A Daly Dose Of Hoops

Richard Pitino (left) greets his father, Rick, before Xavier faced St. John’s Monday. Red Storm defeated Musketeers in overtime, but elder Pitino was more impressed with his son’s coaching than his own Johnnies. (Photo by the Cincinnati Enquirer)
NEW YORK — When you win over 900 games and a pair of national championships in a career that spans over a half-century, chances are you do not impress easily....

By Zachary Wilson (@zwilsonpxp)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Coming off a loss that snapped a five-game conference win streak, Stony Brook rebounded at home in front of a good crowd, including kids from the local children’s hospital as part of Children’s Hospital Day at Stony Brook Arena....

By Andrew Hefner (@Ahef_NJ)
PHILADELPHIA — Just over a month ago, the Princeton Tigers shocked the basketball world by not just flipping the script on a historical matchup played for over a century, but staging an improbable comeback to take down the Penn Quakers and extend a ...

Winthrop guard Kody Clouet finished with 14, including the eventual game-winning shot against Longwood Saturday.  (Photo:  Winthrop Athletics)
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ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Winthrop-Longwood rivalry isone of the best – if not the best – in the Big South. The Eagles andLancers have seemingly taken up permanent residence as Big South contenders,and most games between them are hard-fought affairs that...