The team with the best head-to-head record in group play wins the group. The winners of each group, along with two wild card teams, advance to play in the knockout rounds. From there, it’s like the playoffs in the middle of the regular season. The teams play until someone wins the championship.

With 10 newcomers added to Illinois' basketball roster in the offseason, expectations were that this Illini squad would be almost unrecognizable from any other fans had seen before. But the players were just the start.

Houston is in a group with the Los Angeles Clippers, Portland, Minnesota and Sacramento. The Rockets open with the Clippers on Friday.

Prize money for players participating in the 2024 NBA Cup has increased by about a 3% over last year's in-season tournament.

The NBA Cup is back for a second season, starting Tuesday night and running through Dec. 17. It was called the In-Season Tournament last year when it debuted, after years and years of Commissioner Adam Silver wanting to add something extra to the regular season.

The full slate of NBA Cup games on Tuesday night will feature a brand new basketball on the court. The league announced Tuesday that a new design will grace the leather of the Wilson-branded ball. The NBA Cup logo will be featured above the Wilson logo in front of a background of a bracket-themed layer is printed on the cover.

The 2024 NBA Cup tipped off Tuesday night with the first eight games on the schedule in the league's in-season tournament. While the event has a fancy new name (the Emirates NBA Cup) and revamped court designs,

The in-season tournament, known as the NBA Emirates Cup, is back. With new court designs for all 30 teams, the tournament tipped off Tuesday night with a pair of high-profile returns in each conference.