BOISE, Idaho — Sophomore forward James Webb III posted a double-double, leading Boise State to a 71-52 victory over Fresno State on Saturday to claim a share of the Mountain West title and the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament in Las Vegas.
Basketball
UNLV closes the regular season tonight at San Jose State. Tip is at 7:00 p.m.
Despite his team’s shooting struggles for much of the game, San Francisco coach Rex Walters had no doubt a 3-pointer by Kruize Pinkins from the top of the key was going to fall as soon as the senior released the ball.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Rashad Muhammad is the face of his basketball team, for better or worse. He continues to smile, even while leading one of the worst teams in the nation.
Nyre Harris’ two free throws with 5.1 seconds left gave San Jose State a victory Friday in the highest-scoring game ever at Cox Pavilion, a 99-97 verdict over UNLV in the teams’ Mountain West women’s basketball regular-season finale.
The NCAA suspended Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim on Friday for nine Atlantic Coast Conference games and took away scholarships after a lengthy investigation of the school’s athletic programs.
Gonzaga coach Mark Few has been fishing for a Final Four appearance for 15 years. He has been waiting patiently. And now, in his 16th try, his most realistic shot to hook one has arrived.
Brigham Young enters the West Coast Conference basketball tournament at Orleans Arena confident after upsetting Gonzaga last week. The Cougars’ win spoiled the Bulldogs’ perfect conference season.
Larry Little, a former Hawaii basketball coach and 25-year Las Vegas resident, died Feb. 25 at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center from complications after undergoing surgery to replace a pacemaker. He was 75.
A student at East Haven High School in Connecticut stole the show during a recent basketball game, but it isn’t because he scored the most points. It is actually because the freshman students made the biggest difference.
There are only two guys coming off the bench for UNLV at this point, but both were effective on Wednesday night.
In defeat, UNLV just might have defined its season-long mantra better than any of its previous 29 games. All In, All Together. And a few players short.
A shot to the nose knocked out freshman guard Patrick McCaw, one of UNLV’s most valuable players, early in the second half. What could have turned into a lopsided fight at that point still went the distance.
UNLV hosts San Diego State tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center. Tip is at 8:00 p.m.
Longtime NBA guard Ray Allen announced Wednesday that he will not play this season. Allen, 39, said he will spend the rest of the year reassessing whether he will play in 2015-16.
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