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Coach Hopkins has finally made the move to replace Cameron Dollar as an assistant coach by naming Wyking Jones to the same position this morning.
Hopkins Adds Wyking Jones to Coaching Staff
Jones was seen most recently as the head coach of the Cal Golden Bears where he was promoted from within after Cuonzo Martin left to take the Missouri job. That tenure went about as poorly as possible at Cal. Jones finished 16-47 (5-31) during those 2 years and was promptly let go to make way for Mark Fox. Prior to that Jones had served as an assistant coach at New Mexico, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Louisville, and of course Cal.
Saturday, April 10 | 7 p.m. PT | Witter Rugby Field | Berkeley Calif.
Aztec Storylines
• The Aztecs play at Cal Saturday at 7 p.m. This is the second straight Saturday where SDSU has played in the Bay Area.
• SDSU fell to No. 6 Stanford 3-1 last weekend, just their second time losing by more than one goal.
• The Aztecs fell to California 3-2 in their first meeting March 13 despite SDSU outshooting the Golden Bears 13-8. Cal s game-winning goal came in the 81st minute, nine minutes after SDSU was issued a red card forcing them to play a man down for the final 17 minutes.
• After going 0-4-1 in their first pass through the Pac-12, SDSU is 1-1-1 in their three rematches thus far.
Big 10 XC champ Bethany Hasz is crushing it this year during Covid-19
By David Monti, @d9monti
(18-Feb) With quiet determination and classic Midwestern grit, Bethany Hasz of the University of Minnesota has methodically climbed through the ranks of distance runners in the NCAA’s Big Ten Conference to reach its top echelon this year. The 23 year-old from Alexandria, Minn., who on January 30, won the individual Big Ten cross country title, is one of only six NCAA women to break nine minutes for 3000m this indoor season, and one of just ten to break 16 minutes for 5000m. Now preparing for her conference indoor championships at the end of February, she is undefeated in four winter race appearances, three on the indoor oval and one on the turf. Hasz, whose twin sister Megan also competes for Minnesota, isn’t getting ahead of herself.
UW (3-11, 2-7 P12) vs. WSU (9-7, 2-7 P12)
Washington and Washington State face off in the first meeting of the Boeing Apple Cup series this week as the Cougars come to Seattle on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Networks with Elise Woodward and Eldridge Recasner on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KJR 950AM to hear Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the official Husky Radio Broadcast. Coach Hopkins is 4-2 against the Cougars since taking over the Huskies and three of the six games have been decided by five points or less.
BOULDER All the long hours in the gym and in the film room over a long, long offseason appear to be paying dividends for Colorado Buffaloes senior McKinley Wright IV.
After five games, Wright s numbers are pointing to career bests in virtually every critical category for a point guard: points, shooting percentage, assists and turnovers.
Wright focused on those areas after exploring his NBA Draft potential. The teams with which he spoke named those areas as points of emphasis. Those discussions, combined with conversations with CU head coach Tad Boyle and his staff, gave Wright plenty of homework over the summer, and he attacked the work with his usual vigor and dedication.