Duke Men’s Basketball has withdrawn themselves from the ACC Tournament due to a positive Covid-19 test within the program. Thursday was slated to be the ACC quarterfinals between Duke and Florida State. The ACC officially announced Thursday morning that Duke would withdraw themselves from the game due to “a positive …
Read More »Heat take down Magic
The Miami Heat defeated the Orlando Magic 111-103 last night to move above .500 for the first time this season as the two begin the second half of their season. Game Recap As they’ve done many times for over a year now, the Miami Heat pulled out a gritty win …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine March 8
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend where I still somehow managed to avoid long pants. Of course, I also watched a lot of basketball, which is an indoor sport for me. 10. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room and, to be honest with you, I’m …
Read More »Overtime to launch high school pro basketball league
Social media sports network Overtime is launching a professional basketball league that will compensate high school players. What is the league? The league is called Overtime Elite (OTE) and will start in September. It was created as a way to pull elite talent from college and get athletes acclimated with …
Read More »Heat Close Out First Half of Season With a Victory Over Pelicans
The Miami Heat head into the All-Star break after picking up a 103-93 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night. Bring on the 2nd half of the SZN pic.twitter.com/SGupaTr9yr — Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) March 5, 2021 Jimmy Leads the Way Miami picked up the win in large part …
Read More »Orlando Magic Fall Short To Atlanta Hawks In Fourth Quarter Finale
The Orlando Magic (13-23) fell short to the Atlanta Hawks (16-20) with a final score of 115-112. This gives the Magic their fifth straight loss. Magic Start Strong The Magic started strong with Michael Carter-Williams putting them on the score board with a layup assisted by Nikola Vucevic making the …
Read More »Heat are Stunned in a 94-80 Loss to Atlanta
The Win Streak Comes to an End A Miami Heat win streak that lasted six consecutive games came to a close Tuesday with a 94-80 loss to the Hawks. Miami has lost yet another game without star-forward Jimmy Butler. The Heat fell short by 14-points in its loss to Atlanta. …
Read More »Arkansas Looks to Continue SEC Streak Against South Carolina
The Arkansas Razorbacks (19-5, 11-4 SEC) will travel to Columbia take on the South Carolina Gamecocks (6-12, 4-10 SEC) for each team’s second-to-last regular season game this season. The game will begin at 6:30 p.m. on the SEC Network. In the matchup, Arkansas will be looking for their seventh straight …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: February 26
The Front Nine comes at you on the precipice of another special weekend of Gator sports and they are going to all be that way for a while. Sit back and enjoy. 1. If this is Friday, there must be another mock draft available on one of the websites. Try …
Read More »SEC Basketball Preview: No. 6 Alabama travels to No. 20 Arkansas
The SEC-leading Alabama (18-5) heads to Fayetteville tonight for a Top-25 showdown with Arkansas (17-5). If the Crimson Tide is able to defeat the Razorbacks in Bud Walton Arena, Bama will clinch the No. 1 seed in the SEC Basketball Tournament. Matchup Preview Bama, ranked sixth in the nation, leading …
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