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Juju Watkins and the no. 6 USC Trojan horses
There are great performances and large victories. Then there are performance of all time and victories of all time, like that Juju Watkins And N ° 6 USC Delivered Thursday evening, overthrow previously undefeated N ° 1 UCLA71-60.
It was a wonderful team effort, but the performance of Watkins is among the best individual efforts in the history of sport: 38 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocks, five assists, six 3 points. You call it, she did it. And she dominated.
- Watkins is the only player in division I – men or women – at least the last 20 seasons with 35 points, 10 rebounds, eight blocks and five 3 points in a match.
- Nobody in the NBA has Never has published such a line of statistics.
- The 38 points are the second of a female Division I player against a team No. 1 at least at the last 20 seasons. Caitlin Clark had 41 against South Carolina In the Final Four 2023.
- The USC had been 1-10 of all time against n ° 1, with its only victory to come Louisiana tech in the 1983 national championship. Cheryl MillerThe star of this team, SAT short on Thursday evening.
These are emblematic stuff, such as construction stuff. And it came from a player who had had difficulty entering the game. But all these difficulties have become one thing in the past at the start of the game. The victory, however, had to wait late: the USC has ahead of the UCLA 24-8 in the fourth quarter, an astonishing release fueled by a stifling defense and a Insatiable appetite for the Blocs ball in the last stanza.
March Madness may be a few weeks old, but university basketball can go crazy – in the best sense of the word – all night.
👍 Honorable mentions
👎 Not so honorable mentions
🏈 Jets, Aaron Rodgers goes separately: where will he land?
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What has been expected for a long time is now official: the Plane are passing Since Aaron Rodgersputting an end to a long -awaited two -year partnership but ultimately brutally disappointing.
His first season in the Big Apple ended suddenly due to a torn Achilles suffered in the first quarter of its beginnings. And then last season, Rodgers (and the rest of the team) had a hard time, finishing 5-12 with the NFL offensive at the 24th point in points and yards. New coach Aaron Glenn Choose for a new direction behind the center.
We will probably need time to find out which direction it is. But Other teams can speak immediately in Rodgers Because New York has announced that she was going from him, and he is an acquired veteran. It’s somewhat similar to Russell Wilson situation last year. He decided to join the Aceurs A few days before the official start of the free agency.
Could Pittsburgh double and add Rodgers this year? This is one of The potential landing points of Garrett Podell for Rodgersas well as …
- Podell: “THE Titans du Tennessee could Avoid taking a quarter first as a whole overall in 2025 NFL draftOr They could exchange the choice To accumulate a treasure of choice of projects to rebuild their list. Rodgers could be a massive improvement compared to Will Levis … The presence of rodgers could help to do his duties in the out -of -season expenses that the Titans did a year ago during which they brought a wide receiver Calvin RidleyRunning back Tony POLLARDcenter Lloyd Cushenberry and half of the corner The Ornius Sneed. “”
I do not hate this idea, especially if Tennessee agrees with the general feeling that it is a disappointing quarter-back course and finds a desperate team to go up. Cody Benjamin A Advantages and disadvantages for potential pretenders of rodgers.
🏀 No. 1 Auburn-No. 2 The big titles of Alabama
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Iron Bowl is as good university football rivalry as there are, which has produced some of the greatest moments in the history of sport. But Auburn And Alabama Football has never done what the male basketball teams will do tomorrow: meeting as two best teams in the country. In fact, it is the first basketball match of 1 V.-2 in the history of the dry.
Matt Norlander spoke to the two coaches for a Great preview of a great match.
- Norlander: “”Bruce Pearl told me that his team had been very well prepared in recent days. The responsibility can be found everywhere in the installation, while the finger size can not. His guys make the challenges. They will arrive ready on Saturday – undoubtedly boosting the national player of the year from today, Johni Broome – for what could turn into a cinematographic masterpiece of the score. Auburn ranks n ° 1 in offensive efficiency, the Alabama headed next to n ° 2.. The tide is n ° 1 in points (90.5 per match) and leads the country with seven outings of more than 100. ”
As Matt notes, it is also a perfect timing with the NFL season and the NBA on the weekend of the stars. In search of March, there is an absolutely loaded slate, perfect for the preparation of the support. I say it every year, but remember this: the guards win in March. Fortunately for you, a friend of future support, our experts discussed the Best university basketball guards. The most popular choice is Purge‘s Braden SmithWHO “Made a jump in fame this season”, “ Kyle Boone writes.
Purdue has a big one this weekend, one of the four classified games of V-VS. Only: alone:
- N ° 16 Wisconsin at n ° 7 PURDUE (1 pm on CBS / Paramount +)
- N ° 6 Houston at n ° 13 Arizona
- N ° 1 AUBURN at n ° 2 ALABAMA
- N ° 22 Mississippi State at N ° 19 Ole Miss
Make sure to connect before this game Badgers-Boilermakers, because CBS / Paramount + A NCAA March Madness Men’s Bracket Overview (Top 16 seeds) at 12:30 p.m. During this time, Jerry Palm’s The last oven is there.
And be sure to save hoops for Sunday too: on the side of women, N ° 7 UCONN visiting N ° 4 South Carolina And N ° 5 LSU visiting N ° 3 Texas A great day.
⚾ Alex Bregman in Red Sox: What is the next step for Boston, Houston?
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Alex Bregman signature with THE Red Sox Delivered with a lot of excitement but also A lot of questions For Boston. Obviously, there are production questions – last year was just an aberrant value? – But also answered the questions. Where will he play? Where will he be in the order of strikers? Keep calm and Red Sox fans. These are good questions to have. The big one, however, is “is it enough to bring them to the playoffs?” RJ Anderson answered all these questions (and more) here.
He also leaves the old Bregman team, the Astroswith questionsRJ Note, including …
- Anderson: “”What must be done with the flexibility of the pay – what we know is that their pay projection falls around $ 218 million. This puts $ 26 million below the place where they ended last season, and 23 million dollars under the first luxury tax line … The teams tend to keep around $ 10 million in reserve For additions in season. If we make two assumptions – that the astros prevent $ 10 million for July and they do not want to spend in the tax area – then there are about 10 to 12 million dollars before the opening day. »»
📺 What we look at this weekend
Friday
🏀 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game7 p.m. on espn
🏀 Unparalleled 1 Tournament 17:30 p.m. on TNT / TRUTV
🏀 NBA RISING STARS Challenge9 p.m. on TNT / TRUTV
SATURDAY
🏀 Arkansas at n ° 8 Texas A&M (M)noon on espn
🏀 NCAA March Madness Men’s Bracket Overview12:30 p.m. on CBS / Paramount +
🏀 Vanderbilt at n ° 5 Tennessee (m)1 p.m. on the dry network
🏀 N ° 16 Wisconsin at n ° 7 PURDUE (m)1 p.m. on CBS
🏒 Finland against Sweden1 p.m. on ABC
🏀 N ° 6 Houston at n ° 13 Arizona (m)2 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 N ° 1 Auburn at n ° 2 Alabama (m)4 p.m. on espn
🏀 Stanford at n ° 3 Duke (m)4 p.m. on ABC
🏀 N ° 22 Mississippi State at N ° 19 Ole Miss (M)6 p.m. on ESPN2
🏒 USA against Canada8 p.m. on ABC
🏀 N ° 11 Michigan State in Illinois (M)8 p.m. on Fox
🏀 N ° 15 Kentucky in Texas (M)8 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 NBA ALL-STAR on Saturday evening8 p.m. on TNT / TRUTV
🏀 Southern Caroline at N ° 3 Florida (M)8:30 p.m. on the dry network
Sunday
🏀 Ole Miss at n ° 15 Tennessee (W)noon on the dry network
🏀 No. 20 Michigan at Ohio State (M)1 p.m. on CBS
🏀 N ° 7 UCONN at n ° 4 South Carolina (W)1 p.m. on ABC
🏀 N ° 10 nc state at n ° 12 Caroline du Nord (W)2 p.m. on ESPN
🏎 Daytona 5002:30 p.m. on Fox
🏀 N ° 24 Creighton at n ° 9 St. John’s (M)3 p.m. on FS1
🏀 N ° 5 LSU in Texas n ° 3 (W)3 p.m. on ABC
🏀 NBA All-Star game8 p.m. on TNT / TRUTV
🏀 N ° 22 Michigan State at N ° 1 UCLA (W)9 p.m. on BTN