AAAACC 22002211 FFoooottbbaallll PPrreevviieeww July 30 - August 5, 2021 Vol. 19, Issue 49 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 July 30, 2021 - August 5, 2021 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 49 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 49 | July 30, 2021 - August 5, 2021 3 July 30, 2021 - August 5, 2021 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 49 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Big 12 totals seven NBA selections Cover Photo: AROUND THE AREA traded to the Utah Jazz via the Memphis 4 Grizzlies. Brown’s draft rights were traded RANGERS REPORT to the Portland Trailblazers. The 5 BY DIC HUMPHREY Longhorns had a third selection with GOLF, ETC Jericho Sims chosen by the Knicks. 6 BY TOM WARD This year's draft marked the 24th time OLYMPIC GOLF PREVIEW in 25 seasons for the Big 12 to produce 7 BY PGATOUR.COM first-round picks. It’s the 16th consecutive FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT year that at least one Big 12 student-athlete OLYMPIC GOLF VENUE has been taken in the NBA Draft lottery as SMU’s Goodwin named to All-Nicklaus 8 BY PGATOUR.COM one of the top 14 choices. The seven selec- team AAC FOOTBALL 2021 tions are the most since 2012. DALLAS (SMU) - SMU's Noah 10 PREDICTIONS BY STEVEN LASSEN Overall, 84 players were chosen in the Goodwin was named to the All-Nicklaus past 14 drafts. A total of 131 players from Team, the Golf Coaches Association of COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND 13 NOTES the Big 12 have been selected since the America announced this week. The team BY BO CARTER first league season. recognizes 24 golfers throughout all divi- KU has registered a total of 34 players sions of college golf for their outstanding 18 THE TICKET WINDOW OSU’s Cunningham Top Pick in NBA chosen since the Big 12 began play, more play during the 2020-21 season. Draft than any other league school. Texas is next Goodwin, who adds All-Nicklaus to his AUTO REVIEW Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham with 23 draftees, followed by Iowa State litany of awards from the 2020-21 season, 19 BY KBB.COM was the No. 1 overall selection to highlight with 14. Baylor, Oklahoma and Oklahoma becomes the second SMU player to earn seven Big 12 players chosen in the 2021 State have 10 each. Texas Tech (7), Kansas that distinction since the team was created NBA Draft. A trio of top 19 picks marked State (3), West Virginia (2) and TCU (1) in 2008, joining Bryson DeChambeau the 15th time the Conference has produced round out the Big 12 team draft totals. (2015). Goodwin was previously named a three or more in the first round. Big 12 Selections in the 2021 NBA Draft First Team All-American, American Cunningham became the Big 12’s third Round 1 Athletic Conference Golfer of the Year, top overall selection since 2009 when the 1. Cade Cunningham (Oklahoma State) All-Central Region and was a finalist for Detroit Pistons took him off the board. He G, Detroit Pistons the Nicklaus Award and Haskins Award. joins Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins (2014) and 9. Davion Mitchell (Baylor) Goodwin set the SMU record with a Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin (2009). The G, Sacramento Kings 70.00 scoring average in the 2021 season, Sacramento Kings chose Baylor’s Davion 19. Kai Jones (Texas) and won medalist honors at the NCAA Follow us on Mitchell at ninth while the New York F, New York Knicks Stillwater Regional with a -15 under score. Knicks picked up Texas’ Kai Jones at 19th. Round 2 Goodwin had five top-5 finishes in eight Twitter & Facebook Jones’ draft rights were traded to the 36. Miles McBride (West Virginia) events, and had an impressive run from Charlotte Hornets. Four more players were G, Oklahoma City Thunder Feb. 17 to May 18 where he shot a com- twitter.com/sportspagedfw taken in the second round beginning with 40. 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Washington State and was one of 20 semi- Cincinnati was last year’s conference finalists for this award in the 2019 season. champion, finishing in the Top 10. They Shaine Hailey is on the preseason watch should be good again. The Mustangs face list for the Danny Wuerffel Trophy. The the Bearcats in Cincinnati late in the sea- Wuerffel Trophy is awarded to college son. Houston and Memphis are expected football players that serve others to cele- to be good teams, and the Mustangs face brate their positive impact on society. both on the road. It’s not an easy schedule, Hailey is the Chairman of the Community but the AAC is a good football conference. Outreach and Donor relations for the It takes a good team to win the conference, Détente Collective. He is also the founder and the Mustangs are optimistic they final- of the Feeding Homeless initiative. ly have the quality players and depth to be Men’s basketball: a real factor in the conference race. The pairings for the conference sched- Post season award watch list: ule were announced this week. The eight Maxwell Award given annually to the teams the Mustangs play twice are most outstanding player in college football. Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Temple Wide receiver Reggie Roberson, Jr. and Tulane, Tulsa, South Florida and Wichita running back Ulysses Bentley, IV are both State. SMU will host Central Florida at This fwill be the most anticipated season of SMU football since the 1980’s on the initial watch list. Bentley, IV led Moody Coliseum and go on the road to the American Athletic Conference with 913 play East Carolina to complete the 18- rushing yards last season.