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Ron Patterson Explains Guard's Transfer to IUPUI, Names Other Schools That Were Interested (DO; Klinger)
Ron Patterson’s next college basketball game will be in an Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis uniform. If it’s a home game, it will be in the same city as his son, Ron Patterson Jr., and closer to the rest of his family.
It’s partly why the transfer that Patterson announced on March 19 ended up in Indianapolis, Patterson’s father Marc said.
“Closer to family, having them come to the games, having his son come to the games and see him play,” Marc Patterson said. “Just to have your circle around you while you’re in college.”
A bond with IUPUI’s head coach and fellow Indiana native Jason Gardner, the fact that the school was one of the first to contact him after his transfer and his late high school teammate Steven Jamison committed to IUPUI before dying of cancer also factored in, Marc Patterson said. Patterson can apply for a hardship waiver — on the grounds of needing to be closer to home — to be eligible to play next season, his father said.
Patterson was also recruited for transfer by Kent State, Ball State, Georgia State, Illinois State, Houston and, especially, Eastern Michigan — where former SU assistant coach Rob Murphy is the head coach. Butler also spoke with the former Orange guard, but Marc Patterson said he wasn’t sure how serious those conversations were.
All of those schools were too far from home though, Marc Patterson said, and his son related well to Gardner.
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How the Duke Blue Devils and Wisconsin Badgers Match Up (charlotteobserver.com; Carter)
Duke defeated Wisconsin 80-70 on Dec. 3 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Tyus Jones, in a breakout performance, led Duke with 22 points. Jahlil Okafor battled foul trouble in his duel with Frank Kaminsky. Okafor finished with 13 points and four fouls in 27 minutes. Kaminsky had 17 points. Much has changed since then. Rasheed Sulaimon, who scored 14 of Duke’s 21 bench points that night, is no longer on the team, and Traevon Jackson, who scored a game-high 25 for Wisconsin, is trying to regain his form after breaking his foot.
A closer look at Round 2:
POINT GUARD
Duke’s Tyus Jones vs. Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig
Jones and Koenig came about their starting roles in different ways, but they’ve achieved similar success. Jones started from his first college game. Koenig became a starter after an injury in mid-January to Traevon Jackson.
Jones (11.5 points per game, 5.7 assists per game) has better statistics than Koenig (8.7 ppg, 2.4 apg), but Koenig broke out of his supporting role during the Big Ten tournament, where he scored 18 points and had a career-high nine assists in the championship game victory against Michigan State.
Both players are good outside shooters, and both have the advantage of playing alongside a national player of the year candidate. One of Koenig’s strengths is avoiding turnovers. He’s averaging 0.8 turnovers per game.
Advantage: Duke
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SU Sport Management Clb, Make-A-Wish Sends HS Student to Attend Final Four (DO; Sprout)
In a crowd of 72,000 people, Nick Nortz was in awe at what he called the best thing to ever happen to him.
The 17-year-old high school junior from Dexter, New York couldn’t sit still during the NCAA Final Four games in Indianapolis this past Saturday.
“I was just in awe of the whole atmosphere of the game,” Nortz said. “I just got caught up in the moment and didn’t even realize it.”
Nortz was able to attend the NCAA Tournament Final Four games because of the Syracuse University Sport Management Club and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and will also attend the championship game between Wisconsin and Duke on Monday night.
Nortz was asked to be a representative for the SU Sport Management Club’s auction with Make-A-Wish at the Syracuse versus St. John’s game last December. He and his family were brought down to the court for a photo during halftime when Jim Boeheim and members of the SU Sport Management Club walked out with a huge ticket to the NCAA Final Four.
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NBA Championship 60 Days Ago Today: Pistons Tie Nats 2-2 as Syracuse Struggles on the Road (PS; Kirst)
Friday, at the War Memorial, the Syracuse Crunch will bring together the three surviving members of the Syracuse Nationals, 1955 National Basketball Association champions, in what might be the last reunion of our city's only NBA champion.
In anticipation of that gathering, we've been running excerpts of the original coverage of the championship series between the Nats and the Fort Wayne Pistons, timed to the actual dates of the games. A note of thanks to Johnathan Croyle, our librarian, for helping to pull all this together.
Dolph Schayes of Syracuse (left)
Today: The Nats continue to struggle on the road, as the Pistons roar back to tie the series, 2-2. As you'll note: Nats president Danny Biasone remained upset about a fan who threw a chair toward his team's bench, and some observers in Indiana believed that Fort Wayne, without its usual arena because of a bowling congress, should have played its home games in a high school gym.
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Breanna Stewart Leads UConn to Women's Championship Game Beating Maryland 81-58 (PS; AP)
Breanna Stewart has UConn back in the championship game for the third straight year. Now the Huskies are one victory away from a third straight title.
Stewart scored 25 points and Morgan Tuck added 24 to lead UConn to an 81-58 win over Maryland on Sunday in the Final Four.
UConn will face Notre Dame for the title on Tuesday night in a rematch of last season's championship game.
Stewart added eight rebounds, three assists, four blocks and two steals.
Earlier Sunday, Stewart won the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as national player of the year as chosen by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The Cicero-North Syracuse graduate also recently was named the player of the year by The Associated Press and Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
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Best of Luck at IUPUI Buss!
Ron Patterson Explains Guard's Transfer to IUPUI, Names Other Schools That Were Interested (DO; Klinger)
Ron Patterson’s next college basketball game will be in an Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis uniform. If it’s a home game, it will be in the same city as his son, Ron Patterson Jr., and closer to the rest of his family.
It’s partly why the transfer that Patterson announced on March 19 ended up in Indianapolis, Patterson’s father Marc said.
“Closer to family, having them come to the games, having his son come to the games and see him play,” Marc Patterson said. “Just to have your circle around you while you’re in college.”
A bond with IUPUI’s head coach and fellow Indiana native Jason Gardner, the fact that the school was one of the first to contact him after his transfer and his late high school teammate Steven Jamison committed to IUPUI before dying of cancer also factored in, Marc Patterson said. Patterson can apply for a hardship waiver — on the grounds of needing to be closer to home — to be eligible to play next season, his father said.
Patterson was also recruited for transfer by Kent State, Ball State, Georgia State, Illinois State, Houston and, especially, Eastern Michigan — where former SU assistant coach Rob Murphy is the head coach. Butler also spoke with the former Orange guard, but Marc Patterson said he wasn’t sure how serious those conversations were.
All of those schools were too far from home though, Marc Patterson said, and his son related well to Gardner.
...
Other
How the Duke Blue Devils and Wisconsin Badgers Match Up (charlotteobserver.com; Carter)
Duke defeated Wisconsin 80-70 on Dec. 3 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Tyus Jones, in a breakout performance, led Duke with 22 points. Jahlil Okafor battled foul trouble in his duel with Frank Kaminsky. Okafor finished with 13 points and four fouls in 27 minutes. Kaminsky had 17 points. Much has changed since then. Rasheed Sulaimon, who scored 14 of Duke’s 21 bench points that night, is no longer on the team, and Traevon Jackson, who scored a game-high 25 for Wisconsin, is trying to regain his form after breaking his foot.
A closer look at Round 2:
POINT GUARD
Duke’s Tyus Jones vs. Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig
Jones and Koenig came about their starting roles in different ways, but they’ve achieved similar success. Jones started from his first college game. Koenig became a starter after an injury in mid-January to Traevon Jackson.
Jones (11.5 points per game, 5.7 assists per game) has better statistics than Koenig (8.7 ppg, 2.4 apg), but Koenig broke out of his supporting role during the Big Ten tournament, where he scored 18 points and had a career-high nine assists in the championship game victory against Michigan State.
Both players are good outside shooters, and both have the advantage of playing alongside a national player of the year candidate. One of Koenig’s strengths is avoiding turnovers. He’s averaging 0.8 turnovers per game.
Advantage: Duke
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SU Sport Management Clb, Make-A-Wish Sends HS Student to Attend Final Four (DO; Sprout)
In a crowd of 72,000 people, Nick Nortz was in awe at what he called the best thing to ever happen to him.
The 17-year-old high school junior from Dexter, New York couldn’t sit still during the NCAA Final Four games in Indianapolis this past Saturday.
“I was just in awe of the whole atmosphere of the game,” Nortz said. “I just got caught up in the moment and didn’t even realize it.”
Nortz was able to attend the NCAA Tournament Final Four games because of the Syracuse University Sport Management Club and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and will also attend the championship game between Wisconsin and Duke on Monday night.
Nortz was asked to be a representative for the SU Sport Management Club’s auction with Make-A-Wish at the Syracuse versus St. John’s game last December. He and his family were brought down to the court for a photo during halftime when Jim Boeheim and members of the SU Sport Management Club walked out with a huge ticket to the NCAA Final Four.
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NBA Championship 60 Days Ago Today: Pistons Tie Nats 2-2 as Syracuse Struggles on the Road (PS; Kirst)
Friday, at the War Memorial, the Syracuse Crunch will bring together the three surviving members of the Syracuse Nationals, 1955 National Basketball Association champions, in what might be the last reunion of our city's only NBA champion.
In anticipation of that gathering, we've been running excerpts of the original coverage of the championship series between the Nats and the Fort Wayne Pistons, timed to the actual dates of the games. A note of thanks to Johnathan Croyle, our librarian, for helping to pull all this together.
Dolph Schayes of Syracuse (left)
Today: The Nats continue to struggle on the road, as the Pistons roar back to tie the series, 2-2. As you'll note: Nats president Danny Biasone remained upset about a fan who threw a chair toward his team's bench, and some observers in Indiana believed that Fort Wayne, without its usual arena because of a bowling congress, should have played its home games in a high school gym.
...
Breanna Stewart Leads UConn to Women's Championship Game Beating Maryland 81-58 (PS; AP)
Breanna Stewart has UConn back in the championship game for the third straight year. Now the Huskies are one victory away from a third straight title.
Stewart scored 25 points and Morgan Tuck added 24 to lead UConn to an 81-58 win over Maryland on Sunday in the Final Four.
UConn will face Notre Dame for the title on Tuesday night in a rematch of last season's championship game.
Stewart added eight rebounds, three assists, four blocks and two steals.
Earlier Sunday, Stewart won the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as national player of the year as chosen by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The Cicero-North Syracuse graduate also recently was named the player of the year by The Associated Press and Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
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