Sixers finally moving, with FA to show
ADELAIDE's announcement it signed NBL warrior Jason Cadee still had fans scratching their heads wondering what else might be happening? Well, Jacob Wiley and naturalised Alex Starling now appear to be heading for spots on the 36ers' roster and there's half a chance they may need to go back cap-in-hand to Daniel Johnson.
Bob's Corner: Zach zaps Raps
BOB'S CORNER: THE first round of the NBA playoff play-in round is over with the Chicago Bulls coming from way down to nip Toronto 109-105, behind 39 points from all-star Zack LaVine, and the Oklahoma City Thunder downing New Orleans 123-118. Our man BOB CRAVEN catches us up on the latest news.
NBA regular season over. Here we go
THE NBA regular season ends tonight (April 10). The play-in games to determine the 7th and 8th seeds for each Conference will start mid-week, and then the playoffs begin in earnest next weekend, with the top eight seeds in each conference starting to heat things up.
Taipans bullish about key returnee
CAIRNS may have lost dual-Most Improved Player Keanu Pinder to his hometown Perth Wildcats, but retaining highly-sought free agent guard Bul Kuol is a coup for the Taipans, already buoyed by securing Kiwi-born big Sam Mennenga to join the NBL's 2023 Next Generation award-winner Sam Waardenburg.
There's movement at the station; no more SFA for FAs
NBL free agents are on the move with two of the league's biggest names - Keanu Pinder and William McDowell-White - ending rampant speculation about their destinations. Cairns' dual-winner of the Most Improved Player award is bound for the wild west but WMW won't be breaking NZ hearts.
You kidding? UConn? You can. Huskies too good
THE Connecticut Huskies today won their fifth men's NCAA Division 1 national championship and their first since 2014, smacking away San Diego State University's best attempts 76-59 in Houston, Tristen Newton leading the way with a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double.
LSU women create NCAA history
LONG-TIME Australian basketball fans have felt an affinity for Louisiana State University. It was at LSU that Aussie Olympic star Eddie Palubinskas grew to prominence and also where Maree Bennie and Julie Gross dominated, all in the 70s. Now it has an NCAA champion and so do we in Melbourne guard Last-Tear Poa.
Bob's Quickie: UConn and LSU look like champs
BOB'S QUICKIE: Our man in the US, Bob Craven has had some personal circumstances interrupt his excellent reporting of the NCAA men's and women's tournaments, but he still had time today to pen a few very quick notes to keep you uptodate for the women's and men's finals in the coming days.
NCAA Women: Can Caitlin Clark do it again?
FOR those who had only read or heard about Iowa's Caitlin Clark, watching her tear apart defending NCAA Division One Women's champion South Carolina (36-0) in today's Final Four semifinal 77-73 was a revelation. The Hawkeyes will meet Lousiana State University in the Final on Monday with Clark alone worthy of tuning in.


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