— Jacksonville Jaguars have a new head coach; former Tampa Bay OC Liam Coen has left the Bucs to become the new coach in Jacksonville, which means that next season, Tampa Bay will have its fourth offensive coordinator in four seasons.
— Saint Mary’s 71, San Francisco 51
Dons have lost their last 22 visits to Moraga.
Saint Mary’s shot 66% inside arc; they were 1-5 on the arc for the whole game.
Gaels improve to 7-0 in the WCC.
— Maryland 91, Illinois 70
Julian Reese had 27 points, 17 rebounds for the Terps.
Maryland has won four of its last five games.
Illinois lost three of its last four games, after a 12-3 start.
— NC-Wilmington 85, Charleston 83
Seahawks shot 58.1% inside the arc.
UNCW has won five of its last six games.
Both teams are now 5-2 in CAA, a game behind Wm & Mary.
— Samford 73, Chattanooga 69
Mocs led 42-26 with 1:29 left in the first half.
Samford shot 58.3% inside arc, 5-17 on the arc.
Bulldogs are 16-4; they’ve won 12 of their last 14 games.
— Santa Clara 93, Washington State 65
Broncos are 11-2 in their last 13 games, after a 3-5 start.
Santa Clara was +9 in turnovers; they shot 13-32 on the arc.
— Utah Valley 72, Cal Baptist 69
Cal Baptist led 37-25 at halftime.
Dominick Nelson had 17 of his 25 points in second half.
Wolverines have won eight in a row, are 6-0 in the WAC.
— South Dakota State 65, Kansas City 64
Kangaroos led by 8 points late in first half.
Teams combined to shoot 9-40 on the arc.
Oscar Cluff had 23 points, 19 rebounds for the Jackrabbits.
— Famous birthdays, January 24th
Tim Stoddard, 72
Atlee Hammaker, 67
Neil Allen, 67
Matthew Lillard, 55
Ed Helms, 51
Scott Kazmir, 41
Jose Quintana, 36
Whit Merrifield, 36
Naji Marshall, 27
Tristan Wirfs, 26
— 25 Australian players have played for Saint Mary’s in the 24 years Randy Bennett has been the coach of the Gaels.
— Utah Jazz just traded three first round draft picks to Phoenix, but the Jazz still have 11 first round picks in the next seven drafts, two this coming summer and three more in 2027.
— In the last four years, 23 of 30 major league baseball teams have made the playoffs at least once.
— Weird fact that we’ll revisit in March: Last four years, the lower-seeded team has won the championship game in the ACC basketball tournament.
— Spurs 140, Pacers 110
These teams are playing two games in Paris this week.
Spurs shot 18-36 on the arc, only took six foul shots (6-6).
— Atlanta Braves signed OF Jurickson Profar for three years, $42M; He hit 24 homers, had 85 RBI for San Diego LY, with an .839 OPS, much higher than his career OPS (.726)
— SS Tim Anderson signed a minor league deal with the LA Angels; 31-year old Anderson was an All-Star with the White Sox in 2021-22, but hit the skids the last two years, hitting .245/.214.
— P Paul Sewald signed a one-year, $7M deal with the Cleveland Guardians; he has 84 saves in his 8-year career, but is expected to be a set-up guy for closer Emmanuel Clase.