Jennie Baranczyk didn’t have to look far to see a familiar face.
Driving up to Lloyd Noble Center with her family on Tuesday for her introductory press conference, there it was: new men s basketball coach
Porter Moser.
“My kids said, ‘Oh look, there you are mom and why is the Loyola coach on the building?’ ” Baranczyk said. “And so we had to say, ‘Hey, we re actually here together.’ And they were like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is so cool.’ ”
Jennie Baranczyk and Porter Moser
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Baranczyk and Moser both come to Oklahoma from the Missouri Valley Conference, where Baranczyk turned Drake into a mini-dynasty and Moser built Loyola Chicago into a March darling.
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Quimari Peterson, boys basketball player of the year
West Side senior Quimari Peterson dribbles along the gym s signature cougar paw prints that follow the basketball sidelines. Peterson was chosen as The Times of Northwest Indiana s 2021 Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
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Stanford tops Arizona 54-53 to win women s NCAA Tournament
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Stanford guard Lexie Hull (12) grabs a rebound over Arizona guard Aari McDonald (2) during the second half of the championship game in the women s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) â Stanford topped Arizona 54-53 to win the women s NCAA Tournament, giving coach Tara VanDerveer her first title since 1992.
Haley Jones scored 17 points and Stanford beat Arizona, giving the Cardinal their first national championship in 29 years.
It wasnât a masterpiece by any stretch with both teams struggling to score and missing easy layups and shots, but Stanford did just enough to pull off the win surviving a miss by Aari McDonald that bounced off the rim at the buzzer.