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Basketball Britt Prince named Big Ten Freshman of the Week

Player of the Week
Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
Senior – Guard – Aurora, Ohio – Aurora

• Powered Maryland to a 99-92 victory over No. 24 Minnesota with a season-high 27 points
• Added nine rebounds and seven assists to the stats sheet
• Shot 81.8 percent (9-11) from the field while going 6-for-6 at the free throw line and 3-for-3 from beyond the arc
• Earns the second Big Ten Player of the Week award of her career
• Last Maryland Player of the Week: Kaylene Smikle (Jan. 6, 2025)

Co-Freshman of the Week
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Guard – Nashville, Tenn. – Montverde Academy

• Led the Buckeyes to a 69-60 road win at Wisconsin with a game-best 27 points
• Notched a career-high eight rebounds along with four assists and a steal
• Collects her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week laurel
• Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Jaloni Cambridge (Jan. 13, 2025)

Co-Freshman of the Week
Britt Prince, Nebraska
Guard – Omaha, Neb. – Elkhorn North

• Scored 22 points to propel Nebraska to an 87-84 overtime win against Iowa, the first victory in Iowa City since 2018
• Registered career marks in three-pointers (5) and steals (6) while chipping in seven rebounds and five assists
• Sank a pair of free throws with 2.8 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime
• Secures her first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Natalie Potts (March 4, 2024)
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Basketball Men's Top 25 Polls & NET (1/20)

AP Top 25 (1/20)
1. Auburn (62) (17-1)
2. Duke (16-2)
3. Iowa State (15-2)
4. Alabama (15-3)
5. Florida (16-2)
6. Tennessee (16-2)
7. Houston (14-3)
8. Michigan State (16-2)
9. Kentucky (14-4)
10. Marquette (15-3)
11. Purdue (15-4)
12. Kansas (13-4)
13. Texas A&M (14-4)
14. Mississippi State (15-3)
15. Oregon (15-3)
16. Mississippi (15-3)
17. Illinois (13-5)
18. Wisconsin (15-3)

19. Connecticut (13-5)
20. St. John's (16-3)
21. Michigan (14-4)
22. Missouri (15-3)
23. West Virginia (13-4)
24. Memphis (14-4)
25. Louisville (14-5)

Others Receiving Votes
Texas Tech, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Gonzaga, Clemson, Georgia, Arizona, St. Mary's, Cincinnati, Baylor, UC-Irvine, Creighton, Wake Forest, Maryland, Bradley

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USA Today Coaches Poll (1/20)
1. Auburn (30) (17-1)
2. Duke (16-2)
3. Alabama (15-3)
4. Iowa State (1) (15-2)
5. Houston (14-3)
6. Florida (16-2)
7. Tennessee (16-2)
8. Michigan State (16-2)
9. Kentucky (14-4)
10. Marquette (15-3)
11. Kansas (13-4)
12. Purdue (15-4)
13. Texas A&M (14-4)
14. Mississippi State (15-3)
15. Oregon (15-3)
16. Mississippi (15-3)
17. Illinois (13-5)
18. Connecticut (13-5)
19. Wisconsin (15-3)
20. Michigan (14-4)

21. St. John's (16-3)
22. Memphis (14-4)
23. West Virginia (13-4)
24. Missouri (15-3)
25. Texas Tech (13-4)

Others Receiving Votes
Louisville, Gonzaga, Georgia, Clemson, Utah State, St. Mary's, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Maryland, Creighton, Arizona, UCLA, UC-Irvine, Baylor

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NCAA NET Rankings (1/20)
1. Auburn
2. Duke
3. Hoston
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Iowa State
7. Alabama
8. Illinois
9. Kansas
10. Purdue
11. Kentucky
12. Michigan
13. Mississippi
14. Arizona
15. Texas Tech
16. Michigan State
17. Mississippi State
18. Marquette
19. Gonzaga
20. Texas A&M
21. Wisconsin
22. Oregon

23. Missouri
24. Maryland
25. St. John's
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34. UCLA
36. Ohio State
47. Penn State
49. Nebraska
51. Northwestern
55. Iowa
61. Indiana
76. USC
85. Rutgers
93. Washington
121. Minnesota
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Today in History - January 20

January 20
1801 - John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

1841 - As a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British. (It was returned to Chinese control in July 1997.)

1885 - LaMarcus A. Thompson of Coney Island patented the roller coaster.

1936 - Britain's King George V died after his physician injected the mortally ill monarch with morphine and cocaine to hasten his death. The king was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII, who would abdicate 11 months later to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.

1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term, becoming the first chief executive to be inaugurated on Jan. 20; prior to the 20th Amendment in 1933, presidential terms began on March 4.

1942 - The Nazis formulated their "Final Solution" regarding the Jews at the Wannsee Conference.

1949 - Harry S. Truman is sworn in for his second term as president of the United States.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as president of the United States.

1961 - John F. Kennedy is sworn in as the 35th president of the United States, urging Americans "ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country."

1964 - The Beatles released their first album in the United States, "Meet the Beatles."

1965 - Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president of the United States for a second term.

1969 - Richard M. Nixon is sworn in as president of the United States.

1973 - President Richard Nixon is inaugurated for his second term as president of the United States.

1977 - Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th president of the United States.

1981 - Ronald Reagan became the oldest president to take office as he is sworn in as the 40th president of the United States at age 69 years, 349 days.

1981 - Iran released 52 Americans it had been holding hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.

1986 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a national holiday for the first time.

1989 - George H.W. Bush in sworn in as the 41st president of the United States.

1993 - Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.

1997 - President Bill Clinton is sworn in for his second term as president of the United States.

2001 - George W. Bush, son of President George H.W. Bush, is inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.

2005 - President George W. Bush is sworn in for a second term as president of the United States.

2009 - Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and the nation's first African American president.

2011 - Federal authorities orchestrated one of the biggest mafia takedowns in FBI history, charging 127 suspected mobsters and associates in the Northeast with murders, extortion and other crimes spanning decades.
2017 - Political outsider Donald Trump was sworn in as the nation's 45th president.

2021 - Former vice president Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.

Birthdays
36 - Dena Kaplan (actress)
38 - Evan Peters (actor)
40 - Brantley Gilbert (singer)
53 - Nikki Haley (politician)
55 - Skeet Ulrich (actor)
59 - Rainn Wilson (actor)
60 - John Michael Montgomery (singer)
69 - Bill Maher (comedian/TV host)
95 - Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)

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Today in Sports History - January 20
1892 - The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA, YMCA Training School.

1937 - Nels Stewart (New York Americans) became the NHL's career leading scorer when he scored his 270th NHL goal.

1952 - George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers scores 61 points in a 91-81 double-overtime win over the Rochester Royals.

1967 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers makes all 15 of his field goal attempts in a 119-108 win over the Los Angeles Lakers to set an NBA record for consecutive shots made.

1968 - Houston ended UCLA's 47-game winning streak with a 71-69 victory at the Astrodome before 52,693 fans. The game also set a NCAA attendance record.

1980 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 to win Super Bowl XIV.

1980 - President Jimmy Carter announces the U.S. will boycott the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

1985 - The most-watched Super Bowl game in history was seen by an estimated 115.9 million people. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins, 38-16. Super Bowl XIX marked the first time that TV commercials sold for a million dollars a minute. Joe Montana was awarded his third MVP award.

1989 - Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes just the second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (44).

1995 - The NHL season opened with the teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84. The season had been shortened due to a players strike.

1999 - The NBA lockout officially ended after 204 days.

2003 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) became the first NHL goalie to play in 1,000 games.
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Costa Rica experience recs

Headed to Costa Rica in March for our honeymoon trip. We’ll be flying into Liberia and spending our time in La Fortuna and Tamarindo.

Staying at Nayara Springs for four nights then four at Cala Luna in Tamarindo. We’re doing one night at Suitree on the way back to the airport.

What are some must do/must see experiences while we are there? Food/tours/destinations, etc.

We aren’t wanting to put too many miles on in this trip; we spent 10 days in Iceland in September and drove ~4500 km on the ring road. But we still want to do some memorable things while there. Definitely hiking around Arenal and doing the hanging bridges. Considering a day trip to Nicaragua from Tamarindo.

Mostly looking forward to the coffee and sects. Other recommendations greatly appreciated.
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So what are the NFL bets today?

Rams / Eagles - I combine these in various ways and hope hit one parlay to break even, two to win some $$. Reality is I will lose them all - Ha.

Staying away from the lines. The O42 isn't bad. Rams ML is +250, because of the lift, it has some interest.

AJ Brown at +124 some value.

Kupp has been terrible but 3.5 receptions is interesting.

Obviously Barkley(-225) and Williams(-128) tuddies has value but both have large minus numbers. (They are +160 as a parlay).

Like Goedert at O3.5 and add O36.5 yards. Add a tuddy and it could work. (+320)

Like Barkley. longest rush O19.5.

Will probably do a small parley with Williams first tuddy, Goedert. O3.5 rec and O36.5 rec yards and a Barkley tuddy. $10 will pay $210. (Plus 210)
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Incoming portal defender Andrew Marshall

Don't want to interrupt our name calling and the Io_a trolls but.....

Good read. Josh Mitchell, former NU defender, is his former coach and high on him.

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$ to pay coaches' contracts to fire them, or $ for NIL?


Good article. Shows how to schools are deciding to stay with coaches even though fans made noise to fire them. "The days of universities paying Jimbo Fisher (Texas A&M) $76 million to not coach, or Gus Malzahn (Auburn) $21.5 million or Willie Taggart (Florida State) $18 million, or Ed Orgeron (LSU) $16.8 million or Scott Frost (Nebraska) $15 million, isn’t sustainable." I'd say, "It ain't the Xs and Os, it's the Jimmies and Joes."---most of the time.

Solich had Crouch, Pelini had Suh, people like Larry Coker (BAD coach) had practically an NFL roster, and then there's Callahan who had great recruiting classes but was a bad coach and it was the massive book of Xs and Os.

So, should the deep pocketed boosters give more money for NIL or to pay coaches not to coach? At one point, Nebraska led the country in payouts to fired coaches. https://www.klkntv.com/nebraska-leads-country-in-fired-coach-payouts-spending-28-million-since-2005/
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Basketball Big Ten Women's Scores and Standings (1/19)

January 19
#4 USC 73, Indiana 66
Penn State 62, #9 Ohio State 59
#22 Michigan State 86, Illinois 68
#24 Minnesota 87, Northwestern 82
Oregon 50, Iowa 49

Standings
1. USC (17-1, 7-0)
2. UCLA (17-0, 6-0)
3. Maryland (16-1, 6-1)
3. Ohio State (17-1, 6-1)
5. Nebraska (14-4, 5-2)
5. Michigan State (15-3, 5-2)
5. Minnesota (17-2, 5-2)
8. Oregon (14-5, 5-3)
9. Indiana (12-6, 4-3)
9. Michigan (13-5, 4-3)
9. Washington (13-6, 4-3)
12. Illinois (13-5, 3-4)
13. Iowa (12-7, 2-6)
14. Wisconsin (10-8, 1-6)
15. Penn State (10-9, 1-7)
16. Northwestern (7-10, 0-6)
17. Purdue (7-11, 0-7)
18. Rutgers (8-11, 0-8)

Games for Monday, January 20
#1 UCLA vs. Baylor (at Newark, NJ) (2:00 PM - FOX)
#8 Maryland vs. #7 Texas (at Newark, NJ) (4:30 PM - FOX)
Wisconsin at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN)
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Basketball Big Ten Men's Scores and Standings (1/19)

January 19
#12 Michigan State 80, #19 Illinois 78
#20 Michigan 80, Northwestern 76 (OT)
Maryland 69, Nebraska 66

Standings
1. Michigan State (16-2, 7-0)
2. Purdue (15-4, 7-1)
3. Michigan (14-4, 6-1)
4. Wisconsin (15-3, 5-2)
5. Illinois (13-5, 5-3)
5. Indiana (14-5, 5-3)
7. Oregon (15-3, 4-3)
8. Maryland (14-5, 4-4)
9. Iowa (12-6, 3-4)
9. Rutgers (10-8, 3-4)
9. UCLA (12-6, 3-4)
9. USC (11-7, 3-4)
13. Nebraska (12-6, 2-5)
13. Northwestern (11-7, 2-5)
13. Ohio State (10-8, 2-5)
13. Penn State (12-6, 2-5)
17. Minnesota (9-9, 1-6)
17. Washington (10-8, 1-6)

Games for Monday, January 20
Rutgers at Penn State (5:30 PM - Peacock)

Next Nebraska Game - Wednesday, January 22
USC at Nebraska (8:00 PM - BTN)
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Basketball ***Live Game Thread: Maryland 69, Nebraska 66

Availability reports are out, so I'll start the live game thread.

No one is listed as out or questionable for Nebraska. Maryland has three players listed as out, but none have made an impact this season: Jahari Long, Braden Pierce and Chance Stephens.

Tipoff is at 11 a.m. and the game will be shown on BTN with Jason Horowitz and Robbie Hummel on the call.
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Recruiting Marquis Groves-Killebrew has withdrawn from the portal, drops commitment to Nebraska

Arizona transfer cornerback Marquis Groves-Killebrew has reportedly withdrawn from the transfer portal and will return to Arizona. He never signed with the Huskers, just verbally committed, Nebraska back down to three defensive back commits. Timing is notable, comes shortly after DeShon Singleton announced his decision to return for the 2025 season.


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