USA TODAY Sports '250 for 250' series will explore the greatest home-grown American sports figures of all time, starting with men's basketball.

Fans are asked to pick the best high school boys basketball player from certain Ohio markets. Here is who the experts feel are the top 10.

After all, the Nelson junior is one of the top high school basketball players in the state — regarded by some as the state’s best player in the class of 2027. Gaines likes the fact his name is well-known to sports pundits around the state.

CHICAGO — Even back in November, when the nascent college basketball season was barely a ripple on the national sports radar, Michigan and Arizona were eying each other like boxers in opposite corners, waiting for the bell to ring. Though their paths did ...

I know it's all being played for laughs, but when Jimmer Fredette's son confidently stated that AJ Dybantsa, not his father Jimmer, was the best BYU basketball player ever, I was sent into a ponderous state.

There are no outliers this year. No Virginia-style team dragging opponents into the mud with elite defense but limited offense. Instead, the top of college basketball is dominated by complete teams. Every top-six defense in the country belongs to a ...

About 36 hours after her Mitty High School basketball career ended with a disappointing loss in the state championship game, McKenna Woliczko was on the move. "I have to get the bus in five minutes for our senior retreat," Woliczko said last Monday morning.

As the Final Four of March Madness tips off, multiple athletes are now earning over $1 million from NIL deals AJ Dybantsa of the BYU Cougars was the top-earning college basketball player this year. These college players are making some elite money.

Sports Illustrated looks back at the past 25 seasons, starting with 2000–01, in men’s college basketball, ranking the top 25 coaches of the quarter century. No coach has had more success since the turn of the century than Williams. Since 2000, Williams ...