Beede’s Breakdown: How Magic couldn’t match intensity in loss at Houston • Varsity scores and top performers from Tuesday, April 9
 Sentinel Sports Final Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | | |
| | | | | The Magic had a chance to put everyone in the East under duress by winning on the road at losing Houston. But this time of year is different. Teams out of the playoffs are still playing for something (contracts for next year) and the Play-In tournament has made the final week of the season more intriguing. Everyone wants to avoid the Play-In. One of the few good decisions by Commish Adam Silver. ... UConn or the Gators? Winning back-to-back titles in a one-and-done, monthlong tournament is incredibly difficult. They're all special for their own reasons. ... Wake me up when this FSU-ACC lawsuit is over. This is gonna give me a massive headache. ... I know Danny Hurley, a Jersey boy, has no intentions of leaving UConn. But why not leave it open-ended that you might talk to Kentucky with John Calipari gone? That's called negotiating leverage for a bigger contract, and no way the Huskies are going to let him walk. Don't tell me he has enough money. That's not the point. It 's about his value on the market and he's the best coach in college basketball. Period. | | | | Billy Donovant's 2006-2007 Gators had three players — Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Corey Brewer — who shunned being NBA lottery picks so they could return for one more year of college basketball. | | | | | Despite 42 points combined from Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs, the Magic fell on the first night of a back-to-back to the Rockets. | | | | | Oviedo, The Master's Academy, East Ridge, Montverde Academy and Lake Minneola had baseball wins. Hagerty and Seminole added softball wins. | | | | | Isaac Paredes has a nine-game hitting streak, the second-longest of his career. With two hits — including a solo shot to left in the seventh that put the Rays up by two — he is batting .364 (12-for-33) with four homers since an 0-for-9 start to the season. | | | | | Expect "chaos" from dueling lawsuits after a Leon County hearing Tuesday. | | | | | The most recent loss set off immediate calls to fire Calipari before athletic director Mitch Barnhart stated that Calipari would return next season. Firing Calipari would've triggered a buyout of more than $33 million under the terms of a 10-year, so-called lifetime contract signed in 2019. | | | | | Rory McIlroy will try for the 10th time to finish off the career Grand Slam when he tees off this week in the Masters. Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tiger Woods as the only players to complete the modern slam. The 34-year-old from Northern Ireland hasn't won a major championship in a decade, after ticking off four in a four-year span. He has come close many times over the years, blowing a big lead in 2011 and finishing second to Scottie Scheffler two years ago. Last year, McIlroy arrived at Augusta National full of confidence, but he played poorly on Friday and missed the cut. | | | | | The Lightning hold the top Eastern Conference wild card and trail Toronto by six points for third place in the Atlantic Division. Both teams have four games left. Columbus got two goals from Kirill Marchenko. The Blue Jackets are last in the East. | | | | | Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies proved that even in the age of NIL and rampant player transfers, it's possible to build a program capable of winning back-to-back national titles. A few minutes after cutting down the nets on Monday night, the coach was already thinking about a three-peat. Hurley will need to overhaul a big chunk of his roster. Cam Spencer and Tristen Newton are out of college eligiblity, while Donovan Clingan and Stephon Castle are potential lottery picks in the NBA draft. | | | | | Martinsville is where Hendrick has built its legacy with a track-record 29 victories, and it is where Rick Hendrick's first of a record 305 wins (and counting) has kept the team in business. | | | | | New Miami offensive lineman Bell measures in at nearly 6-foot-9 and is looking to earn the trust of his coaches. | | | | | A look at where the Dolphins stand at the tight end position after making additions in free agency, but still possibly looking to address the unit in this month's NFL draft. | | | |
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