Author: Mikesportz

What Kentucky basketball records could fall in Year 1 of Mark Pope’s tenure as coach? The 2024-25 Kentucky Wildcats have already set a program record for most wins over AP top-10 and top-15 teams in a season. Otega Oweh scored in double figures in Kentucky’s first 26 games this season. Mark Pope’s team is averaging the second-most points per game of any first-year coach in program history (since Adolph Rupp’s debut in 1930-31). LEXINGTON — The 2023-24 season was a banner one for Kentucky basketball. At least in terms of its record book. The Wildcats set a single-season program markfor…

Red Sox Insider Shares 3 Potential Replacements For Injured Kutter Crawford The Red Sox are already dealing with some injury issues… The Boston Red Sox unfortunately already have been bitten by the injury bug in Spring Training. There hasn’t been this much buzz or excitement about a Red Sox roster in at least a few years. Boston won 81 games last year but looks like one of the top contenders in the American League after the additions of Garrett Crochet, Walker Buehler, Alex Bregman, and Aroldis Chapman among others. Boston has plenty of talent but is already dealing with injuries.…

Urban Meyer shares Bob Stoops’ outlook on Kevin Wilson joining Oklahoma football Urban Meyer thinks Kevin Wilson could push the Sooners over the edge in 2025. The hiring last week of Kevin Wilson as the newest addition to Brent Venables’ coaching staff is getting rave reviews from experts both inside and outside of the Oklahoma football program. Former Ohio State, Florida and Utah head coach Urban Meyer, now a FOX Sports college football analyst, was the latest to weigh in on what this could mean for Sooner football in the coming season. I’ve got a lot of respect for Kevin.…

OU softball coach Patty Gasso praises Sam Landry’s outing vs. Wichita State on Sunday at Love’s Field. Fresh off a fourth straight national title, the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents approved a significant raise for Head Coach Patty Gasso and her assistants Jennifer Rocha and J.T. Gasso. According to Eric Bailey of the Tulsa World(subscription required), Gasso’s salary for 2024-2025 will be increased to $1.9 million, and next year will increase to $2 million in 2025-2026. According to Colton Sulley of The Oklahoman, the salary has an average annual value of $2 million per year and runs through 2028.…

College football legend reveals Louisville’s ‘vibe’ was glaringly better than Miami’s College football legend reveals why he chose Louisville football over Miami Hurricanes. Louisville football has had some iconic quarterbacks in the hisotry of their program, and recently Lamar Jackson will be the first name to come to many. However, Teddy Bridgewater, the Cardinals quarterback back from 2011 through 2013, had one of the best seasons in UofL history and recently he came out and spoke why he picked Louisville over Miami. Bridgewater went on the The OGs Show, where Mike Miller and Udonis Haslem are the host and bring…

Porter Moser is on the hot seat in Norman. Moser, the head coach at Oklahoma, has the Sooners struggling as he nears the end of his fourth season in charge. Had it not been for a timely (and potentially season-saving) home win over No. 24 Mississippi State on Saturday, Oklahoma would be riding a six-game losing streak ahead of this week’s showdown with Kentucky. OU is sitting on a 17-10 overall record with an ugly 4-10 mark against SEC competition. After a red-hot 13-0 start to the season that included wins over Arizona, Louisville, and Michigan (all currently among KenPom’s…

NCAAB News: Mark Pope reveals big concern after loss to Alabama Kentucky coach Mark Pope knows his team needs to make some tweaks in the final stretch of the season. NCAAB News: UConn coach has subtle complaint about Paige Bueckers despite stellar outing The Kentucky Wildcats continue to tread water on the defensive end of the floor. That was evident again in their 96-83 loss to Alabama, and allowing almost 100 points a game will rarely get the job done in college basketball. The Wildcats failed to contain Crimson Tide star Mark Sears on Saturday. He blew up for a…

The Houston Rockets have a wealth of young talent, but it looks like the basketball world was slightly off in crowning Jalen Green and Alperen Şengün as Houston’s rising star duo. While Şengün belongs in that discussion, Green has been usurped this season by Amen Thompson as the Rockets’ most promising young guard. Thompson was selected at No. 4 overall by the Rockets in the 2023 NBA draft, and he’s experienced a sophomore-year explosion in the league in 2024-25. While Green is a superior jump shooter to Thompson, Thompson does pretty much everything else better than Green on both ends,…

National college football analyst makes staggering prediction about ‘filthy’ Penn State Nittany Lions RB room Penn State has a lot of well-deserved hype entering this season. Not only is it a popular pick to overtake defending national champion Ohio State and Big Ten champion Oregon by winning a league title, but its aspirations are much higher. Losing in the Orange Bowl to Notre Dame allowed running backs Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen to reassess whether they wanted to turn pro or stay in school after each had productive seasons this past fall. Neither did. Quarterback Drew Allar joins both, who…

Penn State athletic Director Pat Kraft spoke with the media on Monday, Feb 24, for an offseason update on the state of the program. He spoke about the athletic department’s desire to compete for championships in football and its commitment to wrestling, basketball, and the rest of the 31 varsity sports. Hear his complete comments on the Blue White Illustrated YouTube Channel or embedded in this article. Don’t Call it NIL Right off the bat, Kraft was asked about the state of the team’s NIL efforts in football and how the program was positioned to compete in the new landscape.…