Basketball – NBA: This week’s games.
Basketball – NCAAM: Losses in the top 25 this week.
Football – NFL: Super Bowl LX
Golf: Gotterup WM.
Olympic Sports: Days 1-3! Already two USA golds.
Quick Headlines: Softball has started
Basketball-NBA:
- This week’s games:
- The Hornets beat the Pelicans on Monday after NOLA only put up 13 points in the entire 4Q. Ew. In contrast, the TWolves put up 42 in the final Q but still lost by 9 to the Grizzlies.
- The Bucks upset the Bills on Tues 131-115. The Spurs upset the Thunder although at this point should it be considered an upset? I feel like now SA should be favored over the Thunder but they were not. OKC -2.5 but the spurs win by 10. Two games on Wed went into OT. The Bucks needed it to beat the Pelicans. And the Nuggets/Knicks actually needed 2OT. The Nuggets ‘won’ the 1st and 4th Q while the Knicks won the middle 2Qs. NY had the lead for 65% of the game and Brunson scored 42. At the end of the 1OT, DEN got fouled and nailed their free throws to tie it back up. NY would win the 2OT by 5.
- It was announced on Wed that SGA would miss every game until after the All Star break with an abdominal strain. The wizards upset the Pistons 126-117 after a slow start but they would come back to win. The Rockets lost to the Hornets by 10. And the warriors beat the Suns but barely and that was with a 17 point 3Q.
- On Thursday, the Knicks only scored 80 points in their game against the Pistons who crushed them 118-80. The Pelicans managed to upset the TWolves on the same night in a close one by 4.
- There were only 4 games on Sunday as there were more important things to watch. Over the weekend, SGA’s injury took a toll against the Rockets Friday. Houston won by 6. The Knicks and Celtics faced off in what was supposed to be a good game but alas Boston only managed 89 points. NY would crush them 111-89. The Clippers put up 115 to beat the TWolves.
- There were a lot of trades being finalized this week as we head into the All-Star break. The Mavs have traded Anthony Davis to the Wizards. That’s notable for 2 things 1 – AD was the one they traded Luka for and 2 the Wizards also picked up Trae Young this season.
Basketball – NCAAM:
- This week’s games:
- Monday had a great one with 11 Kansas vs 13. Texas Tech. This was a back and forth game with the largest lead going to the Red Raiders with 10 points and only holding the lead for 55% of the game. The team favored changed 19xs on the win probability chart. And we were tied with 1:20 to go in the game at 61s but Jayhawk star Darryn Peterson made a 26 foot 3-pointer to win it for KU.
- On Wed, there were two huge losses. This bad a losses hadn’t happened on same day since 1992. Portland beats #6 Zags. That alone hadn’t happened in 12 years and as Gonzaga gets ready to leave the WCC for the Pac 12, they will remember this forever. That is also Portland’s highest ranked win ever. Then 10-12 unranked Minnesota beat #10 Michigan St despite letting the Spartans almost comeback from a 11 point deficit. Also that night OSU who is on the verge of being ranked (and this will help) beat #19 BYU with a killer 58-point 2H. To put that in perspective, they would only score 47 points total against #1 Arizona on Sat.
- #3 UConn vs #22 St. John’s was at MSG on Friday for the primetime game it was. We were tied at halftime but the Red Storm stormed in the 2H to win by 9. That ends UConn’s 18 game win streak.
- Over the weekend, we also had THE game. #4 Duke vs #14 UNC and lately Duke had been the victor. It certainly looked that way as the Blue Devils outscores UNC 41-29 in the 1H. But then UNC came back in a huge way with Wilson giving Boozer a run for his money. UNC would come back to win 71-68 in a classic. Then a matchup in the Big Ten of #5 Illinois and #10 Michigan St. Despite the loss earlier in the week for the Spartans, this game lived up to the hype. It was close the whole game. So close we would go to OT. But Mich St would get the last laugh here upsetting the Illini by 3. In the Big 12, #8 Houston won in both halves putting away #16 BYU. BYU is having trouble getting their first big win despite only having 6 losses in the season. Their only ranked win was #23 Wisconsin. OU was routing #15 Vandy beating them by 14 points after 1H but they let them come back in when they led by 19 with 3 to go. It was almost as though both teams didn’t want to win this game as Vandy also had costly turnovers. Vandy made a 3 with 6 to go to bring it back to 2 points in the final 5. Ou nailed the field goals and Vandy hits another three as time expired but those free throws had the Sooners up by 4 so they won by 1. #25 Tennessee came out hot scoring 47 to be up 14 at half but Kentucky came back to score 41 to win by 3.
Football:
- The Super Bowl (SB 60) was boring. Theres not other word for it. We had nothing but FGs the entire 1H (and really 3Qs) and the Patriots longest drive had been 28 yards and Maye had been sacked 5xs. We ended up going into 3Q with no TDs (only 2nd time in history that has happened) but we finally got one after the first turnover of the game put the Seahawks insides the redzone after Drake Maye fumbled the ball with 10 seconds left in the 3Q. That resulted in a TD which came at the 13:24 mark. We were still on pace for a shutout but The Pats weren’t going to roll over. They had 2 huge completions to score their first TD in just 1 min later. Seattle would continue to pile on though with a FG and TD after 2 INTs by the Pats. The Seahawks put it away final score 29-13. HC Mike McDonald becomes the 3rd youngest coach to win the SB at age 38 and the Seahawks are just the 17th franchise to win multiple SBs – now at 2!
- Best commericals: Coinbase, Dunkin, NFL/Prostate cancer check
Golf:
- Chris Gotterup was near the top of the leaderboard or atop it all week after he opened with a 63. But the next two days in the 70s let the field catch up. But his final round of 64 brought him within striking distance again. He finished his round still 1 shot behind Hideki Matsuyama. Hideki then hit a bad tee shot and had his first bogey of the day to force a playoff. He would then hit an even worse shot in the play-off, hitting his tee shot into the water. That allowed Gotterup to win with a birdie. This is now Chris’ 4th win on the PGA Tour.
Olympic Sports:
- Milan Cortina – US Golds:
- All of the US had Sunday marked on our calendars for the triumphant return of Lindsay Vonn in the women’s downhill. That was obviously slightly derailed when she tore his ACL one of the final races before the Olympics. But she managed during her training runs. However just a couple of seconds and 3 turns into her run (you only get one) she wiped out and had to helicoptered off the mountain. No word yet on her condition. So it looks like the American hopes were dashed but Breezy Johnson would answer the call. She would win the downhill and give Team USA its first medal and 1st gold of these games by .04 seconds. This is the first gold in the event since 2010 when Vonn won it. I would say this was a surprise even though she had been doing well. She improved from 6th to 1st after the 2 training runs but she beat home town fav and famous Sophia Goggia who took the bronze.
- The Figure Skating Team competition started early and Team USA and JPN had been trading wins. The Ice Dance was the biggest advantage for the US with JPN only getting 9 points to the USA 20. But it would flip with the Pairs competition were the Americans would only tally 15 between Qualify and Finals. The US was 2 points up going into the final 2 competitions (the W free and M Free). However Amber Glenn had a wobbly performance (no falls though) to get third while Kaori Sakamoto was magical for JPN winning it all. That left us tied going into the men’s free skate. And although Ilia Malinin was the favorite, he did lose the short program. However he isn’t called the Quad God for no reason. His technical score was so high after all was said and done (without the Quad Axel) he put up a monster score of 200 points. Sato from JPN just couldn’t keep up but he kept the judges honest. He would lose by 6 points and Team USA takes the Team event in back to back Olympics.
- That is it for the medals for USA after 3 days. ITA has 9 so far as their total (1 gold) but NOR leads with 3 golds and 6 total.
- Other Olympic stories:
- Speed Skating: Ita LOLLOBRIGIDA wins with OR for their first gold of their home games. It was on her 35 bday and is the first gold for ITA in long track ever. Moving to the M 5K. NOR Eitrem broke the OR by 5 seconds and a CZE skater took silver which is the first medal in speed skating on the men’s side for them. No NED on either podium which hasn’t happened in the last 10 olympics.
- USA’s Hillary Knight tied us Olympic goals record with 14 in the game vs FIN.
Quick Highlights:
- Both Oklahoma and Texas both lost on the Softball diamond in the opening weekend of the sport. Oklahoma lost to #18 Arizona in their 2nd Texas lost to #9 Nebraska.
What to watch this week
Baseball/Softball – NCAA:
- Thurs 2/12
- 9. Nebraska vs 13. LSU @ 9am on ESPN2
- 20. OSU vs 15. Georgia @ 10am on SEC
- 7. Florida St vs 1. Texas Tech @ 12pm on ESPN2
- 13. LSU vs 20. OSU @ 2pm on ESPN2
- Fri 2/13
- 20. OSU vs 11. Texas A&M @ 9am on ESPN2
- 4. Tennessee vs 9. Nebraska @ 11am on ESPN2
- 10. UCLA vs 20. OSU @ 2pm on ESPNU
- Sat 2/14
- 2o. OSU vs 19. Duke @ 9am on ESPN2
- 10. UCLA vs 4. Tennessee @ 3pm on ESPNU
- Sun 2/15
- 13. LSU vs 10. lUCLA @ 9am on ESPN2
- 8. Arkansas vs 12. Clemson @ 10am
- 1. Texas Tech at 9. Nebraska @ 5pm on ESPN
- 4. Tennessee vs 7. Florida St @ 7pm on ESPN
Basketball-NBA:
- Wed 2/11
- Knicks at 76ers @ 6:30pm on ESPN
- Spurs at Warriors @ 9pm on ESPN
- Sun 2/15
- Team Stars vs World @ 4pm on NBC
- Team Stripes vs TBD @ 4:55pm on NBC
- Team Stripes vs TBD @ 5:25pm on NBC
- TBD vs TBD @ 6:10pm on NBC
Basketball-NCAAM:
- Mon 2/9
- NC St at 24. Louisville @ 6pm on ESPN
- 1. Arizona at 11. Kansas @ 8pm on ESPN
- Tues 2/10
- 12 Purdue at 9. Nebraksa @ 6pm on FS1
- 14. UNC at Miami @ 6pm on ESPN
- 15. Vandy at Auburn @ 6pm on SEC
- 16 BYU at Baylor @ 6pm on ESPN2
- 18. UVA at Florida St @ 6pm on ESPNU
- Wisconsin at 5. Illinois @ 7pm on Peacock
- 4. Duke at Pitt @ 8pm on ESPN
- 7. Iowa St at TCU @ 8pm on FS1
- 8. Houston at Utah @ 8pm on ESPN2
- 21. Arkansas at LSU @ 8pm on SEC
- Wazzu at 6. Gonzaga @ 10pm on ESPN2
- Wed 2/11
- 17. Florida at UGA @ 6pm on ESPN2
- VTech at 20. Clemson @ 6pm on ACC
- 3. UConn at Butler @ 6:30pm on TNT
- Fri 2/13
- 10. Michigan St at Wisconsin @ 7pm on FOX
- 19. St. Louis at Loyola @ 7:30pm on ESPN2
- Ohio at 23. Miami OH @ 8pm on ESPN
- Sat 2/14
- 20 Clemson at 4. Duke @ 11am on ESPN
- UCLA at 2. Michigan @ 11:45am on CBS
- 11. Kansas at 7. Iowa St @ 12pm on ABC
- NW at 9. Nebraska @ 12pm on BTN
- Texas A&M at 15. Vanderbilt @ 12pm on SEC
- 22. St Johns at Providence @ 12pm on TNT
- Kentucky at 17. Florida @ 2pm on ABC
- K ST at 8. Houston @ 3pm on Peacock
- 24. Louisville vs Baylor (in Ft Worth) @ 3pm
- 12. Purdue at Iowa @ 4pm on FOX
- LSU at 25. Tennessee @ 5pm on SEC
- 13. Texas Tech at 1. Arizona @ 5:30pm
- Georgetown at 3. UConn @ 7pm on Peacock
- 18. UVA vs Ohio St @ 7pm on FOX (in Nashville)
- 6. Gonzaga at Santa Clara @ 9:30pm on ESPN
- Sun 2/15
- Indiana at 5. Illinois @ 12pm on CBS
Golf:
- Mon 2/9
- TGL: Bay GC vs LA GC @ 6pm on ESPN2
- Thurs 2/12
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Round 1 @ 2pm on Golf Channel
- Fri 2/13
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Round 2 @ 2pm on Golf Channel
- Sat 2/14
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Round 3
- @ 12pm on Golf Channel
- @ 2pm on CBS
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Round 3
- Sun 2/15
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Final Round
- @ 12pm on Golf Channel
- @ 2pm on CBS
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Final Round
Hockey:
- None – for Olympics
Olympic Sports:
- Mon 2/9
- Olympics:
- W Freeski Slopestyle @ 5:30am on USA
- M Team combined: Slalom @ 7am on USA
- Curling: Mixed doubles USA vs ITA @ 8am on USA
- W 10K @ 10:30am on USA
- Curling Mixed doubles Semifinal @ 11am on USA
- W 1000m @ 11am on NBC
- M Team Combined: Downhill and Slalom @ 11:45am on NBC
- W Snowboard Big Air @ 12:30pm on NBC
- Rhythm Dance @ 1:40pm on NBC
- W Hockey: USA vs SUI @ 1:40pm on USA
- M Normal Hill @ 4:30pm on USA
- Primetime @ 7pm on NBC
- Late Night @ 10:35pm on NBC
- Olympics:
- Tues 2/10
- Olympics:
- M Freeski Slopestyle @ 5:30am on usa
- W Team Combined: Slalom @ 7am on USA
- Curling Mixed Doubles Bronze @ 8am on USA
- Short Track: Mixed Team Relay @ 10:30am on USA
- Curling Mixed doubles Gold @ 11am on USA
- M Freeski Slopetyle @ 11am on NBC
- W Single Lupe – Run 4 @ 11:45am on NBC
- CC SKi: M&W Sprint @ 12:15pm on NBC
- Men’s Short Program @ 12:45pm on NBC
- W Hockey: USA vs CAN @ 1:10pm on NBC
- Biathlon: M 20km @ 3:30pm on USA
- Mixed Team Normal Hill @ 5:15pm on USA
- Primetime @ 7pm on NBC
- Late night @ 10:35pm on NBC
- Olympics:
- Wed 2/11
- Olympics:
- M Super G @ 4:30am on USA
- Biathlon: W 15km @ 8:15pm on USA
- M Normal Hill 10KM @ 9am on USA
- W Moguls @ 11am on NBC
- Speed Skating: M 1000m @ 11:30am on NBC
- W Double Luge Run 2 @ 11:55am on NBC
- M Doubles Luge: run 2 @ 5pm on USA
- Primetime @ 7pm on NBC
- Late night @ 10:35pm on NBC
- Olympics:
- Thurs 2/12
- Olympics:
- W Super G @ 4:30am on USA
- CC Ski: W 10km @ 6:15am on USA
- M Snowboard Cross @ 7:35am on USA
- Curling – W USA vs KOR @ 8:15pm on USA
- M Moguls @ 11am on NBC
- Luge Team Relay @ 11:45am on NBC
- Speed Skating: W5km @ 12pm on USA
- W Snowboard Halfpipe @ 12:30pm on NBC
- Short Track: W 500 & M 1000 @ 1:55pm on NBC
- Hockey M LAT vs USA @ 2:10pm on USA
- CC Ski: W 10km @ 3pm on NBC
- Primetime @ 7pm on NBC
- Primetime @ 10:35pm on NBC
- Olympics:
- Fri 2/13
- Olympics:
- Curling: M USA vs CAN @ 2am on USA
- Biathlon: M 10km @ 7am on USA
- W Snowboard Cross @ 8:30am on USA
- Speed skating: M 10km @ 9:30am on USA
- CC Ski: M 10km @ 11am on NBC
- M Free Skate @ 11:45am on USA and 2pm on NBC
- W Snowboard Cross @ 12pm on NBC
- M Snowboard Halfpipe @ 12:30pm on NBC
- M Skeleton Runs 3-4 @ 4:30pm on USA
- Primetime @ 7pm on NBC
- Late Night @ 10:35pm on NBC
- Olympics:
- Sat 2/14
- Olympics:
- W Dual Moguls @ 3:40am on USA
- CC Ski: W 4×7.5 Relay @ 5am on USA
- M Giant Slalom @ 6:30am on USA
- Biathlon: W 7.5km @ 7:45am on USA
- Speed Skating: W Team Pursuit @ 9am on USA
- Speed Skating: M 500 @ 10am on NBC
- Main Coverage @ 10:45am on NBC
- W Skeleton Run 3
- Curling M USA vs GER @ 12pm on CNBC
- M Large Hill @ 12pm on USA
- Hockey: M USA vS LAT @ 2:10pm on USA
- Hockey: W Quarter @ 2:10pm on CNBC
- Short Track: M 1500 @ 5:15pm on USA
- Primetime @ 7pm on NBC
- Late Night @ 10:35pm on NBC
- Olympics:
- Sun 2/15
- Olympics:
- M Dual Moguls @ 3:40am on USA and 11:30am on NBC
- CC Ski: M 4×7.5m Relay @ 5am on USA
- W Giant Slalom @ 6:30am on NBC
- Mixed Team Snowboard Cross @ 6:45am on USA
- Curling: W USA vs CHN @ 7:30am on CNBC
- Biathlon: W 10km @ 7:45am on NBC
- Biathlon: M 12.5km @ 8:30am on USA
- Speed Skating: W 500 @ 10am on NBC
- Skeleton Mixed Team @ 12:15pm on NBC
- Hockey: M USA vs GER @ 2:10pm on US
- Curling: M USA vs NOR @ 7pm on CNBC
- W Large Hill @ 7pm on USA
- Main Coverage @ 6:30am on USA
- Primetime @ 7pm on NBC
- Late Night @ 10:35pm on NBC
- Olympics:
College OLY Sports:
- Fri 2/13
- GYM: NCAAW – Oklahoma vs Florida @ 6pm on ESPN2
- GYM: NCAAW – Mizzou vs Kentucky @ 6pm on SEC
- GYM: NCAAW – Auburn vs LSU @ 7:45pm on ESPN2
- Sun 2/15
- GYM: NCAAW – Clemson vs Pitt @ 3pm on ACC
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