Weekend winners (non Scottie version)
The OKC Thunder and the NBA. Led by former Hamilton Heights superduperstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who almost assuredly will finish top three in the MVP voting, the Thunder became the youngest No. 1 seed in NBA playoff history. The grind that is the NBA regular season is finally over and the play-in rounds of the postseason start Tuesday. SGA averaged better than 30 points per this season on a staggering 53.3 FG%.
The WNBA. Caitlin Clark enters the league tonight when the Indiana Fever will almost certainly take her No. 1 overall, but the influx of talent joining Clark has a very 1984 NBA draft when Olajuwan went 1, MJ went 3, Barkley went 4, Alvin Roberston went 7 and John Stockton went 16.
Boban Marjanovic. The wonderfully charismatic Rockets center missed two free throws on purpose so all the fans at the Clippers game would get a free Chick-fil-A sandwich. Good on you, Boban.
UT baseball. The Diamond Vols continued to swing hot bats and swept LSU over the weekend in a meeting of the SEC powers. UT is a staggering 30-6 this season. Here’s more from Paschall.