College basketball rankings: Houston, Duke, Purdue lead way-too-early Top 25 And 1 for 2025-26 season

1 Houston This ranking is based on the Cougars returning four of the top seven scorers – specifically Emanuel Sharp, Milos Uzan, Terrance Arceneaux and Joseph Tugler – from a team that... Read more »

Fantasy Basketball End of Season Roundtable: Biggest fantasy disappointment

While some fantasy managers compete in leagues that run through the end of the NBA’s regular season, most were completed by the end of Sunday’s games. Congratulations to those who won their... Read more »

March Madness 2025 winners and losers: SEC lives up to the hype, Duke chokes in NCAA Tournament Final Four

The 2025 NCAA Tournament is officially in the books. No. 1 seed Florida defeated No. 1 seed Houston 65-63 in a dramatic comeback victory to claim the program’s first national title since... Read more »

Heat vs. 76ers odds, line, prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, April 7 best bets from proven model

The Miami Heat (35-43) hosts the Philadelphia 76ers (23-55) in an Eastern Conference battle on Monday. The 76ers enter this game on an 11-game losing streak, and on Saturday, Minnesota topped Philadelphia... Read more »

As Houston’s L.J. Cryer chases NCAA history, he’ll always be more than a trivia note to his former coach

SAN ANTONIO — The sting is still evident in Scott Drew’s voice. It has been two years since L.J. Cryer walked into the Baylor coach’s office and told Drew their basketball marriage... Read more »

Knicks Notes: How Jalen Brunson fared in return from ankle injury

Jalen Brunson played in an NBA basketball game for the first time in four weeks on Sunday — as you’d expect, his rhythm was a little off, his conditioning was less than 100 percent.  Those things will... Read more »

Cooper Flagg falling short of national title means he can’t claim crown as best one-and-done player ever

The Cooper Flagg era at Duke ended abruptly during a 70-67 loss to No. 1 seed Houston in the national semifinals. Flagg, the projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA... Read more »

Lakers vs. Thunder odds, line, prediction, start time: 2025 NBA picks, April 6 best bets from proven model

The Oklahoma City Thunder will look to continue their dominance at home when they battle the Los Angeles Lakers in a key Western Conference matchup on Sunday afternoon. Los Angeles is coming... Read more »

Cooper Flagg has left the building: Duke superstar’s college career ends in devastating Final Four collapse

SAN ANTONIO — There’s a tiny room with one black leather chair in the bowels of the Alamodome where Cooper Flagg sits for the next six minutes until Duke’s locker room to... Read more »

Knicks' Tom Thibodeau rebukes notion Jalen Brunson return will affect OG Anunoby's play

The Knicks have played admirably without Jalen Brunson since the All-Star point guard went down with a sprained ankle in early March. After Saturday's dominant win over the Atlanta Hawks, the Knicks... Read more »