Mamadi Diakite

Thunder win 3rd straight with 96-93 victory over Portland

By ANNE M. PETERSONFebruary 5, 2022 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Luguentz Dort had 23 points to help Oklahoma City hold off the Portland Trail Blazers 96-93 after a close fourth quarter on Friday night, giving the Thunder their first three-game winning streak since December.

The Latest: Virginia beats Purdue in OT to reach Final Four

By The Associated PressMarch 31, 2019 GMT

The Latest on the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

11:10 p.m.

Virginia is heading to the Final Four for the first time since 1984...

Virginia ranked No. 5, Virginia Tech No. 15 in AP preseason basketball poll

Adam Zielonka The Washington TimesOctober 22, 2018 GMT

They spent much of the 2017-18 season ranked No. 1 in the country. Then, they made history in the worst imaginable way.

But the Virginia Cavaliers did not receive much of a drawback in the first Associated Press poll of the new season, as voters put UMBC's March upset out of mind and ranked Virginia No.

Virginia advances to ACC title game with Clemson shutdown

Adam Zielonka The Washington TimesMarch 10, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK The No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers don't need to win their conference tournament to make it to the big dance, but they haven't stepped off the gas in Brooklyn.

Virginia knocked off No. 19 Clemson, the ACC's fourth seed, 64-58 Friday at the Barclays Center to advance to the ACC Tournament final Saturday night.

Kyle Guy, Mamadi Diakite power No. 1 Virginia past Louisville in ACC Tournament

Adam Zielonka The Washington TimesMarch 8, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK This one didn't come down to bizarre last-second miscues.

No. 1 Virginia led for the final 32 minutes to beat ninth-seeded Louisville 75-58 in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament at the Barclays Center.