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Oklahoma in the field for 2024 ‘Battle 4 Atlantis’ tournament

Oklahoma looks set to join the 2024 ‘Battle 4 Atlantis’ in-season tournament.

Oklahoma basketball will take a trip to the Bahamas next season. College basketball insider Jon Rothstein name-dropped the Sooners as one of eight teams that will play in one of college basketball’s most coveted early-season tournaments, “Battle 4 Atlantis.”

This year’s tournament features a slew of talented programs, as Villanova, Texas Tech, Michigan, Memphis, Arkansas, Stanford, North Carolina, and Northern Iowa all are slated to participate.

Two of this year’s participants are already on Oklahoma’s schedule as Arkansas, and Oklahoma will lace up their sneaks and play at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Towards the end of their non-conference slate, Oklahoma will travel to Charlotte, North Carolina, to take on the Tarheels for the Jumpman Invitational.

Oklahoma was previously supposed to participate in this year’s Battle 4 Atlantis. Oklahoma’s likely inclusion in the Rady Children’s Invitational probably was the difference in them not participating this year. The Sooners will take up that offer for the 2024 season, though.

Next year’s field will include Arizona, Indiana, Gonzaga, West Virginia, Lousiville, Creighton, and Davidson. It’s a field loaded with several big-time college basketball brands like Indiana, Gonzaga, Arizona, and Lousiville.

Creighton has been a formidable program for a while and should not be slept on. Davidson is the alma mater of NBA superstar Steph Curry and is a tough team from the A-10.

Oklahoma has quite a bit of familiarity with West Virginia from all their battles in the Big 12. However, Oklahoma’s move to the SEC will mark the first time the schools will meet as nonconference foes since West Virginia joined the Big 12 in 2012.

The tournament usually coincides with the Thanksgiving holiday. It gives family, friends, and fans of all the participating programs a unique high-level basketball experience in a tropical paradise every participant can be thankful for.

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Ohio may look into banning unruly bettors after Dayton basketball coach cited attacks on players

This would be a positive step, but it’s sadly not enough.

Dayton men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant sent a powerful message to Ohio bettors after his team’s win over Davidson on Tuesday: “Take a step back and re-evaluate your priorities.”

Without getting into specifics, Grant made clear his players have been dealing with the repercussions of Ohio sports betting being legalized at the start of the new year.

“There’s some laws that have recently been enacted that really to me, it could really change the landscape of what college sports is all about. And when we have people that make it about themselves and attack kids because of their own agenda, it sickens me,” an emotional Grant said during his postgame presser. “They have families. They don’t deserve that. Mental health is real. So if you’re a Flyer fan, I ask you just to understand what you’re dealing with with young people.”

In response, Ohio Casino Control Commission executive director Matt Schuler suggested during a Wednesday meeting the commission look into banning state bettors who direct violent comments at college athletes on social media.

Such an exclusion list would only work to eliminate in-state bettors and bettors who aren’t hiding behind aliases and burner accounts, but it would represent a positive first step.

Dayton is 12-6 on the season and tied for first place in the Atlantic 10, but had a seven-game winning streak snapped by underdog VCU on Friday. The Flyers bounced back to beat Davidson, though they also failed to cover the spread of that game.

It’s despicable that so-called fans care more about whether a team covered than whether they won, but that’s what happens when the stakes include personal finances. Some people handle that a lot better than others. So, as long as betting is allowed in the age of social media, it will be almost impossible to eradicate all hate directed at athletes.

Sadly, Grant’s plea and others like it might be the best solutions short of another ban on sports betting altogether.

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Davidson vs Michigan State NCAA Tournament First Round odds, tips and betting trends

An opening-round NCAA Tournament matchup will see the 10th-seeded Davidson Wildcats (27-6) take the court as 1.5-point underdogs against the No. 7 seed Michigan State Spartans (22-12) on Friday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The contest starts at …

An opening-round NCAA Tournament matchup will see the 10th-seeded Davidson Wildcats (27-6) take the court as 1.5-point underdogs against the No. 7 seed Michigan State Spartans (22-12) on Friday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The contest starts at 9:40 PM. Here’s what you need to know when filling out your brackets for this 7-10 matchup.

Michigan State has an 18-15-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to Davidson, who is 22-11-0 ATS. The Spartans are 19-15-0 and the Wildcats are 18-15-0 in terms of going over the point total. The teams score 147.7 points per game, 7.2 more points than this matchup’s total. Michigan State has a 5-4-0 record against the spread while going 4-6 overall over the last 10 contests. Davidson has gone 7-3-0 against the spread and 8-2 overall in its last 10 games.

Here is everything you need to get ready for Friday’s college basketball action.

Davidson at Michigan State odds, spread and lines

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  • Spread: Michigan State -1.5
  • Total: 140.5
  • Moneyline: Michigan State -123, Davidson +102

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Davidson at Michigan State odds, spread, & more

Prediction

Michigan State 71, Davidson 70

Moneyline

  • The Spartans have gone 18-3 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 85.7% of those games).
  • In games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -123 or shorter, Michigan State has an 18-3 record (winning 85.7% of its games).
  • Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Spartans’ implied win probability is 55.2%.
  • This season, the Wildcats have won five out of the eight games in which they’ve been the underdog.
  • Davidson has a record of 5-3 in games where oddsmakers have them as underdogs of at least +102 on the moneyline.
  • The moneyline for this contest implies a 49.5% chance of a victory for the Wildcats.

Against the spread

  • The Spartans score 72.1 points per game, 6.3 more points than the 65.8 the Wildcats allow.
  • Michigan State has a 13-8 record against the spread and a 17-4 record overall when putting up more than 65.8 points.
  • Davidson is 14-7 against the spread and 20-3 overall when allowing fewer than 72.1 points.
  • The Wildcats put up 7.2 more points per game (75.6) than the Spartans allow their opponents to score (68.4).
  • When it scores more than 68.4 points, Davidson is 15-7 against the spread and 23-1 overall.
  • Michigan State is 14-10 against the spread and 19-5 overall when it gives up fewer than 75.6 points.
  • The Spartans have totaled 124 more points than their opponents this season (3.7 per game on average), and the Wildcats have scored 324 more points than their opponents (9.8 per game).

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Over/Under

  • The Spartans have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Friday’s game (71).
  • This season, Michigan State has totaled more than 71 points in a game 18 times.
  • The Wildcats’ implied point total in this matchup (70 points) equals the team’s season average.
  • This year, Davidson has put up more than 70 points 25 times.

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How to watch Michigan State vs. Davidson

  • Game Day: Friday, March 18, 2022
  • Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
  • Live Stream: Hulu

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Super Tuesday Bets: Moneyline picks for Kansas, Auburn and the best college basketball games on Feb. 1

Previewing Tuesday’s biggest men’s college basketball games.

Welcome to February, where the countdown to March Madness officially begins. Most teams are somewhere around the midway point of conference play and the conference championship contenders are beginning to put some separation between themselves from the pretenders. But that doesn’t mean the dust is settled at the top.

As we know, every game matters in college basketball. And there are a handful of matchups this Tuesday that will have an impact on the standings.

From the Big 12 to the SEC and down to the A10, we take a look at the most exciting and anticipated games of the day.

All odds via Tipico Sportsbook.

College coaches were back recruiting at the U.S. Junior this week. A few in particular have a special connection to this event.

John Crooks and Tim Straub were back recruiting this week at the U.S. Junior, where they happen to be past champs.

Back in 2018, when then-Campbell-freshman Pontus Nyholm qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championship at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Camels head coach John Crooks orchestrated a detour. There was a scroll in Oklahoma City that Crooks wanted to see.

The player scroll is a familiar tradition for USGA championships, and Crooks knew that the one from the 1967 U.S. Junior at Twin Hills Golf Club would have his name on it – if it was still there.

“I called ahead and they were very gracious, met us and had carts for us,” Crooks remembered. “They showed me that I signed during registration for all the participants and then we rode by the golf course.”

Crooks’ run to that U.S. Junior title rarely comes up within his team, but it’s nice for the longtime coach of both Campbell golf teams to occasionally reference if he needs to drive home a point with a player.

Crooks spent this week recruiting at the U.S. Junior just up the road from Campbell. Walking the fairways at Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, North Carolina, was a return to normalcy. For much of the past year, in-person recruiting was off-limits because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Because of COVID, I don’t know how other coaches felt but it’s just like I’ve just been standing in quicksand, there was nothing I could do, no place I could go,” he said. “To be able to walk the golf course and go up and down and walk nine holes and then nine more and then nine more, that’s what we’re supposed to do during the summertime, see players and be seen by players.”

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Crooks won his U.S. Junior title in his first and only trip to the championship when he was 17. He had a local caddie at Twin Hills – one who had just signed to play basketball on scholarship at a school in Oklahoma and who Crooks distinctly remembers being unfamiliar with how to tote a golf bag. He would often pick it up by the handle and carry it that way.

Crooks met Andy North, a three-time PGA Tour winner turned ESPN golf analyst, in the final and got an early advantage. He was 6 up when he made the turn and held on to that advantage even as North came to life on the back nine. Crooks won, 2 and 1, when he birdied the 17th on top of North.

“I can’t tell you the length of every putt that I hit but I think that I played that round over in my head so much that if I can’t remember every shot I can remember most of them,” he said.

In the years since, Crooks has only seen North in person one time.

Back when Crooks competed, a player aged out of U.S. Junior eligibility when he was 18. Now, junior players have an extra year to compete. Plus, there weren’t as many outlets for word of the tournament to spread.

Still, Crooks was very much aware what it meant to be a U.S. Junior champion even before he was one.

Crooks isn’t the only current college coach for whom U.S. Junior week means a little something extra. Cincinnati men’s coach Doug Martin won in 1984 and Davidson men’s coach Tim Straub won in 1983.

Straub is one of a distinguished group to finish runner-up (in 1982 at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Indiana) before going on to win the next year at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

“The first year – the U.S. Junior when I was 15 – it was the first real big national tournament I played in,” Straub said. “I remember thinking it was the hardest golf course I’d ever seen in my life.”

A deep run in ’82 meant Straub returned in ’83 as the favorite. He also felt he was playing like one.

For Straub, winning in ’83 meant also getting a spot in the U.S. Amateur. College coaches began to turn their heads, too. Straub went on to play college golf at Wake Forest where he was a member of the 1986 NCAA Championship team.

“Even from the previous year I knew what an accomplishment it is to play well in the U.S. Junior,” he said.

And no matter how many years go by, that’s one thing that never changes.

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College golf facilities: Davidson College Wildcats

Check out the Davidson College Wildcats’ college golf facility, the Davidson College Golf House.

The home of the Davidson College men’s golf team since October 2015, the Davidson College Golf House is a 3,000-square foot facility located on the short game practice area at River Run Country Club in Davidson, North Carolina.

The building features three heated hitting bays which allow Davidson players to practice in inclement weather. There’s also a locker room, player lounge, coach’s office, club repair room, as well as a video room that controls the facility’s FlightScope and SAM PuttLab tech.

Outside of the Davidson men’s golf team, only River Run Country Club’s on-site golf pro is allowed to use the facility to teach.

More: Check out our list of college golf practice facilities

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March Madness rewind: Steph Curry leads Davidson to Elite Eight bid over Wisconsin

Stephen Curry added 33 of Davidson’s 73 points in an upset Sweet 16 win against the Wisconsin Badgers.

While the NBA is still on hold due to the coronavirus, the college basketball season is over. The NCAA season was cut short prior to the iconic 68-team tournament.

With no March Madness in 2020, Warriors Wire is highlighting worthy performances from current members on the Golden State squad. Draymond Green, Jordan Poole and Eric Paschall all recorded significant achievements in March. However, one Warrior was apart of an unforgettable upset run through the big dance.

Before he was splashing three-pointers on his way the Most Valuable Player award, Stephen Curry was a key piece for the 10th seeded Davidson Wildcats.

March 28, 2008

Behind a pair of jaw-dropping shooting displays against Gonzaga and Georgetown, Curry’s wildcats traveled to Fox Field in Detroit for the Sweet 16.

Davidson met up with the third-seeded Wisconsin Badgers in the Midwest Regional Final. Bo Ryan’s 30-5 Badgers boasted a rotation with three All-Big Ten players. Wisconsin’s guard Joe Krabenhoff was named to the Big-Ten All-Defensive Team. After two 15-point victories, the Badgers coasted into the Sweet 16.

No matter the accolades, it wasn’t enough to slow down Curry. The second-team All-American toasted the defensive combo of Krabenhoff and Michael Flowers for 33 of Davidson’s 73 points en route to the Elite Eight.

The future lottery pick drilled six shots from beyond the arc while adding four assists, four steals and three rebounds. Curry’s 33 in the Sweet 16 was his fourth straight 30-point effort in the NCAA Tournament.

Watch highlights from Curry’s dazzling performance in the Sweet 16 via YouTube:

However, Curry’s magical tournament run ended two days later in the Elite Eight to the future champion Kansas Jayhawks.

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