Intro Favorite pitcher hype song (for John McMillon): Big Bad John, Jimmy Dean; not the greatest ending for ole Big Bad John, but cool nonetheless Jimmy Dean from Plainview “Best known for 1961 hit “Big Bad John”, his 1961 recitation song about a heroic miner. The song went on to become #1 on Billboard pop chart; sold over a million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Track peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Chart. Song won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording” Basketball Chris Clarke transfer from Va Tech; 6’6 215lbs; rated #8 grad transfer for 2019 #62 recruit coming out of high school, lower than only Jahmius Ramsey and Khavon Moore 2017-2018 stats: 8.2 ppg, 6.3 rebounds, 98 assists, 31 steals Sat out 2018-2019 season, dismissed from Va Tech after misdemeanor drug charge (roommate also charged with misdemeanor drug possession charge, but not suspended) Career stats: 54% FG, 42.4% 3FG (low volume shooter, 14/33 in 2017-2018), 66.6% FT (draws a lot of contact, shot 94 FTs in 2017-2018, would have been 3rd highest on this year’s Tech team); 1.93 TO/g (Culver had 2.7/g this year, Mooney had 2.5), 2.6 assists/gm; 6.5 rebounds/gm (Culver led Tech with 6.4) Called a “junkyard dog defender” by Rob Dauster of NBC Sports; was Va Tech’s best defender Averaged giving up 98.7 points per 100 possessions; all of Tech’s starters averaged better, closest Tech starter would have been Moretti at 93.8 Tyreek Smith committed; 6’8 205lbs; Trinity Christian (Cedar Hill, TX) 4*, rated between 101st and 153rd overall in 2019 class Played on same high school AAU team as 5* target RJ Hampton Interior slasher, dunker, lane defender; not much of a jump shooter Still have one scholarship available for 2019-2020 (Khalid Thomas decommitted) Only 3 contributors from 2018-2019 season returning: Davide Moretti, Kyler Edwards, & Deshawn Corprew (5 total counting Kevin McCullar & Andre Savrasov) Guards: Moretti; Edwards, McCullar, Jahmius Ramsey, Clarence Nadolny Forwards Corprew, Savrasov, Terrance Shannon, TJ Holyfield, Chris Clarke, Tyreek Smith Center Russel Tchewa Football Anything? Wells was at all 3 baseball games (headsetless); man among the people, incognito; he talked to me for 2 seconds about me keeping score and said “old school. I like it”. So now, I’ve arrived. Baseball Season Awards Josh Jung, Co-Big 12 Player of the Year (49 GP, .333/.597/.471 (OPS 1.068), 186 ABs, 49 Rs, 62 hits (20 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR), 49 RBI Shared with Baylor INF Davis Wendzel (40 GP, .385/.647/.500 (OPS 1.147), 159 ABs, 39 Rs, 60 hits (17 2B, 8 HR), 39 RBI For comparison, Cam Warren; 51 GP, .354/.667/.448 (OPS 1.115) 189 ABs, 51 Rs, 67 hits (16 2B, 2 3Bs, 13 HRs) 65 RBI https://kkam.com/why-does-the-big-12-love-co-award-winners-so-much/   G avg OB% slg% AB R H 2B 3b HR RBI BB SO Wendzel 40 .385 .500 .647 156 36 60 17 0 8 39 27 32 Warren 51 .354 .448 .667 189 51 67 16 2 13 65 31 21 Jung 49 .333 .471 .597 186 49 62 20 1 9 49 46 34   All Big 12 First Team: Jung, Warren, Gabe Holt, Caleb Killian, Taylor Floyd All Big 12 Second Team: Brian Klein, Dylan Neuse, Clayton Beeter Honorable Mention: Braxton Fulford, Dane Haveman, John McMillon All Freshman Team: Beeter, Micah Dallas, Cole Stillwell Came into the weekend .5 game back from Baylor Thursday, L 1-3 in 14 Friday, W 7-2 Saturday, W 8-4 Conference champions again! Third time in 4 years, unshared this season National Seed/Super Regional Host discussion h/t KP Dinger Derby Texas Tech unshared conference champions of #2 RPI conference Texas Tech, RPI #9, SoS #12, NonCon RPI #16, NonCon SoS #17 Louisville, RPI #7, SoS #27, NonCon RPI #21, NonCon SoS #119 Arkansas, RPI #6, SoS #11, NonCon RPI #43, NonCon SoS #158 Big 12 Tournament schedule Your pod includes 1 seed Tech, 4 seed WVU, 5 seed Kansas, 8 seed Kansas State (other pod is 2 seed Baylor, 3 seed Okla St, 6 seed TCU, 7 seed Oklahoma; will only face a team from this pod in championship game) Double Elimination format Will face KSU first (Wed 1230), likely Griffin Hassall on the mound (4.25 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 2-3 on the year on 13 appearances, 35K:24BB (1.45 K:BB ratio) Pitched vs Tech 3/30, L for Hassall, 6 IP, 4H, 3R (1ER), 2BB, 2K Likely to face WVU in second round (Thursday, 4p); or Kansas is they upset; WVU #2 pitcher is Jackson Wolf (4.75 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 2-4 on the year with 14 appearances, 46K:26BB (1.77 K:BB ratio) Pitched vs Tech 4/13, W for Wolf, 4.1 IP, 8H, 3R (3ER), 1BB, 3K   Questions   Going Yard   What we learned See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.