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Former LSU basketball star Tremont Waters representing Puerto Rico in Olympics

Former LSU star Tremont Waters is representing Puerto Rico at the Olympics.

LSU has a heavy presence at the 2024 Paris Olympics. One of the bigger names set to take center stage is former LSU basketball star [autotag]Tremont Waters[/autotag], who’s representing Puerto Rico.

Waters played at LSU from 2017-19. As a true freshman, he averaged 15.9 points and 6.0 assists per game. He just about matched those numbers as a sophomore, averaging 15.3 and 5.8 per night.

Waters was a key part of Will Wade’s rebuild. LSU made the NIT his first year and as a sophomore, Waters led LSU to its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2006.

Waters has looked impressive with Puerto Rico so far. He led the team in assists during qualifying play while averaging 6.5 points.

Also on the Puerto Rico roster is New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado, who led the team in points in group play with 12.8 points per game.

Puerto Rico will begin Olympic play tomorrow at 4 a.m. CT, taking on South Sudan in group play.

Waters isn’t the only one representing LSU basketball. Former LSU forward [autotag]Duop Reath[/autotag] and current associate head coach [autotag]David Patrick[/autotag] are in Paris with Australia.

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LSU sends 31 current and former athletes to 2024 Paris Olympics

LSU is once again well represented in the Olympics after producing 11 medals in the Tokyo Games.

On Friday, the 2024 Paris Olympics will officially open, and as was the case for the 2020 Games in Tokyo, LSU is well represented.

In total, 31 current and former LSU athletes — as well as men’s basketball associate head coach [autotag]David Patrick[/autotag], who is an assistant coach for Team Australia — will head to Paris to compete in the games.

LSU produced 11 medals in Tokyo including six golds, and four of those medalists will compete again in 2024: track and field stars [autotag]Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake[/autotag], [autotag]Mondo Duplantis[/autotag] and [autotag]Vernon Norwood[/autotag] and former men’s basketball player [autotag]Duop Reath[/autotag], who will represent Australia.

Former LSU basketball star [autotag]Tremont Waters[/autotag] will make his Olympic debut representing Puerto Rico, while women’s track star [autotag]Sha’Carri Richardson[/autotag] will make her first appearance in the Games as well after she tested positive for cannabis and faced a suspension that made her ineligible for the 100-meter.

LSU’s 2024 national champion gymnastics team will be represented by Aleah Finnegan, who will compete under the flag of the Philippines, while former beach volleyball stars [autotag]Taryn Kloth[/autotag] and [autotag]Kristen Nuss[/autotag] also made the cut as teammates.

The Tigers have produced 45 total Olympic medals from 34 different athletes over the years.

Here’s the full list of LSU athletes selected to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Men’s Basketball
David Patrick (Assistant Coach) – Australia
Duop Reath – Australia
Tremont Water – Puerto Rico

Beach Volleyball
Taryn Kloth – United States
Kristen Nuss – United States

Gymnastics
Aleah Finnegan – Philippines

Swimming
Pavel Alovatki — Moldova
Brooks Curry – United States
Jere Hribar – Croatia
Jovan Kekic – Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sabrina Lyn — Jamaica
Maggie MacNeil – Canada

Diving
Juan Celaya-Hernandez – Mexico
Adrian Abadi Garcia – Spain
Chiara Pellacani – Italy
Lizzie (Cui) Roussel – New Zealand
Helle Tuxen – Norway

Tennis
Neal Skupski – Great Britain

Track & Field
Thelma Davies — Liberia
Mondo Duplantis — Sweden
Tima Godbless — Nigeria
Natoya Goule — Jamaica
JuVaughn Harrison – United States
Aleia Hobbs – United States
Shakeem McKay – Trinidad & Tobago
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake – Great Britain
Vernon Norwood – United States
Favour Ofili — Nigeria
Godson Oghenebrume – Nigeria
Ella Onojuvwevwo — Nigeria
Sha’Carri Richardson – United States
Claudio Romero – Chile

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LSU’s Duop Reath named to Australian Olympic basketball team for 2nd time

Duop Reath is heading back to the Olympics after helping lead Australia to a bronze medal in Tokyo.

Former LSU basketball star [autotag]Duop Reath[/autotag] is heading back to the Olympics for the second time as he was named to the Australian National Team for the 2024 Paris Games.

Reath, who was born in South Sudan and raised in Perth, Western Australia, played at LSU for two seasons from 2016-18 as a JUCO transfer. After going undrafted in 2018, he played internationally for several years before making his NBA debut in 2023 with the Portland Trail Blazers, with whom he played in 68 games with 20 starts this past season.

He was also on Team Australia in Tokyo in 2021, helping lead the team to a bronze medal.

Reath will join LSU associate head coach [autotag]David Patrick[/autotag], who will serve as an assistant for the Boomers for the second Olympics in a row.

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LSU basketball hiring Sacramento State’s David Patrick as associate head coach

David Patrick spent the last two seasons as the head coach at Sacramento State and was an assistant at LSU from 2012-16.

LSU made a splash to complete Matt McMahon’s men’s basketball coaching staff for the 2024-25 season.

On Wednesday, the program announced that [autotag]David Patrick[/autotag] would be returning to Baton Rouge to serve as the team’s associate head coach. Patrick spent the last two seasons as the head coach at Sacramento State.

Known as an elite recruiter, the 48-year-old Bermuda-born coach who was raised in Australia was an assistant at LSU under coach [autotag]Johnny Jones[/autotag] from 2012-16. In two seasons as the head coach of the Hornets, he had a 24-42 record.

“I am incredibly excited to welcome David Patrick and his family to our LSU coaching staff,” McMahon said in a release. “He is an outstanding basketball coach and an elite recruiter who has impacted winning at every stop on his journey. Coach Patrick brings tremendous experience and success to our program. He has been a Division I Head Coach, an assistant coach for the Australian National Team winning a bronze medal in the 2021 Olympics, and has coached in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

“I love Coach Patrick’s investment in player development and in building relationships. He has recruited and helped to develop multiple NBA Draft picks throughout his career. I look forward to the new ideas, solutions, and energy he will bring to our program. We can’t wait to get started this summer.”

After leaving LSU, Patrick spent two years as an assistant at TCU before leaving for the UC Riverside head coaching job. He left after two seasons in 2020 to join Arkansas as the associate head coach, a role he later held at Oklahoma, as well.

Patrick also brings NBA experience — three years as a personnel scout for the Houston Rockets from 2010-12 — and international experience to the table as he was an assistant coach for the Australian national team from 2019-21.

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Sooners hire former Loyola Chicago star as assistant coach

The Oklahoma Sooners have found Emmanuel Dildy’s replacement and it’s someone very familiar with Porter Moser and his scheme.

Fresh off a below .500 season, the pressure is on for [autotag]Porter Moser[/autotag] as he heads into year three. With that pressure also comes a last-minute shift in his coaching staff.

In July, [autotag]Emmanuel Dildy[/autotag] left Oklahoma to join the [autotag]Duke Blue Devils[/autotag]’ staff. That had become almost a trend for Moser at Oklahoma. He lost [autotag]KT Turner[/autotag] and [autotag]David Patrick[/autotag], who were both assistants on Moser’s first staff.

Reports started to surface Monday, first by [autotag]CBS Sports[/autotag]’ Jon Rothstein, the Sooners had found their newest assistant. [autotag]Clayton Cluster[/autotag] is someone very familiar to Moser. He was the starting point guard when [autotag]Loyola-Chicago Ramblers[/autotag]went to the Final Four in 2018.

He also worked on his staff at Oklahoma before returning to Loyola Chicago as an assistant there. There has been no official announcement of his hiring as of this article.

Custer should prove to be vital to the young players and point guards on the roster. There are not many people out there who know Moser’s system better than Custer after running it for three seasons.

The hope is Custer can come in and help [autotag]Milos Uzan[/autotag] take his game to another level by being the leader and point guard for Moser’s team. With that, he will hopefully also take the Sooners to the [autotag]NCAA Tournament[/autotag] for the first time in the Moser era.

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Who is Oklahoma Basketball targeting in the 2023 class?

Oklahoma signed three in the 2022 class. Who is on Oklahoma’s radar in 2023?

Oklahoma’s men’s basketball team has been mired in a difficult stretch to say the least. After losing Saturday at Iowa State 75-54, the Sooners have dropped 10 of their past 12 games and fell to the “first four out” section of ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology projection.

OU signed three in the 2022 class back in November. According to ESPN, OU signed a pair of top-100 players in point guard Milos Uzan and small forward Otega Oweh. Oklahoma also signed the top international prospect according to ESPN in Germany wing Benny Schröder.

Who are the Sooners after beyond 2022, though? Let’s take a look at some of OU’s 2023 targets.