Basketball

The CIF Southern Section office received an investigative report from the Riverside Unified School District in December detailing multiple violations of CIF rules involving the Riverside…

HANK KURZ Jr. Associated Press Max Abmas of Oral Roberts won the NCAA scoring title as a sophomore, averaging 24.5 points and he helped his team become…

By TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press Pat Riley remembers just about every detail surrounding the events of Dec. 29, 1961. It was a cold night in…

By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer Diana Taurasi’s USA Basketball career isn’t done just yet.The five-time Olympic gold medalist will take part in…

By DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press It was a rough week for Ohio State, which lost all three of its games and tumbled down the AP Top 25 as a result.The…

By DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press Purdue became this season's first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday after wins…

A look at the top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland.Rk. SCHOOL (W-L); Comment (rk. last week)1. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (26-1); No. 1 seed for this week’s Mission League…

“Crafty.”That’s the word used to describe 6-foot-3 sophomore Julien Gomez of La Mirada, one of the top high school basketball scorers in Southern California with a 26.6 scoring average.He…

Team chemistry has long been one of the biggest cliches in high school sports.Yet it’s the secret to almost every program’s success. Players have a special bond. A unique connection. It’s a…

By TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press It’s reasonable to think Chet Holmgren will be an NBA All-Star one day. He was a highly recruited high school player…