AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll

AP Top 25 marks 50 years of women’s basketball.

Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they’re being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development. (AP video: Daniel Kozin)

Unrivaled is setting a new standard for women’s basketball before one game. The 3-on-3 league features an 8-week season and tips off Friday in Miami, featuring top talent from the WNBA like Brittney Griner and Angel Reese. (AP video: Brittany Peterson)

Unrivaled is a brand new women’s professional 3x3 basketball league playing in Miami this winter. Rae Burrell, who plays for Vinyl, gives a behind the scenes tour of the new facilities. (AP video by Brittany Peterson)

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school’s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

Billy Crystal was recently honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame for his devotion to the L.A. Clippers. The actor is being added to the James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery along with Spike Lee, Jack Nicholson and businessman Alan Horwitz. (Oct. 23)

A Northwest Indiana corn maze is paying tribute to WNBA star Caitlin Clark, a player for the Indiana Fever.

Watch the moment Iowa star Caitlin Clark learned she was named the AP Player of the Year. Credit: Iowa Athletics

Huge crowds of students celebrated in Storrs, Connecticut on Monday night after the UConn (University of Connecticut) Huskies won their second straight men’s college basketball national championship. The Huskies defeated Purdue 75-60.

Puerto Rico’s professional basketball league is experiencing a renaissance thanks to reggaeton artists like Bad Bunny, Ozuna, and Anuel AA stepping into the financial game and stacking up a loyal fan base. (AP video by Alejandro Granadillo)

Watch the moment South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley learns she was named the AP Coach of the Year. Credit: South Carolina Athletics

North Carolina State big man DJ Burns Jr. sees himself as a center on the basketball court, not a pulling guard on the football field.

Jeremiah Armstead turned to basketball to help him through a period in high school when his family of four was unable to find housing, sometimes sleeping on the beach in their car. Now his passion is taking him to the Final Four. Armstead is the first player from a historically Black college or university or NAIA school to receive the Perry Wallace Most Courageous Award from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. (AP video by Kristin M. Hall)

Hansel Enmanuel became an internet sensation with videos showing the one-armed basketball star dunking with ease in high school. It helped him earn a spot on the Northwestern State team. (December 30)