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Since winning the national championship a year ago in Oklahoma, 蜜柚直播’s women’s golf team has climbed to its highest position in the rankings, No. 4, as it prepares for the 2019 NCAA championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, beginning Friday.

颁辞补肠丑听Laura Ianello鈥檚 club is loaded, brimming with elite golfers听Haley Moore,听Bianca Pagdanganan,听Sandra Nordaas 补苍诲听Yu-Sang Hou听鈥� all clutch performers in their remarkable 2018 comeback victory.

To fully understand how difficult it will be for 蜜柚直播 to repeat, imagine entering the college football playoffs against Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, USC and Florida State and LSU.

To add to the difficulty, 蜜柚直播 will be playing on 10th-ranked Arkansas鈥� home course, the Blessings Golf Club, which is 4陆 miles from the Razorbacks鈥� campus.

It鈥檚 that same sort of home-course advantage that played into Oregon winning the 2016 NCAA men鈥檚 championship in Eugene, Oregon, and Oklahoma State鈥檚 men鈥檚 team winning the 2018 title on its home course in Stillwater, Oklahoma?

It doesn鈥檛 seem fair, and it isn鈥檛.

Ianello told me it鈥檚 a 鈥渉uge advantage鈥� for Arkansas, which she considers a top-five team. 鈥淏ut with advantage can come expectation,鈥� she said.

The NCAA has finally acted to end golf鈥檚 home-course advantages but it doesn鈥檛 kick in until the 2020 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 championships at Scottsdale鈥檚 Grayhawk Golf Club.

In abolishing home-course advantages, the NCAA ruled that players and coaches can no longer play 鈥� nor even walk/scout 鈥� the championship facility in the calendar year before the event. If a college golfer plays a round at Grayhawk before next year鈥檚 championships in Scottsdale, they will be disqualified and their team will not be able to replace them.

蜜柚直播 has won three women鈥檚 NCAA golf championships: in 1996 at the Bel Air Country Club in Los Angeles, in 2000 at the Sunriver course in Bend, Oregon, and last year in Oklahoma.

The next three men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 NCAA championships will be held at Grayhawk, which means the nearby 蜜柚直播 State Sun Devils will be forbidden from playing there.

Now the question becomes whether Ianello鈥檚 Wildcats, ranked behind USC, Texas and Duke, can learn enough about the Blessings course in two practice rounds to challenge for the school鈥檚 fourth national title.

The recently-completed decade of college basketball, 2010-19, was a transition period in which the game has become almost unrecognizable from the model played the previous 50 years.

It鈥檚 going to continue to move in a direction away from the game as it was played and presented by iconic figures such as听John Wooden,听Dean Smith听and 蜜柚直播鈥檚听Lute Olson.

It鈥檚 not just the one-and-done variable. The NBA G League has recently raised salaries to tempt high school and college players to skip the college process. When not-ready-for-prime-time collegians such as 蜜柚直播鈥檚听Brandon Randolph,听Chance Comanche,听Grant Jerrett听补苍诲听Rawle Alkins听bail out for pro basketball 鈥� when more than 500 players transfer each year 鈥� it tends to lose its warm and fuzzy factor.

Now comes the Historical Basketball League (HBL), which is essentially a paid summer league that says it will compensate and educate its players based on market value. Its COO is听David West, a former听Sean Miller听standout at Xavier.

There鈥檚 no denying the game is in an evolutionary period. Just check the Pac-12 rosters. For years, many 蜜柚直播 fans could name and identify the starters for every team in the league. Now those who show up at McKale Center are often strangers. Temps.

The best things about college basketball have long been its ability to bond a community, embrace the precious rivalries, get to know the players and grasp the magic of the NCAA Tournament.

I鈥檓 not sure I鈥檒l ever understand how a young ballplayer would rather take a risk on making an obscure G League roster rather than stay in school and be part of the theater a UCLA-蜜柚直播 game generates, and become engulfed by the spirit of college basketball.

When you live in a city that embraces and fosters college basketball, you can鈥檛 put a price on it. But now there鈥檚 a price on so many other variables surrounding the game that an FBI sting and characters like听Christian Dawkins听get as much or more attention than听Zion Williamson听and the NCAA Tournament.

College basketball will survive, but it鈥檚 never going to have the homey feeling of 1988 or 2001 again.

Salpointe Catholic fielded its first varsity baseball team in 1951 and although the school has won 47 state championships, it has never won a baseball title. It has been coached by two of the top baseball men in 蜜柚直播,听Jerry Stitt听补苍诲听Kent Winslow, among others, and current coach听Danny Preble听has won 239 games for the Lancers over the last 11 years. But Preble has the Lancers (24-7) on the brink of their first baseball title; they鈥檒l play Gilbert Mesquite High School on Monday night at Hohokam Stadium听in Mesa听for the Class 4A championship. Salpointe was runner-up in 1996, 1997 and again in 2017, and it鈥檒l face Mesquite鈥檚 9-0听TJ Clarkson听on Monday, a pitcher with 101 strikeouts in 62 innings who has signed to play for听Bill Kinneberg听at Utah. Salpointe isn鈥檛 without standouts; sophomore听Cade McGee听is hitting .451 with a team-high 25 RBIs. Over 68 baseball seasons, Salpointe has produced major-leaguers听Ed Vosberg,听Mark Carreon听补苍诲听Dan Slania, but no game in its history has as much potential meaning as Monday鈥檚 showdown against Mesquite.

Here鈥檚 a name to remember: 蜜柚直播 High junior听Johnnie Blockburger听won the state championship in the 200 and 400 meters last week and was second in the high jump and 100 meters. He has the potential to high jump 7 feet and beyond or perhaps be a top decathlete once he gets in college competition. He has all the right genes, too: His father,听Sheldon Blockburger, who is 蜜柚直播鈥檚 jumps coach, finished No. 2 in the USA National championships in the decathlon 1989, and was part of the United States Pan American Games team in 1991.

In the last year, 蜜柚直播 athletic director听Dave Heeke听has completed unprecedented work at the UA by signing softball鈥檚听Mike Candrea, baseball鈥檚听Jay Johnson, soccer鈥檚听Tony Amato, volleyball鈥檚听Dave Rubio听and women鈥檚 golf鈥檚听Laura Ianello听to long-term contracts through at least 2023. The per-year salaries range from $125,000 to the $500,000 paid Candrea and Johnson.

Salpointe Catholic athletic director听Phil Gruensfelder听made an exceptional hire last week when he appointed 蜜柚直播鈥檚 12-time All-America swimmer Marcus Titus听to be the girls swimming coach at Salpointe. Titus, 32, is deaf. He is a teacher at the 蜜柚直播 State Schools for the Deaf听and the Blind, which is also where he attended elementary school before enrolling at Flowing Wells High School. Titus was a big part of 蜜柚直播鈥檚 2008 NCAA championship team, and reached the finals of the 100 breast stroke at the USA Olympic Trials in 2008 and 2012.

Five girls soccer teams from FC 蜜柚直播 Youth Soccer played for state championships last weekend in Phoenix, winning three titles, which was unprecedented. The 2000, 2004 and 2006 girls teams won titles. It鈥檚 a statement about the strength of the merger of the 蜜柚直播 Soccer Academy and the Tanque Verde Soccer Club and continues to reflect on the success of high school soccer in 蜜柚直播 鈥� 29 state boys and girls championships since 2000. The leadership of FC 蜜柚直播 Youth Soccer, which includes听Ted Schmidt,听Garrett Rustand,听Dave Cosgrove,听Roberto Garcia听补苍诲听Charlie MacCabe, continues to be a model for success.

In addition to Salpointe volleyball coach听Heather Moore-Martin鈥檚 four state championships the last 10 years, she coached the Lancers鈥� beach volleyball pairs team of听Alex Parkhurst听补苍诲听Abby Russell听to the state title last week in Phoenix. Parkhurst has signed to play for 蜜柚直播 next year, and Russell has committed to play for 蜜柚直播 beginning in 2020. Very impressive.

Mike Candrea鈥檚 decision Saturday to start senior pitcher听Gina Snyder听in the Pac-12 finale at UCLA 鈥� Snyder started just five games previously this season 鈥� was a signal that Candrea has begun preparations for the NCAA Tournament, and he feels confident 蜜柚直播 will be seeded in the top eight, which would give the Wildcats home-field advantage in the Regionals and Super Regionals. It鈥檚 possible 蜜柚直播 could play UCLA at the Women鈥檚 College World Series; why give the Bruins another up-close chance to get a scouting report on 蜜柚直播鈥檚 No. 1 pitcher,听Taylor McQuillin听on Saturday? The Wildcats placed five players on the All-Pac-12 first team, one that was loaded with an unusually high number of 20 players. At first, that seemed like too many. But as I examined all 20 first-teamers 鈥� including McQuillin and UA teammates听Jessie Harper,听Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza,听Dejah Mulipola听补苍诲听Reyna Carranco听鈥� it looked legit. That鈥檚 how strong Pac-12 softball is at the top. Given 蜜柚直播鈥檚 competitive nature in its three-game series at No. 3 UCLA, I strongly suspect Candrea will return to the World Series for the first time since 2010.

The 10 leading state championship high school coaches in 蜜柚直播 history:

1 (tie): Kristie Stevens, 15 titles:听She coached Catalina Foothills鈥� girls tennis teams to 15 state championships from 1993-2019, winning her 15th a week ago and then announced her retirement from coaching.

1 (tie):听Bobby听DeBerry,听15 titles:听He coached Sunnyside to 15 state wrestling championships from 1996-2011.

3:听Doc Van Horne,听13 titles:听He coached 蜜柚直播 High鈥檚 track and field team to 13 state championships from 1927-53.

4. Nicole Penkalski,听12 titles:听She coached Catalina Foothills鈥� boys and girls swimming teams to 12 state championships from 2000-05.

5. Sue Clark, 11 titles:听She coached 蜜柚直播 High鈥檚 girls tennis team to 11 state titles from 1959-72.

6. Hank Slagle, 10 titles.听He coached 蜜柚直播 High鈥檚 baseball team to 10 state titles from 1942-54.

7 (tie): Robb Salant, 9 titles:听He coached Catalina Foothills鈥� boys tennis team to eight state championships from 1997-2011 and the Rincon boys tennis team to the 1989 state title.

7 (tie): Don Klostreich, 9听titles:听He coached Sunnyside to nine听wrestling championships from 1979-88.

9.听蜜柚直播 High baseball coach听Andy Tolson; Salpointe boys soccer coach听Wolfgang Weber; Catalina Foothills girls soccer coach听Charlie Kendrick; and Flowing Wells wrestling coach听Dave Thomas听all coached their teams to seven state championships. Sunnyside鈥檚听Richard Sanchez听coached the Blue Devils to five state wrestling titles and two state football championships.

In the last days of听Dick Tomey鈥檚 life, two special visitors flew to 蜜柚直播 to be with him:听Terry Donahue听补苍诲听Tedy Bruschi.

They represent the range of people Tomey touched in his life.

Donahue, who lives in Newport Beach, California, was an assistant coach with Tomey on the Kansas staff from 1968-70, and again at UCLA from 1971-75. When the UCLA head coaching job opened in 1975, Donahue and Tomey were the two finalists.

Donahue got the job. There was no bitterness; Donahue hired Tomey as his defensive coordinator.

When Tomey became 蜜柚直播鈥檚 head coach in 1987, Donahue became his top coaching rival. Donahue鈥檚 Bruins went 41-30-1 in the Pac-10 and Tomey鈥檚 Wildcats 39-29-4. In nine head-to-head games, UCLA won five, 蜜柚直播 four, battling one another for Pac-10 titles in 1988, 1991 and 1993.

Yet they remained close friends.

Bruschi flew to 蜜柚直播 from his home in Massachusetts last weekend. He was the epitome of Tomey鈥檚 football teams: an overlooked, undersized lineman from the Bay Area whose only other scholarship offer was from Washington State.

By the time听听Bruschi completed his UA career, he was a two-time consensus All-American, the face of Tomey鈥檚 鈥淒esert Swarm鈥� defenses, who went on to become the UA鈥檚 fourth college football Hall of Fame inductee.

Knowing Tomey was near death, neither Donahue nor Bruschi chose to phone, or wait until a memorial service to say goodbye. They made a special trip to 蜜柚直播 to say goodbye to their old friend.