Orlando City loans top scorer Duncan McGuire to English club • Pictures: Pro Bowl Skills Showdown
 Sentinel Sports Final Friday, February 2, 2024 | | |
| | | | | When NBA coaches vote on All-Star reserves, they skew in favor of experience and winning. Paolo Banchero is in just his second NBA season, but without him the Magic aren't over .500 at the midway point of the season. Easy way to tell how good a player is: See the coverage schemes. He's No. 1 on the greaseboard every night and he's still efficient. ... Duncan McGuire was so good for Orlando City last season as a rookie -- it led them to sending away Designated Player Ercan Kara -- he was actually too good. ... UCF 's NCAA tournament hopes are fading quickly after that loss to Baylor. They've got to get on a run and finish strong. Twenty wins, minimum. ... Pro Bowl Games are in fully swing. Take a look at all the action on UCF's campus Thursday night. | | | | Paolo Banchero is averaging team highs of 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists and has led his team to a winning record. The NBA All-Star Game will take place on Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. ET at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, airing on TNT. | | | | | McGuire, 22, made 24 starts in 36 appearances for the Lions as a rookie and scored 15 goals. Four of his goals were MLS game-winners. He was the sixth overall pick in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft following a senior season as Creighton. | | | | | A look at Thursday's competition at Nicholson Fieldhouse on UCF's campus. | | | | | District soccer final winners included Seminole, Boone, Orangewood Christian and Horizon boys, and East Ridge, Hagerty and Lake Nona girls. Girls hoops winners included Lake Highland Prep, City of Life Christian and East Ridge, while Winter Springs and Hagerty won girls weightlifting region titles. | | | | | Coach Todd Golden earned a much-needed signature win and supercharged the Gators' NCAA Tournament resumé on Wednesday night. | | | | | Mike Martin was the head coach at Florida State from 1980-2019, getting to the College World Series a record-tying 17 times in that span. He won the Atlantic Coast Conference's coach of the year award seven times. | | | | | The Knights have had trouble closing games. They had a 12-point halftime lead at Cincinnati last weekend, but poor shooting and foul trouble led to a late collapse and a 68-57 loss to the Bearcats,… | | | | | It's possible the Rays will take a step backward this season, but it might lead to future glory if all goes well. | | | | | Tampa Bay is currently about $48.7 million under the salary cap, which is a huge improvement from this time last year. | | | | | A new candidate for Miami's defensive coordinator opening, who is the grandson of the franchise's most legendary coach, emerged but then became unavailable — all in a rapidly developing Thursday for him. | | | | | The right wing is having his best season yet, proof his perfectionism and attention to detail have paid off. | | | |
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