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1. Until further notice,聽Dylan Strome聽is this city鈥檚 next big hope for a championship. When the 蜜柚直播 Coyotes dispatched the 21-year-old center to the 蜜柚直播 Roadrunners last week, Coyotes GM聽John Chayka聽said 鈥渢he playoffs will say a lot about him.鈥� The Coyotes could鈥檝e given Strome the rest of the year off 鈥� he has played 70 games shuttling between the Coyotes and Roadrunners 鈥� but a chance to win the Calder Cup is a big deal, even to those in the NHL. 鈥淲e have high expectations for him,鈥� said Chayka. 鈥淗e鈥檚 been productive his whole life.鈥� Those expectations for the No. 3 overall pick in the NHL鈥檚 2015 draft now apply to 蜜柚直播鈥檚 bid to win the Calder Cup, beginning this week.

2. Catalina Foothills grad聽Chaz Mack聽is on his official recruiting visit to Cornell of the Ivy League this week. To celebrate the occasion 鈥� Mack has committed聽to play for the Big Red 鈥� he was selected an NJCAA Division I basketball All-American last week. Mack led the ACCAC in scoring (19.9) for聽Jerry Carrillo鈥檚 蜜柚直播 College Apaches and was No. 2 in the league with 10.1 rebounds.

3. Outfielder聽Johnny Field聽last week became the fourth player from 蜜柚直播鈥檚 2012 College World Series championship team to reach the major leagues. Field played 527聽minor-league games in the Tampa Bay Rays system before being activated Friday, joining ex-Wildcat teammate聽Robert Refsnyder聽on the Rays鈥� roster. Field, Refsnyder, ex-Baltimore outfielder聽Joey Rickard, now at聽Triple-A Norfolk, and ex-St. Louis shortstop聽Alex Mejia, now in Triple-A Memphis, all got to The Show. The 2012 club鈥檚 franchise pitcher,聽Kurt Heyer, who was 13-2 that year, unfortunately isn鈥檛 likely to make it a Fab Five in MLB. Heyer, who pitched 131 games in the St. Louis system, has signed to pitch for the Southern Illinois Miners of the Independent Frontier League. Last year, Heyer was released by St. Louis and played for the Les Aigles de Trois-Rivi猫res of the Can-Am league.

4. Sahuarita High softball coach聽Chris Fanning聽won his 500th career game Friday afternoon, at Florence. He has opened quite a gap between himself and the No. 2 man in Southern 蜜柚直播 softball coaching victories, Sahuaro鈥檚聽Billy Lopez, who retired with 425 wins. Fanning鈥檚 career at Sahuarita spans 1991-2018; he won state championships in 1999 and 2011.

5. Given his body of work and tenure of three years,聽Nick Johnson聽is probably the best player of the聽Sean Miller聽years at 蜜柚直播. He was the Pac-12鈥檚 2014 Player of the Year, a defensive beast who got the most of his ability. Johnson was named MVP of the NBA G League Finals聽last week, leading the Austin Spurs to the championship by scoring 17 points twice in victories over Raptors 905.

NICK. JOHNSON. MVP. Get your highlights here 猡碉笍

— Austin Spurs (@austin_spurs)

Can Johnson get back to the NBA? He played 28 games for Houston in 2014-15 and since has played in Germany and the G League. At 25, he鈥檚 not going to get any taller, which means he might be destined to be something like the聽Crash Davis聽of minor-league basketball.

础迟听Lute Olson鈥檚 statue dedication last week, a lot was said about his skills as a practice and preparation coach. His longtime UA associate,聽Jim Rosborough, continues to say Olson was among the best ever at those variables.

When Olson arrived at UA for the opening practices of the 1983-84 season, he gave head manager聽Todd Walsh聽鈥� now an analyst for Fox Sports 蜜柚直播 鈥� an extensive list of components to chart at every practice.

It鈥檚 no wonder Walsh and his fellow managers earned every dime of their scholarships. Olson鈥檚 day-to-day statistics charts covered 21 not-in-the-box-score statistics: cutting off a baseline drive, effectively pressuring a pass, reaching for the ball instead of moving your feet properly, communicating to a teammate whose head was turned.

鈥淭hose little things became important things,鈥� said Walsh, who made a copy of an original 1983 practice chart and presented it to Olson as an after-ceremony gift last week. 鈥淭hose are the things that all NBA teams follow now as part of their staff analytics process. Lute did it 20 years before it became the thing to do.鈥�

1. 蜜柚直播 State athletic director聽Ray Anderson聽signed a contract extension through 2022 that will pay him a base salary of聽$800,000 annually. Anderson, who was an off-the-beaten-path hire from the NFL, has been undeniably successful at ASU. The Sun Devils might be paying for Anderson鈥檚 projects for the next 50 years, saddled with overwhelming debt service 鈥� that鈥檚 typical at most Pac-12 schools now 鈥� but he has totally rebuilt Sun Devil Stadium, changed the image of the long-dismal ASU basketball program聽and has given ASU聽a personality, which it lacked for almost 25 years. In the 1970s, ASU was one of America鈥檚 10 leading college sports programs 鈥� an acknowledged powerhouse in baseball, basketball, football, golf and track. Once it joined the Pac-10, it became just another school. The Sun Devils aren鈥檛 a powerhouse in anything other than golf these days, but under Anderson they are finally building momentum.

2. Construction crews will begin tearing down the old right-field line at Kindall/Sancet Stadium聽this week, making way for the $16聽million UA indoor practice facility. It won鈥檛 be a game-changer, but it will give the athletic department the look of a big-time campus to rival those at Oregon and Washington, among others, and even Utah and Colorado, which have built indoor facilities since joining the league seven聽years ago.

3. Washington signed a 10-year, $12 million per-year apparel (and cash) deal with Adidas last week, planning to leave Nike when that contract expires in a year. Only UCLA, with an $18.6 million-a-year deal with Under Armour, is known to have a better apparel contract in the Pac-12. By comparison, 蜜柚直播, which gets about $3 million in gear from Nike every year in a deal that runs through 2025, got boat-raced by the Huskies. So did Washington State, Colorado, Oregon State, ASU and Utah, all of which get less than $6.5 million annually from their apparel partner. This also continues the shift away from Nike. In recent years, Washington, Cal, Utah and ASU all have left the Nike family. The timing isn鈥檛 good for 蜜柚直播; the Nike/Adidas/Under Armour bidding war is at its height; the Wildcats won鈥檛 be able to cash in for another seven years.

The most successful sports program at 蜜柚直播 continues to be聽Laura Ianello鈥檚 women鈥檚 golf team. Ranked No. 9 entering the Pac-12 championships this week, Ianello and associate head coach聽Derek Radley聽engineered the signing last week of聽Ya-Chun Chang聽of Taiwan, who is the highest-ranked聽聽golf signee in the top women鈥檚 golf league in the NCAA. In its four tournaments leading to the league championships, 蜜柚直播 finished first, first, second and third.

Former Wildcats golfer聽Krystal Quihuis, who bypassed this semester after qualifying for the LGPA鈥檚 Symetra Tour, continues to have success. She finished 17th last week in the IOA Championships in Beaumont, California, and is now No. 16 on the money list. The 10 leading money-winners earn LPGA Tour status next year. Quihuis next embarks on a series of tournaments in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Amphitheater High School grad聽Jessica Williams聽was named Cal Pac Golfer of the Year last week, leading Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to the Cal Pac championship. Williams, a sophomore, won the conference title by seven strokes, shooting 73-73-75.

In the final week of the regular season in AIA softball this week, 蜜柚直播鈥檚 four leading teams meet one another in聽big showdowns Tuesday. Cienega, ranked No. 2 in the state, will play host to No. 8 Ironwood Ridge. Cienega has the leading freshman in 蜜柚直播,聽Breezy Hayward, who is hitting .516 with six home runs. Ironwood Ridge is led by senior third baseman聽Isabel Pacho, who is hitting .645 with eight homers; Pacho will play at 蜜柚直播 next year. The other showdown Tuesday聽pits No. 5 Salpointe Catholic against No. 10 CDO. Salpointe junior聽Diana Montano聽has been terrific, hitting .485 with a 蜜柚直播-high 57 RBIs. The Dorados, pursuing another state title, are keyed by senior catcher聽础闯听碍补颈蝉别谤, bound for Syracuse next year. Kaiser is hitting .493 with nine home runs.

At the Boston Marathon on Monday morning, 蜜柚直播ans聽Abdi Abdirahman听补苍诲听Stephen Sambu, both former 蜜柚直播 All-Americans, are in the elite category, which is the first to leave the starting line. Abdirahman, of 蜜柚直播 High, has been training in Ethiopia for much of the winter. If he can come close to his career best of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 56 seconds, he should be in the leading pack all day.

Sean Miller聽is recruiting Pitt grad transfer聽Ryan Luther, a 6-foot-9-inch power forward. I watched YouTube highlights of Luther and he appears to be a capable off-the-bench guy. Out of high school near Miller鈥檚 home turf of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, Luther was offered scholarships to Duquesne, Bucknell and Buffalo. Luther鈥檚 only other official visit was to Dayton, then coached by聽Archie Miller, Sean鈥檚 brother. In most years, 蜜柚直播 probably wouldn鈥檛 recruit Luther, but this isn鈥檛 most years.

After coaching the Rio Grande Valley Vipers to the G League playoffs for a third consecutive years, Catalina Foothills and UA grad聽Matt Brase聽is becoming a free agent.

His contract with the Houston Rockets expires in August. He has no complaints. 鈥淚t鈥檚 awesome here; the management is great, it鈥檚 a good spot to be.鈥�

When Houston concludes the NBA playoffs, Brase will become head coach of the Haitian national team in the Caribbean Cup. He is hopeful the team includes Haiti natives and NBA big men聽Nerlens Noel听补苍诲听Skal Labissiere.

鈥淲e have training camp in Miami, and we have a very small budget,鈥� Brase said. 鈥淣o one鈥檚 getting rich. I wanted to be part of it to help Haiti, which was devastated by a 2010 hurricane. I鈥檝e been there; it鈥檚 devastating. We are working on raising money to help in any way. We might not be able to built Haiti鈥檚 basketball program to the Olympic level, but we鈥檙e going to get it started.鈥�

Lute Olson鈥檚 statue ceremony was, to put it kindly, understated. It was squeezed into a Thursday afternoon, outdoors on a hot and windy afternoon, with a crowd of about 200 by-invitation-only attendees and a minimum of former UA players, three, speaking about Olson.

The UA located Olson鈥檚 statue at the north entry of McKale Center, which is out of the way of foot traffic. The statue itself is underwhelming. It doesn鈥檛 have a pedestal. It doesn鈥檛 demand your attention.

The ceremony was the minimum the school could do to honor the coach who created 蜜柚直播鈥檚 athletic department brand.

No one sang 鈥淏ear Down, 蜜柚直播.鈥� There was no video highlighting Olson鈥檚 career. It was weak. UA president聽Robert C. Robbins聽was busy and could not attend.

By comparison, Oklahoma unveiled a statue to former football coach聽Bob Stoops聽on Friday evening. It was a big event. A crowd of about 1,500 attended. So did the OU marching band, which played 鈥淏oomer Sooner.鈥� More?聽Toby Keith聽sang a few songs and about 100 ex-Sooner football players attended. OU legend聽Barry Switzer聽spoke. The school played a video that celebrated Stoops鈥� 18 seasons.

The bronze statue of Stoops, mounted on a pedestal, is about 10 feet high. It has a powerful presence and was placed at a prominent entry area to Memorial Stadium.

And it鈥檚 not like Stoops had a career superior to Olson; both won one national championship.

The Sooners know how to celebrate their success. 蜜柚直播 should be taking notes.