Posts Tagged ‘Basketball’

Lakers vs Suns in Western Conference Finals, Basketball

Lakers vs Suns

Two familiar foes batting at the top stage of the Western Conference.

With both teams having a history of long battles, bitter altercations, and messy comments towards one another, it appears as though it’s only fair to end the Western Conference this season with the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns.

Wes Moore – The 10th Head Basketball Coach

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Wes Moore, who led the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to an unprecedented 11-straight Southern Conference regular season championships as well as eight NCAA Tournament berths in the last 12 campaigns, has been named the 10th head coach of the East Carolina University women’s basketball program, according to an announcement by director of athletics Terry Holland Monday.

Oliver Purnell leaves Clemson for DePaul – Basketball

Oliver Purnell

INDIANAPOLIS — DePaul agreed with Clemson men’s basketball coach Oliver Purnell late Monday on a seven-year contract that will pay Purnell well beyond the $1.6 million salary he was making with the Tigers.

Purnell will be introduced at a 2:30 p.m. ET news conference Tuesday in Chicago, DePaul spokesperson Greg Greenwell confirmed.

“DePaul presents a great opportunity,” Purnell told ESPN.com Tuesday morning.

McDonald s all americans 2010 visit the Ronald McDonald house – high school basketball

mcdonald s all american

Forty-eight of the nation’s top high school basketball players are set to compete in Columbus, OH on March 31st in the McDonald’s All-American games. Read more…

Celtics handle Nuggets, clinch postseason berth – NBA Basketball

Celtics Basketball

BOSTON — Paul Pierce scored 27 points, Kevin Garnett had 20 and the Boston Celtics clinched a playoff berth with a 113-99 victory against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. Read more…

Jeremy Tyler – Former U.S. high school basketball star quits Israeli pro team

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Former U.S. high school basketball star Jeremy Tyler quit Israeli team Maccabi Haifa and returned home Friday, cutting short a disappointing first pro season. Read more…

ACC Tournament 2010 results and scores – Basketball

ACC Tournament 2010 result

The Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament is moving full speed ahead as we approach NCAA selection Sunday. There’s just four teams remaining among the ACC tournament right now, with Duke the odds on favorite. Let’s take a look at the current ACC Tournament 2010 results heading into the final rounds. Read more…

1st Annual XI Magazine’s 2010 March Madness Bracket

march madness 2010 bracket

March is here and you know that means…MARCH MADNESS is upon us! The biggest event in college basketball is less than weeks away and Exclusivity Magazine is hosting it’s first tournament for our readers to join, test your college basketball knowledge and put it all on the line for a chance to win. Read more…

UK Team Survives at Vanderbilt Basketball

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NASHVILLE, TN — Second ranked UK Basketball has the inside track to win the SEC East, the top overall seeding in the league’s postseason tournament and a 1 seeding in the NCAA Tournament after a hard fought 58-56 win at 17th ranked Vanderbilt Saturday. It was UK’s first win in Nashville in 5 years. Read more…

720 Dunk Basketball : Dunking skills take Fontenette from Hitchcock to All-Star stage

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Taurian Fontenette sat in the stands at Delmar Fieldhouse on a Saturday in December to check out the Yates boys basketball team he had heard so much about.

In the first quarter, senior guard Brandon Peters dunked on back-to-back alley-oop passes, and the crowd went wild. Fontenette had to grin, because he was doing the same thing at Hitchcock High School a decade ago. Read more…