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The top NBA teams in the East and West tumbled as the Nets won their fifth straight game, and UConn was selected as the No. 1 overall seed in the women's NCAA tournament as it makes a run for its third straight title.

If Thursday was any indication of how UConn will handle the first three Big East games next season without Jim Calhoun, the Huskies are in trouble. In its first game since being penalized by the NCAA, UConn fell without its coach.

How did an NFL junkie cope with the first weekend without (real) professional football since August? Sure, there was All-Star action and the Grand Slam finals, but it was really the compelling hoops that kept our sports fixes going.

It was the ultimate holiday weekend for NFL and NBA fans. The NFL playoff picture no longer seems like a complex algorithm, and the NBA gave us some major marquee matchups.

It's a busy night of pro hoops with 11 games set to tip-off, including the Celtics at the Knicks. Amanda Rykoff takes you through the best games of the night in the NBA and around the sports world.