Patrick Stevens

Patrick Stevens

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College sports for USA Lacrosse Magazine, Blue Ribbon Yearbook and more. Coming to a college hoops arena near you. E-mail: 64plus4@gmail.com "Annoyed, but dealing with it," then, now and always Appreciator of Felis catus

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Patrick Stevens
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Might I offer up the 11/22 game between IU Indy and Maryland-Eastern Shore in Youngstown, Ohio? Honorable mention: The single-season home-and-home between North Florida and South Dakota (12/3 and 12/12).

kenpom@kenpom.com

What game are you looking most forward to this season? For me it's the 11/13 game between West Florida and Cleveland State in Huntsville, Alabama.

Patrick Stevens
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1. Georgetown pretty clearly aimed to schedule five high-majorish games and seven bottom 100 games OOC. GW doesn't fit that. 2. The exhibition is a win for both schools. GW gets a big crowd, Hoyas don't have to travel for a rowdy preseason road environment and get credit for being a good neighbor.

Pat Host@pathost.bsky.social

Hey Patrick, why do you think GW and Gtown won't schedule a regular season matchup? We're on our second straight year of exhibition games.

Patrick Stevens
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I should say bottom-100ish. Navy was obviously much better than that last year. Regardless, it's pretty clear Georgetown wanted no part of the 75-200 range.

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Patrick Stevens
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It's the second time Locksley has been the first FBS head coach fired in a season. Also happened in 2011 at New Mexico. This is also the deepest into a season before the first FBS head coaching firing since Oct. 21, 2012, when Robb Akey was fired by Idaho (which was then an FBS program).

Patrick Stevens
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Locksley's buyout is a little north of $9.7 million, which is (by a significant amount) the most Maryland has paid for a coach not to coach. DJ Durkin got about $5.5 million. Mark Turgeon's buyout was $5 million. Randy Edsall's was a little north of $3 million. Ralph Friedgen's was $2 million.

Patrick Stevens
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Maryland's record under Locksley in games started by Taulia Tagovailoa: 22-17 Maryland's record under Locksley in games NOT started by Taulia Tagovailoa: 16-32 It's not *all* about quarterback play, but certainly some of it's about quarterback play.

Patrick Stevens
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Today on Mid-Atlantic College Hoops ... George Mason's Brayden O'Connor is eager for his second shot at his senior season after missing most of last year because of a broken foot. midatlanticcollegebasketball.beehiiv.com/p/brayden-o-...

midatlanticcollegebasketball.beehiiv.comBrayden O'Connor is eager for his second shot at a senior seasonThe George Mason guard is back from a broken foot that cost him nearly all of last year and ready to help the Patriots chase an Atlantic 10 title
Patrick Stevens
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The technical side is admittedly far from a finished product (for example, a logo is TBD), but I'll get there on that and other fronts with your help. See you courtside.

Patrick Stevens
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I'm really excited to get this project off the ground, and the hope is there will be enough interest and support to take it well beyond this season. There are a lot of excellent college basketball stories in the D.C./Baltimore corridor, and I'm looking forward to telling as many as I can.

Patrick Stevens
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There are already some items up from over the last few days, with plenty more on the way after visiting schools throughout the region over the last month. So take a look around, subscribe to the Mid-Atlantic College Hoops newsletter and consider upgrading to full access.

Patrick Stevens
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Monachino (salary: $1.25 million) was due approximately $253,425 through the end of the calendar year. His buyout is 75% of his remaining base and supplemental pay. So he gets about $190,068, and Maryland saves roughly $63,000.

Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social

Maryland football announces that defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach Ted Monachino was fired. Aazaar Abdul-Rahim takes over as DC the rest of the year on Mike Locksley’s staff, and inside linebackers coach Zac Spavital is the co-defensive coordinator.

Patrick Stevens
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Seeing what there is to see in Foggy Bottom tonight as Georgetown and George Washington meet in an exhibition game. * Vince Iwuchukwu is playing for for Georgetown. NJ Benson is not. * GW's starting five is 6-4 (Aranguren), 6-6 (Arceneaux), 6-6 (Witherspoon), 6-8 (Urbiha) and 6-9 (James).

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Patrick Stevens
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Ed Cooley letting Georgetown playing through some tension. Got up 63-50, gave up 10 in a row, then got a Caleb Williams airball. Only Iwuchukwu dove after it to keep it in bounds, Kayvaun Mulready tracked it down and then scramble to get up a successful 3 at the shot clock buzzer. Under-8, 66-60.

Patrick Stevens
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Georgetown collects a 76-68 exhibition victory at George Washington. Jaland Lowe with 19 points for the Hoyas; seven others with between six and eight points. Omari Witherspoon had 16 for GW. Jean Aranguren didn't play in the second half for the Revs after taking an elbow in the first half.

Patrick Stevens
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Seeing what there is to see in Foggy Bottom tonight as Georgetown and George Washington meet in an exhibition game. * Vince Iwuchukwu is playing for for Georgetown. NJ Benson is not. * GW's starting five is 6-4 (Aranguren), 6-6 (Arceneaux), 6-6 (Witherspoon), 6-8 (Urbiha) and 6-9 (James).

Patrick Stevens
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Took more than 15 minutes for Georgetown to commit a turnover tonight (and even then it was an illegal screen whistled on Iwuchukwu), which is the single most striking thing about the first half of this thing.

Patrick Stevens
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Georgetown and George Washington tied at 38 at the half. Hoyas led by as many as 11. Omari Witherspoon with 13 points for GW, which ended the half on a far-too-easy Promis N'Landu driving layup when Georgetown had two 7-footers on the floor.

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Luke DeCock
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CFP adding playoff berths like NASCAR built megaspeedways in every town outside the south with a decent airport in the 2000s — before eventually realizing places like North Wilkesboro make the sport work, not tracks in exurban Phoenix or wherever that looked and raced exactly like every other track.

Patrick Stevens
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1970s: Ellie Rodriguez and Bob McClure 1980s: Ernie Riles and Billy Jo Robidoux 1990s: Matt Mieske and Valerio De Los Santos 2000s: Allen Levrault and Tyler Houston 2010s: George Kottaras and Jim Henderson

Eric Garment@ericgarment.bsky.social

let's remember some brewers dave nilsson

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Mark Zuckerman
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The Nationals and Cade Cavalli are nearing a contract extension that would buy out at least one of his free agent years, per source. Young staff ace still has 3 years of arbitration eligibility, wouldn't be free agent until 2030. (FanSided's Robert Murray was first to report nearing a deal.)

Patrick Stevens
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Miami’s Sandy Alcantara (13-8) vs. Cade Cavalli (12-5) today on South Capitol Street. Last time the Nats were involved in a matchup of two 12-game winners was Sept. 16, 2019 (17-6 Stephen Strasburg at 15-7 Dakota Hudson). Last time in D.C.: Aug. 23, 2018 (16-5 Max Scherzer vs. 14-3 Aaron Nola).

Patrick Stevens
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An absolute prince of man who was a delight to talk with before games and part of the fabric of the ACC experience. RIP.

The News & Observer@newsobserver.com

Baum joined the Wolfpack in 1967. He was present for the men’s basketball 1983 national championship, and the Wolfpack’s 2024 ACC title.

bit.lyHoward Baum, NC State’s in-game statistician for nearly 60 years, dies at 92Baum joined the Wolfpack in 1967. He was present for the men’s basketball 1983 national championship, and the Wolfpack’s 2024 ACC title.