DeJuan Blair News

No one is going to confuse Fifth and Forbes with Tobacco Road, but a recent resurgence is enhancing its roundball reputation.

Less than two weeks away from the start of the college basketball season, expectations in Pittsburgh are high for freshman Dante Taylor.

A look at Levance Fields, Tyrell Biggs, Keith Benjamin, Antonio Graves, John DeGroat and Vonteego Cummings.

Scottie Reynolds drove to the basket for the winning layup with 0.5 seconds remaining, and Villanova gained a berth in the Final Four with a dramatic 78-76 win over Pittsburgh in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.

Dante Taylor didn't start in Pitt's exhibition game against Slippery Rock on Sunday, but he practically finished it all by himself.

Right off the bat on opening night, Bulls fans got a chance to assess the team's draft-night decision of selecting Taj Gibson at the No.

Tim Duncan spent the offseason focused on reshaping his body for a long season, while the Spurs remade the team to lessen the load he carries.

After missing the playoffs despite winning 21 games, SRU men's basketball coach Kevin Reynolds learned the importance of one game.

Popovich discovering beauty of - The Beast' KIN MAN HUI/kmhui@express-news.net DeJuan Blair passes in front of Cleveland's Luke Nevill and Rob Kurz.

NEW YORK - The Big East Conference men's basketball heavyweights of a year ago are gone, but Wednesday in Madison Square Garden, league members touted the wealth of contenders lurking in the middleweight ranks.

When DeJuan Blair stole the ball at midcourt, drove to the basket and rose up for a two-handed thunder slam that shook the Erwin Center rafters, the entire San Antonio Spurs bench jumped up and began slapping high fives.

Pitt coach Jamie Dixon traditionally rewards his returning seniors by treating them to a trip to New York City for Big East Media Day.

Ian Mahinmi tries to drive by Houston's Chuck Hayes during the Spurs' preseason opener.

When Jamie Dixon approached the microphone at Pitt's media day, he found a page of photographs of his players waiting for him on a table.

When Blake Griffin checked into a midtown Manhattan hotel the day before the NBA draft, he sent a text message to his good friend, Pittsburgh forward DeJuan Blair.

This is part of our series on freshmen who must make a big impact next season for their teams to challenge for league titles and get to the NCAA tournament.

DeJuan Blair's NBA development is just starting, but the San Antonio Spurs rookie forward is showing he can do a lot in a hurry.

About 20 seconds remained in a timeout called with 3:02 remaining in Sunday's Spurs-Heat preseason game, but DeJuan Blair couldn't wait.

One of the coaches stood in the locker room late Tuesday night, marveling about DeJuan Blair.

That's the guess of ESPN's Ric Bucher, who took in DeJuan Blair's impressive NBA debut Tuesday night.