thunder need stronger start to hold home-court advantage
The Thunder came back from a 13-point deficit on Tuesday and beat the Miami Heat 105-94 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. As the younger, quicker team, the Thunder have the luxury of being able to come back like that. But they shouldn't count on that ability to win games.
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NBA Finals: Thunder rally for 105-94 victory over Heat in Game 1
After getting down by as much as 13 in the first half, the Oklahoma City Thunder stormed back to beat the Miami Heat, 105-94, in Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals.
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Former UCLA star Reeves Nelson sues Sports Illustrated over expose
Nearly two months after a Sports Illustrated story painted him in a negative light, former UCLA men’s basketball player Reeves Nelson has sued the magazine. The suit, filed Wednesday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, names Sports Illustrated’s parent company, Time, Inc.
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Column: NCAA shamelessly protecting itself in inquiry about Kentucky basketball recruit
Last week, in a development that surprised exactly no one, a report surfaced that the NCAA was “inquiring” about the high school career of star 2012 Kentucky commit Nerlens Noel.
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Big 12 stabilizes after yearlong conference realignment drama
The Big 12 Conference survived a tumultuous conference realignment situation in 2011. Barely. The conference, already unstable from Colorado and Nebraska’s June departures, was shaken again when the Southeastern Conference extended an official invitation for membership to Texas A&M in August.
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Butler to move to Atlantic 10
Butler U. will join the Atlantic 10 conference in the 2013-14 academic year. Wednesday afternoon, university officials announced at a conference that Butler would move out of the Horizon League and join the likes of Xavier University and University of Dayton and 11 other institutions.
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Top-ranked recruit Tony Parker commits to UCLA basketball
In an offseason that has seen the Bruins put together an already impressive recruiting class, UCLA’s basketball program received another big addition Monday when center Tony Parker announced his plans to attend the university. Hailing from Lithonia, Ga., Parker, who was rated the country’s No.