Weekly Update February 24, 2025

Basketball – NBA: This week’s games. Luka has best game as a Laker so far against Nuggets.

Basketball – NCAAM and NCAAW: This week’s games. Not too many ranked games. Just good ole fashion upsets. NCAAW: New #1.

Golf: Campbell wins first pro tourney.

Hockey: Team USA finally falls in final 2 games of 4 Nations.

Olympic Sports: Shiffrin gets 100! KOR wins at home for ladies skating.

Basketball-NBA:

• This week’s games:
  • No games until Wed and then there was only one. The Hornets upset the Lakers 100-97 as LeBron missed 2 3-pointers which would’ve tied the game. This game was rescheduled back from Jan 9^th.

• • Thursday we were back to normal after the All-Star break. The Knicks beat the Bulls in OT by 2. That would be their only win of the week! The Spurs are without their star Wemby as he is now out for the season with a blood clot. They would still beat the Suns though with newly added Fox having a good game. LeBron put up 40 points at the age of 40 in their win over the Trail Blazers.
  • The Raptors took the Heat to OT by coming back in the 2H. But it was all Heat in OT to win by 9. 4 different players on the Warriors scored 20 or more points for them to crush the Kings 132-108.

• • LeBron and Luka combined for a total 57 points between them in their big win over the Nuggets by 23 in Denver. Luka had his best night with the LA team putting up 32. The Jazz get a big upset with a win over the Rockets to get their 14th win of the season.
  • On Sunday, the Knicks lost to the Celtics again. They swept the matchup this season. The Warriors beat the Mavs by 24 with Dallas’ slow start only scoring 18. The pelicans had a nice show out against the Spurs, despite having a Q with only 14 points. They would still win 114-96. The Raptors had a good week! They also beat the Suns on Sunday by 18.

• Bucks Bobby Portis got a 25 game suspecision for violating team drug rules. He accidently took Tramadol instead of Toradal. Tramodal was recently added to the banned substance list.

Basketball – NCAA:

• NCAAM:
  • No upsets on Monday. On Tuesday, we had a big day with lots of games. #7 Texas A&M had themselves a bad week. They lost to #21 Mississippi St by 16 on Tuesday and then lost to #6 Tennessee by 8 on Saturday. Vols Chaz Lanier had a great game, putting up 30 on the Aggies. In a Big Ten ranked matchup, #13 Purdue lost in both halves to lose to #14 Michigan St. The Spartans are now closer to claiming the Big Ten regular season title. BYU had one of the biggest upsets of the week. They crushed #23 Kansas by 23 points! TCU also got a nice win over #9 Texas Tech in a close one. Students stormed the court after that top 10 win.

• • #15 Mizzou went to town against #4 Alabama going off on offense. They put up 110 points to Bama’s 98. That was the only upset of the day. Mizzou’s HC came over the loud speakers asking students not to rush the court. That was unsuccessful. They would be a little win hungover for their next game though as they dropped one to Arkansas on Sat. No upsets on Thurs.

• • #14 Michigan St beat another ranked team on Friday. This time it was #12 Michigan. They controlled Danny Wolf, keeping him to only 11 points. The Spartans pulled away in the 2H to take the top spot in the conference.

• • There were great games on Sat. #4 Alabama had a nice bounce back win over #17 Kentucky. They would win in both halves and by double digits for the game. In the Big 12, #5 Houston beat visiting #8 Iowa St in a lower scoring game 68-59. The Cyclones were without 2 starters and top scorers though with injuries and illness. Oregon cameback in the 2H scoring 40 points to take #11 Wisconsin to OT. They would steal the win with that momentum. BYU would get another ranked win this week, this time beating #19 Arizona in a close one in Arizona. Oklahoma snuck in a win against #21 Mississippi St, scoring 59 points in the 2H! #24 Ole Miss fell to Vandy after the Commadors started quick and would hold on to win by 5.

• • #13 Purdue would be the only ranked loss on Sunday. That’s their second loss of the week and it comes to unranked Indiana by 15!

•  NCAAW:
  • Texas is the new #1.
  • #1 ND knocked off #11 Duke early in the week but then falls to #13 NC St in an OT thriller. Duke takes 2 losses this past week, the other to unranked Louisville.
  • Indiana gets a huge top 10 upset over Ohio St.

Golf:

• PGA: We went to sudden death in the Mexico Open. In the 2^nd extra hole, Brian Campbell hit his tee shot into the OB area but it hit a tree and bounced back into play! Sometimes it pays to be lucky than good as he took advantage from there, nailing his putt while Aldrich Potgieter missed his. Both men ended with rounds of 71 and birdied the final hole to take the tournament to the playoff. This is his first professional win ever and it comes on the PGA Tour! Now he will get to play in the Masters, PLAYERS and PGA Championship and 5 other signature events.

Hockey:

• Team USA lost to SWE in the final round robin games of the 4 Nations on Monday last week. America was hoping that wouldnt mean anything for the final. But alas, CAN got the better of Team USA in the Final. The game was an instant classic though. USA scored early. But CAN goalie, Jordan Binnington became a brick wall in this game, stopping 31 shots including 20 straight. That helped them pull even at 2-2. CAN Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 in OT to give the country up north the win. Less than 1 year til the Winter Olympics where we could see them face off again.

Olympic Sports:

• Mikaela Shiffrin has done it! She won her 100^th World Cup race on Sunday. An event we thought would come much sooner but was derailed by the crash in November. She took 1^st after the first run and added to it in the 2^nd. With this win, she also ties the WC record for any skier with 155 career podium finished, matching of course SWE Ingemar Stenmark.
• SUI went 1-2 in the men’s Super G with Odermatt leading Monney.
• KOR Kim Chae-yeon took the title for the ladies in the Four Continents competition this weekend. She had a SB in the free skate to snatch it away from two Americans (although points wise it wasn’t that close 222 compared to 204). Bradie Tennell and Sarah Everhardt were 2-3 and 4 with Alyssa Liu.
• Both Nikki Hiltz and Hobbs Kessler get the 3K, 1500m double at the US championships. Winners will represent the USA in China at Indoor Worlds later this year. Many big names have opted out for various reasons.

What to watch this week

Baseball/Softball – NCAA:

• Tues 2/25
  • Baseball: 22. Southern Miss vs 24. Ole Miss @ 4pm on SEC+
  • Baseball: 21. Troy vs 18. Miss St @ 4pm on SEC+
• Wed 2/26
  • Softball: 17. Vtech at 25. Liberty @ 4pm on ESPN+
• Fri 2/28
  • Baseball: 22. Southern Miss vs 25. TCU @ 6pm on ESPN+
• Sat 3/1
  • Baseball: 22. Southern Miss vs 25. TCU @ 1pm on ESPN+
  • Softball: 12. Texas Tech vs #16 Texas A&M @ 7pm on SEC+
• Sun 3/2
  • Baseball: 22. Southern Miss vs 25. TCU @ 1pm on ESPN+
  • Softball: 12. Texas Tech vs #16 Texas A&M @ 2pm on SEC+

Basketball – NBA:

• Tues 2/25
  • Cavaliers at Magic @ 6:30pm on TNT
  • Mavericks at Lakers @ 9pm on TNT
• Wed 2/26
  • 76ers at Knicks @ 6pm on ESPN
  • Spurs at Rockets @ 8:30pm on ESPN
• Thurs 2/27
  • Nuggets at Bucks @ 7pm on TNT
• Fri 2/28
  • Cavs at Celtics @ 6:30pm on ESPN
  • Clippers at Lakers @ 9pm on ESPN
• Sat 3/1
  • Warriors at 76ers @ 7:30pm on ABC
• Sun 3/2
  • Nuggets at Celtics @ 12pm on ABC
  • Thunder at Spurs @ 6pm on ESPN

NCAAM: (only ranked teams and on normal TV)

• Mon 2/24
  • 15. Michigan at Nebraska @ 7pm on FS1
  • 4. Houston at 10. Texas Tech @ 8pm om ESPN
• Tues 2/25
  • 2. Duke at Miami @ 6pm om ESPN
  • 3. Florida at UGA @ 6p,m on SEC
  • Providence at 21. Marquette @ 6pm on FS1
  • 5. Tennessee at LSU @ 8pm on SEC
  • 24. Miss St at 6. Alabama @ 8pm on ESPN2
  • Washington at 11. Wisconsin @ 8pm on Peacock
  • SC at 14. Mizzou @ 8pm on ESPNU
  • 19. Louisville at Vtech @ 8pm on ACC
• Wed 2/26
  • 8. Michigan St at 16. Maryland @ 5:30pm on BTN
  • Ole Miss at 1. Auburn @ 6pm on ESPN2
  • Vanderbilt at 12. Texas A&M @ 6pm on SEC
  • Notre Dame at 13. Clemson @ 6pm on ACC
  • 7. St. John’s at Butler @ 8pm on CBSSN
  • 17. Kentucky at Oklahoma @ 8pm on SRC
• Thurs 2/27
  • Rutgers at 15. Michigan @ 8pm on Peacock
  • 23. Saint Mary’s at Loyola Marymount @ 10pm on CBSSN
• Fri 2/28
  • UCLA at 20. Purdue @ 7pm on FOX
• Sat 3/1
  • 16. Maryland at Penn ST @ 11am on BTN
  • 1. Auburn at 17. Kentucky @ 12pm on ABC
  • Seton Hall at 7. St. John’s @ 1:15pm on CBS
  • LSU at 24. Miss St @ 2:30pm on SEC
  • 6. Alabama at 5. Tennessee @ 3pm on ESPN
  • Cincinnati at 4. Houston @ CBS and CBSSN
  • 14. Mizzou at Vandy @ 5pm on SEC
  • Pitt at 19. Louisville @ 5pm on ESPN2
  • Florida St at 2. Duke @ 6pm on ACC
  • 21. Marquette at Georgetown @ 7pm on Peacock
  • 12. Texas A&M at 3. Florida @ 7:30pm on SEC
  • 22. Arizona at 9. Iowa ST @ 8pm on ESPN
  • Oregon St at 23. Saint Mary’s @ 9pm on CBSSN
• Sun 3/2
  • 11. Wisconsin at 8. Michigan ST @ 12:30pm on CBS
  • Illinois at 15. Michigan @ 2:45pm on CBS

NCAAW:

• Mon 2/24
  • 17. Baylor at 14. K ST @ 6:05pm on ESPN2
• Tues 2/25
• Wed 2/26
  • 23. Michigan ST at 12. Ohio St @ 6pm on BIG+
  • 2. UCLA at Wisconsin @ 7pm on Peacock
• Thurs 2/27
  • Clemson at 25. Louisville @ 5pm on ACC
  • 22. Creighton at 5. UConn @ 6pm on CBSSN
  • 8. UNC at 16. Duke @ 6pm on ESPN
  • 11. Tennessee at 15. Kentucky @ 6pm on SEC
  • 19. Maryland at Indiana @ 6pm on peacock
  • 24. Florida ST at 3. Notre Dame @ 7pm on ACC
  • 6. South Carolina at Ole Miss @ 8pm on ESPN
  • 7. LSU at 20. Alabama @ 8pm on SEC
• Fri 2/28
• Sat 3/1
  • 4. USC at 2. UCLA @ 8pm on FOX
• Sun 3/2
  • 25. Louisville at 3. Notre Dame @ 11am on ESPN
  • 9. NC ST at SMU @ 11am on ACC
  • UGA at 11. Tennessee @ 11am on SEC
  • Florida at 1. Texas @ 12:30pm on BTN
  • Marquette at 5. UConn @ 1pm on FS1
  • 15. Kentucky at 6. South Carolina @ 1pm on ESPN
  • UVA at 8. UNC @ 1pm on CW
  • 20. Alabama at 13. Oklahoma @ 1:30pm on SEC+
  • Ole Miss at 7. LSU @ 3pm on SEC
  • 14. K ST at Iowa St @ 3pm on ESPN2
  • 12. Ohio St at 19. Maryland @ 3:30pm on FOX
  • 16. Duke at 24. Florida ST @ 5pm on ACC
  • 10. TCU at 17. Baylor @ 5:30pm on FS1
  • Villanova at 22. Creighton @ 7:30pm on FS1

Golf:

• Mon 2/24
  • TGL: BOS vs ATL @ 8pm on ESPN2
• Thurs 2/27
  • PGA: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches – Round 1 @ 1pm on Golf Channel
• Fri 2/28
  • PGA: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches – Round 2 @ 1pm on Golf Channel
• Sat 3/1
  • PGA: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches – Round 3
    • @ 12pm on Golf Channel
    • @ 2pm on NBC
• Sun 3/2
  • PGA: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches – Final Round
    • @ 12pm on Golf Channel
    • @ 2pm on NBC

Hockey:

• Tues 2/25
  • Oilers at Lightning @ 6:30pm on hulu
• Wed 2/26
  • Canucks at Kings @ 9pm on TNT
• Thurs 2/27
  • Flyers at Penguins @ 6:30pm on hulu
• Sat 3/1
  • Bruins at Penguins @ 2pm on ABC
  • Red Wings at Blue Jackets @ 5pm on ESPN
• Sun 3/2
  • Maple Leafs at Penguins @ 12pm on TNT
  • Bruins at Wild @ 2:30pm on TNT
  • Blues at Stars @ 5pm on TNT

Olympic Sports:

• Thurs 2/27
  • Volleyball: PVF: Vegas Thrill vs Indy Ignite @ 7pm on FS1
• Fri 2/28
  • NCAAW Gym: 8. Missouri at 6. Florida @ 5pm on SEC
  • NCAAW Gym: 17. Alabama vs 16. Arkansas @ 6:30pm on SEC
• Sat 3/1
• Sun 3/2
  • NCAAW Gym: 10. Kentucky at 9. UGA @ 5pm on SEC
  • T&F: SEC Indoor Championships @ 7pm on SEC

Soccer:

• Tues 2/25
  • Premier League: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa @ 1:30pm on USA
• Wed 2/26
  • Premier League: Liverpool vs Newcastle @ 2:15pm on USA
• Thurs 2/27
  • Coupe de France: Stade Briochin vs PSG @ 5am on FS1
  • CONCACAF Championship Cup: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Saprissa @ 9pm on FS1
• Fri 2/28
  • Premier League: West Ham vs Leicester City @ 2pm on USA