2/28/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday
28 February 2023 Sports
Tuesday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Despite losses in the WIAAC Tournaments, the UW-Oshkosh men’s and women’s basketball teams received at-large bids Monday to the NCAA Division III tournaments.
That’s in addition to both the men’s and women’s teams at St. Norbert College — who each won their conference title games this weekend against Wisconsin Lutheran College to earn spots in the 64-team fields.
On the men’s side, the Titans (21-6) will host a regional and face Fontbonne (16-11) in the first round. The Green Knights (19-7) will face Carleton (24-3) at Wheaton, Ill. Also, UW-Whitewater won the WIAC in Oshkosh Sunday, 92-79. The Warhawks (21-7) face Wabash (21-7).
Regional play starts this week. The finals are March 16-18 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Houston was No. 1 for the second straight week in the poll released Monday, receiving 49 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel. No. 2 Alabama had five first-place votes and No. 3 Kansas received eight.
UCLA and Purdue rounded out the top five. The Boilermakers held at No. 5 despite losing to No. 15 Indiana.
In the rest of the poll, only No. 20 Providence kept the same position from last week as teams get ready for conference tournaments next week and the start of March Madness.
Marquette has made a quick rise under coach Shaka Smart. The Golden Eagles wrapped up a share of their first Big East regular-season title in a decade with a 90-84 win over DePaul on Saturday and climbed four spots in this week’s poll to No. 6. It is Marquette’s highest ranking hitting No. 1 in 1977-78.
Marquette matched No. 14 UConn and No. 18 San Diego State with the week’s biggest jump among teams in the poll, each climbing four spots.
No. 13 Virginia took the biggest tumble, losing seven spots following losses to Boston College and North Carolina last week. No. 21 Maryland is back in the AP Top 25 after wins over Minnesota and then-No. 23 Northwestern.
No. 23 Kentucky returned to the poll after a seven-week absence. The Wildcats had a rapid fall from being No. 4 in the preseason poll, but reeled off wins over No. 12 Tennessee, Florida and Auburn.
No. 25 Pittsburgh is ranked for the first time since 2016 after beating Georgia Tech and Syracuse last week.
Northwestern’s return to the poll for the first time in two years didn’t last long. The Wildcats dropped out this week after losses to Maryland and Illinois.
Iowa State fell out from No. 23 after three straight losses and consecutive losses knocked out Creighton from No. 19.
The Horizon League gave out its honors for the 2022-23 season and Kevin Borseth was named Coach of the Year. Borseth, is in his 20th season as head coach of the Phoenix, led Green Bay to its 21st Horizon League regular-season title and its 32nd 20-win season. It is the eighth time Borseth has been named the Horizon League Coach of the Year, and first since the 2006-07 season.
Sydney Levy was named All-League First Team, and Bailey Butler was named All-League Second Team and All-Defense.
Levy averaged career-highs in points (11.7), rebounds (4.1), and assists (1.5). Levy ranks fourth in the Horizon League in three-pointers made per game at 2.1.
Butler was the only player to start all 29 games for the Phoenix during the regular season. Butler led the Horizon League in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.25), tied for the conference lead in total assists (117), and tied for eighth in total assists (40).\
In the NBA tonight, the Bucks are at Charlotte to play the Hornets. The Bucks extended their winning streak to 14 games, the longest winning streak in the league this season, with a 104-101 home victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. Giannis Antetokounmpo sat out the game because of a sore knee but Jrue Holiday picked up the slack by scoring 33 points while Brook Lopez added 22 points and 12 rebounds.
Monday night the Hornets won at home over the Pistons 117-106.
The Bucks are tied with the Celtics for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam have agreed to purchase Marc Lasry’s 25% stake of the Milwaukee Bucks in a deal that puts the value of the NBA franchise at $3.5 billion, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Monday. The agreement has not been finalized, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the Bucks nor the Haslams publicly disclosed any element of the agreement.
The Haslams have explored buying other professional sports teams, including the Minnesota Timberwolves in the past. Sportico was first to report the Haslam Sports Group’s interest in the Bucks. ESPN and The Athletic were first to report the agreement on Monday.
Those numbers, if finalized, would mean the Haslams plan to spend about $875 million for Lasry’s stake of the team.
It would be the second-highest valuation in NBA history, behind only the $4 billion valuation for the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury when Mat Ishbia acquired them in a deal that closed earlier this month. It’s also a massive return on Lasry’s initial investment.
Lasry and Wesley Edens, both New York investment firm executives, bought the Bucks from former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl for about $550 million in 2014 with pledges to keep the team in Milwaukee. The Bucks’ ownership group also includes Jamie Dinan and Mike Fascitelli.
The Bucks have enjoyed great success since that sale. They moved into a new arena in 2018, won their first NBA title in 50 years in 2021 and have built a perennial contender around Greek superstar and two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The surging valuations almost certainly mean that the expansion fees will be well beyond what was originally thought when the NBA decides to add teams — something that will likely start getting discussed seriously once the league and the union complete their talks on a new labor agreement and the NBA completes its next rights deal with broadcast partners.
In Cactus League baseball Monday the Brewers pounded the Royals 10-4. The Brewers trailed 4-0 after four innings before starting their comeback. Milwaukee improved to 2-2 and are off today.
The Wisconsin Herd, the NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, lost to the Salt Lake City Stars 135-100. The Herd took an early lead in the first quarter, but the Stars powered ahead to a seven-point lead at the end of the quarter. The Herd fell to a costly run in the second quarter allowing the Stars to gain a 13-point lead which later increased to a 19-point advantage at the half. The Herd battled back in the third quarter hitting a huge 14-2 run, but the Stars responded with 12 straight points pushing them ahead by 24 at the break. The Stars closed out the game by outscoring the Herd 34-23 in the fourth quarter.
Rob Edwards led the Herd with 17 points while Jontay Porter added a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Johnny Juzang guided the Stars with 25 points followed by Stacy Davis with 24 points.
The Herd will take on the Stars in the second game of the back-to-back series tomorrow, February 28th with tip-off set for 8:00 p.m. CST.
Boys Regional/Girls Sectional
(Boys)
Ripon (11) at Berlin (6)-Tipoff at 7:00 on AM 1600/93.1 FM, The WAVE.
Stanley Boyd (12) at Wautoma (5)-Tipoff at 7:00 on FM, 1023, The Bug.
Sheboygan Falls at Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Two Rivers at Kewaskum
Plymouth at Port Washington
Lomira at Waupun
Tomahawk at Winneconne
Sturgeon Bay at Campbellsport
Winnebago Lutheran at Laconia
Jefferson at Mayville
North Fond du Lac at Watertown Luther Prep
Clintonville at Omro
Tri-County at Newman Catholic
Assumption at Wild Rose
Wisconsin Rapids at Oshkosh West
Freedom at Amherst
Waupaca at Wausau East
Adams-Friendship at Black River Falls
Mauston at Arcadia
Nekoosa at Edgar
Westfield at Spencer
Viroqua at Wisconsin Dells
Dodgeland at Williams Bay
Hustisford at Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah
Hilbert at Lourdes Academy
Eastbrook at Academy at Oakfield
Valley Christian at Wayland Academy
Monticello at Cambria-Friesland
Juda at Fall River
Wisconsin Heights at Markesan
Montello at Princeton/Green Lake
Waterloo at Pardeeville
Randolph at Cambridge
Rio at Abundant Life/St. Ambrose
Girl’s Sectionals (Thurs.)
Waupun at Lake Mills
Kewaskum at Oostburg
Winnebago Lutheran at Laconia
Wausau West at Hortonville
Eau Claire Memorial at Neenah
Fox Valley Lutheran at Notre Dame
Wrightstown at Freedom
Westfield at St. Mary Catholic
Oakfield at Lourdes Academy
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