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  • Penn State makes 16 3s, rolls past Loyola Maryland 90-65

    Penn State makes 16 3s, rolls past Loyola Maryland 90-65

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    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Camren Wynter scored 18 points and Penn State made 16 3-pointers in a 90-65 victory over Loyola Maryland on Thursday night.

    Myles Dread made four 3s and Wynter three as Penn State shot 16 of 30 from long range. The Nittany Lions hit a program-best 18 3-pointers in their season-opening 93-68 win against Winthrop on Monday night.

    Dread and Kebba Njie scored 12 points apiece for Penn State (2-0). Seth Lundy added 10 points and Jalen Pickett had 11 assists, two shy of his career high.

    Wynter, a grad transfer from Drexel, was 7-of-9 shooting and grabbed four rebounds to reach 500 for his career. He joins Pickett with at least 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists.

    The Nittany Lions opened the second half with a 13-5 surge to stretch their lead to 53-34. Caleb Dorsey and Lundy each scored five points with a 3-pointer during the stretch. The Greyhounds cut the deficit to 16 with about five minutes left, but Njie answered with a dunk on an assist from Pickett, and they didn’t get closer.

    Jaylin Andrews scored 23 points to lead Loyola Maryland (0-2), which has lost five straight in the series.

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  • New C-USA TV deal to shift October games to weeknights

    New C-USA TV deal to shift October games to weeknights

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    DALLAS — Conference USA’s new media rights deal with ESPN and CBS steals a page from the Mid-American Conference’s playbook, with the new-look league agreeing to play midweek games throughout October to try to increase visibility and build its brand.

    “We obviously had an example to look at and ratings from how the MAC has done,” C-USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod told The Associated Press on Thursday. “Really, this is a membership decision. And if they’re not going to buy in and commit to it, then we would not have done it. I can’t give enough credit to the coaches, who understood the importance of exposure.”

    The five-year deal starts next season as Conference USA goes through extensive membership turnover.

    Six current C-USA members are leaving after this season to join the American Athletic Conference. Liberty, Jacksonville State, New Mexico State and Sam Houston State are joining C-USA next year and Kennesaw State is scheduled to join in 2024.

    C-USA will eventually be a 10-school conference, keeping UTEP, Florida International, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky.

    “It’s almost like a brand-new entity,” MacLeod said. “And that did absolutely play into the exposure piece. Plus, sometimes our programs are better than maybe the perception is out there because not enough people are seeing them.”

    Financial terms were not announced.

    The new deal keeps CBS Sports Network as the primary home for C-USA’s top football and men’s basketball games.

    CBS Sports Network will also air the C-USA football championship, the men’s basketball tournament semifinals and championship game, the women’s basketball championship game and conference title games for baseball and softball.

    The new agreement guarantees C-USA football games will be on ESPN cable networks, something the soon-to-be expiring contracts did not. C-USA’s last deal often sent fans scrambling to figure out where to watch their teams — including Facebook streams and the NFL Network.

    “We listened to our fans, quite honestly,” MacLeod said.

    All October conference games will be played midweek. ESPN networks will carry eight of those games a year.

    The MAC began using a midweek-heavy football schedule about 10 years ago and now plays all of its games before Saturday throughout November. MACtion has become a popular brand, though playing Tuesday and Wednesday nights is not always easy for players and coaches and fans who want to attend the games.

    “All of those concerns are legitimate,” MacLeod said. “It’s a little bit of a disruption to campus to have a midweek football game. So it was a lengthy process. But the group was together and ready to go.”

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  • Clark leads No. 8 UCLA to 76-50 victory over Sacramento St

    Clark leads No. 8 UCLA to 76-50 victory over Sacramento St

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    LOS ANGELES — Jaylen Clark turned in an all-around performance for UCLA in its opener, both good and bad.

    Clark scored 17 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had a career-high seven steals in the eighth-ranked Bruins 76-50 victory over Sacramento State. The one area coach Mick Cronin was ready to point out though was Clark’s five turnovers.

    “He’s just got to eliminate the turnovers. There’s no point in stealing it if you’re going to give it right back,” Cronin said. “He’s awesome defensively. He’s got to be an elite defensive player for us to be great.”

    But it also doesn’t hurt when Clark can make all seven of his shots from the floor. The 6-foot-5 junior guard had mainly come off the bench the past two seasons, but has cracked the starting lineup this season due to his defense.

    “I was getting my teammates involved with rebounds and assists to get on the break in the first half,” said Clark, who had 14 points in the second half. “In the second half they were collapsing on my teammates. I felt like I had opportunities to go and score. Like coach said, I have to eliminate the turnovers, but other than that I was pretty happy with how I performed.”

    Jaime Jaquez and Tyger Campbell scored 14 apiece and David Singleton added 13 points for the Bruins, who shot 53.1% from the field (34 of 64).

    Cameron Wilbon and Zach Chappell scored 10 apiece for Sacramento State.

    Jaquez did most of his scoring in the first half with 12 points as the Bruins built a 39-25 lead at halftime.

    Campbell scored seven points as UCLA took control with a 20-0 run midway through the first half.

    The Hornets went on an 8-0 spurt to grab a 16-12 advantage with 9:15 remaining before the Bruins scored 20 straight points over the next six minutes. Seven players had baskets during the run.

    UCLA started 6 of 16 from the field before making 12 of its next 16 shots to end the first half.

    “They made us play, which is what we need. They made us compete, make adjustments and work to get away from them which is what you want from a game like this,” Cronin said.

    Sacramento State shot 34.5% from the field, going 19 of 55, and committed 21 turnovers. The one positive was that the Hornets did outrebound the Bruins 37-33.

    “We’ve got some guys that can shoot, but with the first road game against a Top 10 opponent, that pressure is hard to produce in practice,” Sacramento State coach David Patrick said.

    THE TAKEAWAY

    Sacramento State: The Hornets were 2 of 18 on 3s and missed 13 straight during one stretch.

    UCLA: It ended up being a fun night for the Jaquez family. Jaime’s younger sister, Gabriela, had 10 points and six rebounds as the Bruins women’s team opened with a victory over Cal Poly. Gabriela Jaquez is part of the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class.

    DEBUT DELAYED

    UCLA freshman Adem Bona did not play in order to serve a one-game penalty from the NCAA related to an amateurism issue. The center is expected to play in UCLA’s next game.

    UP NEXT

    Sacramento State: Plays at UC San Diego on Saturday.

    UCLA: Will host Long Beach State on Friday.

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  • No. 9 Creighton overcomes cold shooting, beats St. Thomas

    No. 9 Creighton overcomes cold shooting, beats St. Thomas

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    OMAHA, Neb. — As St. Thomas threatened to pull the biggest upset of college basketball’s opening day, Creighton’s Baylor Scheierman didn’t sweat it.

    “There was never any panic,” Scheierman said. “I don’t ever really panic on the floor. I’m pretty calm.”

    Anxiety surely was building Monday night among the 17,098 fans at CHI Health Center before Scheierman made back-to-back 3-pointers midway through the second half to give No. 9 Creighton the lead for good in a 72-60 victory.

    St. Thomas, a Summit League member beginning its second season in Division I, started three holdovers from its Division III era and gave the Bluejays all they could handle.

    “Coming into it, we got nothing to lose,” Tommies guard Riley Miller said. “We should get killed here on the road against a top team in the country, especially being our second year in Division I. So we said let’s give them all we have, and if it works out, it works out.”

    The Tommies’ defensive plan was to pack the inside where Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner patrols and take their chances with the Bluejays shooting 3s.

    It worked. The Bluejays were just 8 for 34 from distance.

    “When you’ve got a 7-foot-1 guy down there, you’ve got to muck up the paint, so we were willing to live with some late-contested 3s,” Miller said.

    Brooks Allen hit consecutive 3s to put the Tommies up 57-56 with 10 minutes left.

    Creighton finally took control at that point, with Scheierman’s back-to-back 3s and dunks by Kalkbrenner and Arthur Kaluma starting a 14-0 run. Meanwhile, the Tommies got mired in a seven-minute scoring drought.

    “There’s going to be a time where we’re playing a team somewhere in Big East play or later in this nonconference where we’re not making shots, and you have to figure out a way to win,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott said. “I hope we’ll be able to look back on tonight.”

    Creighton led by 15 points 10 minutes into the game, but the Bluejays missed five straight 3s and 13 of their next 17 shots overall, and that allowed the Tommies to pull within 37-35.

    Ryan Nembhard’s 3 with one second left sent the Bluejays to the locker room with a 40-35 lead, but the Tommies tied it in the first two minutes of the second half and McDermott was forced to leave some of his starters in until the end.

    “Obviously, it’s tough losing,” Miller said. “I think coming in here against a top team in the country, in this atmosphere with a lot of young guys, we showed we can play with anyone in the country. Even though it stinks that we lost, and we thought we had a chance to win, it was a success.”

    BIG PICTURE

    St. Thomas: The Tommies represented themselves well in what should be, by far, their toughest nonconference game. The showing against a top-10 team on the road could foretell a better season than expected for the team picked eighth in the 10-team Summit League.

    Creighton: Expectations are extremely high for one of the most talent-rich teams in the country, and now McDermott has to figure out his combinations. They were able to get away with poor shooting against St. Thomas. That won’t work against most opponents they face.

    STAT PACK

    Arthur Kaluma scored 17 points, Trey Alexander had 12 and Scheierman added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Bluejays. … Andrew Rohde had 15 points, Allen 14 and Miller 13 for the Tommies. … Alexander had three of Creighton’s six blocked shots. … Creighton won its 25th opener in 26 years.

    UP NEXT

    St. Thomas plays back-to-back home games, against Chicago State on Friday and St. Francis Brooklyn on Sunday.

    Creighton plays the second of four straight home games against North Dakota on Thursday.

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  • No. 20 Oregon women open with 100-57 win over Northwestern

    No. 20 Oregon women open with 100-57 win over Northwestern

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    EUGENE, Ore. — Freshman Grace VanSlooten scored 20 points and No. 20 Oregon downed Northwestern 100-57 to start the season on Monday.

    It was Oregon’s 10th straight season-opening win, and ninth straight under coach Kelly Graves.

    Jennah Isai added 17 for the Ducks, who went 20-12 overall last season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament but lost in the first round to Belmont. Te-Hina PaoPao finished with 15 points and six rebounds.

    Caileigh Walsh had 15 points and six rebounds for Northwestern, which went 17-12 last season.

    VanSlooten had 12 points to lead Oregon to a 50-27 lead at the break.

    The teams split their previous two meetings. They were supposed to meet last December in Evanston but the game was cancelled because of positive COVID-19 tests.

    The Ducks were hit in the preseason by the loss of 6-foot-7 center Sedona Prince, who tore an elbow ligament that required surgery. As a result, Prince decided to forgo her final year of eligibility and pursue a professional career.

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  • Mordecai’s 9 passing TDs send SMU past Houston 77-63

    Mordecai’s 9 passing TDs send SMU past Houston 77-63

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    DALLAS — Tanner Mordecai set school and American Athletic Conference records with nine touchdown passes — an NCAA-record tying seven coming in the first half — and SMU’s offense exploded for a 77-63 win over Houston on Saturday.

    As a point of reference, Houston’s men’s basketball team beat SMU’s 75-61 on Feb. 27.

    On the gridiron, their combined 140 points set the NCAA single-game scoring record for two teams in regulation. The previous record of 137 points was set when Pitt beat Syracuse 76-61 on November 26, 2016.

    SMU reached school records with 77 points in a game (which tied the AAC record), 11-total touchdowns, nine passing scored and 433 total yards in the first half.

    The Mustangs (5-4, 3-2 American Athletic Conference) scored touchdowns on their first nine drives of the game and didn’t punt until their 10th drive with 5:30 left before the end of the third quarter. Mordecai also had a 2-yard touchdown run with 8:43 before halftime for a 35-21 lead and his 10 total TDs set new single-game program and conference records.

    The Mustangs needed to keep their foot on the pedal because Houston quarterback Clayton Tune did his best to keep the Cougars (5-4, 3-2) in it, throwing for seven touchdowns and running for another.

    Tune joined David Klingler, Jimmy Klinger and Andre Ware in Houston’s seven-touchdowns-thrown-in-game club. David Klingler reached the mark on three occasions in the 1990 season and holds the all-time school record of 11 also in 1990.

    Tune missed touchdown number eight when he threw an interception in the end zone down 77-63 with 1:43 left. SMU secured three picks on Tune.

    Tyler Lavine’s 15-yard touchdown run with with 5:13 left made it 77-56 and he rushed for a career-high 146 yards.

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  • Boston, Clark headline AP women’s hoops All-America team

    Boston, Clark headline AP women’s hoops All-America team

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    Aliyah Boston of South Carolina and Caitlin Clark of Iowa were unanimous picks for The Associated Press preseason women’s basketball All-America team released Tuesday.

    Boston led South Carolina to its second national championship and swept nearly ever major award last season. Expectations are high once again for the top-ranked Gamecocks and Boston, who was on all 30 ballots from the national media panel that selects the AP Top 25 each week.

    “I don’t think all the awards define who she is but also puts her in a position of she’s in a more relaxed mode because she accomplished those things. She’s still in a place of hunger,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. “She still wants to be the best. When you’ve proven that at such an early stage of your career, you want more and more. She’s entered a phase of wanting more yet is confident in who she is, since she was able to accomplish it.”

    Seniors Haley Jones of Stanford, Ashley Joens of Iowa State and Elizabeth Kitley of Virginia Tech were also selected for the team as was sophomore Aneesah Morrow of DePaul.

    Boston, who averaged 16.8 points and 12.4 rebounds, and Clark were both on the preseason team last year. Clark followed up a fantastic first season with an even better one as a sophomore, averaging 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Hawkeyes, who are ranked fourth in the preseason poll for their best mark since 1994.

    “She worked on a little bit more emotional control in her leadership. I think that’s really important,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. “You want those officials to be your best friends let’s treat them like that.”

    Bluder also said Clark has added some post moves to her game: “That may sound silly with Monika (Czinano) on the block. She’s almost 5-foot-10 and no reason she can’t post up. She’s looking for that a lot more.”

    Joens opted to stay at Iowa State for another year, passing up a chance to enter the WNBA draft. She averaged 20.3 points and 9.5 rebounds last season and is the first preseason All-American in school history.

    “This is a great honor for Ashley and the entire Iowa State program,” coach Bill Fennelly said. “To be recognized with such a great group of players is an outstanding accomplishment. I know she will continue to work hard to play at an All-American level this season.”

    Jones helped Stanford go 32-4 before falling to UConn in the Final Four. She averaged 13.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists for the Cardinal. Last season, coach Tara VanDerveer called her star the “Magic Johnson of women’s basketball.”

    Kitley had a stellar year, averaging 18.1 points and 9.8 rebounds for the Hokies. Her return is a big reason why the team is ranked No. 13 in the preseason, its best mark since the final poll of 1999 when the school was also 13th.

    She is the first player from the school to be honored as a preseason All-American.

    “She’s the hardest working kid I’ve been around,” Virginia Tech coach Kenny Brooks said. ‘If she doesn’t do something, she has FOMO (fear of missing out). She’s added so much to her game to make us the best we can be. My responsibility is to prepare her for the next level.”

    Morrow had an incredible first season, averaging 21.9 points and 13.5 rebounds for the Blue Demons. She is the first DePaul player to earn preseason honors since Latasha Byears did it in 1995.

    “She earns it through her daily work ethic and competitiveness,” DePaul coach Doug Bruno said of Morrow.

    All six players were honored last spring on the AP All-America teams. Boston, Clark and Jones were on the first team while Joens and Morrow were on the second. Kitley made the third team.

    The AP started choosing a preseason All-America team before the 1994-95 season.

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    The Associated Press’ 2022-23 preseason All-America women’s basketball team, with school, height, year and votes from a 30-member national media panel (key 2021-22 statistics in parentheses):

    Aliyah Boston, South Carolina, 6-5, senior, 30 of 30 votes (16.8 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 2.4 bpg.)

    Caitlin Clark, Iowa, 6-0, junior, 30 of 30 votes (27.0 ppg, 8.0 apg, 8.0 rpg)

    Haley Jones, Stanford, 6-1, senior 28 of 30 votes (13.2 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 3.7 apg)

    Ashley Joens, Iowa State, 6-1, senior, 24 of 30 votes (20.3 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 2.0 apg)

    Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech, 6-6, senior, 9 of 30 votes (18.1 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.4 bpg)

    Aneesah Morrow, DePaul, 6-1, sophomore, 9 of 30 votes (21.9 ppg, 13.5 rpg, 3.0 spg)

    Others receiving votes: Cameron Brink, Stanford; Rori Harmon, Texas; Hailey Van Lith, Louisville; Olivia Miles, Notre Dame; Angel Reese, LSU; Maddy Siegrist, Villanova; Azzi Fudd, UConn; Jade Loville, Arizona State; Jordan Horston, Tennessee; Deja Kelly, North Carolina; Tamari Key, Tennessee.

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  • Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSL

    Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSL

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    NEW YORK (AP) — Alexis Ohanian called out the need for a safe work environment in the National Women’s Soccer League while receiving the Champions for Equality Award at the annual Salute to Women in Sports event on Wednesday night.

    The former executive chairman of Reddit is a founding investor of the newest women’s professional soccer team, Angel City FC in Los Angeles. He was accompanied by his wife Serena Williams and daughter Olympia.

    “As a club owner, as a husband and as a father, I have been disgusted by what’s been brought to light as part of this ongoing investigation,” he said. “I’m hopeful it will lead to necessary reform.”

    He praised the players in the NWSL who are demanding accountability and changes after last week’s report from an independent investigation highlighted systemic sexual misconduct and emotional abuse. The investigation detailed administrative reporting failures in the sport, impacting several teams, coaches and executives in the league.

    “It’s to their strength, their bravery and their courage that we’re going to get a better NWSL,” Ohanian said to cheers at the Women’s Sports Foundation’s event in Manhattan.

    Five of the 10 head coaches in the NWSL either were fired or stepped down last season amid allegations of misconduct. Two owners have recently stepped away from their teams.

    Ohanian said he watched the U.S. women win the 2019 World Cup and mused about how Olympia might someday play in a World Cup: “Serena said, without missing a beat, ‘Not until they pay her what she’s worth.’”

    Ohanian is part of the majority-female Angel City FC ownership group that includes Williams, Natalie Portman, Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach, Julie Foudy, America Ferrera, Uzo Aduba, Candace Parker and Billie Jean King, among others.

    Foudy, a two-time U.S. World Cup champion, said rigorous guidelines are needed to combat sexual misconduct and it would “absolutely” help to have more female owners and female coaches in the NWSL.

    “The change of mindset in Angel City and that ownership group … is remarkable to see,” she said. “You don’t have to spend so much time expending energy about why you should support these women. They get it. The Angel City refrain I always get is: ’What’s possible?’”

    Olympic gold medalists Sunisa Lee in gymnastics and Maggie Steffens in water polo were also honored as Sportswomen of the Year at the awards dinner, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of Title IX.

    South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley received the Billie Jean King Leadership Award. Staley not only led the U.S. women’s basketball team to the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics but also guided South Carolina to its second NCAA title in five years in April. Staley is the first Black coach to win two NCAA Division I basketball championships.

    Bobsledder Elena Meyers Taylor, the most decorated Black athlete at the winter Olympics with five medals, was given the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award. She accepted the award with her young son, Nico, at her side. Meyers Taylor won her most recent medal despite having COVID-19 at the Beijing Olympics.

    “I’m inspired by this remarkable group of honorees, who are breaking records, eliminating barriers and blazing a path for a brighter future in and out of sports for girls and women,” said King, who in 1974 created the Women’s Sports Foundation, which provides community sports programs and training grants.

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  • Two College Freshmen Launch March Madness Mock-Up Charity Website Designated to Raise Money for Front-Liners

    Two College Freshmen Launch March Madness Mock-Up Charity Website Designated to Raise Money for Front-Liners

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    Bracket of Hope is a charity website founded by two college freshmen designated to fight COVID-19, targeting college basketball fans. Fans can donate on behalf of their favorite team on a mock-up bracket, where the team that raises more money moves to the next round of the tournament.

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    ​Two college freshmen from the George Washington University have launched a platform where college basketball fans can donate on behalf of their team to the front-liners fighting COVID-19. The website is called “Bracket of Hope”, where in the light of the NCAA tournament’s cancellation this year, fans can instead go and donate on behalf of their team on a mock-up bracket, and the team that raises more money moves to the next round. In each match-up, 20% of the money raised by the winner of the round will go back to the school’s scholarship fund, and 10% of the money raised by the team that fell short will also go to their scholarship fund. The rest of the money will go to each respective team’s COVID-19 related charity of choice. The way teams are seeded is predominantly based on how they performed this year, with the exception of a few lower seeds consisting of teams with huge fan-bases but have not met the tournament’s required credentials. 

    Farid Adibi, a co-founder of Bracket of Hope, talks about the purpose behind the project: “In light of the pandemic, we wanted to unite this nation in a fun way all the while fighting COVID-19. We figured that March Madness has always brought people of different walks of life together, and people still want to show their school spirit even though the tournament was canceled. We hope that fans donate money on behalf of their team and show their true colors even in the darkest of situations.”

    Despite limited resources, these two freshmen still managed to bring up the website in a short amount of time in order to receive donations as soon as possible. They are excited about this project and can’t wait for the website to take off.

    For more information, please visit: bracketofhope.com

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  • College of DuPage Becomes First NJCAA Program to Adopt PlaySight’s Smart Sports AI Technology

    College of DuPage Becomes First NJCAA Program to Adopt PlaySight’s Smart Sports AI Technology

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    GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS, May 20, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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    ​​​​​​​Today, the College of DuPage and PlaySight are excited to announce a new technology partnership – PlaySight’s SmartCourt sports AI technology will be coming to the Chaparrals coaches and student-athletes. The Chaparrals will have access to live streaming and automated production technology, as well as video and performance analysis tools. PlaySight officially partnered with the NJCAA in November of last year, and College of DuPage is the first member-school to adopt the technology for its athletic department.

    Top athletes and teams across the sporting world have been training and playing with PlaySight for several years now, including the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons, several leading NCAA basketball programs, including the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest University, and over 70 other NCAA programs across tennis and other varsity sports. PlaySight also works with leading high schools, prep schools and academies throughout the country and around the world.

    PlaySight was the first company to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software for sports that has enabled a pro-level platform to be brought to all levels of athletics. PlaySight makes courts, gyms, fields and rinks ‘Smart’ by installing its software and connected camera technology. Once set up, SmartCourts provide several benefits to athletes, coaches, teams and fans, from automated HD broadcast live streaming and advanced coaching tools to instant replay video, VAR, and a content platform to store, manage and share video quickly and seamlessly.

    Greg McVey, the director of Athletics and Recreational Programs at College of DuPage expects PlaySight to help his program engage with both its student-athletes and community in new ways. “Technology allows athletic departments to reach out in new and creative ways all of the time.  By partnering with PlaySight and its Smart technology and becoming its first community college client, this will enhance College of DuPage and its student-athletes and programs in ways that we haven’t achieved before. We’re excited about delivering our message to our athletes and community with this new platform.”

    “As a company, we are focused on bringing technology to all teams and levels, and that is why we were so excited last year to officially partner with the NJCAA,” said PlaySight Director Erik Gormley. “DuPage has established itself as a sports technology leader within the community college level and we’re excited to see the impact that our Smart platform will have on the school, alumni, community, coaches and athletes. We’re leveling the playing field with our affordable platform and our goal is to give every team the same experience with our video technology.”

    Both PlaySight and the NJCAA expect DuPage to be the first of many community colleges to add this technology heading into next season. “It is exciting to see the innovative technology from PlaySight starting to grow with our member colleges,” said Brian Luckett, Chief External Affairs and Development Officer of the NJCAA. “​The autonomous video production and SmartCourt technology has a significant impact for NJCAA programs when they are expected to do more with less. This technology helps to do just that.”

    Source: PlaySight

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