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With four teams on the top three lines, the Big Ten continues to show out in USA TODAY Sports’ latest installment of bracketology. But one Big Ten heavyweight, Purdue, drops to a No. 4 seed after falling 72-67 to Indiana on Tuesday night for its third loss in a row. The Boilermakers are now 7-3 […]

Above Travis Steele’s desk in his office on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio is a three-by-five index card tacked to the wall, right above a picture of his five-year-old whoodle Ryder. On it is a message written in red ink: Be obsessed with your trajectory, not your current results. REQUIRED READING: Mid-major power

The trading deadline isn’t the only major event currently happening in the NBA calendar. The league will reveal its reserves for the 2026 All-Star Game Sunday, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. ET during the pregame show of the “Sunday Night Basketball” premier on NBC. This comes after the league on Jan. 19 announced the 10

The long, frigid month of January is coming to a close, but the action on basketball courts on college campuses nationwide is as hot as ever. Our list of the five best men’s college games of the weekend includes a pair of top-10 showdowns in the Big Ten bookending the schedule. The Saturday offerings include

College basketball is past the midway point of the regular season, and a few low- and mid-major programs are starting to pull away as the top contenders from outside the power conferences to make the 2026 NCAA men’s tournament. That means the coaches of those smaller programs are also starting to gain attention across the

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Six direct places in the Europa League round of 16 are up for grabs and 11 teams remain in contention for the five last spots in the knockout stage in the final round of the opening phase on Thursday. Only leader Lyon and second-placed Aston Villa have already qualified for the

TORONTO — Karl-Anthony Towns, the subject of persistent trade rumors ahead of next week’s deadline, said he’s unconcerned with the chatter. “I feel like I’ve been in trade rumors a lot for a lot of times, for a year damn near. That don’t matter to me,” said Towns, who was traded from the Timberwolves to…

File photo Despite a down shooting season, the Cavaliers have generated real trade interest in De’Andre Hunter, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints. Jake Fischer of The Stein Line adds that the Cavs are engaged in ongoing discussions involving the veteran forward. That said, Cleveland is not eager to sell low. Siegel reports the front

Getty Pacers The sense around the league is that Indiana is listening hard on Bennedict Mathurin and may ultimately move him before next Thursday’s deadline, per Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints. Mathurin has already been linked to New Orleans, but the Pelicans are far from the only team sniffing around. The former lottery pick has dealt

Happy birthday to Andre Iguodala, the man who helped the Golden State Warriors unlock a dynasty. On his special day, with the Warriors scrambling to replace Jimmy Butler and contemplating trading Jonathan Kuminga possibly back to Miami for Andrew Wiggins, there’s no better moment to recognize what we lost when Iguodala retired. Because the truth