Kyrie Irving is unreal in crunch time. The Celtics guard orchestrated a 9-0 run down the stretch, including a dagger three-pointer in Kawhi Leonard’s face to give Boston a much-needed victory over the Raptors 117-108 on Wednesday. The Celtics snapped a three-game losing streak with the home win and may have smoothed over some recent […]
We’re roughly halfway through the 2018-19 college basketball season, which is the first season with the NET rankings that replaced the RPI in the offseason. As a reminder, the following section lists the quadrant breakdown that is used on the NCAA’s team sheets that organize every program’s wins and losses: Quadrant 1: Home 1-30; Neutral […]
No. 4 Virginia’s 22-point win over No. 9 Virginia Tech on Tuesday night avenged the Cavaliers’ only ACC loss since the start of last season, propelled them to sole possession of first place in the conference standings and paved the way for the ‘Hoos to likely take over the No. 1 ranking in the AP […]
The 2019 ACC football schedule was released Wednesday, and we examined it in its entirety. Here are our biggest takeaways as we look ahead at a number of storylines, including Clemson’s chances of repeating as the national champion. First game of the season Defending national champion Clemson will host Georgia Tech on Thursday, August 29 […]
The Lakers got some good news regarding the health of LeBron James. In a team release, Los Angeles announced James has been cleared to return to practice next week. James will “progress towards playing” after making his return, according to the team. He will not travel with LA on their upcoming two-game road trip. James […]
Despite Northern Illinois’ search for a head football coach, the coaching carousel across the country has begun to slow down now that it’s mid-January. Here are our new faces, new places tier rankings of head coaches who have been hired this offseason — with consideration given to each school, its conference, the potential candidate pool […]
Stadium, the first 24/7 multi-platform sports network, today joined STIRR, the new live and on-demand streaming service from Sinclair Broadcast Group. The full 24/7 Stadium linear network is now available on the STIRR app, via iOS and Android devices, Amazon FireTV, Apple TV, Roku and on the web at: www.STIRR.com. ” We are incredibly excited to distribute […]
Duke’s freshman point guard Tre Jones might be the fourth Blue Devils player mentioned in highlight shows and casual conversations when the nation’s No. 1-ranked team is discussed, but he’s as important as any player on their roster. That will soon become apparent – if it’s not already – after Duke announced Monday night that […]
Luka Doncic is the real deal. The Mavericks made the big splash on draft day, acquiring Doncic from the Hawks for Trae Young and a 2019 protected first-round pick. The jury is still out on which team ‘won’ the trade and will be for the next few seasons, but Dallas should be happy with Doncic’s […]
Virginia is 46-3 since the start of the 2017-18 season and 23-1 against ACC opponents during that span. In-state rival Virginia Tech is responsible for the Cavaliers’ only loss to a conference foe since the start of last season as the Hokies went to Charlottesville and won 61-60 in overtime last February. We rewatched that […]
Los Angeles is about to find out how much longer it will be without LeBron James. The Lakers have gone 3-7 in their last 10 games as James recovers from a groin injury, but they could be without him for an extended period of time. According to Stadium NBA Insider Shams Charania, James’ agent Rich […]
In this week’s bracket, when a one-seed is dropped to a two-seed, it’s always a good time to explain the differences between a bracket and a poll. With a poll, a team rarely loses its spot in the rankings if it didn’t lose. The exception would be if a team below them knocks off the […]
There were no changes in the top 10 of the AP Top 25 poll for Week 11, which means we’ll get two top-10 matchups this week in the ACC. Four teams dropped out of the AP poll and they were replaced by three familiar faces plus a school that hasn’t been ranked in six seasons. […]
Ranked teams lost 17 times since the release of last week’s AP poll, including 12 times to unranked opponents. However, the top 10 teams in the AP Top 25 went undefeated in Week 10 so there may not be many changes atop Monday’s poll. Here are our predictions for the college basketball AP Top 25 […]
There’s a chance that both of the country’s two remaining undefeated teams, Michigan and Virginia, could lose in challenging conference road games this week. Week 11 of the college basketball season also features a rematch of Virginia’s only ACC loss last season as well as a showdown between two of the top teams in the […]
