Jacksonville is third in the ASUN with 10.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Stephon Payne III averaging 3.0. FGCU makes 47.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than Jacksonville has allowed to its opponents (44.4%). Jacksonville has shot at a 44.4% rate from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points above the 42.8% shooting opponents of FGCU have averaged.
Baylor hosts No. 13 Arizona after overtime win
Arizona Wildcats (17-8, 11-4 Big 12) at Baylor Bears (16-9, 8-6 Big 12) Waco, Texas; Monday, 10 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bears -1.5; over/under is 151.5 BOTTOM LINE: Baylor hosts No. Arizona after the Bears took down the West Virginia Mountaineers 74-71 in overtime.
Kansas State faces Utah after McDaniel’s 22-point game
Kansas State Wildcats (13-12, 7-7 Big 12) at Utah Utes (14-11, 6-8 Big 12) Salt Lake City; Monday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Utes -2; over/under is 145.5 BOTTOM LINE: Kansas State visits Utah after Dug McDaniel scored 22 points in Kansas State's 80-65 loss to the BYU Cougars. The Utes are 13-3 on their home court.
Loyola Chicago visits Durkin and Davidson
Davidson is eighth in the A-10 with 23.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Durkin averaging 5.3. The Ramblers are 7-5 against A-10 opponents. Loyola Chicago scores 73.8 points and has outscored opponents by 5.0 points per game.
Pittsburgh hosts Syracuse after Leggett’s 21-point game
Syracuse Orange (11-15, 5-10 ACC) at Pittsburgh Panthers (15-10, 6-8 ACC) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh hosts Syracuse after Ishmael Leggett scored 21 points in Pittsburgh's 74-65 win against the Miami Hurricanes. The Panthers have gone 11-3 in home games.
Butler visits Xavier following Brooks’ 30-point game
Butler Bulldogs (12-13, 5-9 Big East) at Xavier Musketeers (16-10, 8-7 Big East) Cincinnati; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Butler takes on Xavier after Pierre Brooks scored 30 points in Butler's 97-86 win against the Georgetown Hoyas. The Musketeers have gone 12-2 at home.
Seton Hall plays No. 18 Marquette following Coleman’s 23-point game
Seton Hall Pirates (7-18, 2-12 Big East) at Marquette Golden Eagles (19-6, 10-4 Big East) Milwaukee; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Seton Hall takes on No. Marquette after Isaiah Coleman scored 23 points in Seton Hall's 69-68 overtime win against the UConn Huskies.
Lawal leads Virginia Tech against Boston College after 23-point showing
Virginia Tech Hokies (11-14, 6-8 ACC) at Boston College Eagles (10-15, 2-12 ACC) Boston; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Virginia Tech takes on Boston College after Toibu Lawal scored 23 points in Virginia Tech's 73-70 loss to the Virginia Cavaliers. The Eagles are 7-7 in home games.
Fresno State visits Boyd and San Diego State
Fresno State Bulldogs (5-21, 1-14 MWC) at San Diego State Aztecs (17-6, 10-4 MWC) San Diego; Tuesday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: San Diego State hosts Fresno State after Nicholas Boyd scored 24 points in San Diego State's 64-47 victory over the Boise State Broncos. The Aztecs have gone 9-3 at home.
Sellers and No. 17 Maryland host Michigan
Michigan Wolverines (18-7, 9-5 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (19-6, 9-5 Big Ten) College Park, Maryland; Monday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. Maryland hosts Michigan after Shyanne Sellers scored 23 points in Maryland's 91-71 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Lawrence and Coppin State host South Carolina State
Coppin State Eagles (15-9, 6-2 MEAC) at South Carolina State Bulldogs (2-22, 1-7 MEAC) Orangeburg, South Carolina; Monday, 5:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Coppin State visits South Carolina State after Laila Lawrence scored 20 points in Coppin State's 63-53 victory against the North Carolina Central Eagles. The Bulldogs have gone 2-7 at home.
Tiger Woods expects Trump talks to see LIV golfers back on PGA Tour in 2025
- PGA Tour board members met Trump at start of February
- ‘I think things are going to heal quickly’ says Woods
Tiger Woods has claimed LIV golfers could make a sensational return to the PGA Tour this year after the direct involvement of Donald Trump in the sport’s unification talks.
Elite golf has been in a fractured state since the launch of the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV circuit in 2022. A key upshot was the generally acrimonious departure of several big names from the PGA Tour to LIV. Despite the signing of a framework agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in the summer of 2023, the pace of progress has been glacial.
Continue reading...Athletics manager Kotsay signs three-year contract extension
Athletics manager Mark Kotsay signed a three-year contract extension on Monday.
Six Nations half-term report: Ireland top of class but Wales go from bad to worse | Ugo Monye
In rating the teams it is the defending champions that look a cut above as the other sides struggle to find consistency
There was a suspicion of vulnerability to Ireland coming into the Six Nations but they have answered those questions in style so far. Perhaps we’d just become a bit complacent about their standards but, as the only side unbeaten after two rounds, they look formidable.
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Manchester United’s slump deepens, Ryan Christie inspires Bournemouth and David Moyes lets the good times roll
Can winning a game that resembled two lurching drunks swinging at each other at closing time be regarded as vindication for Ange Postecoglou? Perhaps if Manchester United had a more mobile midfield and someone other than Rasmus Højlund at centre-forward – last goal at Plzen on 12 December – flanked by a winger in Alejandro Garnacho who last scored against Bodø/Glimt two weeks before that. It turns out Joshua Zirkzee – who has three goals in the league all season – is United’s most potent forward. The numbers point to this being United’s worst team in decades, and the only good news Ruben Amorim received on Sunday was 17th-placed Wolves’ defeat at Liverpool. Tottenham saw out a second successive Premier League clean sheet for the first time in 16 months but did so nervously. It will take much more than sketchily defeating a crashing clown car to prove Postecoglou’s pronouncement that the true Tottenham would reveal themselves once his injured players started returning. John Brewin
Match report: Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United
Match report: Leicester 0-2 Arsenal
Match report: Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle
Match report: Liverpool 2-1 Wolves
Match report: Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich
Match report: Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Match report: Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth
Match report: Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton
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