The Cats were set to claim college basketball's first undefeated seas in 40 years, but were knocked from their perch Saturday night by the Badgers, who will now play Duke for the national title.

Legendary former North Carolina men’s basketball coach Dean Smith, who died Feb. 7, loved his players as much as he loved the game. Amazingly, he’s even managed to demonstrate this posthumously by sending each of his letter winners a check for $200 with the message, “Enjoy dinner out compliments of Coach Dean Smith.” A tweet showing a photograph of one of the letters, addressed to Tar Heels 1993 championship team member Dante Calabria, went viral on Thursday.

At the heart of this letter I’m speaking to kids everywhere who have no idea what the future holds or how to take charge of their place in it.

This women's college basketball brawl led to 15 suspensions, double forfeit Texas Southern opted to end their season and Southern will have to go on with seven players suspended after this huge brawl. The fight had major implications in the SWAC: Texas Southern was set to be the top seed in the league's tournament, which awards an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but opted to withdraw after the fight. Southern is the No. 2 seed, but will have a hard time winning with suspensions.

After defeating pesky Florida on Saturday afternoon at Rupp Arena, Kentucky is 31-0. It is the first team from a power conference to complete the regular season unbeaten since Indiana did it in 1976

Anthony Mason, who died Saturday morning, played 13 seasons in the NBA with six teams but is best remembered for his days with the Knicks.

Earl Lloyd, the first black professional NBA player, passed away Thursday at the age of 86. Known as “the Big Cat,” the 6’5″ forward made his league debut in October 1950, playing for the Washington Capitals. During his legendary career, Lloyd averaged 8.4 points during 560 regular-season NBA games. Lloyd was also twice included in the CIAA All-America team and was three-time all-conference selection. Lloyd retired in 1960, after serving in the U.S. army, playing for...

For the majority of his 18-year NBA career Steve Nash was a better basketball player than anyone had expected him to be. The wiry, soft-spoken, 6’3” Canadian—diminutive by League standards—was drafted with little fanfare out of the small collegiate program at Santa Clara, the only Division 1 school that offered him a scholarship. Nash remained in the league’s proverbial trenches for much of his first four seasons.

Miami Heat center Chris Bosh was admitted to a hospital Thursday night because of a health issue with his lungs that could put his season in jeopardy.

I hate basketball but this is one of the best sport events in the last 100 years!

A ridiculous long-range three from New Zealand Breakers star Cedric Jackson broke the hearts of the Perth Wildcats as they crashed to a two-point double-overtime loss at Perth Arena today. The Wildcats looked to have sealed victory after US import Jermaine Beal put them one point ahead from the foul line with less than three seconds remaining.

Legendary University of North Carolina head men's basketball coach Dean Smith died Saturday evening in Chapel Hill. He was 83. The University of North Carolina announced the news.

Brandon Rutledge couldn't take his eyes off the scoreboard in the gym at Brookwood High School. A 6'8" junior on the Bibb County basketball team, Rutledge had just played every minute of the game. Yet he felt as fresh as he had before the opening tip, and his uniform didn't have a drip of sweat on it—even though he had scored every single point in the game.

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Basketball player Marco Belinelli teaches Comau Racer robot how to shoot hoops.

The Lakers season opener on Tuesday night saw rookie power forward Julius Randle carted off in a stretcher with a broken tibia.

As a kid, Kirk Goldsberry was a rabid basketball fan. But this was the 1980s, and living near Penn State meant his house wasn't quite close enough to Philadelphia to get 76ers games on TV. And so, casting about for a team, he latched on to Dominique Wilkins and the Atlanta Hawks. They were 750 miles away, but through the magic of superstation TBS, Goldsberry could follow them as if he himself hailed from Georgia.

NBA owners have voted down proposed changes to the league's draft lottery system, staving off efforts to curb tanking for the time being. The proposal needed 23 votes for approval but only received 17, with 13 lining up to vote against it at the league's board of governors meetings on Wednesday.