11:55 AM EDT, Thu March 28, 2024
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Observations from South Carolina’s Thursday spring football practice

South Carolina’s football team was back on the practice field Thursday for the fifth time this spring. The music, eclectic as ever, was blaring. Recruits and parents and high school …
Syracuse football: Top three positions up for grabs in spring practice

Syracuse football: Top three positions up for grabs in spring practice

Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports The pads are on and the fight to the top of these spots has begun. Today marks day three of full pads in Syracuse Orange spring camp, and the second of a back-to-back session for Fran Brown's outfit. We've gotten some insight into what positions have their clear frontrunners, but a few still have a long way to go to naming a starter. Here are the three that seem the most wide open: 3.) Offensive Linemen This was the most important position for the new staff to address, and so far they’ve done a solid job. Transfers Da’Metrius...
Arizona Desert Swarm 1 hour ago
How the numbers stack up for No. 21 Arizona softball and No. 7 Stanford

How the numbers stack up for No. 21 Arizona softball and No. 7 Stanford

Photo by Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Which team can exploit the weakness of of the other? The No. 21 Arizona Wildcats are a team that appears to be in search of an identity. They are pitching at a much higher level than last season, but they are seeing some offensive struggles from players who normally produce a great deal. What do the numbers say about what they have and how they improve? Arizona softball heads into an early week against the best pitching it has seen this season. The No. 21 Wildcats have improved in the circle by a considerable margin, but...
Miami Herald 1 hour ago

Pack is Back! UM guard Nijel Pack is returning to the Hurricanes for a fifth season

Pack is Back! Point guard Nijel Pack is returning to the University of Miami for a fifth season with the Hurricanes, he announced on social media Thursday morning. “I am …
The Smoking Musket 1 hour ago
Deuce is loose and JJ Wetherholt is set to return to West Virginia’s lineup

Deuce is loose and JJ Wetherholt is set to return to West Virginia’s lineup

Photo by Mark Blinch/ Good morning! This is the Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome to The Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup (that we didn’t already talk about in another article) with some sophomoric humor and daily distractions thrown in for good measure. And if there’s something we missed, be sure to talk about it in the comments. FOOTBALL Passing Accuracy No. 1 Priority for QB Garrett Greene This Spring | West Virginia University AthleticsImproved passing accuracy is at the top of Neal...
Syracuse women’s lacrosse: Orange knock off unbeaten Loyola, 16-13, to earn fifth straight win

Syracuse women’s lacrosse: Orange knock off unbeaten Loyola, 16-13, to earn fifth straight win

Photo by Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via A game of runs went the way of the home team as the Orange picked up a huge non-conference victory. The Syracuse Orange women’s lacrosse team grabbed a massive non-conference win with their takedown of the previously unbeaten Loyola Greyhounds, 16-13, in a back-and-forth game of runs on Wednesday afternoon in the JMA Dome. The win was the Orange’s fifth straight after splitting their first six games to improve to 8-3 on the season, and it’s a big resume booster since Loyola came into the game No. 1 in the RPI rankings....
Roll 'Bama Roll 2 hours ago
Jumbo Package: Latrell Wrightsell injury watch, A-Day details released

Jumbo Package: Latrell Wrightsell injury watch, A-Day details released

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Thursday, everyone. As you well know, it’s Sweet 16 day with Alabama taking on North Carolina in the wee hours. We will have much more on that one later, but the big question currently is the health of Latrell Wrightsell. “Kind of just next man mentality,” Alabama guard Aaron Estrada told AL.com of UA’s attitude if Wrightsell can’t go. “Guys are probably gonna play more. Guys are probably gonna get more shots and we’ve just got to be ready for that.” Forward Nick Pringle was...
Roll 'Bama Roll 2 hours ago
Alabama Softball Faces the Struggling Kentucky Wildcats

Alabama Softball Faces the Struggling Kentucky Wildcats

Kinley Pate. | rolltide.com The ‘Cats welcome Bama to Lexington, KY. Let’s admit it: It’s a down year for SEC Softball. TBH, it’s down all across the NCAA landscape. I am going to put on my #GOML cap for a second and blame most of this on the Transfer Portal. Many of these players are jumping around for the next greener grass without really thinking things through. Softball is so much about finding cohesion and defining roles on a team to find the best recipe for success. That is tough task to tackle when kids keep hopping into the portal at the slightest...
BT Powerhouse 2 hours ago
March Madness Sweet Sixteen Preview: Illinois vs. Iowa State

March Madness Sweet Sixteen Preview: Illinois vs. Iowa State

Photo by Michael Reaves/ The Illini take on the Cyclones in a clash of styles. No. 1 offense. No. 1 defense. We could be in for an interesting one in the Sweet Sixteen when Illinois takes on Iowa State in the late window. It’s a complete clash of styles as the offensive juggernaut Illini meet the defense-oriented cyclones. It’s the first trip to the second weekend for Brad Underwood and the Illini’s first in over a decade. T.J. Otzelberger is making his second trip to the tournament’s second weekend after leading the Cyclones there in 2022. When is the game and...
Roll 'Bama Roll 2 hours ago
Bama Basketball Breakdown & How to Watch: NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen - #1 North Carolina

Bama Basketball Breakdown & How to Watch: NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen - #1 North Carolina

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Can Alabama, an underdog in the tournament for the first time in the Oats era, finally get back to the Elite Eight? I’ll tell you one thing that never gets old - being alive for the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. The air is fresher, the days are nicer, that annoying guy at work doesn’t bother you as much. There’s just nothing like surviving the opening two rounds of madness. There’s a reason they call it the Sweet Sixteen - and boy does it hit the spot. I’ll also tell you one thing that has gotten old quickly though - losing...
Arizona Desert Swarm 2 hours ago
Early weekend series vs. UCLA gives Arizona baseball chance to bounce back quickly

Early weekend series vs. UCLA gives Arizona baseball chance to bounce back quickly

Arizona Athletics Arizona had arguably its worst performance of the season on Tuesday night, losing 12-9 at home to a New Mexico State team that hadn’t won a game away from home in nearly a year. But the beauty of baseball is there’s almost always another game right around the corner, and this week the break is weekend comes even quicker. The UA hosts UCLA in a 3-game series beginning Thursday night at Hi Corbett Field, the series moved up to avoid playing on Easter Sunday. The Wildcats (10-13, 4-5 Pac-12) are still searching for consistency across the board, which...
Syracuse men’s basketball: Peter Carey enters transfer portal

Syracuse men’s basketball: Peter Carey enters transfer portal

Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/ The big man will look for a new opportunity The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team will have another spot to fill this off-season. Sophomore power forward/center Peter Carey entered the transfer portal on Wednesday. Syracuse C Peter Carey has entered the transfer portal. https://t.co/RvwRuOocH5— Verbal Commits (@VerbalCommits) March 27, 2024 The 6’11 sophomore appeared in 17 games in his Syracuse career. Due to injuries this year, he played in 14 games, mostly at center. Carey contributed 9 points, 12 rebounds and 18 fouls this...
Streaking The Lawn 3 hours ago
Virginia softball is off to a historic start in 2024

Virginia softball is off to a historic start in 2024

Photo courtesy of Virginia Athletics Add another program to the list of UVA spring sports to be excited about. Carla Williams and the Virginia Cavaliers athletic administration have made a clear investment into the rapidly rising sport of softball. Over the past five years, UVA opened Palmer Park and added an indoor player development center, team lounge, training room, and press box in that same complex. The on-field results have followed. In 2022, head coach Joanna Hardin led the ‘Hoos to their first winning season in a decade. She followed that up with another...
Ben Bolch / Los Angeles Times 3 hours ago

Prattle of sexes: How trash-talking men helped UCLA women reach the Sweet 16

UCLA relies on talented male scout team players to help the Bruins prepare for opponents and fuel their NCAA tournament run.
Dawg Sports 3 hours ago
Yes, An NIT Banner Needs To Be Raised

Yes, An NIT Banner Needs To Be Raised

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Georgia is a football school. There is absolutely no denying that fact, and what happens from August to January is the thermostat of how things are felt about around the Classic City year-round. Sure, you want to win in everything. But some sports at UGA are not at the level of where Kirby Smart has things. One hurdle some sports face is tradition - or lack of. Men’s basketball falls into that category. The greatest moment in program history rolled across its anniversary spot this week. That occasion was not even a championship. Rather,...

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