The Ghosts at practice earlier this season. KHS photo. KAUKAUNA — The Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts boys basketball team opens the post season March 1 with a home game against Wausau West. The Ghosts, (17-6, 12-5 in the conference) currently second in the Fox Valley Association conference, will compete in Division 1 this year. Kaukauna...
Category: Basketball
Post
Post
First look at the CIF-SS boys basketball finals for Marina and La Habra
CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS DIVISION 2A MARINA (25-7) VS. LONG BEACH POLY (24-8) Where, when: Edison High School, Saturday, 3 p.m. Ticket info: At GoFan.co, $15 general admission, $5 for students with valid student identification and for children ages 5-13. Parking $10 (cash only). TV/streaming: NFHSnetwork.com Marina’s path to the finals: The Vikings, Wave League...
Post
MW Men’s Basketball Weekly Release – Feb. 19
MW Men’s Basketball Weekly Release – Feb. 19 – Mountain West Conference Skip To Main Content AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WEST The Mountain West is celebrating its 25th season of men’s basketball during the 2023-24 campaign. In the current NET rankings, the Mountain West has six programs ranked among the top 45: San Diego State (18),...
Post
Girls basketball: Who will you vote for for lohud Player of the Week?
As the girls basketball season winds down, so also does a popular feature in Journal News/lohud coverage, the Player of the Week poll. Last week, coaches nominated six players and readers cast 9,481 online votes, selecting Blind Brook sophomore Kendall Konigsberg for the honor Konigsberg, who scored 81 points and had 33 rebounds and17 steals...
Post
Man pleads guilty to killing beloved Milwaukee basketball coach Dale Young
Family remembers father, coach Dale Young killed in Milwaukee shooting Family members of 48-year-old Dale Young, fatally shot in a drive-by shooting, remember the man and what the loss means to them and the Milwaukee community. Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee man accused of gunning down a beloved basketball coach in broad...
Post
Road to State: 1st round basketball playoff matchups for teams from the Greater Savannah area
The state basketball playoffs start throughout Georgia this week, and a number of Savannah area teams are looking to make their mark in the postseason. On the boys side, Savannah High won the Region 3-A Division I title with a win over Woodville-Tompkins, and both teams will host in the first-round. New Hampstead took the...
Post
College basketball rankings: UConn is unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll; Houston moves up to No. 2
Getty Images UConn became the unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the first time in program history Monday after an eventful weekend in which it dominated No. 4 Marquette and saw last week’s No. 2, Purdue, fall on the road in a stunner to Ohio State. The...
Post
The polls don’t lie: UConn men’s basketball earns program’s first unanimous No. 1 in AP rankings
The UConn men’s basketball program has separated itself from the rest of college basketball. The reigning national champions earned what the Associated Press believes is the program’s first-ever unanimous No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday. UConn (24-2, 14-1 Big East) has been atop the poll for six consecutive weeks, its...
Post
Texas Tech basketball returns to national polls after splitting pair against Top 10 teams
The Texas Tech basketball team is back in the national rankings after splitting a pair of games against Top 10 teams. The Red Raiders (18-7, 7-5) came in 23rd in Monday’s AP Top 25 poll after falling out of the rankings last week. Tech has now been in the poll five of the last six...
Post
College basketball rankings: Arizona, Tennessee move into top five of updated Coaches Poll
Getty Images UConn held firm at the No. 1 spot in the updated Coaches Poll released Monday, while Arizona, Tennessee and Alabama both saw a boost in the poll. The Pac-12-leading Wildcats jumped two spots to No. 4 in the poll — their highest ranking since Dec. 26, 2023. Arizona is riding a six-game win...
Post
News-Herald girls basketball Top of the Crop for Feb. 19
TOP OF CROP Girls basketball 1: (1) Brush 19-3 2: (2) Gilmour 17-5 3: (4) Richmond Heights 16-4 4: (3) Riverside 16-7 5: (5) Mentor 15-7 6: (6) Perry 15-7 7: (7) Geneva 18-4 8: (8) Madison 18-4 9: (10) Cornerstone 14-7 10: (9) Chagrin Falls 13-9 Watch list: Beaumont, Chardon, Mayfield Crop comments: A...
Post
Mountain West Men’s Basketball Players of the Week – Feb. 19
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – San Diego State senior Jaedon LeDee has been named the Mountain West Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while New Mexico’s JT Toppin was tabbed the MW Freshman of the Week. MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK JAEDON LEDEE, SAN DIEGO STATE Senior, Forward, Houston, Texas/TCU Led San Diego State...