Posted on January 14, 2019

Weekly Update – Week of January 14th, 2019

Weekly Update – Week of January 14th

Basketball – College: The Vols gator chomp. Michigan’s record setting start. #1 vs #4 on Saturday.

Basketball – NBA: Harden’s good and bad records all in one game. #4 to be retired at OKC.

Football – College: Murray declares for NFL draft. Jalen Hurts to transfer.

Football – NFL: Conference titles this weekend.

Golf: Kuchar wins Sony Open.

Olympic Sports: Hirscher wins 9th world cup title. Ledecky continues to dominate. Raisman breaks her elbow. NCAA gymnastics and track seasons begin.

Tennessee coach reprimanded his team when 5 of his players did the gator chomp after their win against Florida on Saturday. However he stated that it was in response to ‘disrespectful’ comments from Florida fans. The Vols are on a 10 game win streak at home.
Michigan has set a program record for the best start in school history 17-0, this also ties the record for the longest winning streak.
USC Freshman guard Kevin Porter Jr is indefinitely suspended for conduct issues. He will be reevaluated this week.

Harden scored 38 points against the Magic on Saturday, marking it as the 16^th consecutive game to score 30+ points. This matches Kobe Bryant’s streak for the longest in the league. However Harden also tied another record, 1-17 from the 3 point line which is the leagues single game record.
JJ Barea of the Dallas Mavericks went in for surgery on his Achilles today. Barea injured it in their win against the Timberwolves. This is a season ending injury.
Grizzlies forward Kyle Anderson will miss 2-4 weeks for an ankle sprain.
#4 will be the first number to be retired by the OKC Thunder. The ceremony will be March 20^th. This was long time number of Nick Collison, who was a member of the SuperSonics before moving with the team to OKC.

Kyler Murray declares for the NFL draft. He has 72 hours to withdraw. He could be the first person to go in the 1^st round of 2 different drafts. TBD on whether he will chose baseball or football but one thing we do know is that we will not see Kyler in a Sooner uniform again… sad day for Sooner fans.
Jalen Hurts is looking to transfer. You may remember him as the QB that got pulled from last year’s National Championship game (for Tua) and then was the savior of the SEC title game when the Crimson Tide pulled Tua. TBD on where he will end up. Some probable schools are: Florida St, Miami, Maryland, TCU, Oklahoma and UCLA.

The AFC and NFC title games are this weekend. The Patriots make their 7^th consecutive appearance in a title game.
AFC games this past weekend:
- The Chiefs controlled the entire game against Andrew Luck and the Colts. The score was closer than it looked while watching but still not close 31-13.
- The Patriots will play in another title game after a very successful win against the Chargers who came into the game with a better record.
The NFC games this past weekend:
- The Rams beat the Cowboys 30-22 after scoring 17 points unanswered in the 2^nd
- Saints came back from a 0-14 point deficit in the 1^st quarter and held off a last minute drive from the Eagles to win a change to play in the title game. Final score: 20-14 over last year’s Super Bowl Champions.
  - Most people think this will be the last time we will see Nick Foles in an Eagles uniform with the franchise choosing to go with Carson Wentz for most of the season. Be on the lookout for that news.
- The games this weekend are pretty expected with the #1 and #2 facing over in both divisions.
  - Rams at Saints @ 2:05pm on FOX
  - Patriots at Chiefs @ 5:40pm on CBS
    - The winner of these 2 games will play in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta on Feb 3^rd.

Matt Kuchar wins the Sony Open in Hawaii by 4 strokes and ends with a score of 22 under par. This moves him up from 32 in the world rankings up to 22.
The PGA Tour continues with a couple of tournaments in California.
The European Tour begins this week after a quick break with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Marcel Hirscher won another World Cup title in the slalom at Adelboden for the 9^th This is the most number of times at one venue ever since the circuit began 52 years ago. Hirscher is looking to beat Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time mark of 86 world cup wins; he is currently sitting with 67 but 9 already this season.
Katie Ledecky won 4 events in the TYR Pro Swim Series event at the University of Tennessee this past weekend. She won the 1500m free, 200m free, 400m IM and 400m free. Other familiar names to win events: Simone Manuel (50m & 100m free), Ryan Murphy (100m & 200m back), Josh Prenot (400m IM, 200m breast).
Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman broke her elbow falling down the stairs. No no gymnastics were involved.
NCAA Gymnastics started this week and everyone is talking about this routine by Katelyn from UCLA. Her MJ inspired routine earned her a perfect 10. The top 5 schools going into the season are (in order): Oklahoma, LSU, UCLA, Florida and Utah. UCLA is the current reigning national champions (women).

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Mon 1/14
- Syracuse at 1. Duke @ 6pm on ESPN
- 11. Florida St at Pitt @ 6pm on ESPNU
- Texas at 7. Kansas @ 8pm on ESPN
Tues 1/15
- Arkansas at 3. Tennessee @ 6pm on ESPN2
- 12. Kentucky at Georgia @ 6pm on ESPN
- 9. VTech at 4. UVA @ 7pm on ACC
- 15. Marquette at Georgetown @ 7:30pm on FS1
- 10. Nevada at Boise St @ 8pm on CBSSN
- Notre Dame at 13. UNC @ 8pm on ESPN
Wed 1/16
- 14. Auburn at Texas A&M @ 6pm on ESPNU
- Iowa St at 8. Texas Tech @ 8pm on ESPNU
Thurs 1/17
- 6. Michigan St at Nebraska @ 7pm on FS1
Sat 1/19
- 2. Michigan at Wisconsin @ 11am on ESPN
- 13. UNC at Miami @ 11am on ESPN2
- Alabama at 3. Tennessee @ 1pm on ESPN2
- 7. Kansas at West Virginia @ 1pm on ESPN
- Wake Forest at 9. VTech @ 3pm on ACC
- 12. Kentucky at 14. Auburn @ 3pm on ESPN
- 4. UVA at 1. Duke @ 5pm on ESPN
- 8. Texas Tech at Baylor @ 5pm on ESPN2
- 5. Gonzaga at Portland @ 9pm
- Air Force at 10. Nevada @ 9pm on ESPNU
Sun 1/12
- 11. Florida St at Boston College @ 11am on ESPNU
- Providence at 15. Marquette @ 11am on CBSSN

Wed 1/16
- Raptors at Celtics @ 7pm on ESPN
- Pelicans at Warriors @ 9:30pm on ESPN
Thurs 1/17
- 76ers at Pacers @ 6pm on TNT
- Lakers at Thunder @ 8:30pm on TNT
Fri 1/18
- Spurs at Timberwolves @ 7pm on ESPN
- Warriors at Clippers @ 9:30pm on ESPN
Sat 1/19
- Thunder at 76ers @ 2:30pm on ABC
- Lakers at Rockets @ 7:30pm on ABC

Sun 1/20
- NFC Championship – Rams at Saints @ 2:05pm on FOX
  - -3.5 Saints 57 O/U
- AFC Championship – Patriots at Chiefs @ 5:40pm on CBS
  - -3 Chiefs 58 O/U

Fri 1/18
- Wolverhampton vs Leicester City @ 7:25am on NBCSN
- Liverpool vs Crystal Palace @ 9:55am on NBCSN
Sat 1/19
- Huddersfield Town vs Manchester City @ 8:25am on NBCSN
- Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur @ 10:55am on NBCSN