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Reserve forward has had a unique view from Duke’s bench this season

Neal Begovich, right, and Cooper Flagg watch from the bench during the ACC tournament. Jim Dedmon/USA Today Sports Images

There is an extra coach on Duke’s bench.
Far away from Jon Scheyer and his assistant coaches sits Neal Begovich, the Blue Devils’ reserve forward who’s played 45 minutes over the past two seasons.
Begovich is part of the group that comes in for blowouts — unlikely in Saturday night’s Final Four game against Houston.
It doesn’t mean his role is finished.

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Louisville basketball needed a new sharpshooter with Reyne Smith exhausting his eligibility.
Pat Kelsey has landed the only one more accurate than Smith in the ACC last season: Isaac McKneely.
McKneely, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard who spent the past three campaigns at Virginia, announced his commitment to the Cardinals on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday afternoon.
As a junior with the Cavaliers, who lost longtime coach Tony Bennett to retirement before the season tipped off, McKneely started every game and averaged a team-high 14.4 points on 43.9% shooting. His 101-for-240 (42.

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We are in the final days of the NBA season, and focus is shifting to the playoff race. The postseason standings are constantly changing, and each win or loss could significantly impact a team’s chances during the playoffs.
Several teams have already clinched their spots in the playoffs, but the competition for the top positions remains intense. The Oklahoma City Thunder have secured the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, while the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, and Denver Nuggets are all vying for the remaining top four seeds.

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On Thursday, the Pittsburgh Steelers hosted four more prospects for the 2025 NFL draft. Three of the four count toward the team’s top 30 visits ahead of the draft, while one of them doesn’t and is considered a local visit. Let’s take a look at the Steelers latest round of predraft visits.
-Texas WR Matthew Golden
A case could be made that Golden is the second-best pure wide receiver in the draft. However, pundits are torn on Golden and the entire wide receiver class.

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Lauren Betts gets a lot of deserved attention on this UCLA squad, but Kiki Rice has built a culture.
In the 2024 Elite Eight, the No. 2 UCLA Bruins faced the No. 3 LSU Tigers in the Sweet Sixteen. The matchup pit the surging Pac-12 side against the reigning NCAA champions from Baton Rouge, led by superstar forward Angel Reese. After leading the Bruins with 45 points in the first two rounds, guard Kiki Rice watched the end of the 78-69 Sweet Sixteen from the bench after she fouled out.

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Ja Morant made a boneheaded decision, again, but has avoided any form of harsh punishment by the NBA.
The Memphis Grizzlies star was reportedly under investigation by the league after acting like he was aiming an imaginary gun at Buddy Hield and the Golden State Warriors‘ bench during Memphis’ loss to the Warriors on Tuesday.
According to NBA insider Shams Charania, the NBA ultimately decided to issue warnings to Morant, Hield, and both teams, while ruling that “the celebrations were not intended to be violent in nature, but inappropriate and should refrain.

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Tulane quarterback T.J. Finley was arrested on Wednesday in New Orleans for being in possession of stolen property, which is reportedly tied to a stolen vehicle. 
According to a report from WVUE, Finley was arrested near Tulane’s campus this week for the vehicle, which he told police that he had just recently purchased in the Atlanta area. 
Finley did have a reported court appearance, where he was subsequently released. But, the news of his arrest has led Tulane to suspend the transfer quarterback while this process plays out.

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