It was the first open gym of the season at Coffeyville Community College. Montel James, then a freshman, was quietly lacing up his basketball shoes when a teammate approached him. “He was like, ‘Hey, don’t Earl look like Kobe?’” James recollects. The teammate was referring to…
CHICAGO — The famous Spaniard playing basketball in Chicago is Pau Gasol with the Bulls. But there’s another one who is just entering his freshman season with the UIC Flames. His name is David Ramon, and he came to Chicago to get his degree while…
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Last season was a disaster that UIC coach Howard Moore would like to forget. The Flames won just six games all season, finishing 1-15 in the Horizon League. And that was just one year after Moore had led the team from eight wins to…
Replacing the National Player of the Year when you’re a freshman is not easy. And that’s exactly what Derrick Walton Jr. had to do for Michigan this season. “As soon as Trey decided to leave, he knew he had to take on possibly the starting…
“We understand what’s at stake,” Louisville head coach Rick Pitino said Thursday. “I’ve been in the state 20 years, and the game to me has really only had difficult consequences for the loser twice. Once was two years ago when they stopped our run in…
Three points on 1-of-7 shooting. Those were Michigan guard Nik Stauskas’ Final Four stats when he walked off the floor after his team’s defeat in the 2013 national championship game. The Wolverines had been just a few plays away from achieving their ultimate goal of…
ST. LOUIS — Loyola’s 2013-14 season came to an anticlimactic end Friday in the MVC quarterfinals. The Ramblers trip to St. Louis came to a close with a 75-62 loss to Indiana State in St. Louis that was not nearly as close as the final…
Bill Clark sits next to the scorer’s table as he prepares to sub in for the end of Loyola University Chicago’s easy victory against Illinois State. The Loyola student section chants, “BIL-LY! BIL-LY!” The senior walk-on grins goofily with a rare opportunity of playing time…
Oakland shooting guard Travis Bader is the all-time NCAA Division I leader in three-pointers made. He’s made more triples than former Duke star and current Los Angeles Clipper J.J. Redick. More than NBA All-Star and former Davidson standout Stephen Curry. More than Keydren Clark, who…
North Dakota State looked on as Nate Wolters made two more free throws, icing the Summit League championship for South Dakota State. The buzzer sounded, and, although North Dakota State began the conference season 7-0, South Dakota State would represent the Summit League at the…
