Basketball

When Czech Republic guard Thomas Satoransky nailed an elbow jumper over the outstretched hand of Canada’s Lu Dort with 1.0 second left in overtime in the semi-final of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Victoria BC last summer, it changed everything for the Canadian men’s senior basketball team . Satoransky’s two-pointer was the difference in a …

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Story Links PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania’s head women’s basketball coach, Mike McLaughlin, has announced his recruiting class for the upcoming 2022-23 season. Five young women—Saniah Caldwell, Georgia Heine, Helena Lasic, Ella Ray, and Simone Sawyer—will join the Quakers’ women’s basketball roster this season as freshmen. “I am very excited to welcome the class …

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There’s no map or script to follow. Very few Division III student-athletes have traveled down this road, and even fewer were representing a religion while attempting what once seemed impossible. Three-time Division III All-American Ryan Turell from Yeshiva has his sights set on becoming the first Orthodox Jew to play in the NBA. The dynamic …

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UW-Whitewater is home to one of the most dominant sports programs this state has ever seen. The Warhawks’ wheelchair basketball teams are national powerhouses, with the men and women combining for 16 championships since 1982. Whitewater players and alumni are heavily represented on Team USA for international competitions, including the upcoming International Wheelchair Basketball Federation …

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As it pertains to former recruits for Syracuse basketball in the 2022 cycle, five-star combo guard JJ Starling and four-star point guard Dior Johnson have been discussed perhaps more than any other targets by Orange fans on social media and in chat rooms over the last two years. The 6-foot-4 Starling, a Central New York …

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While UConn endured injury after injury through a season that somehow led to the national championship game, DeBerry mostly watched from the bench. The 6-foot-5 post player came to Storrs from the Buffalo area as a McDonald’s All-American and ESPN’s 15th-ranked player in her recruiting class. Yet she couldn’t get on the court. From the …

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – For the first time in 20 years, the Indiana High School Athletic Association made a change to one of its biggest events. The IHSAA executive committee approved a proposal last week to alter the boys and girls basketball tournament. Starting next year, the regional will be one game and the semistate now …

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