Blake Munroe

One in three high-profile athletes receive abusive messages from individuals with a "betting interest," and more than 540 men's and women's college basketball players received similar abuse, including death threats, during championship tournaments in March, the NCAA said in a release on Friday. The NCAA looked at athletes participating in sports that attract the most betting interest -- football and basketball, among others -- and found that online abuse is widespread. Signify, an artificial intelligence company and NCAA partner, covered 1,000 Division I men's and women's college basketball players, 64 teams, more than 200 coaches and 120 NCAA game officials during March Madness. The analysis, which is part of an NCAA initiative aimed at combating online abuse and harassment, found 4,000 posts or comments that were confirmed to be abusive or threatening during March Madness. The NCAA said the data showed women's basketball players received approximately three times more overall threats than men's players and that 15-25% of abuse directed at players, coaches and officials who are involved in the most popular college sports was related to betting. More here: https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/40166862/ncaa-1-3-star-athletes-receive-abuse-threats-bettors

Haha. Well, I do… I just only sleep about 5-6 hours a night usually. Unfortunately from my oldest son working out early mornings, I’ve been “trained” to wake up around 4:45-5 since last fall. Now school is out, he doesn’t lift until 9 AM and is sound asleep, but here we are…

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Some offensive numbers (team wise) for Texas as of today and where they rank in the NCAA amongst D1 schools. BA: .290 (93) OBP: .378 (174) SLG PCT: .533 (22) 122 doubles (155) 106 home runs (12)

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Also think it’s BS that Oklahoma State gets number 2 by default because they played 2 less games and have one less loss, even though they have one less win. Oklahoma State: 19-9 Texas 20-10 And now they get a first round bye.

Ugliest bracket I’ve ever seen. Link to bracket: https://s3.amazonaws.com/big12sports.com/documents/2024/5/18/BSB_4x5.pdf

Yeah I thought that was an interesting note (probably the most interesting) from that interview.

THEY. DID. IT. AGAIN!!!!!!!!

Thank you. Hadn’t had a chance to post about it yet, so appreciate it!

Paul Skenes is the first player in AL/NL history to toss 6 IP with 10+ Ks and ZERO HITS within his first two career starts. Dude is must see TV. I’ve watched more Pirates games this season (2) than I have in the last ten years. All because of Skenes.

Texas shortstop Jalin Flores has been named a Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist. He is the lone Longhorn to make the list. This season the sophomore standout has hit .347, including a walk-off RBI double last night to give the Horns the win against Kansas. DALLAS (NCBWA) – The Dick Howser Trophy Committee, in conjunction with the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, has denoted the list of semifinalists for the 2024 Dick Howser Trophy presented by The Game Headwear. The prestigious award in college baseball is given to the top player based on two rounds of national voting by NCBWA members. This year’s 68 candidates come from 18 different conferences and 48 different schools. The Southeastern Conferences leads with 16 semifinalists with the Atlantic Coast having 13, Conference USA with six, Pac-12 with five, Big 12 and West Coast Conference with four apiece, Big West, Conference USA, Southern and Sun Belt with three, the American Athletic, Western Athletic and Ohio Valley with two and the Atlantic-10, CAA, Southland and SWAC with one. Full list and story here: https://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2024/05/16/ncbwa-names-semifinalists-for-2024-dick-howser-trophy-presented-by-the-game-headwear

Regarding why you won't see this game on PC: https://www.extrapointsmb.com/p/heres-one-reason-may-not-see-college-sports-video-games-released-pc

To my knowledge, they haven't been given a new assignment yet. Which sucks. I'll try to get an update on this, however.

Scheffler is still the betting favorite for today, fyi.