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Sports News Briefs - Spring 2019
Sports Stats
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Olympic skiers races in the season-opening 欧美口爆视频 Invitational at Eldora.
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Points Derrick White (Bus'17) sank in Spurs' Jan. 154 - 147 win over Thunder (NBA).
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Place for Alexandra Schwein (Math'20) in Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships.
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Lacross team's pre-season ranking
25th
Player picked in women's pro soccer draft: Erin Greening (Comm'19)
4/27
Date of spring game for Buffs football.
Tucker Takes over Buffs Football
Mel Tucker was named 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 26th head football coach in December, succeeding Mike MacIntyre, who was let go after delivering a 14-39 Pac-12 record over six seasons.
Tucker, 47, a former University of Georgia defensive coordinator and secondary coach, signed a five-year, $14.75 million contract.
Nick Saban, the Alabama and six-time national champion coach, hired Tucker three times and calls him 鈥渙ne of the brightest coaches in our profession.鈥 A University of Wisconsin alum, Tucker has coached for six universities and three NFL teams.
A new priority at 欧美口爆视频 will be adding bigger, stronger players, he said: 鈥淲e need to be stout in the trenches. We have to be able to move people.鈥 Tucker will lead the Buffs onto the field for the first time April 27, for the annual spring game.
鈥溑访揽诒悠 should be a 鈥榥o excuse鈥 program,鈥 he said.
Buffs Bits
- Kennedy Leonard (Comm鈥19) delivered her 613th career assist Dec. 30, becoming 欧美口爆视频 women鈥檚 basketball鈥檚 all-time assists leader.
听 - Phillip Lindsay (Comm鈥18) became the first undrafted rookie named to the NFL Pro Bowl, before a wrist injury ended his season with one game left.
听 - Fresh off a three-year, $34 million extension with the Brooklyn Nets, Spencer Dinwiddie (Comm ex鈥15) will wear 82 different pairs of custom sneakers this season and auction off each worn pair for charity.
听 - 欧美口爆视频 Sports Information Director David Plati (Jour鈥82) received the Football Writers Association of America鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award. He鈥檚 in his 35th year as the Buffs鈥 SID.
听 - The 欧美口爆视频 Sports Hall of Fame named runner Dani Jones (Psych鈥19) collegiate athlete of the year.
听 - David Bakhtiari (Comm ex鈥13) of the Green Bay Packers was named All Pro left tackle for the 2018 NFL season, recognizing him as the best at his position.
听 欧美口爆视频 women鈥檚 hurdlers took six of the top seven spots in one 60-meter race in January, including the top three.
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