Drexel Fighting Through Struggles And Injuries
The Dragons have dropped three straight, and four of five after losing their Colonial Athletic Association opener on Wednesday night against William and Mary, 85-73.
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The Dragons have dropped three straight, and four of five after losing their Colonial Athletic Association opener on Wednesday night against William and Mary, 85-73.
It's the Ivy League opener for the Penn Quakers on Saturday night as they welcome rival Princeton to the Palestra.
The La Salle Explorers will open Atlantic-10 play on Thursday night as they welcome George Washington to Gola Arena.
The Villanova women's basketball team will bring an 11-2 record into Wednesday's Big East match-up with Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Temple Owls will try to shake off back-to-back losses on Thursday night when they welcome South Florida to the Liacouras Center for an American Athletic Conference game.
The NBA and the National Basketball Retired Players Association are among those criticizing Dennis Rodman's latest trip to North Korea.
Thaddeus Young is playing the best basketball of his career, at a time that it might be the toughest for him to do so.
The Sixers are hot, winners of four straight games, all on the road. The guy leading the charge is a player who just two weeks ago was rumored to have requested a trade from the team; Thaddeus Young.
Well, the Eagles have lost, so for a little while we can focus on making up trades for the Sixers that will probably never happen.
The La Salle Explorers will play their first game since December 22nd on Saturday when they take on the Penn Quakers in a Big 5 match-up at the Palestra.
Drexel has dropped two of its last three games as they get ready to visit Southern Mississippi on Friday night.
Last season as a sophomore, Widener forward Greg Lawson put together a solid campaign for the Division III Pride. He averaged eight points and seven rebounds for a team that won just six games.
"Tanking" is a word that has been mentioned more this season in the NBA than ever before. With a potentially star-studded NBA Draft in 2014, and an increasing number of teams willing to lose now, in exchange for potentially winning later, teams are "tanking" for ping pong balls in the 2014 draft lottery. They're not losing on purpose, but they're not trying to win.
It's a time of transition for the Philadelphia 76ers, for the organization and for the players. While general manager Sam Hinkie goes through the process of rebuilding the roster, there are a few veterans who are caught in the middle.
It has been quite the college career for Villanova's Jessica Wamala.
His number will be retired in Philadelphia this Spring, but Allen Iverson will be cheering for the Cowboys this winter.
Michael Carter-Williams has been sidelines in recent weeks, due to a skin infection in his knee. But even while he's wearing a suit, people want to wear his jersey.
The Cleveland Cavaliers' Dion Waiters denies a report he wants to be traded to the Sixers.
While Villanova's outstanding start and meteoric rise in the national rankings has garnered a lot of the headlines on the local college basketball scene, there is another city team that has been performing at a high level since the season tipped off.
The last two decades have given us Donovan McNabb, Andre Iguodala and Ryan Howard. Before that, Randall Cunningham and Mike Schmidt were the subjects of such discussion. Players who at the mere mention of their names, will attract someone ready to tell you either how criminally underrated or overrated they are.
After an up-and-down, 3-4 start, the La Salle Explorers have picked up back-to-back wins, now they face Villanova to kick off their Big 5 schedule.
They are 9-0, they already own a signature win over Kansas and a "Battle 4 Atlantis" tournament title. Throw in a couple of blowout wins over Big 5 opponents Penn and St. Joe's and you get a #10 (AP) ranking in the country.
The 76ers are in Minnesota for a Wednesday night match-up with the Timberwolves.
The St. Joe's women's basketball team has hit the ground running this season.
Jeffery Taylor matched a career high with 20 points, leading six Charlotte scorers in double figures, and the Bobcats beat the Philadelphia 76ers 105-88 on Friday night.
