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Michigan State women’s basketball blows out Oakland in season opener

The Spartans blew out Oakland to start the season 1-0

Michigan State women’s basketball is now 1-0 to start the season after taking down Oakland on Tuesday night. The Spartans blew out Oakland, 107 to 42, to earn the win at home in the Breslin Center.

It was an egalitarian effort for MSU tonight under second year head coach Robyn Fralick, as four out of five starters finished the game in double-figures. The Spartans were led by transfer forward Grace VanSlooten, who joined the team from Oregon this offseason. VanSlooten scored 15 points to go along with nine rebounds in an impressive debut. Incumbent Spartans Theryn Hallock, Julia Ayrault, and Jocelyn Tate also scored in double figures.

Abbey Kimball and Kennedy Blair also scored ten a piece off the bench.

The Spartans will host Yale on Friday for game two of the season.

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Jack Gohlke scores 3-pointer in summer league debut for OKC Thunder

Jack Gohlke scores 3-pointer in summer league debut for OKC Thunder.

One of the highlights of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s stay in Utah for summer league was the pro debut of Oakland’s Jack Gohlke.

The 24-year-old became a household name after he led Oakland to an upset win over Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament. He went undrafted but signed with the Thunder on their SL roster.

In his sole season at Oakland, Gohlke averaged 10.3 3-point attempts. 364 of his 372 attempts were from deep.

In the Thunder’s blowout win over the Utah Jazz, Gohlke checked in for the final four minutes and nailed his lone 3-point attempt.

Gohlke’s sole bucket occurred after he slid to a sidestep 3-pointer. A pump-fake had Kyle Filipowski in the air and the undrafted rookie splashed in the outside shot. It was about as perfect as a first bucket anybody could’ve dreamed of.

The 24-year-old will likely see more action as summer league progresses. He’ll make an otherwise forgettable second half of SL into must-watch television.

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Report: OKC Thunder sign Oakland’s Jack Gohlke to summer league roster

Report: OKC Thunder sign Oakland’s Jack Gohlke to summer league roster.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed Oakland’s Jack Gohlke to a non-guaranteed deal for their summer league squad, per RookieWire’s Cody Taylor.

He was an undrafted rookie from the 2024 NBA draft and had a predraft workout for OKC.

The 24-year-old spent five seasons in Division II from 2018-23 before transferring to Oakland for his last college season last year. He led the Golden Grizzlies to an upset win in March Madness over Kentucky.

In 36 games last season, Gohlke averaged 13.1 points on 37.9% shooting, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists. He shot 37.6% from 3 on 10.1 attempts. At 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, he has good size for a guard/forward combo.

He’ll be a fun player to watch in a summer league environment. He’s not afraid to let it fly from deep. If he’s lights out, he has a decent shot to join the G League’s OKC Blue for next season.

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Oakland’s Jack Gohlke to have predraft workout with Thunder

Oakland’s Jack Gohlke to have predraft workout with Thunder.

The calendar has flipped to June, which means NBA teams are intensifying their predraft process and hosting players for workouts and visits. The 2024 NBA draft will take place from June 26-27.

The Oklahoma City Thunder enter this year’s class with a sole draft pick of the No. 12 selection. OKC was gifted the free lottery pick via the Houston Rockets.

The Thunder will host several meetings with draft prospects in the coming weeks. This includes players outside the lottery range as OKC will likely seek to add undrafted free agents or even buy back into the second round if it likes someone enough.

One possibility is Oakland’s Jack Gohlke. He is set to have a predraft workout with the Thunder.

The 24-year-old spent five seasons in Division II from 2018-23 before transferring to Oakland for his last college season last year. He led the Golden Grizzlies to an upset win in March Madness over Kentucky.

In 36 games last season, Gohlke averaged 13.1 points on 37.9% shooting, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists. He shot 37.6% from 3 on 10.1 attempts. At 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, he has good size for a guard/forward combo.

Gohlke will likely be an undrafted free agent target. He has a shot to join the Thunder’s summer league squad and possibly be added to the G League’s OKC Blue for next season if he impresses enough.

A full list of 2024 NBA draft prospects that have worked out or visited the Thunder in the predraft process can be viewed here.

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Potential Michigan State basketball transfer target Trey Townsend of Oakland commits to Arizona

Trey Townsend, who many fans connected to MSU, will join Arizona

In all the transfer portal craziness of this college basketball offseason, one name has been linked to Michigan State basketball the entire time, for obvious reasons: Trey Townsend.

The Oakland star who was named Horizon League Player of the Year seemed like a classic Izzo guy, and everyone knows the affection Izzo has for Oakland and Greg Kampe. However, it never felt like a great fit with the current MSU roster, as Townsend plays power forward, like MSU star Xavier Booker.

While fans were desperate to see Townsend come to East Lansing, he committed to Arizona on Wednesday, closing that possibility for the Spartans.

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Jack Gohlke set an NCAA tournament record for 3-pointers two games into March Madness

Jack Gohlke made March Madness history in just two games

The Jack Gohlke Experience will no longer just be remembered as a fun March Madness subplot. It will now officially go into the NCAA record books.

After his breakout performance with 10 3-pointers in No. 14 Oakland’s first-round upset of No. 3 Kentucky on Thursday — which earned the guard an NIL deal with TurboTax — Gohlke poured in another six 3-pointers on Saturday against in a 79-73 overtime loss to No. 11 NC State.

That gave Gohlke the most 3-pointers through two games in NCAA history with 16 — and some of them were just absolutely ridiculous. Even those who were betting on an Gohlke to hit an extremely unlikely 2-pointer had to be impressed.

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies run may be over, but we’ll remember them as another reason March is the best month in sports.

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Oakland’s upset win over Kentucky helped Wisconsin’s Final Four path

Reaction to Oakland’s incredible win over Kentucky?

No. 14 seed Oakland’s 80-76 upset win over No. 3 Kentucky electrified the nation on Thursday night.

Fifth-year senior Jack Gohlke became an overnight sensation, scoring 32 points on 10 of 20 shooting — all from 3-point range — and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line.

Related: Wisconsin Badgers vs. James Madison Dukes: Preview and prediction for NCAA Tournament round of 64

The loss is yet another disappointment for John Calipari’s program. The Wildcats’ Sweet 16 drought has grown to five years, and the program has  won only one NCAA Tournament game in that span.

The story of the night was Gohlke and the fun of a classic March Madness upset. But one sub-plot: Wisconsin’s potential Final Four path just grew a bit easier.

The Badgers start play Friday night against No. 12 James Madison. The winner advances to play No. 4 Duke. The potential Sweet 16 opponent, in all likelihood, is going to be No. 1 Houston.

That brings us to the other side of the South Region, where No. 2 Marquette is the highest-ranked team. The next-highest was Kentucky, which is eliminated.

This upset doesn’t have the impact a Houston loss would have. But with the No. 3 seed in the Badgers region is now eliminated, Greg Gard’s team now just has to navigate No. 12, No. 4, No. 2 and No. 1.

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Shirtless Oakland hoops fans take free throw distraction to a new level with chest waxing and hair shaving

This is some serious free-throw distraction.

We may get to see the Oakland Golden Grizzlies in the men’s March Madness tournament later this month if they win the Horizon League, and if so, that could mean their wild fans could travel and distract opposing free throw shooters.

That wouldn’t be a big deal, but it’s their mad methods that have turned heads. Their shirtless crew has shaved the head of one of their own … and then we’ve seen chest waxing. I mean, literally: they waxed their chests right as a Purdue Ft. Wayne player shot a freebie … and IT WORKED!

This is seriously the best and I want to see more:

Robert Trent Jones Jr. to renovate and complete North Course at municipal Corica Park in California

The architect’s firm will adjust the front nine and build a back nine for the municipal layout in California.

Robert Trent Jones Jr. has signed on to renovate and complete the North Course at Corica Park in Alameda, California. The layout – just south of Oakland and across the bay from San Francisco – is scheduled to open in December of 2024.

The front nine of the North Course, most recently renovated by Marc Logan with input from Golf Digest architecture editor emeritus Rob Whitten in 2021, will remain open for play during the Jones Jr. renovation. Logan’s plans to build a back nine were halted during a legal battle between himself, the course operators and the city of Alameda, and the course was never completed. Those legal issues were resolved in January 2023.

Jones’ firm, Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects, will make adjustments to the existing front nine while constructing the new back nine. Work is scheduled to begin in June. The original 18-hole North Course was designed by William Park Bell and opened in 1927.

Corica Park is home to AmateurGolf.com, a partner of Golfweek. AmateurGolf.com also covered the announcement.

The municipal Corica Park also is home to the South Course, originally designed by William Francis Bell Jr. (son of William Park Bell) and opened in 1957. That 18-hole layout was renovated by Rees Jones, brother of Robert Trent Jones Jr., in 2018.

The project was initiated by Greenway Golf, the long-term lessee, developer and manager of the 333-acre golf complex. Greenway Golf is owned by Avani and Umesh Patel.

“The Patels and Greenway have a remarkable vision for municipal golf courses, one that evolves the role municipal golf can play in mitigating climate change and creating green spaces for everyone to enjoy,” Jones Jr. said in a media release announcing the news. “Our goal is to deliver on their vision of a memorable, challenging golf experience for all players, while taking a holistic approach to design and sustainability of the natural environment.”

Greenway Golf said in its media release that it has worked for 10 years to upgrade the facility, which also includes the Mif Albright Par-3 Course, the Lucius Bateman Driving Range and an extensive practice facility.

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