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Brittney Griner’s Been Released. Here’s Where Women’s Basketball Needs to Go in 2023.

This year, the detainment and the release of the Mercury and U.S. superstar overshadowed the bright spots in the sport. What comes next?

Sports Illustrated

‘The most far fetched thing that you could ever imagine’: How Inês Bettencourt stepped into starting point guard role for injury-ridden UConn

HARTFORD, Conn. — If you told someone a few months ago that Inês Bettencourt would be the starting point guard for UConn women’s basketball in a top-25 matchup on the road, they probably wouldn’t have believed you.

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Don’t look now, but SEC basketball is off to an impressive 2022-23 start

Let’s take a quick look at this week’s Associated Press rankings. Yes, just as you’d expect it. Six teams from the mighty SEC among the top 25. Three in the top 10. Four in the top 15.

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Eastern Michigan's Emoni Bates gets probation; prosecutor issues warning in wake of gun arrests

Eastern Michigan basketball star Emoni Bates' legal woes are now behind him.

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Chicago basketball star Najeeb Echols dies at 39

Chicago native Najeeb Echols, 39, died on Wednesday in Kansas after suffering a heart attack.

Chicago Sun-Times

Khloe Kardashian fans shocked as she's 'snubbed' on live TV in favour of sister Kim

Khloe and Kim Kardashian came together to attend a high school basketball game with their friend Lala Anthony, but fans were confused when a commentator seemed to forget Khloe

Daily Mirror

Wembenyama Wednesday: New footage of Victor and Scoot Henderson is an NBA fan’s dream

This was such fun insight into the historic scrimmage.

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Rockets coach Stephen Silas balances basketball with grieving

“I kind of didn’t want the game to end,” a grieving Stephen Silas said with a slight smile after watching his #Rockets defeat Phoenix. “Now, it is like real life starts up again.”

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On this day: Jamel Thomas debuts; Celtics hold Pacers to 71; Dick Mehen, John Mahnken pass away

On this day, Jamel Thomas played his first minutes as a Celtic, Boston brought the clamps to Indy, and Dick Mehen and John Mahnken left us.

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The Boston Celtics look like the best team in basketball right now

ESPN's Chiney Ogwumike sees Boston as the cream of the NBA crop -- and we are inclined to agree.

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High School Basketball Recap: Bronny James’ team beats Kiyan Anthony’s, 62-51

Here's how the two young players performed and who else stood out.

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SB Live/SI Power 25 National Boys Basketball Rankings

Montverde Academy is back on top of the Power 25 basketball rankings in Week 3.

Sports Illustrated

MSU basketball moves up in latest NCAA Tournament bracket projection from ESPN

See where Michigan State and the rest of the Big Ten lands in the latest batch of "Bracketology" from ESPN's Joe Lunardi

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WNBA’s Griner Is Happy To Be Home After Prisoner Exchange

The American basketball star was traded for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout — but some were critical of the swap.

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College Hoops Should Prioritize Preserving Its Rivalries

As realignment and super conferences threaten the sport’s classic matchups, Missouri-Kansas was a reminder of the value of maintaining them.

Chicago Sun-Times

City/Suburban Hoops Report Three-Pointer: Ian Brown’s big game for New Trier, Lemont’s Castillo twins and sectional issues

The attention-grabbing headline is this: Ian Brown drained a ridiculous 12 three-pointers in one game.

Sports Illustrated

LeBron, Carmelo and Sons’ Photo Goes Viral After Game

The two NBA stars’ sons played each other in an elite high school basketball matchup on Monday night.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion and longtime coach, dies at 79

“He combined the knowledge developed over nearly 40 years as an NBA player and coach with an innate understanding of how to mix discipline with his never-ending positivity,” Charlotte Hornets chairman Michael Jordan said.

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MSU basketball remains unranked in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

Michigan State basketball remains outside the top 25 in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

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Following Griner's release, U.S. lawmakers want a "National Hostage" day

Days after the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner from imprisonment in Russia, Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers will introduce legislation on Tuesday to establish March 9 as an annual day to remember Americans detained abroad.

Miami Herald

Michelle Kaufman: Brittney Griner is home safe, but gender inequities in professional sports continue

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian prison last week after 10 months in custody ignited a firestorm of opinions about the prisoner swap. It also brought to light the inequities faced by professional female basketball players in the United States.

Tribune News Service

Aztecs clicking again, blow out Kennesaw State

There's an apocryphal expression in basketball when you're mired in a shooting slump: "Shoot your way out of it."

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What’s next for top-ranked Texas basketball after coach Chris Beard’s suspension

Chris Beard exited the Travis County Jail in Austin on Monday afternoon, released after posting bond on a felony domestic violence charge.

The Texas Tribune

UT suspends head basketball coach after family violence arrest

Chris Beard was hired in 2021 and is one of the University of Texas’ highest-paid employees.

Sports Illustrated

Alabama’s Mark Sears: ‘We’re Becoming a Basketball School’

The Crimson Tide have become the second team in history to beat two different No. 1 opponents in the same season.

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