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SMU Mens Basketball 2020 Preview Nov. 20 - Nov. 26, 2020 Vol. 19, Issue 13 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 November 20, 2020 - November 26, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 13 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 13 | November 20, 2020 - November 26, 2020 3 Nov. 20, 2020 - Nov. 26, 2020 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 13 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Big 12 Championship tickets on sale Cover Photo: 4 AROUND THE AREA will now become a dedicated world-class cricketing facility. The redevelopment of 5 NBA REPORT the venue is scheduled to take place BY MIKE MCFEE throughout 2021 before playing host to the 6 TOM’S TIP OF THE WEEK Texas franchise of Major League Cricket BY TOM WARD that will launch by 2022, as well as a base for the USA Cricket National team and its MASTERS PREVIEW premier high performance center. 7 BY PGATOUR.COM Major League Cricket to convert SMU MENS BASKETBALL Airhogs Stadium in Grand Prairie 8 PREVIEW 2020 Big 12 Football Championship Tickets Grand Prairie is trying to make the city BY DIC HUMPHREY on Sale Friday a premier destination for cricket fans. The SEC WEEK 9 PREDICTIONS Tickets for the 2020 Dr Pepper Big 12 city council unanimously approved a proj- Omni Barton Creek Resort and Spa host BY ROBERT CORTINEZ 10 Football Championship game will go on ect to renovate Airhogs Stadium near Lone 2022 PGA Professional Championship sale Friday, November 20, at 10 a.m. Star Park, north of Interstate 30. The stadi- The PGA of America earlier this week BIG 12 WEEK 12 PREDICTIONS The game will be played Saturday, announced that the Omni Barton Creek 11 BY JOHN MOSS um was home to a minor league baseball December 19 at AT&T Stadium in team for about 10 years. But the team Resort & Spa in Austin will host the PGA Professional Championship presented by AAC WEEK 12 PREDICTIONS Arlington. Due to decreased stadium never really caught on with fans. 12 BY MIKE MCFEE capacity, a limited number of tickets will The plan now is to turn the baseball dia- Cadillac, Club Car and OMEGA, the world’s largest all-professional event, on its COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND be available to the public at price ranges of mond into a Major League Cricket field. 13 NOTES $65, $95, $145 and $195. Grand Prairie will kick in $1.3 million for Fazio Foothills (primary) and Coore- BY BO CARTER Tickets may be purchased online only the project and Major League Cricket will Crenshaw Courses in April of 2022. The 54th PGA Professional Championship NFL WEEK 10 PREDICTIONS via SeatGeek at https://big12.us/2Uogq7Q. spend at least that much to renovate and 15 BY NFL.COM will feature a 312-Member nationwide field Tickets will not be sold through the Big 12 expand the stadium’s current 5,400 seating In 2019, Omni Barton Creek Resort & AUTO REVIEW Conference office or the AT&T Stadium capacity. 17 BY KBB.COM Spa hosted the PGA Cup and the Women’s Ticket Office.” This will be the organization’s first PGA Cup...both won by U.S. Teams....as THE TICKET WINDOW Each participating university will be major cricket stadium in the United States. 18 well as the Senior PGA Professional allotted approximately 4,500 tickets, which The parent company of MLC, American RESTAURANT REVIEW Championship presented by Cadillac. Omni 19 BY RICHARD POLLAK will become available upon qualification Cricket Enterprises (ACE) -- in coopera- Barton Creek was slated to host the 2020 for the championship and distributed by tion with USA Cricket, the national gov- PGA Professional Championship in April. the respective participants’ ticket office. erning body for cricket in the United States Begun in 1968, the PGA Professional Additionally, 500 student tickets at $50 Follow us on -- has retained the internationally Championship is the showcase event for each will be sold only through the partici- renowned design firm HKS to repurpose PGA Professionals and offers a $675,000 Twitter & Facebook pants’ ticket office. and design what will be just the second purse. The field includes players advancing The championship game will feature professional-level cricket stadium ever twitter.com/sportspagedfw from Sectional Championships, past the two teams that finish the regular season built in the United States. 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Louisiana Portland SportsPage Weekly, take more than one copy of each SportsPage Weekly issue. 25. Louisiana 25. Tulsa 9:00 PM 4 November 20, 2020 - November 26, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 13 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com NBA NBA DRAFT Mavs take Arizona forward in 18th MAVERICKS SELECT FORWARDS the Defensive All-American teams. JOSH GREEN AND TYRELL TERRY Bey (6-7, 216) was an early-entry candi- DALLAS— The Dallas Mavericks date to the 2020 NBA Draft following his announced they have selected forward Josh junior season at Colorado. The Las Vegas Green with the 18th overall pick and for- native averaged 13.8 points, 9.0 rebounds, ward Tyrell Terry with the 31st overall pick 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks while in the 2020 NBA Draft. shooting 53.0% (140-364 FG) from the Green (6-6, 210) was an early-entry can- field last season for the Buffaloes. Among didate to this year’s draft after spending conference leaders, the 2019-20 Pac-12 Texas Tech guard Jahmi’us Ramsey went to Sacramento in the second round at No. 43 one season at Arizona. In his lone season Defensive Player of the Year ranked first with the Wildcats, the native of Australia rebounding, fifth in steals, seventh in Four Big 12 Players Selected in NBA from TCU and the first since 1999. started all 30 games he appeared in and blocks and ninth in field goal shooting. Draft The Kings took a second Big 12 player averaged 12.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.6 Last season, Curry averaged 12.4 points, The Big 12 had four players selected in when they selected Texas Tech guard assists and 1.53 steals per game. Green 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 64 games in the 2020 NBA Draft, including three in the Jahmi’us Ramsey in the second round at ranked sixth in the PAC-12 in steals last his second stint with the Mavericks. first round to mark the 13th time since No. 43. The Red Raiders have produced a season. Another signee is Gastonia, NC-native inception in 1996-97 that the Conference draft selection in three consecutive years. Terry (6-2, 160) was also an early-entry and University of Houston guard Nate has produced three or more first round This year's draft is the 23rd time in 24 sea- candidate to this year’s draft after spending Hinton plans to sign with the Dallas picks.