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On the Golden State Warriors podcast with David:
#1 After the Warriors’ struggle with the Houston Rockets last week ,they got a big win over the Sacramento Kings 127-123 on Saturday night in Sacramento.
#2 It was a historic game of all sorts–a new NBA record setting game with 18 lead changes and 11 ties. The Warriors’ biggest lead was 16 points and the Kings was nine.
David does the Warriors podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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On the Cal Bears podcast with Morris:
#1 UCLA have been a force since new head coach Murray Bartow has taken over. What are some of the differences?
#2 How frustrating was it for cal head coach Wyking Jones to re-plan things against UCLA after the Bruins made the coaching change?
#3 UCLA dominated last Saturday in a 98-83 win at Pauley Pavilion with 53% shooting from the floor and posting a season-high in points.
#4 What was the reason coach Jones decided to bench the starters during Saturday’s game?
#5 Cal hosts ASU Wednesday night at Haas Pavilion. Can the Bears overcome UCLA and have a chance to defeat the Sun Devils?
Morris does the Cal Bears podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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By: Ana Kieu
Dennis Erickson’s last stop as an assistant football coach was at San Jose State for the 1979 through 1981 seasons before a long, successful career as a head coach. Even though it’s just the first week of the New Year, Erickson will be planning a December 10th visit in New York City for an induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Erickson and Joe Taylor, who won 70.6% of his games and four national championships at historically black colleges, are the two head coaches joining 13 players to be named to the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame class.
During his three seasons at SJSU, Erickson oversaw one of the most potent offenses in college football with Jack Elway as the Spartans head coach. SJSU had a winning season in each of his three years and was the 1981 Pacific Coast Athletic Association champion.
With Ed Luther at quarterback in 1979, SJSU was second nationally in passing offense and seventh in total offense. The next two seasons with Steve Clarkson at quarterback, SJSU was 10th in passing offense. The 1981 team included future NFL players: halfback Gerald Willhite, wide receivers Stacey Bailey, Mervyn Fernandez and Tim Kearse, and tight end Tracy Franz, was sixth in Division I-A in scoring offense.
Erickson came to SJSU after assistant coaching positions at Idaho and Fresno State. His first college head coaching position was at Idaho from 1982-85 followed by stops at Wyoming in 1986, Washington State from 1987-88, Miami (Fla.) from 1989-94, Oregon State from 1999-2002, back to Idaho in 2006 and Arizona State from 2007-11. Erickson’s teams were declared national champions for the 1989 and 1991 seasons and won six conference titles. He was a two-time national Coach of the Year and compiled a head coaching record of 179-96-1.
Erickson also was a head coach in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks (1995-98) and the San Francisco 49ers (2003-04). He was the only one of six FBS coaches on the ballot named to the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame class. Taylor was the coach selected from the Divisional ballot covering NCAA Divisions I-AA (now Football championship Subdivision — FCS), II, III and NAIA.
Coaches are eligible for consideration after 10 seasons as a head coach and achieving a winning percentage of .600 or higher for a career of 100 or more games.
Former SJSU head coaches John Ralston (1993-96) and Fielding Yost (1900) and halfback Willie Heston from the 1898 through 1900 Spartan teams are enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame based in Atlanta, Ga.
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By: Ana Kieu
San Jose State defensive linemen Bryson Bridges and Boogie Roberts play their next college game Saturday, January 13, as members of the National team in the fourth annual Spiral Tropical Bowl All-Star Game.
Game time is 7:00 am PT/10:00 am ET and will be streamed by FloFootball.com.
Bridges was a second-team All-Mountain West selection as a senior. One of four team captains, he was credited with a single-season personal best 70 tackles, tops among SJSU defensive linemen, and 8.5 tackles for loss. His 70 tackles were tops among Mountain West defensive linemen.
Bridges is listed as No. 47 on the National team roster.
Roberts was in on 47 stops and was third on the team with 8.0 tackles for loss. The Spartans’ three-year starter forced two fumbles, recovered a third fumble, had a quarterback sack and was credited with a Spartan safety in the Colorado State game.
Roberts is listed as #90 on the National team 68-player roster. With Bridges, they are two of the seven Mountain West players in the game.
Last year, cornerback Jermaine Kelly was the first SJSU player to play in the game. He would become a seventh round choice of the Houston Texans in the 2018 NFL Draft.
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By: Ana Kieu
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State men’s basketball will play a nationally televised game against No. 10 Nevada Wednesday evening at the Lawlor Events Center. The game will be broadcasted on CBS Sports Network with Rich Waltz and Pete Gillen on the call. As always, Justin Allegri will have the Spartans’ radio call on KLIV 1590 AM. Tip-off between the Wolf Pack and Spartans is set for 8:00 pm PT.
Game #14
San Jose State (3-10, 0-1) at No. 10 Nevada (14-1, 1-1)
Wednesday, January 9, 8:00 pm PT
Lawlor Events Center
Reno, Nev.
Live Stats
Fans can view live stats of all SJSU men’s basketball games, home and away, by accessing the “Live Stats” feature at www.sjsuspartans.com. Click on the link on the men’s basketball schedule page to follow the action.
What Would a Win Mean?
The Spartans are looking for their first win over a ranked team since 1999 when they defeated No. 19 Alabama 60-59 in overtime. A win would also be the fourth of the season, tying last season’s overall total.
Sharpest Shooter in the West (or Anywhere Else, Really)
Sophomore Noah Baumann ranks third in the nation in 3-point FG percentage. He is touting a 55.4% clip on 31-of-56 shooting. He is also averaging 2.4 3’s per game, which ranks in the top 10 in the Mountain West. He has hit at least 1 3-point bucket in 11 straight games.
Steady Steadman
JUCO transfer Michael Steadman has made a big impact this season on and off the court. The 6’10″ forward is averaging a team-high 13.8 points per game and ranks fourth in the MW with 9.2 rebounds per game. He also ranks 40th nationally in rebounds per game and 37th in defensive rebounds per game. He has six double-doubles on the season, ranking third in the conference and 23rd nationally and has scored in double figures in 12 of 13 games, including 11 straight.
Staff Shakeup
Head coach Jean Prioleau made some changes to his staff in the offseason as he brought in former NC State All-American Julius Hodge as an assistant coach and promoted director of operations Ryan Cooper to assistant coach.
Oh My, Oumar!
Senior center Oumar Barry is playing his best basketball as a Spartan as of late. Against Bethune-Cookman, he finished with a then-career-high 13 points and seven rebounds. He followed that up with his most dominating performance at SJSU as he recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds, his first-career game with double digit rebounds. Barry also blocked two shots and was 7 of 10 at the free throw line to help the Spartans to a victory.
Barry followed up with another double-double against Stanford (15 points, 10 rebounds). After playing 38 career games without recording a double-double, he now has two in the last four games.
Barry’s then scored a career-high 18 points before fouling out with 4:36 to play at Cal and led the team with 11 points at Saint Mary’s. In his last five games, he is averaging 14.2 points per game.
Series History With Nevada
Nevada holds a 59-50 advantage in the series and has won nine of the last 10 games. SJSU’s last win was on February 18, 2014 in a 66-64 win in Reno, Nev. Prior to that, SJSU’s last win was on January 10, 2008.
The Wolf Pack welcomes the Spartans to Reno with a 14-1 record and a No. 10 national ranking in the AP rankings. After reaching as high as No. 6 in the poll after winning 14 straight games, Nevada suffered their first loss to New Mexico 85-58. Despite the loss, the Wolf Pack still sits atop the MW standings and is 7-0 at home on the season.
Nevada leads the MW in scoring offense at 80.4 points per game. They also lead the conference in turnover margin with +2.9, which does not bode well for the Spartans, who rank last in the category at -3.9. The outstanding trio of forward Jordan Caroline and twins Caleb and Cody Martin are among the best players in the MW. Caroline is just below averaging a double-double at 18.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
photo by bruinnation.com: The UCLA Bruins Moses Brown throws down as Cal Bears defender Justice Sueing could just watch during Saturday night’s game at Pauley Pavilion
On the Cal Bears basketball podcast with Morris and Michael:
We thought we’d have some good news to talk about regarding the down Pac-12 conference with two of the more down teams in that conference USC and UCLA. One of them, the UCLA Bruins, started to turn it around before Cal got to town. UCLA fired head coach Steve Alford, and all of sudden, the Bruins have become unstoppable.
UCLA turned it around immediately. They came off those four losses. UCLA lost to Liberty in a 30 point blowout loss. There was Ohio State they played Stanford and they all beat up on Cal. The Bears got 92 points against Stanford and the Bruins. No matter what they did in this last game, they just couldn’t get past UCLA.
Morris and Michael do the Cal Bears podcasts every week podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Southern California earned its fourth consecutive men’s basketball win Sunday, knocking off Stanford 77-66 at Galen Center in Los Angeles.
Nick Rakocevic led the Trojans (9-6 overall, 2-0 Pac-12) with 23 points, with Bennie Boatwright adding 22. USC won its first two conference games of the season for the first time since 2010.
Rakocevic also grabbed 10 rebounds, giving him his seventh double-double of the season. Rakocevic and Boatwright combined for 45 points, 17 rebounds, three assists, three blocks, two steals and only two turnovers.
The Cardinal (7-7, 0-2), meanwhile, have lost three of their last four contests.
Cormac Ryan led Stanford with 18 points — all on 3-pointers he hit in the second half. Daejon Davis and KZ Okpala contributed 14 and 12 points, respectively, for the Cardinal.
The Trojans jumped to a 13-point run to open the game and led until Okpala drained a 3-pointer with 12:45 remaining, giving Stanford a 49-46 lead. Southern Cal later pulled away with an 11-0 run, taking a 68-55 lead with 2:22 to play.
The Cardinal return home Wednesday to host Arizona. Tipoff set for 8:00 pm.
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On the NCAAB podcast with Michelle:
#1 The No. 15 Tar Heels’ Cameron Johnson scored 15 points in NC’s 85-60 win over Pitt.
#2 Alabama beat Kentucky 77-75 first time that Alabama beat Kentucky since 2013
#3 Virginia Tech defeated Boston College 77-66 on Sunday. Jarius Hamilton led BC with 31 points for the win.
Michelle does the NCAAB podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
nhl.com photo: Notre Dame stadium hosted the Winter Classic between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks last Tuesday Jan 1st to a sold out crowd of over 76,000 fans
On the NHL podcast with Daniel:
1 Winter Classic ratings up
2 Three Sharks selected to All-Star Game
3 Alex Ovechkin said he won’t attend All-Star Weekend
4 Golden Knights topple Anaheim, earn fifth straight win
5 FOX Sports brought back glowing puck for Kings-Oilers game
Daniel does the NHL podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
By Charlie O. Mallonee
Sacramento — The sellout crowd of 17583 fans at the Golden 1 Center on Saturday was treated to a real example of an NBA game in this new era as they saw the Golden State Warriors hold off the upstart Sacramento Kings 127-123. Not only was it an exciting contest, but it was also an NBA record-setting game.
The game featured 18 lead changes and was tied 11 times. The Warriors largest lead was 16 and that came in the first period. The Kings biggest lead of the game was nine points.
The constant end-to-end action had the crowd in a literal frenzy from the opening tipoff to the final buzzer.
The teams “made it rain” to set an NBA record
The teams combined to hit 41 3-point field goals in the game which set a new record for the NBA. The Warriors put in 21-of-47 (44.7%) their attempts from behind the 3-point line. The Kings converted 20-of-36 (55.6%) their shots from long distance in the game.
123 of the 250 total points scored in the game came off 3-point field goals. That is a true representation of where today’s NBA is headed now and in the foreseeable future.
Steph Curry led the 3-point scoring barrage sinking 10-of-20 attempts. The Kings’ Buddy Hield (yes, the guy from Oklahoma who would never be able to hit the 3-pointer in the Association according to scouts) converted 8-of-13 attempts from long range. The big surprise may have been Sacramento’s Justin Jackson who went 5-for-7 from behind the arc.
The fans were in seventh heaven.
The teams played evenly except in one area
The battle in the paint was dramatic on Saturday night. The Warriors scored 40 points down low while the Kings put up 38 points in the paint.
2nd Chance Points – which can determine the outcome of a game – was a dead-even tie. Golden State scored 14 2nd Chance Points and the Kings 14 of their own. GSW grabbed 12 offensive rebounds, while SAC pulled down 14 rebounds on offense.
The “runaway” Kings dominated the fastbreak points category in this game. Sacramento scored 32 points via the fast break while the Warriors recorded only 15 points via the break. There is no doubt that the Kings love to run.
Top Performers
Kings (19-20)
Warriors (26-14)
Coach Joerger’s Postgame Analysis
Coach Dave Joerger felt like his team played one its better games of the season.
Joerger loved Buddy Hield’s play and he explained why
Joerger had some great things to say about Justin Jackson
Up next
The Kings will return to action on Monday night when they will host the Orlando Magic at the Golden 1 Center.
The Warriors will host the New York Knicks on Tuesday night in Oakland.
