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The Daily Stump 4/5/24
USC Hires the Muscle Man, Seton Hall Takes Home the NIT, Maxey Breaths Life into Sixers, and Cole Palmer is a DUDE!
Stomping Ground Sports
April 04, 2024
Happy Friday! The next couple of days we’ve got the last few days of college basketball of the season! How quickly it comes and goes! Probably one of the more exciting Final Fours in both tournaments in the last couple of years!
LETS. GET. INTO. IT.
THE DAILY STUMPED🔮
ON THIS DAY 🗓️
A year ago today, the UConn Huskies defeated the San Diego State Aztecs to win their fifth National Championship in school history, 76-59.
Adama Sanogo was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, while Dan Hurley won his first national title. The Huskies are once again in the Final Four this year, and look to become the first team to repeat as national champions since Florida did it in 2006-2007.
STORY OF THE DAY✍️
Western Conference Update 🍿
Yesterday we talked about the East and how there’s only a few teams that are likely to do some damage in the postseason. Today let’s take a look at the battlefield that is the West.
From the Timberwolves at 1 to the Suns at 6, it’s not an overstatement to say any of those 6 teams can make the NBA Finals (Timbs, Nugs, Thunder, Clippers, Mavs, Suns). All 6 teams have an All-NBA caliber player and with how these teams have been looking recently, anybody could win on any given night.
If the playoffs started today, we’d have another installment of Mavs vs Clippers, we’d have KD return to OKC, And the Nuggets and Timberwolves get two strong teams out of the play-in.
The Pelicans and Zion have been looking strong as of late, and have the potential to come out of the play-in and cause some problems for whoever they match up with.
The playoffs on the East will be something to keep an eye on, the West however is going to be must watch TV every single night! Could the Nuggets repeat? Yes. Could the ‘superteams’ that are the Clippers or Suns make it? Yes. Could a young upstart high seed like the Timberwolves or Thunder get there? Yes. We’ve got a lot of different things that could happen. Are the Lakers going to be a problem for any team they match up with? Absolutely.
Anything could happen, we’re in for an exciting postseason.
Oh, one more thing. The hottest team in the NBA right now with the longest win streak in the league…The Golden State Warriors. Get your popcorn ready and poppin, because it’s almost time!
🎙️SONG OF THE DAY
Newest release from Hozier, one of those songs you listen to once and you’re not QUITE sold on it yet. Then, all of a sudden, you find yourself singing it and humming the tune to yourself all day long. In case you were wondering, that was us all yesterday.
WHAT’D YOU MISS⁉️📰
🏈 Eagles and LT Jordan Mailata agree to 3-year, $66 million contract extension
🏀 USC agrees to hire former Arkansas Head Coach Eric Musselman to lead their basketball program
🏀 LSU star Hailey Van Lith enters the transfer portal
🏀 Knicks to finish 2024 without Julius Randle, he will have season-ending shoulder injury
⚾️ Athletics agree to play their home games in Sacramento from 2025-2027 while their new stadium in being built in Las Vegas
The stadium holds just over 10k and is home to the Giants Triple-A affiliate, so maybe the A’s will get 50% capacity
⛳️ Akshay Bhatia (USA) leads after a bogey-free round one at the Valero Texas Open
STUMP SEVEN 7️⃣
JUICE ALERT!!🚨 If you like JUICE too this is the right section for you! Here are 7 moments from yesterday in the world of sports you might’ve missed!
