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Top 10 Notre Dame women’s basketball players according to ChatGPT

Does the bot know women’s basketball?

I asked AI information bot ChatGPT to list what it believes are Notre Dame’s top 10 men’s basketball players. It only makes sense for me to give the women equal treatment. Plus the women have both a better recent past and future than the men. You know people want to know who’s made the program so special.

Please note that ChatGPT’s knowledge cuts off at September 2021, so you won’t find [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] on this list. Heck, she probably wouldn’t have made it anyway since she just completed her sophomore season. She still has a legacy to complete.

Here is ChatGPT’s disclaimer regarding the list:

“As a language model, I do not have personal opinions or beliefs, and my responses are generated based on data and information available to me. However, I can provide you with a list of some of the most notable Notre Dame women’s basketball players, based on their achievements, accolades, and impact on the program.”

It also says this:

“Please note that this list is not exhaustive and is subject to personal opinions and interpretations. There have been many talented and accomplished players in Notre Dame women’s basketball history, and different people may have different criteria for their top 10 selections.”

With that out of the way, let’s see who the information bot has deemed worthy of making this list and what it had to say about each player:

Shohei Ohtani was struck out by an electrician — yes, seriously — in the World Baseball Classic

Shohei Ohtani, meet Ondrej Satoria

Want to know what makes the World Baseball Classic so special? Of course, it’s great to see baseball players from across the globe sharing their cultures with the rest of the world. The fans are always fun, too.

But what’s really cool is the fact that most of the guys playing for the teams that we’re watching actually don’t play baseball professionally. In fact, most of them are just…regular folks.

The Czech Republic’s WBC team is the perfect example of this.

The team only has one single MLB player — Eric Sogard. The rest of them work regular day jobs just like you and me. ESPN has more.

“The rest of the team is made up of a small collection of minor leaguers, college players and members of the Czech Baseball Extraliga — talented amateur players who go to work just like the rest of us when they’re not qualifying for international tournaments.”

That’s why it was so thrilling to see Czech pitcher Ondrej Satoria striking out Shohei Ohtani here in this special moment.

To make it even better, it only took him 3 pitches to get it done. That’s one of the best hitters in baseball going out on strikes coming from a regular dude. Well, a regular dude who is pretty good at baseball. But still! A regular dude. He’s an electrician back home, man.

What an incredible moment. What an incredible story. Satoria is keeping that ball forever and he absolutely should. It truly doesn’t get any better than that.

OKC Thunder news: Vit Krejci joins Czech Republic roster

Vit Krejci joined Team Czech Republic’s roster as the team is set to play in FIBA World Cup qualifier games this month.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will have another player suit up for their international team: Vit Krejci was added to Team Czech Republic’s roster.

The team is scheduled to play games in August for the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.

Krejci is set to play his third season with the Thunder after being selected 37th overall in the second round of the 2020 NBA draft. This will be an important summer for the 22-year-old. He is projected to be on the roster bubble and could be a serious cut candidate.

Krejci also spent time playing in summer league in both Utah and Las Vegas earlier this summer.

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Carrying results from Group A, Serbia …

Carrying results from Group A, Serbia will be placed in Group I in the second round. The top three teams of the new six-team group will punch in a ticket for the 2023 World Cup. The second round of the Qualifiers starts in late August, shortly before the 2022 EuroBasket. In the preliminary round of the major international tournament, Serbia in Group B is set to face the Netherlands, hosts Czech Republic, Finland, Israel, and Poland.

The official schedule for FIBA …

The official schedule for FIBA EuroBasket 2022 is now set after all game times for the Group Phase and Final Phase were confirmed. The schedule was finalized after taking into consideration the preferred tip-off times of all four hosts Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy, as well as FIBA’s broadcast partners. The 41st edition of Europe’s flagship event will commence on Saturday, September 1, 2022 with three-time winners Spain taking on Bulgaria in the Group A opener in Tbilisi, while Germany take on France in Cologne to conclude the opening day’s action in Group B.

Andrew Wiggins leads an unbelievable comeback, but Canada falls to the Czech Republic 103-101

Andrew Wiggins led one of the wildest FIBA comebacks of all time, but Canada fell short in OT against the Czech Republic to end their Olympic hopes

Nothing went right for Canada on their home soil until the last 50 seconds of regulation against the Czech Republic. The heavily favored Canadian team featuring Golden State Warriors swingman Andrew Wiggins, New York Knicks PG RJ Barrett, and six other NBA talents bowed out of Olympic qualifying in a 103-101 OT loss to the Czech Republic.

The first half went against the expected script with the Czechs dominating the game on both ends and taking a surprising 8-point lead into the break. Chicago Bulls guard Tomas Satoransky and French League pro Blake Schilb led the way in both halves, as it was all comfortable for the underdogs until under a minute left in regulation.

The game and all hopes of an Olympic berth felt over for Canada as they trailed 92-82 with 57 seconds left. From there, a wild sequence of turnovers by the Czechs was capped off by six straight points for Wiggins, including the game-tying three with 17 seconds left, as the Canadians forced an improbable overtime session.

While the momentum carried over for the first few minutes of OT and helped Canada build a five-point lead, Satoransky got the last laugh with an off-glass gamer over Lu Dort:

A gorgeous set play from Canadian head coach/Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse got Trey Lyles a wide open look from 15 feet, but it rimmed out at the buzzer.

Schilb led all scorers with 31 points for the Czechs while Wiggins poured in 22 points and Barrett added 23 for Canada. The Czech Republic advance to take on the winner of Turkey-Greece with the winner heading to the Olympics in Tokyo.

 

 

Deer snatches hunter’s rifle, prompting search for weapon

Police in Czechoslovakia are asking the public to be on the lookout for a deer carrying a rifle – which the animal inadvertently stole from a hunter.

Police in Czechoslovakia are asking the public to be on the lookout for a deer carrying a rifle – which the animal inadvertently stole from a hunter.

“If anyone finds the weapon, they are obliged to hand it over to the nearest police department,” Police of the Czech Republic stated in a news release.

The agency reported that last Friday “an older hunter” was with other hunters in the forest near Horní Planá in the South Bohemian region, when a hunting dog startled a deer.

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The deer charged toward and past the hunter, but not before its antlers tore the man’s sleeve and caught the strap of his .22-caliber rifle, tearing the weapon from his grip.

According to Police of the Czech Republic, another hunter later reported seeing a deer with a rifle dangling from its antlers about a mile away.

“The hunters, of course, searched the forest, but did not find a weapon,” Police of the Czech Republic stated. “The hunters had no choice but to report everything to the police.”

Thankfully, the agency added, the man who lost his rifle to the deer claimed that the weapon was not loaded.

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There was a rumor that surfaced a few …

There was a rumor that surfaced a few months ago that you had signed with a second-division team in the Czech Republic, but it wasn’t true. What was your reaction when you saw that report? Raymond Felton: Well, I was just upset. I had a conversation with a good friend of mine who’s over there training and who’s been coaching a bit overseas. We had a conversation and he asked me about coming over there. I even spoke to the general manager. But I did my research and had some people look into the team and I realized that it’s a small-division team, so I didn’t go. I never signed any deal. I never had my agent call them – they never even had a conversation. So, when that came out, I was just upset. It just felt like it wasn’t an appropriate thing for them to do, but it is what it is. I’m glad I had an opportunity to clear that up. I never had a deal over there, I never went over there and I never had any plans to go over there. It was just simply having a friend who’s over there within that team and having a conversation; that’s all it was.

Golden State Warriors guard Chasson …

Golden State Warriors guard Chasson Randle says he’s comfortable working anywhere. In the context of basketball, that’s meant playing professionally in the Czech Republic, Spain and China. He’s also bounced between the NBA and G League, spending time with the 76ers, Knicks, Wizards and now, Warriors. But in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, he’s also finding a way to be productive in every nook-and-cranny of his girlfriend’s one-bedroom Bay Area apartment.

Bulls guard Tomas Satoransky did an …

Bulls guard Tomas Satoransky did an interview with a reporter from his home country and the headline read, “Imprisoned in USA!” The article wasn’t that extreme. But Satoransky did admit he wishes the NBA season would be canceled so he and his family can go home to the Czech Republic. He spoke to reporter Tomas Rambousek from Nova Sport for a story published Thursday. “It is not pleasant at all to stay here and watch how the owners of the teams try to finish off the season in order to not lose so much money,” Satoransky said, according to a translation. “It’s not very pleasant also because we — me with my wife and daughter — would like to depart to the Czech Republic. “The way I see it is that the season will get canceled, but it’s not up to me.”