Baseball/Softball: Oklahoma falls.
Basketball-NBA: Team Giannis>Team LeBron
Basketball-NCAA: Lots of upsets and OTs.
Golf: Rahm takes another – Genesis.
Motorsports: Stenhouse Jr wins Daytona 500.
Olympic Sports: Skiing worlds. US Indoor Championships.
Baseball/Softball – NCAA:
- This last week was the debut of baseball but softball is making the news. #1 Oklahoma fell to unranked Baylor. What was supposed to be the untouchable dynasty fell just 9 games into the season. #2 UCLA has now taken over the top spot and Baylor is now #22.
Basketball – NBA:
- The All Star game was Sunday night and it was first team to 182 wins. Team Giannis took home the victory although Giannis himself only scored 2 points due to injury. It was a close game 184-175 but the 3-point percentages that made the difference with Giannis’ team shooting ~44% compared to LeBron’s 28%. Tatum also had himself a day scoring 55 points, Mitchell scored 40 for Giannis’ team. In contrast the highest scoring player on LeBron’s team came from the bench (Brown with 35).
- Giannis is still injured from the Bulls game on the 16th but no serious damage appeared in the x-ray. We are looking at a ligament sprain.
Basketball-NCAA:
- NCAAM Losses in Top 25 this week: We started off hot with #6 Texas losing to Texas Tech who is 3-10 in the Big 12 on Monday. Then on Tuesday, Oklahoma delivered the next upset in the Big 12 beating #12 K State by 14. The Sooners are either hot or not. Although the Sooners did take their rivals #6 Texas into OT on Saturday before losing by 2. #18 Creighton vs #24 Providence promised to be a big showdown of the 3rd and 4th highest ranked teams in the Big East and the game lived up to the hype. In regulation the teams switched at half with one scoring 36 then 37 and the other 37 then 36. We needed 2OT for a winner here before #24 Providence took it! Syracuse also upset #23 NC St. #10 Tennessee played #1 Alabama and they were tied up at 29 a piece at half but the Vols came back to take down #1. The top teams in the Big East then faced off #16 Xavier vs #11 Marquette and although we didn’t need 2OT, Marquette won by 1 in regulation. Northwestern delivered another upset this week, this time taking down #14 Indiana after the Hoosiers came back from 21 down to tie the game with 30 seconds left. #19 Iowa St put up 35 in each half to beat #22 TCU. #3 Purdue got destroyed by Maryland and fans stormed the court. #25 FAU took its 2nd loss in CUSA and 3rd of the season to Middle Tennessee. #9 Baylor put up a good fight and impressive first half but ultimately fell to the #5 Jayhawks by 16. #10 Tennessee had a great game against Bama earlier in the week but fell to Kentucky on Saturday by 12. #12 K St had a nice bounce back from their loss this week to then beat #19 Iowa St.
- Also not a loss in the Top 25 but still noteworthy, #13 Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount 108 vs 65. Gonzaga would’ve won the game with their first half score alone (68). #1 Alabama put up the same score with a pair of 54s against Georgia who they beat by 49.
Golf:
- Well Scottie Scheffler’s reign at the top spot lasted 1 week after Jon Rahm won at Riveria this weekend at the Genesis Invitational. An invitational has a limited number of invites that go out and usually attracts top talent. This year’s brought in 22 of the 25 top golfers in the world. This is Jon Rahm’s 10th PGA Title and 3rd this season. Also the other headline was Tiger made the cut for the weekend before carding a 5 over final round.
- #ICYMI Full Swing is out on Netflix and it is juicy!!
Motorsports:
- Rickey Stenhouse Jr won the Daytona 500 in 2OT which means it went 212 laps (12 laps further than the normal) and 530 miles. This team was also the first to win co-owned by a black man and a woman.
Olympic Sports:
- Thursday Mikaela Shiffrin brought home the gold in the Giant Slalom at Worlds. This does not count towards her World Cup total which she is only 1 win away from Ingemar Stenmark’s mark of 86 titles.
- Greece now has a medal in skiing at worlds! AJ Ginnis took 2nd in the slalom to earn the first Greek medal in Alpine Skiing.
- It was US Indoor Championships with T&F this weekend and a couple American records fell. Aleia Hobbs broke the American record in the 60m running a 6.94. Anna Hall broke the American record in the Pentathlon with 5004 points. She was just 9 points shy of the World record. But she wasn’t done, she is the first woman ever to win the Pent and the 400m dash (running 51.03). She did so by over a full second. DeAnne Price broke the World Record in the W Weight Throw throwing 85ft 4inches (26.02m). She is the first woman to ever throw over 26m (previous WR was 25.60m).
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- In the Dutch Championships, Femke Bol broke the 400m which had stood for 40 years! That new record is 49.26 (previous was 49.59). She’s only 22 so get used to seeing her name (and more than Bronze at Tokyo in the 400h).
What to watch this week
Baseball/Softball – NCAA:
- Mon 2/20
- Softball: 7. Florida St vs 12. Alabama @ 4pm on ESPNU
- Softball: Mississippi St vs 20. UCF @ 6pm on ESPNU
Basketball – NBA:
- Thurs 2/23
- Grizzlies at 76ers @ 6:30pm on TNT
- Warriors at Lakers @ 9pm on TNT
- Fri 2/24
- Heat at Bucks @ 6:30pm on ESPN
- Thunder at Suns @ 9pm on ESPN
- Sat 2/25
- Celtics at 76ers @ 7:30pm on ABC
- Sun 2/26
- Suns at Bucks @ 12pm on ABC
- Lakers at Mavericks @ 2:30pm on ABC
- Timberwolves at Warriors @ 6:30pm on ESPN
- Clippers at Nuggets @ 9pm on ESPN
Basketball – NCAA:
- Mon 2/20
- 5. Kansas at 22. TCU @ 8pm on ESPN
- Tues 2/21
- Villanova at 16. Xavier @ 5:30pm on FS1
- 9. Baylor at 14. Kansas St @ 6pm on ESPN2
- 11. Tennessee at 25. Texas A&M @ 6pm on ESPN
- 13. Miami at VTech @ 6pm on ESPNU
- 10. Marquette at 19. Creighton @ 7:30pm on FS1
- 23. Iowa St at 8. Texas @ 8pm on LGHN
- 17. Indiana at Michigan St @ 8pm on ESPN2
- Colorado St at 22. San Diego St @ 10pm on CBSSN
- Wed 2/22
- 20. Providence at 18. UConn @ 5:30pm on FS1
- 6. UVA at Boston College @ 6pm on ACC
- 2. Alabama at South Carolina @ 8pm on ESPN2
- Tulane at 1. Houston @ 8pm on ESPNU
- Thurs 2/23
- 21. Northwestern at Illinois @ 8pm on BTN
- 4. ULCA at Utah @ 9:30pm on FS1
- San Diego at 12. Gonzaga @ 10pm on ESPN2
- Fri 2/24
- 16. Xavier at Seton Hall @ 6pm on FS1
- Sat 2/25
- 19. Creighton at Villanova @ 11am on FOX
- Oklahoma at 23. Iowa St @ 11am
- 24. TCU at Texas Tech @ 11am
- 18. UConn at St. John’s @ 11am on CBS
- 8. Texas at 9. Baylor @ 1pm
- 14. Kansas St at Oklahoma St @ 1pm on ESPNU
- Arizona St at 7. Arizona @ 1pm on CBS
- 25. Texas A&M at Mississippi ST @ 2:30pm on SEC
- West Virginia at 3. Kansas @ 3pm on ESPN
- Florida St at 13. Miami @ 3pm on ESPN2
- 6. UVA at UNC @ 5pm on ESPN
- South Carolina at 11. Tennessee @ 5pm on SEC
- 17. Indiana at 5. Purdue @ 6:30pm on FOX
- DePaul at 10. Marquette @ 6:30pm on FS1
- 15. Saint Mary’s at 12. Gonzaga @ 9pm on ESPN
- Sun 2/26
- 21. Northwestern at Maryland @ 11am in BTN
- 20. Providence at Georgetown @ 11:30am on FOX
- 4. UCLA at Colorado @ 3pm on CBS
Football – XFL:
- Thurs 2/23
- Battlehawks at Sea Dragons @ 8pm on FX
- Sat 2/25
- DC Defenders at Vegas Vipers @ 6pm on FX
- Sun 2/26
- Brahmas at Guardians @ 3pm on ESPN
- Renegades at Roughnecks @ 6pm on ESPN2
Golf:
- Thurs 2/23
- Honda Open – Round 1 @ 2pm on Golf Channel
- Fri 2/24
- Honda Open – Round 2 @ 2pm on Golf Channel
- LIV Tour: Mayakoba @ 12pm on CW app
- Sat 2/25
- LIV Tour: Mayakoba @ 12pm on CW
- Honda Open – Round 3
- @ 1pm on Golf Channel
- @ 2pm on NBC
- Sun 2/26
- LIV Tour: Mayakoba @ 12pm on CW
- Honda Open – Final Round
- @ 1pm on Golf Channel
- @ 2pm on NBC
Hockey:
- Tues 2/21
- Maple Leafs at Sabres @ 6:30pm on hulu
- Wed 2/22
- Blackhawks at Stars @ 8:30pm on TNT
- Thurs 2/23
- Flames at Golden Knights @ 8pm on ESPN
- Sat 2/25
- Rangers at Capitals @ 12pm on ABC
- Penguins at Blues @ 2:30pm on ABC
Olympic Sports:
- Mon 2/20
- NCAA Gymnastics: Auburn vs Mizzou @ 10pm on ESPNU
- Fri 2/24
- NCAAW Gymnastics: Kentucky at Florida @ 5pm on SEC
- NCAAW Gymnastics: Georgia vs Auburn @ 6:30pm on SEC
- NCAAW Gymnastics: Mizzou vs Arkansas @ 8pm on SEC
- Sat 2/25
- NCAAW Gymnastics: Winter Cup @ 12pm on NBC
- Sun 2/26
- Freestyle Skiing & Snowboarding: FIS World Cup @ 12:30pm on NBC
Soccer:
- Fri 2/24
- Premier League: Fulham vs Wovles @ 2pm on USA
- Sat 2/25
- Premier League: LeedsU vs Southampton @ 9am on USA
- Premier League: Bournemouth vs Manchester City @ 11:30am on USA
- Sun 2/26
- Premier League: Tottenham vs Chelsea @ 7:30am on USA
- MLS: Sounders vs Rapids @ 7pm on FS1
