Lakers emerge from the bubble three months later as champions
Dalton Hartmann, Staff Writer
October 13, 2020
The Los Angeles Lakers are your 2020 NBA champions. After defeating the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6, they took the series 4-2. This is the 17th championship for the Lakers, tying them with their long standing rivals, the Boston Celtics, for the most all-time. The road to this point was not easy for ...
NBA Finals 2020: South Beach depth or Los Angeles stardom?
Alex Hanks, Opinion Editor
September 29, 2020
This NBA season has come with its fair share of upsets. We’ve seen the first chapter of young and up-and-coming dynasties such as the Denver Nuggets solidify their spot as contenders for the future following their back-to-back comebacks from a 3-1 deficit against the Jazz and Kawhi Leonard’s Clip...
Basketball will return in late November
Max Aguirre, Sports Editor
September 25, 2020
The NCAA Division I council recently approved a plan to begin both men’s and women’s basketball on Nov. 25 with the first day of full practice scheduled for Oct. 14. The season would have started on Nov. 10 under normal circumstances, but COVID-19 precautions have pushed the season back to where...
In Retrospect: What the Four Major Sports Leagues Have Done for Social Justice
Ryder Martin, Staff Writer
September 1, 2020
Last week, the NBA playoffs came to a halt as players collectively began to strike in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. For a 24-hour period, there were talks that the NBA playoffs may be abandoned, as players wished to return to their communities. Eventually, t...
An NBA Preview: Texas Edition
Max Aguirre, Ryder Martin, and Dalton Hartmann
July 29, 2020
After many months of speculation and anticipation, the NBA has finally made its long awaited return. The Orlando bubble seems to be working: 22 teams have arrived and will continue the season from where they left off in March. All three Texas teams will be participating in the restart. We discuss each...
Warriors
Alex Hanks, Opinion Editor
May 28, 2020
At the time this article is being written, the Golden State Warriors are currently ranked at the bottom of the NBA, with a 1:1000 chance of winning the NBA Finals. Point guard Stephen Curry, shooting guard/small forward Klay Thompson and power forward Draymond Green are plagued with injuries, and the...
Miami Heat
Brysen Streeter, Web Editor
May 28, 2020
On July 8, 2010, reigning MVP Lebron James’ “The Decision” changed and shaped the National Basketball Association’s landscape for the entire decade to come. His decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers, a team that not only drafted him but is also where he grew up, took power away from organizations...
Partnership between UTSA Campus Rec and Special Olympics Texas to continue
Christina Troy, Copyediting Coordinator
April 30, 2020
As part of Special Olympics International’s The Revolution is Inclusion campaign, which aims to end the discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities, UTSA Campus Recreation partnered with Special Olympics Texas in February to create a Unified Sports basketball league. “[Unified ...
Women’s basketball falls to the Blazers
Cade Draughon, Staff Writer
March 3, 2020
UTSA women’s basketball (6-21, 2-14 C-USA) fell to the UAB Blazers (18-10, 10-6 C-USA), 51-87, on Feb. 29. Currently, freshman guard Mikayla Woods leads the team in scoring with 15 points per game, while freshman forward Adryana Quezada with 13.7 points per game and junior guard Karrington Donald...
Men’s basketball continues Pod Play
Julia Maenius, Assistant Sports Editor
March 3, 2020
The UTSA men’s basketball team (12-16, C-USA 6-9) began their slate of Conference USA (C-USA) Bonus Play games Feb. 27 with a loss against the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Owls, 71-80. C-USA holds the Bonus Play each year to determine the seeding of all teams for the Conference Championships. The...
Men’s basketball heads into C-USA Bonus Play
Cade Draughon, Staff Writer
February 19, 2020
UTSA men’s basketball (12-15, 6-8 C-USA) went 1-1 during their final home stand of the regular season, with a win against the Marshall Thundering Herd (13-14, 7-7 C-USA), 72-63, on Feb. 13 and a loss to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (18-8, 11-3 C-USA), 73-77, on Feb. 15. “Much of our success...
Athlete of the Week: Atem Bior
Julia Maenius, Assistant sports editor
February 19, 2020
Senior forward Atem Bior has established himself as the sixth man for the men’s basketball team since his arrival at UTSA from the land down under. A transfer from the New Mexico Military Institute, Bior has traveled the globe, keeping basketball a constant in his life. “When I was about eight, I would...
