Basketball

The fifteen finalists for the 2014 Hugh Durham Award were recently announced and it was good news for a former Quincy University Coach.. Former Quincy University and current Western Michigan head men's basketball coach Steve Hawkins is listed among the finalists, according to Western Michigan.

Former Quincy University Hawks basketball coach Steve Hawkins will be on the sidelines today guiding his Western Michigan Broncos against the highly touted Syracuse University Orangemen in the second round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The game can be seen this afternoon locally on KHQA-TV with a 2:45pm scheduled start time.

By virtue of finishing in second place during the Heart of America Athletic Conference regular season, the No. 14 Culver-Stockton College men’s basketball team is ensured a spot in next week's Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Tournament. The program has announced that it will hold an NAIA Tournament Selection Show Watch Party on Wednesday, March 12, at Meader's Lounge inside the Gladys Crown

The chance to become the first school to ever win four straight basketball titles came to an end today for the Quincy Notre Dame Lady Raiders as they lost to Joliet Catholic by the score of 70 to 59 in the State 3A semi-final round.

Culver-Stockton College has announced the appointment of Janette Burgin to the position of interim head women’s basketball coach. Burgin arrives at C-SC after spending the past three seasons as an assistant coach with the women’s program at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo...

The Quincy Park District is once again giving you some hoops love. Registration is open for the Adult Men's Basketball League scheduled to start Sunday, November 3, 2013.

Saturday marked the birthday of former Quincy High School Blue Devil Coach Mike Hellenthal who now resides in Marion, North Carolina. So I thought I would take the time to spotlight a man that deserves to get a lot more credit than he ever got for helping the Blue Devil basketball program become one of the most talked about teams in the State of Illinois and beyond. I first met Mike when I arrived

I watched Monday night's game six of the Stanley Cup Finals and saw a very dramatic finish as the Chicago Black Hawks beat the Boston Bruins 3 to 2 to capture the National Hockey League's highest honor. The Black Hawks scored 2 goals 17 seconds apart with less than a minute and a half to play to win the game and the series 4 games to 2 in Boston...

The Quincy Exchange Club just concluded the annual Gus Macker Basketball tournament for the 23rd consecutive year. That’s right, 23 straight years this city has reaped the rewards of having thousands of people come to the downtown area during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Can you blow a whistle and do you know the game of basketball? If so, the Quincy Exchange Club needs you this Saturday and/or Sunday to officiate games as a "Gus Buster" for the Gus Macker Basketball Tournament.