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Jeremiah Fears: NBA draft scouting report

2006 | 6’4 | 6’4 WS | 182 LBS Team: Oklahoma Agent: Lift Best aggregate mock draft rank: 7 / Worst rank: 12 2024-25 stats: In 2024-25, Fears averaged 17.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 0.1 blocks, and 1.6 steals per game. He shot 43.4 percent …

2006 | 6’4 | 6’4 WS | 182 LBS

Team: Oklahoma

Agent: Lift

Best aggregate mock draft rank: 7 / Worst rank: 12

2024-25 stats:

In 2024-25, Fears averaged 17.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 0.1 blocks, and 1.6 steals per game. He shot 43.4 percent from the field, 28.4 percent from three, and 85.1 percent from the foul line.

Fears’ comes from a strong basketball family, his father, Jeremy Fears, played college basketball at Ohio University and earned Mid-American Conference (MAC) All-Freshman accolades in 2005 before finishing his career at Bradley, and his brother, Jeremy Fears Jr., is a guard at Michigan State.

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How Livvy Dunne scored in LSU Gymnastics’ weekend invitational

Here’s how Olivia Dunner fared in LSU gymnastics’ second meet of the season

LSU Gymnastics placed second in Saturday’s Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad Meet with a score of 197.650. The No. 2 Tigers finished behind No. 1 Oklahoma, which finished with a 197.950 score.

Fifth-year senior [autotag]Olivia Dunne[/autotag] saw action in three events. She recorded a 9.725 in her first appearance on bars of the season. Ashley Cowan led the Tigers on bars, matching a career-high 9.95 and helping them to a 49.425.

On the balance beam, Dunne ranked second on the team with a 9.775. [autotag]Haleigh Bryant[/autotag] made her first appearance of the season on the beam, scoring a 9.75. The graduate student and 2024 NCAA all-around champion is working her way back from an injury that held her out of the Tigers’ season opener last week.

LSU finished the invitational on the floor, where Dunne posted her best score of the day. Her 9.85 was third on the team behind Kailin Chio’s 9.925 and 2024 NCAA floor champion Aleah Finnegan’s 9.975.

Up next, the Tigers face Florida on Friday at 6:30 PM CT inside the PMAC.

Lady Vols suffer first loss of season to Oklahoma

Oklahoma defeats the Lady Vols for Tennessee’s first loss during the 2024-25 basketball season.

No. 13 Tennessee (13-1, 1-1 SEC) suffered its first loss of the 2024-25 women’s basketball season. No. 10 Oklahoma (13-2, 1-1 SEC) defeated the Lady Vols, 87-86, on Sunday at Food City Center.

Tennessee leads the all time basketball series against Oklahoma, 6-2, dating to 2002.

Tennessee guard Jewel Spear led all scorers with 28 points. She converted 11-of-17 field goal attempts and 6-of-11 three-point attempts.

Samara Spencer led the Lady Vols in assists (5), while Talaysia Cooper was Tennessee’s leading rebounder (7).

Raegan Beers led the Sooners with 13 points.

The Lady Vols opened SEC play with a, 91-78, win at Texas A&M.

Tennessee will next play on Thursday at LSU. Tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. EST and can be watched on SEC Network+.

READ: 2024-25 Tennessee Lady Vols basketball roster

PHOTOS: Kim Caldwell through the years

Tennessee Lady Vols 2024-25 basketball results

Oct. 31 Carson-Newman (Exhibition — W, 135-49)

Nov. 5 Samford (W, 101-53)

Nov. 7 UT Martin (W, 90-50)

Nov. 12 Middle Tennessee State (W, 89-75)

Nov. 16 Liberty (W, 109-93)

Nov. 26 Western Carolina (W, 102-50)

Dec. 4 Florida State (W, 79-77)

Dec. 7 Iowa (W, 78-68 — Brooklyn, New York)

Dec. 14 North Carolina Central (W, 139-59)

Dec. 18 at Memphis (W, 90-75)

Dec. 20 Richmond (W, 92-67 — West Palm Bech, Florida)

Dec. 21 Tulsa (W, 102-61 — West Palm Beach, Florida)

Dec. 29 Winthrop (W, 114-50)

Jan. 2 at Texas A&M (W, 91-78)

Jan. 5 Oklahoma (L, 87-86)

How to watch Lady Vols versus Oklahoma today: Time, TV channel

Here is how to watch the Lady Vols versus Oklahoma basketball on Sunday, including time, channel, TV schedule and streaming info.

No. 13 Tennessee (13-0, 1-0 SEC) will host its first Southeastern Conference game of the 2024-25 basketball season on Sunday. Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll.

The Lady Vols will host No. 10 Oklahoma (12-2, 0-1 SEC) at Food City Center.

Tennessee leads the all time basketball series against Oklahoma, 6-1, dating to 2002.

The Lady Vols opened SEC play with a, 91-78, win at Texas A&M. Tennessee enters Sunday’s contest as the only Division I school with undefeated men’s and women’s basketball teams.

READ: 2024-25 Tennessee Lady Vols basketball roster

PHOTOS: Kim Caldwell through the years

Here is how to watch the Tennessee-Oklahoma basketball game, including time, TV schedule and streaming information.

What channel is Tennessee vs. Oklahoma game on? Time, TV schedule

TV channel: ESPN

Start time: 3 p.m. EST

Courtney Lyle (play-by-play) and Rebecca Lobo (analyst) will be on the call.

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Tennessee Lady Vols 2024-25 basketball results

Oct. 31 Carson-Newman (Exhibition — W, 135-49)

Nov. 5 Samford (W, 101-53)

Nov. 7 UT Martin (W, 90-50)

Nov. 12 Middle Tennessee State (W, 89-75)

Nov. 16 Liberty (W, 109-93)

Nov. 26 Western Carolina (W, 102-50)

Dec. 4 Florida State (W, 79-77)

Dec. 7 Iowa (W, 78-68 — Brooklyn, New York)

Dec. 14 North Carolina Central (W, 139-59)

Dec. 18 at Memphis (W, 90-75)

Dec. 20 Richmond (W, 92-67 — West Palm Bech, Florida)

Dec. 21 Tulsa (W, 102-61 — West Palm Beach, Florida)

Dec. 29 Winthrop (W, 114-50)

Jan. 2 at Texas A&M (W, 91-78)

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Bowl season gives USC fans bragging rights over Oklahoma in 2024

USC definitely handled its bowl business better than Oklahoma did. At least there’s that.

Ever since Lincoln Riley made the stunning decision to leave Oklahoma for USC football three years ago, Trojan and Sooner fans have been in a constant online war regarding which program is better off. For the majority of this season, it looked like the answer was neither. Both USC and Oklahoma struggled to compete in their respective new conferences, with each finishing 6-6 and barely earning bowl eligibility.

With both teams playing in bowl games on Friday, however, that finally changed. While the Trojans took down Texas A&M 35-21 in the Las Vegas Bowl, the Sooners made way too many mistakes vs. Navy in the Armed Forces Bowl, ultimately falling by a score of 21-20.

With their bowl victory, USC was able to finish with a 7-6 record and avoid a dreaded losing season. Oklahoma, on the other hand, was not so lucky. With their loss, the Sooners finished 6-7 for the second time in three years under Brent Venables, whom they hired to replace Riley shortly following his departure.

To further add on to Oklahoma’s misery, one of the key talking points that their fans have used against Riley over the past few years is his record in bowl games. On Friday, Riley improved to 2-1 in bowls at USC, while Venables fell to 0-3 in bowls as a head coach.

Despite Friday night’s result, it was an incredibly disappointing season for the Trojans. Plain and simple, going 7-6 is nowhere near good enough for this program.

But at the very least, USC fans got the last laugh on Oklahoma in 2024. If nothing else, that is something they can hold their hat on throughout the offseason.

Former Wisconsin wide receiver transfers to a top SEC program

Big-time commitment for a former Wisconsin wide receiver

Former Wisconsin wide receiver Keontez Lewis committed to Oklahoma on Wednesday.

The former Badger spent the 2024 season at Southern Illinois. He joins the Sooners with one year of eligibility remaining.

Related: Wisconsin football 2024 transfer portal departure tracker

Lewis transferred to the Badgers in 2022 after his freshman season at UCLA. He flashed significant playmaking ability as one of the team’s primary outside wide receivers that season, catching 20 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns. His best game was a three-catch, 71-yard, one-touchdown outing against rival Iowa.

Lewis then fell down the depth chart entering the 2023 season after the arrival of Phil Longo and a host of transfer receivers. He played in just one game that season, catching one pass for 12 yards. The 6’2″ wideout reentered the portal after the team’s Week 2 loss to Washington State.

The tide turned for Lewis in his one year at Southern Illinois. He led the Salukis with 49 catches, 790 receiving yards and five touchdowns, plus aded 10 carries, 121 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.

His best outing was a nine-touch (eight receptions, one carry), 205-yard (148 receiving, 57 rushing), two-touchdown breakout in a narrow win over Incarnate Word. He nearly broke single-game records with the performance.

Lewis entered the portal for a third time after the season concluded. He is now en route to Norman, Oklahoma to help a program that went just 6-6 in its first year in the SEC. Despite the down year, the Sooners remain one of the sport’s blue blood programs. This commitment is a significant step forward for Lewis after one year at the Football Championship Subdivision level.

Wisconsin, meanwhile, recently landed Ohio State transfer Jayden Ballard to bolster its wide receiving corps. The team lost Bryson Green (eligibility), C.J. Williams (portal) and Will Pauling (portal) after the 2024 season. The position remains one to watch as the Badgers continue their transfer recruiting.

Lewis is one of several former Badger receivers to watch at new destinations in 2025, especially as the program rebuilds at the position. For more on others, bookmark our transfer departure tracker.

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Notre Dame’s Olivia Miles one of five national players of the week

Another honor for her.

Notre Dame guard [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] already was named the ACC Player of the Week for the first week of the season. That only proved to be the beginning though.

Miles has been named one of five national players of the week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Joining her are Oklahoma’s Raegan Beers, Rutgers’ Destiny Adams, UCLA’s Lauren Betts and Norfolk State’s Diamond Johnson.

To say Miles has wasted no time announcing her return after missing all of last season with a knee injury is an understatement. She achieved a triple-double in the season opener against Mercyhurst and scored 17 points against Purdue, three of them coming on a shot from beyond half-court at the third-quarter buzzer.

In this young season, Miles is averaging 18.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists a game. She will have a chance to improve on those numbers in the Irish’s next game Wednesday against James Madison. That will be followed by a contest Sunday against Lafayette.

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Longhorns host four-star Oklahoma commit during Georgia game

That includes four-star cornerback Courtland Guillory who was in Austin for an unofficial visit

When the Texas Longhorns took on the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday, many highly rated prospects were in attendance. That includes four-star cornerback Courtland Guillory who was in Austin for an unofficial visit. While the Guillory has already committed to Oklahoma the Longhorns got make their pitch.

The Texas native is ranked as the 38th best corner in his class and the 65th best player in Texas in the 2025 class, according to 247Sports. Before committing to Oklahoma he also drew interest from Arizona, Arizona State, Eastern Illinois, and Georgia Tech. Oklahoma was the only program that Guillory visited in that group.

If Guillroy were to flip his commitment, the Longhorns would add a talented piece to the secondary for the future. The 2025 class currently consists of 21 commits, including four five-star prospects. He would get to play alongside Kaliq Lockett, Jonah Williams, Jamie Ffrench, and Myron Charles.

As recruiting season for the 2025 class continues, Guillroy will be a player for Longhorns fans to watch closely. He would help improve a Longhorns secondary that has impressed this season but is always looking for upgrades.

While Saturday did not go as planned for the Longhorns, Guillory did experience an SEC battle that featured two of the top five programs in the country. Over the next few weeks, Texas will try to convince Guillroy that Austin is the best place for him during his college career.

Sean Payton says Broncos scouted Saints QB pre-draft, ‘the whole nine yards’

Sean Payton says the Broncos thoroughly scouted Saints QB Spencer Rattler before the 2024 draft with meetings and a private workout: ‘The whole nine yards’

Spencer Rattler will have a big fan on the opposing sideline when his New Orleans Saints kick off with the Denver Broncos on Thursday night. Sean Payton said the Broncos thoroughly scouted the rookie quarterback ahead of  this year’s NFL draft, and he was impressed by what the South Carolina product showed him.

Payton and the Broncos college scouting department invested just as much time in evaluating Rattler as they did the other quarterbacks in the draft class, including their new starter Bo Nix.

“We spent a lot of time with him. I’d say there was five. Pro day and then we had a private workout. We were all in Phoenix, the Scottsdale area, where he’s from,” Payton recalled Tuesday. “Steak dinner, the whole nine yards. Tested in the morning (and watched him) throw. He did really well.”

So Payton wasn’t exactly blown away when the Saints immediately chose to  start Rattler after Derek Carr’s injury last week. He’s seen the young quarterback tackle everything college football could throw at him, and he knows the Broncos defense will need to work hard to pressure Rattler in his second career start.

Payton continued: “It’s not surprising to see (him do well). There is, again, I’m going to use an analogy. There’s a calmness when he plays. He too has been through the adversity early on. Coming out of high school, to Oklahoma and then transferring. There is a confidence when he’s on the field. You see that in the preseason and last week. It’s not too big for him, and he has a live arm. We were really impressed.”

At the same time, that exposure could have given Payton and his coaches some insight on how to, well, rattle Rattler. They didn’t draft him when they had the chance, but that’s probably more due to having taken Nix in the first round while lacking enough picks to address higher-priority needs. But if Rattler impresses on Thursday night and hands Payton’s team a loss? It sounds like the former Saints coach would be first in line to shake his hand.

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Saints’ team doctors have sought advice on treating Derek Carr’s injury

The Saints’ doctors can’t just keep doing what they’ve been doing. They consulted with Texas after Quinn Ewers suffered the same injury as Derek Carr:

The New Orleans Saints will be without starting quarterback Derek Carr for  a few more weeks, which gives Spencer Rattler an opportunity to learn on the job and take more live reps. But it’s not like the Saints are planning to keep Carr on ice forever. They want him back in the lineup, and their doctors have been doing their homework to devise the best plan for treating his oblique muscle injury.

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers suffered a similar oblique strain, which is an unusual injury for a football player. But the school’s medical staff treated him well and Ewers only missed two games, plus a bye week, before returning against Oklahoma in the “Red River Rivalry” game. Ewers scored a touchdown pass and ran for another score in the Longhorns’ 34-3 rout on Saturday.

And on the broadcast, FOX Sports sideline reporter Holly Rowe shared an interesting footnote. She said the Saints had reached out to consult with Texas’ doctors on how they treated Ewers so effectively.

“It’s such a rare injury, it’s actually something that we see in baseball pitchers and volleyball players,” Rowe said, misspeaking and calling Carrr by his older brother’s name, “Actually David Carr in the NFL had a similar injury, they reached out to Texas this week to find out how they’re treating him, treating Quinn Ewers, because he has looked good. A lot of different techniques.”

That misstep aside (it’s not the first time the Carr brothers have been confused for one another, and it won’t be the last), this is good information. There’s nothing unusual about medical professionals consulting with each other especially for rare conditions like this one. The best surgeons in the world still sit through seminars and visit universities for workshops to learn how to better treat their patients.

But that hasn’t stopped fans on social media from laughing at the Saints’ expense — what kind of sports doctors can’t treat sports injuries? That seems to be a negative response due to all the frustration the team has had with injuries over the years, which is a little unfair. It would be more concerning if the Saints weren’t looking for help when working outside their area of expertise. They can’t just keep doing what they’ve been doing and hope for different results.

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