Daily Archives: July 20, 2023

Big 12 announces 2023-2024 men’s basketball opponents

On Thursday afternoon the Big 12 announced the opponents for the upcoming 2023-2024 season for each member school. The format will see a home and home schedule with five schools, and then four schools will only be home games and four will only be road games. For the Wildcats, they will have a permanent home and home opponent in Kansas, …

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What will Wizards’ depth chart and rotation look like after busy offseason?

What will Wizards’ depth chart and rotation look like after busy offseason? originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington With free agency and the Summer League in the rearview, the dust is starting to settle for the Wizards’ new-look roster. Over the course of about a month, the team’s new front office leadership executed a substantial overhaul, trading away Bradley Beal …

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OKC Thunder ‘commends’ Mayor David Holt’s call for new arena

The Thunder, in a statement released Thursday, lauded Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt after his annual State of the City address in which Holt rallied for a new arena to be built in downtown Oklahoma City. “The Thunder is proud of our partnership with the City of Oklahoma City and our community over the past 15 years,” said Dan Mahoney, …

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Bulls urged to pursue Austin Rivers as free agency steal

The Chicago Bulls began the offseason with big goals ahead of them. They had no interest in tearing down the roster. Instead they set their sights on improving the ceiling of the team around Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic, who they re-signed at the beginning of the summer. They followed Vucevic’s extension by bringing back Coby White and …

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Ex-Northwestern AD Jim Phillips denies knowledge of hazing allegations

Former Northwestern athletics director and current ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips denied being aware of the hazing allegations that have rocked the university and college sports, saying in a statement Thursday, “I will vigorously defend myself against any suggestion to the contrary.” The school’s athletics director from 2008-21 before leaving for the ACC, Phillips has been named as a defendant in …

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Joel Embiid trolls the 76ers, plus offseason winners & losers

Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie The No Cap Room is back with Jake Fischer and Dan Devine, and they spend the second half of today’s episode talking about the biggest offseason winners, losers and wild cards after the free agency/draft dust has settled. But first, they need to discuss Joel Embiid, James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers. This episode of …

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Badger MBB season tickets for sale

The return of Badger men’s basketball is still a few months away, but the team’s season tickets are for sale on Wisconsin’s website. Fans of Greg Gard and his squad now have the chance to secure their seats for 2023-2024. All five of the Badgers’ starters from last season are returning again this year, as well as transfer guard AJ …

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McNair states Kings need Murray to make sophomore leap

McNair states Kings need Murray to make sophomore leap originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Keegan Murray exceeded expectations in many ways in his first NBA season. The No. 4 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft set the all-time rookie 3-point record and was a perfect fit in the Kings’ offense alongside guard De’Aaron Fox and center Domantas …

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Cincinnati Bearcat basketball’s Big 12 home, away opponents announced

Thursday the Big 12 Conference released men’s basketball match-ups for the 2023-24 season, the first for the University of Cincinnati in their new league. Coach Wes Miller’s Bearcats will host UCF, Houston, TCU, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Texas in Fifth Third Arena, with the first five being home-and-home matchups and the latter four as …

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Robert Williams working on his mid-range game

Since being drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2018, Robert Williams has spent every summer rehabbing from an injury or recovering from surgery. However, this summer is different, as the athletic big man is fully healthy and appears to be taking the opportunity to work on his game. Rather than building out a back-to-the-basket game that would see Williams become …

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Darius Bazley discusses why he signed with the Brooklyn Nets

Darius Bazley signed with the Brooklyn Nets this offseason on a one-year deal for the veteran’s minimum, according to Keith Smith of Spotrac. However, Bazley’s path to get to where he is now is one that is more common nowadays, but at the time, seemed to draw national attention for how novel the idea was. Bazley, like most kids that …

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CAA changes name to Coastal Athletic Association after expanding to 14 schools

A college sports conference has a new name, as the Colonial Athletic Association has changed its name to the Coastal Athletic Association, it announced Thursday. Also known as the CAA, the conference will keep the abbreviation and same logo, saying the name change reflects the conference’s recent expansion, with members now stretching along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to South …

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Cade Cunningham, Chet Holmgren reportedly invited to USA Select team

2023 NBA Summer League – Dallas Mavericks v Oklahoma City Thunder Starting Aug. 3 in Las Vegas, the 12-man Team USA roster for the FIBA World Cup will gather in Las Vegas to start training camp. No tryouts anymore under Grant Hill, USA Basketball picks a dozen guys (who accept) and that’s it. Those guys need someone to go against …

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Big 12 basketball 2023-24 schedule: Format set for Kansas, new teams in last season with Texas and Oklahoma

Home and awayHome onlyAway only Baylor BYU, Kansas, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Oklahoma UCF, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia BYU Baylor, UCF, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State Cincinnati, Houston, TCU, Texas Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, West Virginia Cincinnati UCF, Houston, TCU, Oklahoma, West Virginia Iowa …

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Jordan Poole posts cryptic message on Instagram

On July 19, the drama between Draymond Green and Jordan Poole reached boiling point – weeks after the 24-year-old guard was traded to the Washington Wizards. It started with Green discussing his punch on Poole during a recent appearance on ‘The Pat Bev Podcast.’ While Poole has remained rather quiet on the subject of Green’s punch in recent days, it …

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