Longhorndave on Sports
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Monday, March 25, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 3/24/2024
It's the time of year. March Madness! Circled on the calendar for many as a highlight of the Sports calendar (so robbed in 2020 for the pandemic) but this year it's in full swing. One of the short list favorites to crash the Final Four in Glendale are the top seeded Purdue Boilermakers. Led by senior Zach Edey who dominates on both sides of the floor. Through the first weekend, Edey showed why he will make Purdue a tough if not impossible out. In two textbook wins, national scoring title holder Edey scored 26.5 PPG and 17.5 RPG. In limited minutes of blowouts over outclassed Grambling State and Utah State (averaged 29 minutes). That's a point per minute and three rebounds every 5 minutes of play (rounded). The Canadian hit 19-28 from the field with 12 offensive boards and 23 defensive wipes. Throw in 5 assists, 2 steals, and 6 blocks and he was a one-man wrecking crew. Purdue is looking for their first basketball title after two Final Four appearances and this may be the year thanks to the Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
Labels:
Big 10,
Canada,
Final Four,
Grambling State,
LHD_PotW,
NCAA Tournament,
Purdue,
Utah State,
Zach Edey
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 3/17/2024
The college basketball season is entering its pinnacle with conference tournament championships and top teams emerging. One of the big conference winners from the Big 10 is a favorite to crash Glendale in the Final Four was the Illinois Fighting Illini. Senior guard Terrence Shannon Jr. was a big reason why. There's always something about senior guards and the leadership they provide in tournament style play. And Shannon Jr. answered in leadership and play. In the three games in the Big 10 tournament, he averaged 34 points in 35 minutes per game, 27-57 from the field (10-22 beyond the arc) field and 38-44 from the line. Scoring. Machine. The Illini have a 3 seed in the East and poised to push on a week or two. Terrence Shannon Jr. is the Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
Labels:
Basketball,
Big 10,
Illinois,
LHD_PotW,
NCAA,
Terrence Shannon Jr.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 3/10/2024
It's March. It's time for Madness. As conference basketball tournaments dominate the week, it was an historic rivalry that took center stage on Saturday with an ACC regular season title on the line. And the North Carolina Tarheels went into Duke's house and took their lunch money. Led by an unsung senior no less. Cormac Ryan leveraged his experience at Cameron Indoor Stadium to quiet the Crazies and deliver. Cormac the Magnificent (you know I couldn't resist) was cold blooded with his scoring touch, missing just five times in 22 shots from the field, with two of those being behind the three-point line. And he did it in the clutch, with ten of his teams last 12 points in the final 3:54, including 7 in the last 108 seconds. No answers did Duke have. Ryan sealed the Heels Conference Championship and is the Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
Labels:
ACC,
Basketball,
Duke Blue Devils,
LHD_PotW,
NCAA,
North Carolina
Monday, March 4, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 3/3/2024
The NBA is hitting the home stretch with teams emerging as Championship favorites while others vie for playoff seeding and positioning. One of the spots that seems locked up is the first seed in the Eastern Conference. The Boston Celtics continue to turn up championship quality eras and this team is poised. Having made at least the Eastern Conference Finals 5 of the last 7 years, and the NBA Finals just two years ago, the Celtics look to win their first title in 16 years and currently have the best record in the NBA. At 48-12, Boston has lapped the field with a ballooning 8 game lead thanks in large part to Jaylen Brown. Brown averaged over 28 points a game as his Celtics blew out three opponents by 18 or more points, including a 52-point drubbing of the Golden State Warriors, the fading dynasty of the last 10 seasons that beat them in the summer of 2022. Brown also cleaned up 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, proving a second punch behind team scoring leader Jayson Tatum. A force that the Eastern Conference may not have an answer for now, or in the years to come. Jaylen Brown is the Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
Labels:
Basketball,
Boston,
Boston Celtics,
Golden State Warriors,
Jaylen Brown,
Jayson Tatum,
LHD_PotW,
NBA
Monday, February 26, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 2/25/2024
One of the great stories of the hockey season has been the emergence of Canadian Hockey Teams with a chance to win their first Stanley Cup in over 30 years. The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the middle of the discussion, and they are led by a Captain that is pushing goal records. On Thursday, Auston Matthews scored his 52nd goal in 55 games, imagine a player that gets one you netter per game pretty much. A 70 goal season, very much in play, puts him in elite company of Gretzky, Lemieux, Brett Hull, and more. But most important the Leafs have won seven straight and may be peaking at the right time. Matthews is one of the best NHL stories this year and is a worthy Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
Labels:
Auston Matthews,
Brett Hull,
Hockey,
LHD_PotW,
Mario Lemieux,
NHL,
Toronto,
Toronto Maple Leafs
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Sportswoman of the Week Ending 2/18/2024
We enter the inter-regnum (used loosely) portion of the Sports Calendar when there are no playoffs going on, March Madness isn't queued up yet (neither is The Masters), but many sports are going and lots of action to watch every night. Perhaps there is no more action captivating the country than Caitlin mania. Caitlin Clark that is, who has captivated not only the women's basketball sports landscape, but the sports landscape in general. The Iowa Hawkeye scoring machine became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women's basketball history this week, passing Washington Huskies Guard Kelsey Plum (former Sportswoman of the Week) with her 3,528th career point and she's not slowing down. So much so, she likely will pass men's basketball hoops legend Pete Maravich in points before the conference tournament season. Worth the ticket of admission (as evidenced by the full houses she plays to) Caitlin Clark is the Longhorndave Sportswoman of the Week (repeat winner).
Labels:
Basketball,
Caitlin Clark,
Iowa,
Kelsey Plum,
LHD_PotW,
NCAA,
Pete Maravich,
Women's Basketball
Monday, February 12, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 2/11/2024
One of the highlights of the American Sports Calendar is the Super Bowl, that cannot be disputed. And the Kansas City Chiefs are becoming synonymous with the big game, at least the last 5 years, in which they've been a participant four times, and winners now three. Super Bowl LVIII did not disappoint as two evenly matched teams, the aforementioned Chiefs and the NFC Champion (and top seed) San Francisco 49ers squared off for the second time in five years in the Big Game. The Niners were slight favorites. But the Chiefs had Patrick Mahomes II. After a stumble start with just 123 yards going into half and his team trailing 10-3, compounded with an interception coming out of halftime, the next generation dynasty QB got lit. Hit for 201 yards and 2 TDs over the last 24 minutes of regulation and an overtime period. The overtime period in which he stamped his third title in five years and second straight championship. Mahomes II was also the Chiefs leading rusher with 66 yards on 9 carries including several back breaking scrambles. The greats win and the greats get recognized as the Sportsman of the Week!
Monday, January 29, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 1/28/2024
The NFL season entered its penultimate weekend card with the AFC and NFC Championship games and a veteran superstar stole the stage for his team trying to win their fourth conference championship in five years. Mission accomplished. Kansas City Chiefs All Pro Tight End Travis Kelce reminded fans of how dominant he's been in the postseason with a much needed performance in carving up the favored and home-standing Baltimore Ravens for 11 catches and 111 yards and a TD, doing most of his damage in the first half when the Chiefs ran up 14 points on their first two possessions (6 of his catches including his TD) en route to a 17-10 win. In the meantime, Kelce passes Jerry Rice for the most postseason catches in the history of the NFL. History. Of. The. NFL. Travis Kelce was an unstoppable force and the Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
Labels:
Football,
Kansas City,
Kansas City Chiefs,
LHD_PotW,
NFL,
NFL Playoffs,
Tight End,
Travis Kelce
Monday, January 22, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 1/21/2024
An amazing sports weekend with Australian Open tennis, NFL Playoffs, NBA and NHL action had perhaps the most shocking result in the third PGA tournament of the year. For the first time in over 33 years, an amateur won a PGA tour event. 20-year-old (barely) Nick Dunlap shocked a pretty deep PGA field to win the American Express in La Quinta, CA. Dunlap torched the courses for a -29 total, including a 60 on moving day Saturday. He held on a shaky tee shot on the 72nd hole to par out for the win. And this was no watered-down field. Justin Thomas. Xander Schauffele. Scottie Scheffler. Jason Day. Patrick Cantlay. All the big names were distanced by the sophomore from Alabama. A name to remember as only the third amateur victor in a PGA event since 1957. Dunlap is a worthy Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
Labels:
Alabama,
Golf,
Jason Day,
LHD_PotW,
Nick Dunlap,
Patrick Cantlay,
PGA,
Scott Scheffler,
United States,
Xander Schauffele
Monday, January 15, 2024
Sportsman of the Week Ending 1/14/2024
In one of the most anticipated College Football Playoff Championship games in recent memory, two 14-0 teams geared up to battle in Houston. Intrigue skyrocketed as two conflicting styles of play... Michigan's running and defense versus Washington's weapon-laden, diverse offense and points would be settled on the field. The former proved superior. The tone was set early on two early breakout runs by Donovan Edwards, who had been relegated to more of a change-of-pace back through the year behind workhorse Blake Corum. But it was Edwards who burst through the Huskies defensive line twice in the first 13 minutes of the game to stake the Wolverines to a 14-3 lead, after which Washington never got closer than a TD. Both Edwards runs were 40+ yards and hit paydirt for the first two touchdowns of the game. He totaled 104 yards on just 6 carries, but his strong start is worthy of the Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
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