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Marcus Carr scored 32 points, making 14 free throws after halftime, and Minnesota held off Saint Louis 90-82, handing the Billikens their first loss of the season.

Kofi Cockburn scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in only 25 minutes to lead Illinois past Minnesota 92-65 in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Marcus Carr scored nine of his 22 points in overtime, Both Gach had 16 points and Minnesota rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat Boston College 85-80 Tuesday.

Marcus Carr matched a career high with 35 points and Minnesota cruised to a 99-69 victory over Green Bay in a basketball season opener.

All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, with players around the league choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice.

All of today's NBA playoff games have been postponed following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisc. this weekend, the NBA tells ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The news comes after the Milwaukee Bucks first decided to boycott today's scheduled game against the Orlando Magic...

Every athlete dreams of the day they score the game winning point and get carted off like a hero. Unfortunately for Troy Diggins Jr., it didn't go the way he would have liked.

Tre Jones scored 15 points and Cassius Stanley added 11 of his 13 points in the second half as third-ranked Duke escaped with a 68-66 victory over No. 4 Kansas in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are declining to match an offer sheet to guard Tyus Jones, clearing the way for him to join the Memphis Grizzlies.

One of the best high school athletes to play for a Rochester high school announced his college pick this afternoon.

Led by De'Andre Hunter and his NBA-ready game, the Virginia Cavaliers turned themselves into national champions Monday night, holding off tenacious, ferocious Texas Tech for an 85-77 overtime win — a scintillating victory that came 388 days after a crushing setback that might have sunk a lesser team for years.

Rochester John Marshall basketball standout Matthew Hurt has been named Minnesota’s 2019 Mr. Basketball.

Governor Tim Walz and his counterpart in Michigan have established a friendly wager over the outcome of Saturday’s NCAA tournament matchup between the University of Minnesota and Michigan State.

Minnesota found its elusive 3-point stroke just in time to give coach Richard Pitino the NCAA Tournament win he'd been seeking for years.