Photo: Gamecocks Athletics. CLEVELAND, Ohio — With a breakout performance from freshman guard Tessa Johnson and a monster game by senior center Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina became the tenth team to finish the season undefeated (38-0) with an 87-75 win over Iowa on Sunday at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse for the national championship.The win also made
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Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports Original Team Pick: Jabari Smith Jr. Original Player Draft Position: 12th Williams, who finished as the Rookie of the Year runner-up, takes a massive leap up from his original draft position after a sensational year. He started a bit slowly but eventually settled and emerged as a key player for the Thunder. When
It’s been two weeks since we checked in with the SEC. Let’s take a look at two teams that are cultivating new identities: the Arkansas Razorbacks (9-0) and Georgia Lady Bulldogs (8-1). But first, it’s worth considering what we’ve learned about the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks (7-0) since our last update. Is South Carolina
The Heat remain without starting guard Kyle Lowry. Here’s the Miami Herald: The Heat will be without Kyle Lowry for an eighth time in postseason, and a fourth game in a row, when Miami meets Boston in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday (8:30 p.m., ESPN). Lowry was listed as out for
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The N.F.L. and college football have crowned their champions, with the Los Angeles Rams and the University of Georgia winning titles. The Winter Olympics are in the rearview mirror. And the start of the Major League Baseball season is in flux because of a lockout. But the men’s college basketball season is just heating up,
One year after landing James Harden, the Nets only have played 16 games with their assembled Big 3 — also including Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving — in the lineup. They have won 13 of those contests, however, including an impressive blowout performance Wednesday night at Eastern Conference-leading Chicago. The question remains: How can the
The prevailing theory is the Knicks’ defense isn’t the equal of last season’s grit-and-grind juggernaut. However, the “D’’ isn’t that big a concern to defensive mastermind Tom Thibodeau these past two weeks. The coach has often cited defensive statistics that make him feel comfortable about the club’s ability to deny penetration and easy buckets because