Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9828)
A breakdown of Florida-Dayton’s matchup in the Elite Eight and a chance to vote on who you think will win!
NORFOLK, Va. — For Old Dominion, the plan was for defense to set up the offense. The strategy worked perfectly Thursday night. On one end, the Monarchs harassed East Carolina into its worst shooting performance of the season, 29.8 percent. On the other, Old Dominion shot a season-high 59.2 percent. Not surprisingly, the result was […]
Ben Nadeau continues Basketball Insiders’ Free Agent Watch by checking in on a thin small forward class.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Just a few weeks ago, fans at the FedExForum booed Memphis Grizzlies rookie Nick Calathes. Not when he missed a shot or made a turnover. But when they saw him get up off the bench and head to the scorer’s table to check into the game. That was the low point. The […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Forward LaMarcus Aldridge scored a career-high 44 points and the Portland Trail Blazers needed every bit of it in a 110-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night at the Moda Center. Aldridge scored the final 10 points for the Trail Blazers (32-11), who trailed much of the game and did […]
The first five members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014 were announced on Friday, and nine individuals and one team were named as finalists for consideration for election in 2014. The five Direct Elects include Bob “Slick” Leonard voted in from the American Basketball Association (ABA) Committee, Nat Clifton from […]
The Trail Blazers have finally gotten healthy and are starting to hit their stride. Are they sleepers in the Western Conference?
With the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference regular-season title already locked up, North Carolina Central University capped a magical regular season Thursday with a 76-70 win against the conference’s No. 3 team, Norfolk State. Guard Jeremy Ingram led the way for NCCU (25-5 overall, 15-1 in MEAC) with 19 points as the Eagles set a program record […]
ST. LOUIS — For Wichita State fans who were chanting “undefeated” in the last minute of Sunday’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament finals, it was another step into the NCAA Division I record books. For Tekele Cotton, the tourney’s Most Outstanding Player, it was simply a day where the No. 2 Shockers checked off another box […]
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs, reeling with injuries, are spirally out of the win column in the last week. Ready for their fortunes to change, they relied on their prime-time players. Forward Tim Duncan had 23 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Spurs to a 95-93 win over the Sacramento Kings on […]