Wright will leave Villanova Wildcats in good hands. The Fordham Rams’ head coach Kyle Neptune is believed to be the strongest favorite to take over the program. Neptune previously spent 10 years with the Wildcats, working as a video coordinator and assistant under Wright.

Jay Wright was named Villanova’s head coach in 2001. He has since re-established the university as a dominant force in college basketball, leading the Wildcats to two national championships and four Final Four appearances. Wright compiled 520–197 record during his time there, including 244–123 in Big East Conference.

Prior to joining Villanova, Wright spent seven seasons as a head coach with Hofstra University while also working as an assistant with Drexel and UNLV, among other programs. He also served on Gregg Popovich’s staff at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where Team USA won the gold medal.

For his contributions to the game of basketball and sports success, Wright was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.

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By participating in the G League’s professional pathway program, Kuminga will play alongside the likes of Jalen Green, Isaiah Todd, Daishen Nix, and Kai Sotto.

Hailing from The Patrick School in Hillside, New Jersey, the Democratic Republic of the Congo native has been ranked as the No. 4 player in the nation by ESPN, also making him the top prospect coming out of the state of New Jersey.

In the Class of 2021, Kuminga was named the number one recruit. He reclassified to the class of 2020 after graduating from high school last month. It was reported that, when mapping out his future, Kuminga had only five options in mind: Auburn, Duke, Kentucky, Texas Tech, and the G League.

Kuminga elaborated on his stance in a recent interview, explaining, “I don’t see myself as a high school player again. I see my potential as an NBA player and with the G League they’ll help me a lot more than college. They’ll help me off and on the court and to reach my goal to be the No. 1 draft (pick) in 2021.”

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The men’s basketball tournament final went to overtime, but the #1 seed Cavaliers pulled out a narrow 85-77 win. In doing so, they claimed their first-ever NCAA Men’s Basketball championship.

What made their win even more special is that it came only one year after they lost in the first round as a #1 seed to the 16th seed UMBC Retrievers, the first time a #1 seed had ever lost in the first round of the tournament.

It wasn’t easy for Virginia, which had to deal with a plucky Texas Tech team that scrapped and clawed their way through the game. Two halves weren’t enough to decide a winner, so the teams went to overtime.

In overtime, the Cavaliers, coached by Tony Bennett, finally pulled away. They outscored Tech by eight in the five extra minutes to seal the victory.

DeAndre Hunter and Kyle Guy led the way for Virginia, scoring 27 and 24 points in the championship game, respectively.

It was a National Championship game for the ages. One year after reaching the program’s lowest point, Virginia found redemption and claimed the crown.

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The first game of the night pitted #1 seed Virginia against the underdog Auburn Tigers. Despite being the fifth seed in their region, Auburn had been on a spectacular run to the Final Four after beating North Carolina and Kentucky.

Virginia cut Auburn’s dream short in a 63-62 thriller that didn’t finish without controversy. After Auburn had a 62-60 lead in the closing seconds, a controversial foul was called on a Kyle Guy three-point attempt.

The UVA guard hit the three free throws which gave his team the victory and led them to the National Championship Game.

In the other game, Texas Tech put together another dominating performance to oust Michigan State from the tournament in a 61-51 win.

The Red Raiders’ defense was suffocating once again, and guard Matt Mooney scored 22 points to lead Texas Tech to its first ever National Championship Game.

Virginia and Texas Tech will meet on Monday night at 9:20 pm Eastern Time to decide the tournament’s champion.

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“Arike hadn’t been shooting the ball particularly well. Jess was.” stated McGraw.

But things on the court looked different, and the player who was getting the ball inbounds, Jackie Young decided to switch the play in the last seconds, because of she noticed that the Mississippi made a surprising defense.

“For me, taking the ball out of bounds, whatever I was looking at, I didn’t like the way it looked,” Young said. “Before that I had told Arike, ‘Hey, if this matchup doesn’t look right, make sure you come back to the ball.’ I made sure she was heading my way and I passed it to her. When I gave it to her, I knew she was going to do something big.”

So, in the span of just two days, Arike Owungobale became the ultimate hero of Notre Dame, and after hitting a game-winner against UConn, she repeated the same in the biggest game of her career.
And she wasn’t even planned to do it.

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Wright will leave Villanova Wildcats in good hands. The Fordham Rams’ head coach Kyle Neptune is believed to be the strongest favorite to take over the program. Neptune previously spent 10 years with the Wildcats, working as a video coordinator and assistant under Wright.

Jay Wright was named Villanova’s head coach in 2001. He has since re-established the university as a dominant force in college basketball, leading the Wildcats to two national championships and four Final Four appearances. Wright compiled 520–197 record during his time there, including 244–123 in Big East Conference.

Prior to joining Villanova, Wright spent seven seasons as a head coach with Hofstra University while also working as an assistant with Drexel and UNLV, among other programs. He also served on Gregg Popovich’s staff at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where Team USA won the gold medal.

For his contributions to the game of basketball and sports success, Wright was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.

The post Hall of Famer Jay Wright to Step Down as Villanova’s Head Coach appeared first on yoursportspot.com.

By participating in the G League’s professional pathway program, Kuminga will play alongside the likes of Jalen Green, Isaiah Todd, Daishen Nix, and Kai Sotto.

Hailing from The Patrick School in Hillside, New Jersey, the Democratic Republic of the Congo native has been ranked as the No. 4 player in the nation by ESPN, also making him the top prospect coming out of the state of New Jersey.

In the Class of 2021, Kuminga was named the number one recruit. He reclassified to the class of 2020 after graduating from high school last month. It was reported that, when mapping out his future, Kuminga had only five options in mind: Auburn, Duke, Kentucky, Texas Tech, and the G League.

Kuminga elaborated on his stance in a recent interview, explaining, “I don’t see myself as a high school player again. I see my potential as an NBA player and with the G League they’ll help me a lot more than college. They’ll help me off and on the court and to reach my goal to be the No. 1 draft (pick) in 2021.”

The post Top Prospect Jonathan Kuminga Chooses G League Over NCAA appeared first on yoursportspot.com.

The men’s basketball tournament final went to overtime, but the #1 seed Cavaliers pulled out a narrow 85-77 win. In doing so, they claimed their first-ever NCAA Men’s Basketball championship.

What made their win even more special is that it came only one year after they lost in the first round as a #1 seed to the 16th seed UMBC Retrievers, the first time a #1 seed had ever lost in the first round of the tournament.

It wasn’t easy for Virginia, which had to deal with a plucky Texas Tech team that scrapped and clawed their way through the game. Two halves weren’t enough to decide a winner, so the teams went to overtime.

In overtime, the Cavaliers, coached by Tony Bennett, finally pulled away. They outscored Tech by eight in the five extra minutes to seal the victory.

DeAndre Hunter and Kyle Guy led the way for Virginia, scoring 27 and 24 points in the championship game, respectively.

It was a National Championship game for the ages. One year after reaching the program’s lowest point, Virginia found redemption and claimed the crown.

The post Virginia Defeats Texas Tech, Wins NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship appeared first on yoursportspot.com.

The first game of the night pitted #1 seed Virginia against the underdog Auburn Tigers. Despite being the fifth seed in their region, Auburn had been on a spectacular run to the Final Four after beating North Carolina and Kentucky.

Virginia cut Auburn’s dream short in a 63-62 thriller that didn’t finish without controversy. After Auburn had a 62-60 lead in the closing seconds, a controversial foul was called on a Kyle Guy three-point attempt.

The UVA guard hit the three free throws which gave his team the victory and led them to the National Championship Game.

In the other game, Texas Tech put together another dominating performance to oust Michigan State from the tournament in a 61-51 win.

The Red Raiders’ defense was suffocating once again, and guard Matt Mooney scored 22 points to lead Texas Tech to its first ever National Championship Game.

Virginia and Texas Tech will meet on Monday night at 9:20 pm Eastern Time to decide the tournament’s champion.

The post Virginia, Texas Tech Win to Advance to Men’s NCAA Tournament Final appeared first on yoursportspot.com.

“Arike hadn’t been shooting the ball particularly well. Jess was.” stated McGraw.

But things on the court looked different, and the player who was getting the ball inbounds, Jackie Young decided to switch the play in the last seconds, because of she noticed that the Mississippi made a surprising defense.

“For me, taking the ball out of bounds, whatever I was looking at, I didn’t like the way it looked,” Young said. “Before that I had told Arike, ‘Hey, if this matchup doesn’t look right, make sure you come back to the ball.’ I made sure she was heading my way and I passed it to her. When I gave it to her, I knew she was going to do something big.”

So, in the span of just two days, Arike Owungobale became the ultimate hero of Notre Dame, and after hitting a game-winner against UConn, she repeated the same in the biggest game of her career.
And she wasn’t even planned to do it.

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