Cavs All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, playing his second game after missing eight with a shoulder injury, scored 16.
Collins is a former Mr. Basketball in Illinois who became a star guard and team captain at Duke from 1993-96.
And to help matters, he drafted several players who should help balance a lineup that still includes All-Star guard Cappie Pondexter.
They fell 73-49 to Wisconsin a year ago, shooting 38 percent for the game, including a 3-for-14 performance from star guard Will Cherry.
The All-Star guard picked up his fourth foul with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter and went to the bench with the Nuggets leading 72-61.
Smith was a two-star guard, according to scout.com, making him the only active, non-walk-on player on Louisville's roster without a ranking of at least three stars.
Star guard Will Cherry shot just 1 for 12 and the 13th-seeded Grizzlies had no answers for No. 4 seed Syracuse's zone defense in an 81-34 loss Thursday night.
New Orleans Hornets star guard Chris Paul has been linked to the Los Angeles Clippers, which could create a unique big three with forward Blake Griffin and fellow point guard Chauncey Billups.
The Cardinals (28-8) are only the second No. 5 seed to reach the national semifinals, joining Southwest Missouri State, which did it in 2001 behind star guard Jackie Stiles, the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history.
Kansas had lost two of three to Kansas State in the regular season but defense was the difference in the regional final as the Jayhawks held star guard Mitch Richmond to a season-low 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting.
Star point guard Trey Burke was held to seven points, but the Wolverines got contributions throughout the lineup.
Thunder coach Scott Brooks was impressed that his team was able to win despite losing its All-Star point guard.
Star point guard Deron Williams was 1 of 9, finishing with eight points.
Williams, the Nets' star point guard, was seven assists shy of 5, 000 for his career entering Brooklyn's home game Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers.
If the Knicks get that far, they would almost certainly benefit from a key factor: They wouldn't have to face a star point guard in the process.
Greg Anthony, UNLV's star point guard, who is now an NCAA tournament commentator for CBS, passed on a chance to settle the mystery once and for all.
Johnson, himself a former All-Star point guard in the NBA, said in a statement late Sunday night that the city remained undeterred despite the agreement with the Seattle group.
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Nets general manager Billy King was able to convince star point guard Deron Williams to resist going back home to Texas and taking less money from Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks.
"There's been a lot of experiences from that time until now, " Corbin said before the game about seeing a Hall of Fame coach resign and then All-Star point guard Deron Williams traded two weeks later.
Led by Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is a former all-star NBA guard, they worked on a stadium plan and collaborated with a group led by Ranadive that was intent on keeping the team in northern California.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) His star point guard slowed by a sore left ankle, Warriors coach Mark Jackson told Stephen Curry in the first half he might shut him down for the rest of the game.
This time Joe Johnson and the Nets were able to stave off a late run by the Denver Nuggets and enter the All-Star break with two straight wins, despite playing without star point guard Deron Williams.
That Knicks victory came when the Wizards owned the NBA's worst record, in part because they were playing without a pair of their best players: the star point guard Wall, and Nene, one of the league's better post players.
For the first time since point guard Jeremy Lin became a star, the Knicks are nearly at full strength as Carmelo Anthony has returned to health, for better or worse.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic and tennis star Maria Sharapova are engaged to be married Vujacic told reporters before the Lakers exhibition against the Golden State Warriors last night.
"They did a good job, man, I'm happy for them, " Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin, the biggest basketball star to come out of Harvard, said after the NBA team's shootaround on Friday morning.
And then there is Derrick Rose, the Bulls' injured star and former league most valuable player, whom Knick guard Iman Shumpert considers a friend.
Security guard Joshua Keasler had sued Manson after the star allegedly put his legs around Keasler's neck and gyrated against him on stage at a 2001 concert.
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Brook Lopez, the Nets center whom Brooklyn fans clearly want to replace the injured Boston point guard Rajon Rondo in the NBA All-Star Game, added 16 points.
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