A couple of days ago, Braylon Mullins was a UConn freshman whose name carried weight mostly among the true diehards.

Matas Vokietaitis had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and No. 11 seed Texas knocked off sixth-seeded BYU 79-71 on Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, overcoming 35 points from Cougars forward AJ Dybantsa.

Duke forward Cameron Boozer is a unanimous first-team All-American in college basketball in voting released by The Associated Press.

The NBA fined the Utah Jazz $500,000 for sitting healthy stars late in close games.

AJ Dybantsa scored 43 points to break BYU’s freshman scoring record, leading the No. 13 Cougars to a 91-78 victory over Utah on Saturday.

Ernie Johnson could barely get the words out.

Will Hardy is being given more time to continue the rebuild of the Utah Jazz.

It took more than a decade, savvy front office and draft moves, and some free agency growing pains for the Celtics to ultimately build the roster that ended their 16-year championship drought.

Joel Embiid scored a career-high 59 points, had 11 rebounds and eight assists to carry the Philadelphia 76ers to a 105-98 win over Utah Jazz.

As NBA summer league winds down in Las Vegas, it’s time to look at some of the players who might have done better than most in showing their potential.

As the Utah Jazz spent time talking to candidates to become their next coach, Will Hardy quickly rose to the top of their list.

The Utah Jazz face an unexpected search for a new coach.

The post-retirement accolades have rained down on Kevin Garnett over the past handful of years.

A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that the Boston Celtics have hired Brooklyn Nets assistant Ime Udoka to be their new coach.

The Boston Celtics are beginning their offseason with a shakeup of the front office and coaching staff.

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens gestures during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Miami. Meanwhile, the Indiana at Phoenix game scheduled for Saturday has been called off — the ninth such postponement since the week began. The Suns will not have enough players eligible to play, largely because of contact tracing issues, the NBA said. The Suns and Wizards were both scheduled to play Friday; those games were postponed because of contact-tracing issues. We appreciate the opportunity to play the game we love and when it's taken away for a week or four months that's hard.