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Manchester United vs. Manchester City live score, updates, highlights from Premier League

It’s only the 11th match of the 38-game English Premier League season, but Saturday’s Manchester derby has major implications for both teams. Manchester United knows it can catch its intra-city rivals in the standings with a victory, while Manchester City will not want to lose more ground to Chelsea and Liverpool given their impressive runs thus far.

Man United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appears to have saved his job after a 3-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur and a 2-2 Champions League draw at Atalanta . Those results coincided with a shift to a more sturdy 3-5-2 tactical formation, which he had to abandon in Italy due to a forced injury susbstitution. But Cristiano Ronaldo saved the day again with two goals, included a stoppage-time equalizer (9 goals in 11 matches).

It’s been a mixed bag for Man City and Pep Guardiola in recent days. Elimination in the League Cup to West Ham was followed by a shock 2-0 home loss to Crystal Palace in the Premier League, leaving it five points away from leaders Chelsea. However, the team earned a convincing 4-1 midweek win against Club Brugge in the Champions League to get back on track.

MORE: Best bets for Manchester United vs. Manchester City

While the bookmakers favor Man City entering this season’s first derby, it’s worth noting that Manchester United is undefeated in its last four Premier League matches (3-0-1) against the Citizens dating back to December 2019. And this time the Red Devils have Ronaldo, who was rumored to be in the crosshairs of Man City this past summer.

Sporting News is following the Manchester derby live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.

Manchester United vs. Manchester City live score

1H 2H Final Manchester United — — — Manchester City — — —

Goals:

(All times Eastern)

7:11 a.m.: Remember those Ronaldo to Man City reports this past summer?

6:58 a.m.: Kevin De Bruyne on manager Pep Guardiola:

6:45 a.m.: Much will be made of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s stats against Pep Guardiola (4W-3L-1D in eight matches) if Man United manage to stay undefeated for a fifth straight league game:

6:11 a.m.: A few highlights to get the juices flowing in the early morning (if you’re a Red Devils fan):

Manchester United vs. Manchester City lineups

The two big absences for Man United are the suspendend Paul Pogba and injured Raphael Varane (hamstring), who came out of the match against Atalanta in midweek and is out for a month. Victor Lindelof was doubtful after missing the Atalanta match, but he’s starting in a three-man center back line. Mason Greenwood is the third different forward to pair with Ronaldo this week after Edinson Cavani and Marcus Rashford.

Manchester United starting lineup (3-5-2, left to right): 1-David de Gea-GK — 5-Harry Maguire (c), 2-Victor Lindelof, 3-Eric Bailly — 23-Luke Shaw, 17-Fred, 39-Scott McTominay, 18-Bruno Fernandes, 29-Aaron Wan-Bissaka — 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 11-Mason Greenwood

Manchester United subs (9): 26-Dean Henderson-GK, 20-Diogo Dalot, 27-Alex Telles, 34-Donny van de Beek, 31-Nemanja Matic, 14-Jesse Lingard, 10-Marcus Rashford, 25-Jadon Sancho, 21-Edinson Cavani

Jack Grealish starts his first Manchester derby on the bench. John Stones gets the start at center back in place of the suspended Aymeric Laporte. Kyle Walker was subbed out in the midweek match against Club Brugge with a knock to his foot, he recovered in time for the match. Forward Ferran Torres is still out with a long-term injury.

Manchester City starting lineup (4-3-3, left to right): 31-Ederson-GK — 27-Joao Cancelo, 5-John Stones, 3-Ruben Dias, 2-Kyle Walker — 20-Bernardo Silva, 16-Rodri, 8-Ilkay Gundogan (c) — 47-Phil Foden, 9-Gabriel Jesus, 17-Kevin De Bruyne

Manchester City subs (9): 13-Zack Steffen-GK, 33-Scott Carson-GK, 6-Nathan Ake, 11-Oleksandr Zinchenko, 80-Cole Palmer, 25-Fernandinho, 26-Riyad Mahrez, 7-Raheem Sterling, 10-Jack Grealish

MORE: Updated Champions League group standings & schedule

How to watch Manchester United vs. Manchester City

Date: Saturday, Nov. 6

Time: 8:30 a.m. ET

TV Channels: NBCSN

Spanish-language TV: Telemundo, Universo

Streaming: fuboTV , DAZN (CA)

The match from Old Trafford will be carried in English (NBCSN) and Spanish (Telemundo, Universo) in the USA.

MORE: The complete Premier League schedule this weekend

All three of those channels can be streamed on fuboTV , which offers a free 7-day trial for new users . In Canada, the English Premier League is available exclusively, live and on-demand, on DAZN . And DAZN offers new customers a 30-day free trial period.

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pavspatch · 3 years ago

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Haworth's hotshots seek win number five

Non-league Football Preview

STALYBRIDGE CELTIC travel to Warrington Town tomorrow (Saturday) looking for their fifth League win in a row — a feat they last achieved in 2011.

Five victories from their last six matches — in which they have scored 16 goals and twice racked up five — have seen Celtic climb from the bottom four to the fringe of the Pitching-in NPL premier division play-offs.

Manager Simon Haworth is still without long-term injury victims Grant Shenton (knee), Stephen Brogan (hamstring) and Kieran Wells (ankle) but welcomes midfielder Callum Harris back to the squad after he missed the midweek trip to Lincolnshire.

The main question is over who will play in goal. The Football League have ruled out an extension of keeper Liam Isherwood's loan from Accrington as their rules state a player cannot return to a parent club for a League Cup tie and then subsequently return to their loan club.

Mike Clegg must be hoping Tuesday's 4-1 Manchester Premier Cup win at Chadderton has injected some much-needed confidence in his ASHTON UNITED side who have slipped to the bottom of the table with only one league victory to their credit in 11 league games.

The Robins head for Gainsborough without midfielder Sam Sheridan who is out long-term having torn a calf muscle. Clegg commented: "He came back too early and it went again. We miss him badly."

Nathan Ntula is the only other absentee from the Robins squad.

It's been a day of departures at HYDE UNITED. Janni Lipka has gone as a result of his continuing injury problems, Tom Morris and Liam Hardy have left quoting difficulties with travel, and Theo Bailey-Jones has decided to accept an approach from Stafford Rangers. Central defender James Jones has returned to Alfreton having completed his loan.

Manager Jim Gannon reacted quickly by bringing in attacking midfielder Jack Dyche from Curzon Ashton on a dual-registration. Youth team striker Aidan Butterworth has moved up to the first team after scoring freely in FA Youth Cup ties along with Hamid Addai, who was originally signed from the club's academy 2019-20 but never got this chance because of covid.

Gannon has also registered left-sided defender Ciaran Summers who has played at Stirling Albion and Stenhousemuir.

For tomorrow's home clash with Lancaster, Jason Akiotu and Jonah Mitchell (ankle) are both sidelined.

In the second qualifying round of the FA Trophy, GLOSSOP NORTH END find themselves visiting the club of the moment, Marske United, who brushed aside Chester in midweek.

The Yorkshiremen were so impressive in their 4-0 FA Cup third qualifying round replay victory at the Deva Stadium that they prompted a brutally frank post-match assessment from humbled Chester co-boss Anthony Johnson.

Glossop manager Stuart Mellish, who was at the game, described Marske as the best side he had seen in ten years at this level.

However, the return of star striker Jamie Rainford, who scored 49 goals for the Hillmen in 2015-17, could provide the spark to reignite their season.

Will Hartshorne faces a late fitness test.

MOSSLEY, who are licking their wounds after a 3-0 defeat by Warrington Rylands ended the winning run that took them to the top of the NPL first division west, could be without three players for their home clash with Ossett United who are fourth in the first division east.

Antony Brown is back on the injured list and Dale Latham and Jack Bannister are both doubts. However, Kane Hickman came through training and is available.

Ben Lowe has signed for Chadderton but the Lilywhites have retained his NPL registration.

Winning sides receive £2,250 while losers get £575.

In National League North it's a question of whether CURZON ASHTON can continue the impressive run in which they've lost only one match all season and have won their last six.

Tomorrow they cross the Pennines to visit Farsley, who have lost their last three games, but Nash boss Steve Cunningham believes they will prove much tougher opponents than their league placing suggests.

He said: "They're struggling a little bit and there are lots of reasons for that, but sooner or later they are going to win a game of football. We've got to make sure it's not tomorrow.

"On paper, we're the team in form but they've strengthened and made three signings. I suppose they've got to bed in but I see Farsley as a team like ourselves and I'm expecting a tough game.

"We've got to stick to our values, keep working hard, and as I keep on saying, not get too giddy."

Cunningham says the squad is looking good although he admits to having one or two knocks.

As for drawing Chesterfield in the FA Cup, he added: "When the draw's made you either want the lowest-ranked club or one of the big boys at home. We've got that in Chesterfield. In fact it feels more like a first-round tie.

"We're looking forward to it and it'll be a great test for the lads. But at the moment the big game for me is at Farsley."

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Premier League set to resume on June 17 | Football News

Premier League football is poised to return after a three-month shutdown, with top-flight games in England provisionally set to resume on Wednesday, June 17.

Aston Villa vs Sheffield United and Manchester City vs Arsenal are scheduled to be the first two games when the Premier League resumes next month, with a full round of matches taking place for the first time since the restart on June 19-21.

Provisional restart date of June 17 agreed, subject to safety requirements

Aston Villa vs Sheff Utd, Man City vs Arsenal scheduled for June 17

Full match round to start June 19

All 92 games broadcast live in UK – 64 live on Sky Sports

All games behind closed doors

Venues still to be confirmed

New staggered KO times

The fixtures due to take place on June 17 were originally postponed due to the EFL Cup Final and the rearranged Manchester City vs Arsenal game was due to be broadcast live on Sky Sports before the pandemic struck. Every club will have played 29 Premier League games after those midweek matches.

This season’s remaining games are set to be played on any seven days in a week, with fans set to enjoy up to four live matches on Saturdays and Sundays.

A total of 64 live games will be on Sky Sports from the provisional restart date of June 17, with 25 of those games being made available free to air including the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool.

New staggered kick-off times will be used for the remaining 92 matches.

Games on a Friday will kick off at 8pm, while on Saturday the slots will be 12.30pm, 3pm, 5.30pm and 8pm. Sunday matches will kick off at either 12pm, 2pm, 4.30pm and 7pm, with Monday games starting at 8pm.

Midweek games on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays will kick off at either 6pm or 8pm.

📅 17.06.2020

Premier League Shareholders today agreed to a new provisional restart date for the 2019/20 season of Wednesday 17 June, provided that all safety requirements are in place

— Premier League (@premierleague) May 28, 2020

The plan for football to resume behind closed doors awaits the green light from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and government.

Sky Sports News understands that stage three (the return to play aspect) of the DCMS’ guidance on the return of elite sport is still being finalised.

March 5 – Pre-match handshakes banned in the Premier League. March 11 – Man City v Arsenal is first Premier League game suspended; Liverpool v Atletico Madrid the last top level game played in England. March 12 – Man Utd, Wolves play away Europa League ties behind closed doors, Rangers host Bayer Leverkusen in front of fans. March 13 – Football suspended following an emergency meeting between PL, FA, EFL and WSL April 15 – SPFL clubs approve plan to end the Scottish Championship, League One and league Two seasons. May 15 – League Two clubs vote to end the season with immediate effect. May 17 – Premier League players and staff tested for COVID-19. May 18 – Scottish Premiership curtailed, with points per game determining league positions and Celtic named champions. May 19 – Premier League clubs return to socially distanced group training. May 25 – Women’s Super League cancelled, with title and relegation to be determined. May 27 – Premier League clubs vote to resume contact training.

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Premier League action will return on June 17 with Manchester City v Arsenal and Aston Villa v Sheffield United, Bryan Swanson reports

Football in England has been suspended since March 13 following an emergency meeting between the Premier League, Football Association, the English Football League and the Women’s Super League. The last Premier League match before the shutdown was Leicester vs Aston Villa on March 9.

Thursday’s conference call was the second meeting of Premier League clubs in the last two days after they unanimously agreed to resume contact training.

There have been 12 positive results across the first three rounds of coronavirus testing at Premier League clubs. Four positive tests were announced on Wednesday evening.

Full Premier League statement

A statement read: “Premier League Shareholders today agreed to a new provisional restart date for the 2019/20 season of Wednesday 17 June, provided that all safety requirements are in place.

“Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal – postponed due to the Carabao Cup Final – will now take place on 17 June, followed by a full match round beginning on Friday 19 June. Due to COVID-19, games will take place behind closed doors.

“Premier League Shareholders also approved a proposal that would see all 92 remaining matches broadcast live in the UK by the League’s existing broadcast partners: Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC Sport and Amazon Prime.

“The planned kick-off times in the UK for live matches will also differ from the traditional times.”

Positive to see further steps on the return of football today

I’ve been pushing for as many games as possible to be free to view & for the return of the top league to support the whole football family

We are still working on govt guidance before we green light sports’ return

— Oliver Dowden (@OliverDowden) May 28, 2020

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters added: “Today we have provisionally agreed to resume the Premier League on Wednesday 17 June. But this date cannot be confirmed until we have met all the safety requirements needed, as the health and welfare of all participants and supporters is our priority.

”Sadly, matches will have to take place without fans in stadiums, so we are pleased to have come up with a positive solution for supporters to be able to watch all the remaining 92 matches.

“The Premier League and our clubs are proud to have incredibly passionate and loyal supporters. It is important to ensure as many people as possible can watch the matches at home.

“We will continue to work step-by-step and in consultation with all our stakeholders as we move towards resuming the 2019/20 season.”

64 live PL games on Sky, 25 free-to-air

Sky Sports will show 64 live Premier League games and make 25 available free to air when the season resumes.

64 live games on Sky Sports from provisional restart date of June 17

25 games to be made freely available

New Sky Sports digital innovations also planned to enhance fan experience

Sky, the UK’s leading football broadcaster, will make 25 games available ‘free to air’ – including Everton vs Liverpool on the first full weekend back – for everyone in the UK to enjoy.

With 92 Premier League matches of the current season remaining, Sky Sports subscribers will be able to watch 39 exclusive live games with a further 25 available more widely via Sky’s free-to-air ‘Pick’ Channel and simulcast on Sky Sports, allowing the whole nation to be part of the return of live sport.

‘Testing has provided a degree of confidence’

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Sky Sports News Chief Reporter Bryan Swanson says the Premier League have been given ‘cautious optimism’ after four positive coronavirus tests were announced from the third round of testing

Sky Sports News’ chief reporter Bryan Swanson:

‘As soon as a return to contact training had been approved unanimously by clubs, the next step was for a resumption of matches.

‘There has been a shift in perception in the couple of weeks that has been helped by the testing. The Premier League clubs have taken part in three rounds of testing and there have been 12 positives cases, but 99.5 per cent of those testing have returned negative results.

‘Every positive result will have to have been taken seriously, but the relatively low figures will have given a degree of confidence for those players and managers that they are returning to as safe an environment as possible.

‘A lot can happen in the next three weeks but what clubs now have is that definitive line in the sand, they know what they are aiming for in terms of Project Restart. In the case of four of those clubs, they are playing on June 17, with the rest taking part over the weekend of June 19, 20 and 21.

‘The expectation from the Premier League is that the remaining 92 fixtures will be completed in a six-week timeframe. A lot of other items remain under discussion, notably where all the fixtures will be played.

‘The Premier League are also discussing a Plan B – what happens if there is a second peak of the virus and those fixtures cannot be fulfilled at some point throughout June and July? But clubs have that June 17 target to focus on and that is what they will chase.’

Neutral venues still on the table?

Sky Sports News’ chief reporter Bryan Swanson:

‘We still await confirmation on stadia and venues. This goes back to the authorities and police to see whether the clubs will get their way to play matches at home.

‘There is perhaps a suspicion that some of the big remaining games, the more high-profile games, may be at neutral venues.

‘It has always been the Premier League’s intention to finish the remaining 92 games, and they have the broad agreement to do that, albeit in the restrictions of a behind-closed-doors environment.

‘Where the question goes now is the stadiums that can and can’t be used. Neutral venues were the key plan going forward, but clubs have been reassuring the authorities that fans will not be gathering outside their stadiums as had been feared.

‘What will happen to specific clubs is a question that still needs to be answered.’

Home advantage wiped out?

While venues are still to be confirmed, there appears to be a trend in the Bundesliga when it comes to ‘home games’. There have been only five home wins in 27 Bundesliga games played behind closed doors – suggesting home advantage is wiped out without fans.

That ratio represents a 25 per cent slump for success on home soil since the league restarted and underlines how fans in the stands are the key component to home advantage.

According to a study published by The Conversation, home teams win 46 per cent of games on average – but that figure is slashed to just 36 per cent for the 191 games played behind closed doors in Europe’s top leagues and competitions since WWII.

In England, the hosts have won 45 per cent of games in the Premier League this season, 43 per cent in the Championship, 46 per cent in League One and 42 per cent in League Two.

How will having no fans inside the stadium impact Premier League clubs? Read more here

Neville: PL players will be fit for June restart

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Speaking on The Football Show, Gary Neville says the lockdown may have helped the likes of Tottenham and Manchester United, with key players returning from injury

Gary Neville said this week that he thought Premier League players would only need “two or three weeks” of training to get up to speed.

Speaking on The Football Show, he said: “I don’t see players’ fitness being a concern – I don’t see them needing four or five weeks. Even when they’ve had six weeks off for pre-season, within 10 days of going back in they’d be playing games again in pre-season.

“They wouldn’t be 100 per cent fit but these are uncharted times. I wouldn’t expect the players to be absolutely perfect. I feel two to three weeks is about right to get them back playing again.

“We’re constantly told throughout the season that players are overworked, play too many matches. What we can’t have is a situation where the players have had an eight-week break to then say they need six weeks of training to get back to fitness. That doesn’t feel right.

“If Harry Kane was borderline fit for the European Championships and was going to be back two weeks before the tournament, he’d be saying he was fit and ready to go. I don’t see the difference with this situation.”

The fixtures left to play

The full fixture schedule, including dates and kick-off times, is still to be confirmed but there are plenty of big derbies and crunch clashes at top and bottom still in store.

Liverpool, so close to the title, have Manchester City to play again, as well as Merseyside rivals Everton, while a north London showdown between Arsenal and Tottenham is on the agenda.

The race for European qualification is on, with Manchester United just three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and Wolves and Sheffield United in the chasing pack.

And while Norwich are adrift at the bottom, only four points separate 15th-placed Brighton and 19th-placed Aston Villa.

It’s all to play for.

Where could Premier League teams finish?

How high or low could your club finish in the league this season? With 92 games left to play, we reveal the best and worst scenario for every club.

Data guru Ben Mayhew has simulated every possible result from the remaining 92 games and calculated each club’s range of possible final league positions – in addition to probabilities for each standing.

The results reveal it’s all to play for in the race for Champions League qualification and the battle for top-flight survival…

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UAB @ #21 Auburn

Tuesday: 6 – 4 L

This was a gut punch. Yeah, it was a midweek loss so it didn’t count against the SEC record but it did hurt Auburn’s above average RPI. Just from that one loss, the Tigers fell 3 spots from 14 to 17 which doesn’t sound that, however UAB entered the contest at 159 in the RPI and that alone makes it the Tigers worst loss of the season (Jacksonville St entered the midweek near the 150s but improved their rankings greatly with a midweek win as we will find out below). There were some positives to gleam from this one though. Will Holland again went 3 for 4 with another double and a run scored while Matt Scheffler and Conor Davis continued to get reliable hits and Edouard Julien showed flashes that he might be feeling it again getting two base hits including a great hit against the shift, going the opposite way. On the mound Ryan Watson, Garrett Wade, Kyle Gray and Will Morrison combined to hold the Blazers hitless, giving up 6 walks with 4 strike outs in 4.1 innings of work. Auburn can bounce back from this and hit its goals that were set at the beginning of the season, which is pretty remarkable to think about with the injuries to the pitching staff and lack of offensive production, but Auburn will need to figure things out in a hurry with Georgia this weekend.

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#2 Vanderbilt

@ #5 Louisville, TUE: 6-2 W

Just Vandy being Vandy and knocking off a sure fire regional host going away. Now the Dores return to Hawkins field for (hopefully with the weather) a major series with Mizzou. I am interested to see if this will be another sweep for Vandy because if it is, we may see them run 12 straight conference wins to close the SEC regular season, and that would be an accomplishment.

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— Vanderbilt Baseball (@VandyBoys) May 7, 2019

#4 Mississippi State

vs Memphis, WED: 10-9 W

WOO Boy this was a close one, State entered the bottom of the 8th down 9-8 and that’s when Elijah MacNamee slapped a double to center to score 2 and lock up the win. Now State hits the road to take on all the sudden hot Ole Miss in the Egg Series. I wish this was the Thursday Night game so I could enjoy this tonight but I guess LSU and Arky will have to do, but the good news is that it is the only conference game going Saturday night so settle in for that one.

He gets the big hits!#HailState | @Elijahm_2 pic.twitter.com/4N2pZjUuJC

— Mississippi State Baseball ⚾️ (@HailStateBB) May 9, 2019

#8 Georgia

@ Jacksonville State, WED: 9-8 L/11

This was about all Auburn could have hoped for to be honest. Georgia had to use 6 different arms and while they were sparingly used, they still had to go and throw live so there’s that. The Dawgs suffer a tough extra innings loss that I personally wish would have gone about 5 more innings but we can’t have everything. Georgia is still the favorite this weekend but there a lot of unknowns that we will get to in a bit.

#14 LSU

vs Louisiana Tech, TUE: 12-1 L

This was over from the word go and good for La Tech, who had been really struggling since a tornado ripped through their baseball stadium a few weeks back. LSU didn’t crack the score board until the 7th and by that time it was 7-1. Now, LSU must regroup and play maybe the toughest homestanding team in the conference in LSU and on a short rest week.

#18 Tennessee

vs Austin Peay, TUE: 9-4 W

Nice bounce back win for the Vols after the dropped Mizzou series and now we get to see a human interest study in Gainesville. Tennessee seems to be a lock to end the SEC’s longest drought in the NCAA tournament (and with Mizzou seemingly a lock as well, that mantle would fall to Alabama, having last made it in 2014). Can Tennessee go and inch closer to .500 in the conference which would also give them a shot at hosting with their strong RPI ranking. Meanwhile, in Gainesville…

Florida

vs South Florida, TUE: 7-3 W

Good win for the Gators as every win is big for their resume. Florida has a real shot to make a case for their Tournament lives as there is an argument and a way that Florida misses even Hoover (it’s an outside shot but it can still happen, which is amazing). Florida needs this series more than Tennessee does for sure, but needing it doesn’t mean it will be given to you. This is a major test for the Gators this weekend.

Bye bye baseball! Wil Dalton's 6th homer of the year makes it 6-2 #Gators after seven. Watch Now: https://t.co/664xSJdOn3 pic.twitter.com/uoK2sqvEut

— Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) May 8, 2019

Kentucky

vs Indiana, TUE: 5-2 W

Very nice win for the Wildcats as Indiana is battling for their postseason lives (if it isn’t over already). This is great momentum for the Bat Cats as they head down to Columbia to take on the Gamecocks for the inside track for that last spot in Hoover. I will have my money on Kentucky taking 2 of 3 but it will be tough.

Alabama

@ Troy, WED: 7-3 W

Speaking of that last spot in Hoover, Alabama gets a solid momentum builder before they head home to take on the Aggies. It would be massive for Alabama to get the series win and match either Carolina or Kentucky on the weekend, but it will be an uphill battle with 2 of the better starting pitchers in the conference.

South Carolina

vs Furman, WED: 7-4 L

Ouch. The Auburn and LSU losses this week were worse than this because of post season standings but for a team this one hurts. Carolina has to get their heads right for Kentucky now and a chance at any games in Hoover. That will be tough but if they can scratch out 2, the Gamecocks might extend their streak of getting to the Tournament.

On Deck (with SEC Schedule and this week’s C&M Top 25 Rankings)

#20 LSU @ #3 Arkansas (THU-SAT)

#23 Missouri @ #2 Vanderbilt (FRI-SUN)

#4 Mississippi State @ #13 Ole Miss (FRI-SUN)

#7 Georgia @ #24 Auburn (FRI-SUN)

#17 Texas A&M @ Alabama (FRI-SUN)

#18 Tennessee @ Florida (FRI-SUN)

Kentucky @ South Carolina (FRI-SUN)

Now this is more like it! 4 Top 25 matchups and a postseason play in series to boot! For Auburn, it’s just another series it really needs to have against a Top 10 ball club. In this week’s installment, it’s the 7th ranked Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia is fighting to catch up to Vandy in the SEC East and is also playing for a bye on Tuesday in Hoover. The Dawgs, like Auburn, are also looking to get back their ace this weekend, Auburn with Tanner Burns and Georgia with Emerson Hancock. Hancock has sat out the last 2 weekends to mixed results (a blowout loss to State and a win against Florida), and has SEC Pitcher of the Year numbers with a 1.04 ERA in 69 innings with a 77 to 15 K to BB ratio. He also has a sterling .143 BA/against. Look for Georgia to also throw Tim Elliott (2.56 ERA) and Tony Locey (2.63 ERA) on the weekend. If Auburn can somehow work pitch counts and get them out of the game in the 4th or 5th innings, they are ahead of the game as the Georgia pen is pretty good, but not exceptional. At the plate, there are 3 to 4 names to remember. LJ Talley leads the Bulldogs with a .341 BA and is second on the team with 8 bombs. He is followed closely but A-a-ron Schunk and his .337 BA while Riley King is also above .300 with a .307. Tucker Maxwell is the Mark Reynolds of the team as he paces the Bulldogs in Home Runs and Strikeouts with 10 and 50 respectively. He is also a lefty so handle him with care against the Monster.

As I mentioned, Auburn looks to get back Tanner Burns and if they do, this would be the first time since the Tennessee series that Auburn had the Burns and Owen matchup on Friday and Saturday. It was also the tail end of Auburn’s winnings streak. So the question is, can the renaissance in pitching depth equate to better production with the bats. Perhaps the offense won’t press feeling it NEEDS to score runs and just play the game? It’s amazing to think that we still have questions with 7 games left on the schedule, but this hasn’t been a normal season to say the least. If Auburn can get back to the form we saw in early March, this will get very interesting.

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SoccerSouls European Power Rankings – April 27th-28th

Terms and Criteria

The SoccerSouls power Rankings are a weekly compilation of the 20 best teams in Europe ranked on the basis of form and performances over the week.

Teams from all the major European leagues will be included while the rankings do get updated every week. The set of rankings are based exclusively on the results from last gameweek.

Historical achievements and the prestige of the players in the club play no part whatsoever in the criteria for the selection of teams. The positional changes that are made will purely be based on current form, value of the results, progress in competitions as well as any other footballing achievements.

These rankings are exclusively set as per the opinion of the writer and do not hold any official value. Do feel free to comment regarding any disputes about your team’s position or if you think a team doesn’t deserve the place that they’ve been allotted. Based on the fixtures, these rankings will be updated every weekend so be sure to check back.

Quick Look

Premier League

Liverpool and Man City kept their winning streaks going as the title race looks like it could well and truly go into the final day of the season.

The Premier League saw yet another surprising week this time around with all four teams vying for the two remaining Champions League spots dropping points.

BIG VIRG.

pic.twitter.com/TAGoGhMM7Z

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 29, 2019

Spurs and Arsenal faced defeats to West Ham and Leicester City respectively while Manchester United and Chelsea played out a tight 1-1 draw, which has certainly benefitted the London club more.

La Liga

Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of Rayo Vallecano was a rather explicit illustration of how poor the football at the Bernebau has become. Barcelona sealed yet another La Liga title at the weekend as they’ve now been mathematically crowned as champions.

With just 3 fixtures left to play, Atletico Madrid are 9 points behind the Catalan side and with a goal difference advantage of more than 20 goals, there is a certain inevitability of their crowning.

Serie A

The Serie A is quite possibly the least competitive of all the top European leagues as Juventus have been running away with the title right from the opening day of the season.

Inter Milan fans trolled Juventus for their loss to Ajax in the Champions League

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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 27, 2019

Despite a 1-1 draw against Inter, their 18-point lead at the top of the table is enough to carry them through. Napoli were comfortable winners against Frosinone as well.

Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund wasted an opportunity to get level on points with Bayern Munich as they were battered at home by a lowly Schalke side.

The result on the night was 4-2 and this was mostly thanks to the red cards picked up by Marco Reus and Marius Wolf. Bayern Munich played out a 1-1 draw against Nürnberg while Eintracht Frankfurt stumbled to a 0-0 draw.

Ligue 1

With a 16-point lead at the top of the Ligue 1 table and a game in hand on the chasing pack as well, PSG’s candidacy for the title has never been under question and they are set to play Montpellier on Tuesday. Both Lyon and Lille were able to notch up good victories at the weekend as well.

Other European Leagues

In what is quite possibly the most intriguing title race across Europe, Benfica have now taken a 2-point advantage over Porto on the table owing to a 2-2 draw against Rio Ave. Elsewhere, both Celtic and Rangers were comfortable winners, while the Dutch league wasn’t in action this weekend.

Here are the club rankings after the April 6-8th set of fixtures:

20. Arsenal (-10)

Alexandre Lacazette

19. Wolverhampton Wanderers (New!)

All 5 of Diogo Jota's assists for @Wolves this season have been for Raul Jimenez, the most-ever #PL assists exclusively for one player by another pic.twitter.com/sJYvuPoQkM

— Premier League (@premierleague) April 28, 2019

18. Manchester United (+1)

Juan Mata

17. Eintracht Frankfurt (Stay!)

16. Paris Saint Germain (Stay!)

15. Real Madrid (-2)

Real Madrid had lost 10 league games in 2008-09 before signing Cristiano Ronaldo. In the years with him at the club, they never lost more than six games in a season. In the first year without Ronaldo, they've now suffered 10 defeats and we're still in … pic.twitter.com/sYHP2cZVg0

— CR7 Studio

(@cr7studio7) April 29, 2019

14. Napoli (+4)

13. Tottenham Hotspur (-7)

12. Benfica (-4)

João Félix for @SLBenfica in all competitions this season:

39 games

18 goals

10 assists 28 G+A already in his first season for the main team. Incredible talent.

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— FootballTalentScout (@FtblTalentScout) April 22, 2019

11. Juventus (+1)

10. Chelsea (+5)

Chelsea’s first season under Maurizio Sarri could easily be branded as a failure but upon closer inspection of the situation, it becomes clear that Chelsea are in a pretty strong predicament at the moment.

Eden Hazard

With top 4 in their control and Europa League still to fight for, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Blues rise further on this list.

9. Ajax (Stay!)

The Dutch giants don’t have a league game coming up anytime soon. They are set to face off against Tottenham in the semifinal of the Champions League in midweek after which a call will be taken about their position on these rankings.

8. Borussia Dortmund (-3)

The German giants have fallen off the pace being set by champions Bayern Munich as they succumbed to a rather unexpected 4-2 defeat at the hands of a lowly Schalke FC.

The game saw the men in yellow pick up two direct red cards with both their right-back and captain Marco Reus being sent off.

7. Porto (+7)

Possibly the biggest climbers of the weekend, Porto’s sudden rise into the top-10 is mostly down to the fact that their rampant rivals Benfica seem to have slipped up in the race for the Liga NOS title as Porto now have a clear points advantage with only a few games left to play.

6. Lille (+5)

The most in-form Ligue 1 side at the moment, LOSC Lille boasts some of the best and brightest young players in European football today and they certainly made this count in their 5-0 demolition of Nimes Olympique at the weekend.

5. Atletico Madrid (+2)

The Spanish giants haven’t had the best season and this has largely been down to their apparent inability to score goals at times.

Still boasting a very strong defence, Atletico Madrid were 1-0 winners over Valladolid at the weekend.

4. Bayern Munich (-1)

Bayern Munich’s weekend didn’t go quite as planned as they were unable to seal all three points on the night.

Arturo Vidal has won 3 different league titles in 3 different major leagues in Europe Italy – Juventus Germany – Bayern Munich Spain – Barcelona Guy is a beast

— Teshie Eden Hazard

(@sey_amen) April 28, 2019

But fortunately for them, their main rivals, Borussia Dortmund, dropped more points as the men in yellow succumbed to a defeat, opening up a small gap at the top of the table.

3. Manchester City (+1)

The defending Premier League champions won a fixture that could easily have had a different result considering the context.

Arsenal’s Invincibles: 38 games, 90 points

Liverpool 2018/19: 36 games, 91 points

Manchester City 2018/19: 36 games, 92 points

Manchester City 2017/18: 36 games, 94 points

Is Manchester City’s team of the Premier League's best ever? https://t.co/uUzVtWmjFe

— MCFC (@CitySection) April 28, 2019

Although their game against Burnley wasn’t an easy one by standards, the ruggedness shown by Pep Guardiola’s side to get the win on the night will be massive motivation on its own.

2. Liverpool (-1)

Quite possibly the only team to lose their hold over first place in a set of rankings on the back of a 5-0 win, Liverpool are unlucky not the be sitting in the top spot for yet another week.

While the scoreline being quite flattering, considering that the fixture was against an already relegated Huddersfield Town side, their drop doesn’t seem too unfair.

When you win your 10th La Liga title and get to celebrate it with the ones you love most.

#WeColorLaLiga pic.twitter.com/XUFhW9rzUl

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 27, 2019

1. Barcelona (+1)

The Catalan giants were able to ensure that the La Liga trophy came to the Camp Nou once again after a strong performance in their win against Levante.

Leo #Messi & @LaLiga

No. 10 for the collection pic.twitter.com/U4ra2m3V6T

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 27, 2019

They have been the best side in La Liga all campaign and with a Champions League semifinal lined up against Liverpool as well, there’s a reason for the fans to still be hopeful.

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Premier League Picks Week 34

Sadio Mane has been red hot for Liverpool in recent weeks. Image via Twitter.

Complaining about bad beats is not something we do around here. Over time, you will win (or push) from as many disadvantageous positions as you will lose from seemingly profitable ones. So this next observation is not a complaint, it’s just a statement presented without further comment: I don’t know how Wolverhampton Wanderers blew a two-goal lead in 11 minutes against Watford last weekend and cost me a 7/5 payout. I just don’t get it. But it happened, and the only sensible course of action is to forget about it and move forward.

This weekend’s Premier League slate is backloaded with quality. All of the relegation and mid-table scrappers were in action on Saturday. Sunday brings an early clash between second-place Manchester City and a side that beat them on City’s home ground earlier in the season, Crystal Palace. That match is followed by Liverpool/Chelsea, the clear match of the weekend. And Arsenal will try to reclaim the last Champions League place on offer (on goal difference) with a win over the aforementioned Watford on Monday. This week’s winners after the jump.

CRYSTAL PALACE v. MANCHESTER CITY

Crazy that both Liverpool and Manchester City play tomorrow. No other sides in Europe that are still in the Champions League would ever play on a Sunday before midweek CL fixtures. The Premier League needs to look after their own.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) April 13, 2019

Gary Lineker is absolutely right. Liverpool leads their Champions League quarterfinal tie with Porto 2-0 after the first leg. The Reds are probably going to handle Porto fairly easily, but they are still going to have to travel to Portugal for Wednesday’s second leg. Manchester City are trailing Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 after their quarterfinal’s first leg, and Spurs received the double gift of playing both a day earlier and against a Huddersfield Town side that, already headed for relegation, didn’t even try against Spurs on Saturday.

City’s quest for a repeat as Premier League champions, at least in the short term, is likely going to take a backseat to their urgent need to beat Spurs in the Champions League on Wednesday night. City’s loss to Spurs mid-week was their first loss in all competitions since dropping all three points to Newcastle United in the league on January 29. Unfortunately for City, they have proven to be a club that is prone to shaky patches in the schedule, especially when they are called upon to play a lot of matches in a short period of time. City lost to Palace and to Leicester City in the span of four days in December.

Crystal Palace has little else to play for this season. Their Premier League position for next season is almost clinched. The Eagles will therefore throw everything they have at City, hoping to claim a double over the reigning champions and putting a real hurt on City’s chances to repeat. Even a draw would achieve that. Take Crystal Palace to win OR draw at 12/5.

LIVERPOOL v. CHELSEA

Will Liverpool step up or slip up?

#LIVCHE pic.twitter.com/VquAaubhRn

— Sport360° (@Sport360) April 13, 2019

Liverpool has won four in a row in the league and has not been beaten in league play since City got them on January 3. That’s over four months without a loss in the league. What cost Liverpool their seven-point lead in the table was all of the draws (Leicester City, West Ham, Manchester United, Everton.) Still, unbeaten is unbeaten, and you can fairly well rely on Liverpool to secure a result in this match.

Chelsea has won three in a row in the league. Their only loss in league play in the last two months came away to Everton, which also beat Arsenal at Goodison Park last weekend. Chelsea is in a pitched battle to climb back into the Champions League places and cannot afford to simply give this match away to Liverpool.

All of this goes to say that I have no idea who will win this match or whether it will be a draw, and that’s fine. Because I know this much: Chelsea has scored in six of their last seven league matches, and Liverpool has scored in five of their last six. There will be goals in this match. Take both teams to score at 3/4.

WATFORD v. ARSENAL

Are you excited yet?

The #FACup final between Manchester City and Watford will kick off at 17:00 BST on 18 May.

Here's all you need to know

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— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) April 10, 2019

Last week I noted that whoever came out of the Wolves/Watford FA Cup semifinal would be prohibitive underdogs against City in the final. I knew that much, anyway: City are 1/4 to win that trophy. If you think Watford can defy the odds again, they’re 10/1 in the FA Cup final.

Watford has not played since last week’s FA Cup semifinal comeback and in reality the Hornets don’t have a great deal more to play for in the league. Neither West Ham nor Bournemouth is likely to catch Watford for 10th place in the table. Conversely, Arsenal needs every last win available in the league to avoid another grueling trip through the Europa League next season.

Watford is a slight favorite in this match, but I’ll take the Gunners here. Watford has lost three of their last five league matches, compared to Arsenal having won three of their last five. It probably won’t be all that convincing. It doesn’t have to be. Take Arsenal to win at 23/20.

Good luck this weekend.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS

Arsenal to win AND both teams to score at Everton at 29/10: LOSS

Wolverhampton Wanderers to win against Watford (FA Cup semifinal) at 7/5: LOSS

Chelsea to win at nil against West Ham at 6/5: WIN

LAST WEEK’S TOTAL: -$80

SEASON TO DATE: -$1,563

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Jono Carroll Headlines Special Edition of #MTKFightNight Against Maxi Hughes LIVE on ESPN+

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Published: August 11, 2020

Midweek boxing comes to ESPN+ this Wednesday with the return of former world title challenger Jono Carroll, who will face off against veteran Maxi Hughes in the 10-round lightweight main event. The closed-door #MTKFightNight event will take place at Production Park Studios in Wakefield, England, and will stream live beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. Carroll (18-1-1, 4 KOs), from Dublin, lost a unanimous decision to Tevin Farmer for the IBF junior lightweight world title in March 2019, but he’s since won two consecutive bouts. The southpaw pressure fighter kicked off his 2020 campaign in March with a knockout over former world champion Scott Quigg in Manchester, England. The result sent Quigg into retirement and re-inserted Carroll into the world title picture. Hughes (20-5-2, 4 KOs) is a two-time British title challenger who is best known to UK fight fans for his action-packed trilogy against Martin Joseph Ward. He is 3-2 in his last five bouts, including a decision loss to former world title challenger Liam Walsh last November. In other action on the ESPN+ stream:

“Sugar” Sean McComb (10-0, 5 KOs), aka “The Public Nuisance,” will fight former Southern Area champion Siar Ozgul (15-4, 3 KOs) in a 10-round junior welterweight bout. McComb announced he will campaign at lightweight following the Ozgul fight.

In an eight-round battle featuring a pair of unbeaten welterweights, former British amateur sensation Sahir Iqbal (7-0, 1 KO) will take on Welsh prospect Maredudd Thomas (11-0, 2 KOs).

Dublin-born prospect Pierce “Big Bang” O’Leary (4-0, 1 KO) will face off against Jacob Quinn (4-0) in a scheduled six-rounder contracted for 143 pounds.

Craig MacIntyre (11-0-1, 4 KOs) will fight Ishmael Ellis (11-2) in an eight-round welterweight tilt.

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Bracketology 2020: Selection Sunday is just four weeks away

Tre Scott and Cincinnati are in the field after winning six of their last seven games. | Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

It’s been a couple weeks since we looked at the lock and bubble picture. And while a few teams have sewn up bids in that time, the teams near the cut line continue to offer plenty of drama.

Internet? Check.

Cable? Check.

Plenty of game results to account for? Check.

At this time last week, I took an unexpected detour to a time with less technology — think the 1980s — but now I’m back in the 21st century and ready to update the bid picture. Once again, here’s a reminder of how the lock and bubble picture works.

For the 2020 NCAA tournament, 23 conferences are likely to earn a single bid, though there’s a shot at that number falling to 22 or even 21, as you’ll see later. For now, I’m sticking with 23.

As a result, 45 of the 68 places in the field are truly up for grabs — the 36 at-large spots and the nine that will go to the tournament winners of those nine likely multi-bid conferences.

In turn, those 45 spots will also largely disappear as teams move into the lock category. By the time Selection Weekend arrives, those of us in the bracketology-industrial complex will hopefully be left making educated guesses about a handful of spots.

Locks and protected seeds (16)

Two weeks ago, only the four No. 1 seeds, the Baylor Bears, Kansas Jayhawks, Gonzaga Bulldogs and San Diego State Aztecs, had locked bids up. Surprisingly, this quartet remains in place, just as they did in Tuesday’s bracket. However, the remainder of the “protected seed” group joins them today. As another reminder, that term means a team is protected against facing a potentially hostile environment in the First Round only.

Note: The first number following a team’s name is its NET ranking as of the morning of Feb. 13. Second, is the team’s overall record in games against Division I opposition only as of the morning of Feb. 14. The third is its record in both Quad 1 and 2 games, with the fourth indicating its record in Quad 1 games alone. Record information is courtesy WarrenNolan.com’s incredible database. Auto bid holders are denoted with an asterisk (*).

No. 1s: 1. Baylor* (3/22-1/13-1/8-0), 2. Kansas (4/20-3/16-3/10-3), 3. Gonzaga* (2/25-1/7-1/5-1), 4. San Diego State* (1/24-0/8-0/4-0) No. 2s: 5. Duke (6/21-3/9-2/4-1), 6. Dayton* (5/22-2/8-2/2-2), 7. Maryland* (8/20-4/11-4/5-4), 8. Louisville* (10/21-4/7-4/4-3) No. 3s: 9. Florida State (15/20-4/9-4/3-3), 10. Seton Hall* (16/18-6/13-6/8-4), 11. Auburn* (13/22-2/12-2/4-2), 12. West Virginia (10/18-6/8-6/5-5) No. 4s: 13. Villanova (21/18-6/11-6/7-6), 14. Butler (12/19-6/13-6/8-5), 15. Kentucky (23/19-5/8-4/5-3), 16. Oregon* (25/19-6/10-6/7-4)

These 16 teams include 10 teams that have already won 20 (or more) games and three others which could reach that total over the weekend. The Oregon Ducks are a late addition to the Top 16, thanks to their comeback win over the Colorado Buffaloes on Thursday night.

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Louisville could have dropped from the two line after losing to Georgia Tech, but the Cardinals weren’t the only contender to lose this week.

The Louisville Cardinals remain on the two line despite Wednesday’s bad loss at Georgia Tech. That’s because Florida State fell at Duke on Monday and both Seton Hall and West Virginia dropped their Wednesday games.

Top four seeds by region

South: 1/1. Baylor* (St. Louis 1), 2/7. Maryland* (Greensboro 2), 3/11. Auburn* (Tampa 2), 4/14. Butler (Omaha 2) - Total of Top 4 Seeds = 33

East: 1/4. San Diego State* (Sacramento 1), 2/5. Duke (Greensboro 1), 3/10. Seton Hall* (Albany 1), 4/15. Kentucky (Sacramento 2) - Total of Top 4 Seeds = 34

Midwest: 1/2. Kansas (Omaha 1), 2/6. Dayton* (Cleveland 1), 3/9. Florida State (Tampa 1), 4/16. Oregon (Spokane 2) - Total of Top 4 Seeds = 33

West: 1/3. Gonzaga* (Spokane 1), 2/8. Louisville* (St. Louis 2), 3/12. West Virginia (Cleveland 2), 4/13. Villanova (Albany 2) - Total of Top 4 Seeds = 36

I could have placed the Butler Bulldogs as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest, which would have set them up to play the Regional round in their hometown. Additionally, Oregon could have been placed in its natural region, the West. However, those choices created too much of an imbalance between the four regions that required adjustment.

Other locks (3)

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Creighton’s thrilling 87-82 win at Seton Hall helped push the Bluejays to lock status in today’s countdown.

No. 5s: 17. Creighton (19/18-6/11-6/7-6), 18. Penn State (18/19-5/12-5/7-3), 19. Colorado (14/19-6/10-6/5-3)

There are three further locks today, a trio of power conference teams that are nearing the 20-win mark. This is an important distinction for squads to come.

At this point, 19 of our 45 free bids are gone, leaving us with 26.

Nearing safety (9)

No. 5s: 20. Michigan State (11/17-8/10-8/4-7) No. 6s: 21. Iowa (26/17-8/10-7/5-6), 22. Marquette (20/17-7/11-7/5-6), 23. LSU (28/18-6/9-5/3-4), 24. Ohio State (22/16-8/8-8/4-6) No. 7s: 25. Arizona (9/17-7/8-6/2-5), 26. Illinois (36/15-8/7-7/4-6), 27. BYU (24/19-7/6-7/2-5), 28. Wisconsin (32/14-10/8-9/7-7)

This group of teams is moving closer to lock status, but haven’t quite sealed the deal yet. While the Michigan State Spartans snapped a three-game skid by holding off the Illinois Fighting Illini in Champaign Tuesday night, they still have some tricky games left, including two against the Maryland Terrapins, the current Big Ten leader. As for the Illini, they’ve dropped three straight, while the Iowa Hawkeyes’ Thursday road loss at Indiana cost them their spot as a No. 4 seed. Iowa has now dropped three of its last five.

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Arizona took care of business in defeating Cal by 16 on Thursday, but the Wildcats will need to defeat stronger opponents to move up the seed list.

The Marquette Golden Eagles’ 72-71 loss at Villanova on Wednesday prevented them from moving closer to lock status, while a Tuesday win over Missouri didn’t move the needle for an LSU Tigers squad that had lost its prior two games. The Ohio State Buckeyes, on the other hand, have improved their standing by winning four of their last five. Out west, the Arizona Wildcats could use a few more quality victories to shore up their status, while the BYU Cougars need to keep their five-game winning streak going for another week, as Gonzaga visits Provo on Feb. 21.

Then there are the Wisconsin Badgers, the first 10-loss team to appear in today’s projection. They simply can’t let that total get too much bigger over the next month. That will be easier said than done in the 2019-20 Big Ten.

With nine more spots off the board, just 17 places remain.

Bubble in (11)

No. 8s: 29. Michigan (30/15-9/8-9/5-8), 30. Houston* (27/20-5/9-5/2-3), 31. Texas Tech (17/16-8/6-8/3-7), 32. Oklahoma (45/16-8/8-8/3-6) No. 9s: 33. Saint Mary’s (37/19-6/7-4/2-3), 34. Purdue (31/14-11/7-10/4-8), 35. Xavier (43/16-9/8-9/2-8), 36. Florida (38/15-9/5-9/3-6) No. 10s: 37. Rutgers (33/16-8/6-7/2-6), 38. Northern Iowa* (34/20-3/4-1/1-1), 39. Wichita State (50/18-6/8-6/2-3)

Of this group, the Michigan Wolverines and Oklahoma Sooners, both of which have won two straight, and Texas Tech Red Raiders, triumphant in their last three, look to be in the best position. As for the fourth No. 8 seed, the Houston Cougars, there are too many potentially tricky games left on their remaining American Athletic schedule to declare them a lock — despite the fact they’ve already recorded 20 victories. It’s a similar story for the Saint Mary’s Gaels, whose 30-point home loss to Gonzaga will leave a mark on their profile, particularly since they still need to visit Spokane to close out the regular season.

The Northern Iowa Panthers can move closer to both the Missouri Valley regular-season title and an at-large, should they need it, with a road win at Loyola Chicago on Saturday.

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Rutgers has dropped three of its last four — all away from Piscataway — and those results have the Scarlet Knights trending in the wrong direction.

The Purdue Boilermakers and Rutgers Scarlet Knights are both playing enigmatically in mid-February. Matt Painter’s squad’s home dominance was rudely ended by Penn State on Tuesday, while the Scarlet Knights have yet to defeat a Big Ten team that’s not named “Nebraska” on the road. In the Big East, the Xavier Musketeers’ three-game win streak ended at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Wednesday evening, keeping Travis Steele’s squad from further consolidating its position. Meanwhile, both the Florida Gators and Wichita State Shockers took care of business in their midweek road trip, results that earned both a little bit of breathing room from the First Four spots they found themselves in on Tuesday.

That’s 11 more places gone, which means only six should remain. However, since both San Diego State and Northern Iowa represent likely single-bid leagues, there are still eight at-large places to account for.

The cut line

No. 10s (Last Four Byes): 40. Rhode Island (35/18-6/6-5/1-4) No. 11s (Last Four Byes): 41. Virginia (55/16-7/6-6/2-23), 42. Indiana (64/16-8/6-8/4-6), 43. USC (48/18-7/9-6/3-6)

Of the four teams destined for Dayton on Tuesday, Indiana recorded the biggest midweek victory, as Thursday’s 89-77 win over Iowa was the Hoosiers’ fourth over a Quad 1 opponent. Otherwise, the Rhode Island Rams’ loss at Atlantic 10 leader Dayton only cost them seeding, while both the Virginia Cavaliers (over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish after overtime) and USC Trojans (over a fading Washington Huskies squad) narrowly pulled out games they couldn’t afford to drop.

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Remy Martin and Arizona State won their second straight bubble showdown on Thursday night, following Saturday’s home win over USC with a road triumph over Stanford.

Last Four IN (No. 11s - First Four): 44. Arizona State (54/16-8/8-8/4-6), 45. Cincinnati (47/16-8/8-5/2-5) Last Four IN (No. 12s - First Four): 46. Arkansas (44/16-8/4-8/2-5), 47. ETSU (41/19-4/4-3/2-2)

Had the Cincinnati Bearcats not lost by a point in overtime to the UConn Huskies on Sunday, they probably would have made it into Tuesday’s bracket. Thursday night’s late rally and overtime win over the Memphis Tigers did the trick, as it was the sixth win in their last seven tips. The Arizona State Sun Devils, Tuesday’s last team in, were another huge Thursday winner, as their 74-69 road win over the Stanford Cardinal both boosted their position and knocked their Pac-12 rivals out of the field for now.

The Arkansas Razorbacks are trending in the wrong direction, having lost three straight, with consecutive games against Mississippi State and Florida likely to tell us whether Eric Musselman’s squad is NCAA or NIT bound.

Last, but certainly not least, the East Tennessee State Buccaneers enter the field, meaning that there are two Southern Conference teams in the field for now. Provided both win their Saturday games, the Bucs will host the Furman Paladins Wednesday night with first-place on the line.

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NC State could make a major move in the at-large picture in the next eight days, thanks to home games against two of the ACC’s best.

First Four OUT: 69. VCU (42/17-7/3-6/1-4), 70. Stanford (29/16-8/4-7/2-5), 71. Utah State (46/18-7/4-5/2-4), 72. Minnesota (40/12-11/6-11/4-10) Next Four OUT: 73. NC State (56/16-8/7-6/3-2), 74. Alabama (39/13-11/5-10/1-6), 75. Mississippi State (49/15-9/4-7/1-6), 76. Richmond (51/18-6/3-4/2-4)

While Stanford’s loss to Arizona State was understandable, the VCU Rams’ 72-67 home loss to a George Mason team that headed to the Siegel Center with a 2-8 Atlantic 10 record was inexcusable, particularly for a team that owns only three Quad 1/2 wins. But Mike Rhoades’ squad will have a chance to pad that total in the coming days, as they travel to arch-rival Richmond for a true bubble showdown on Saturday and host Dayton on Tuesday.

The Utah State Aggies moved closer to the field and the No. 2 seed in the Mountain West tournament by winning at Colorado State Rams on Tuesday, while the Minnesota Golden Gophers have had the week to prepare for huge home games against Iowa and Indiana.

Among the Next Four Out, keep an eye on the NC State Wolfpack. On Tuesday, they knocked off the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome to win their second straight away from Raleigh. They’ll play a third such game Sunday at Boston College. After that, though, Kevin Keatts’ squad gets both Duke and Florida State at home. Conversely, the Alabama Crimson Tide are moving the wrong way, as they’ve dropped four of their last five, while their SEC rivals Mississippi State lost further position, thanks to a 25-point road loss to in-state rival Ole Miss.

Also Considered: 77. Georgetown (53/14-10/8-10/4-9), 78. Memphis (59/17-7/6-5/1-3), 79. St. John’s (67/14-11/5-10/3-8), 80. Oregon State (69/15-9/5-6/4-3), 81. UNCG (60/18-6/3-4/2-2), 82. Providence (62/13-12/7-8/4-8), 83. Tennessee (63/14-10/6-9/2-6), 84. Texas (70/14-10/3-10/2-8), 85. DePaul (66/12-11/4-10/4-7), 86. Syracuse (68/14-10/4-9/2-4), 87. Utah (72/14-10/7-8/3-7), 88. Notre Dame (52/15-9/3-8/1-5), 89. South Carolina (65/15-9/5-7/3-5), 90. Liberty (57/21-3/1-1/0-1), 91. SMU (73/17-6/2-5/1-2), 92. UConn (75/13-11/3-9/0-6)

With midweek losses, Memphis, Providence, Syracuse, Notre Dame and Utah are trending in the wrong direction. On the flip side, the Oregon State Beavers’ emphatic home victory over the Utes boosted their prospects, particularly with Colorado visiting Corvallis on Saturday. The Tennessee Volunteers also improved their chances by routing Arkansas on Tuesday. Six of the Vols’ last seven games will feature teams under consideration.

(Likely) One-Bid Conference Reps

No. 12s: 48. Yale*, 49. Furman*, 50. Vermont* No. 13s: 51. Stephen F. Austin*, 52. North Texas*, 53. UC Irvine*, 54. Colgate* No. 14s: 55. New Mexico State*, 56. Wright State*, 57. Bowling Green*, 58. Hofstra* No. 15s: 59. Winthrop*, 60. South Dakota State*, 61. Little Rock*, 62. Austin Peay* No. 16s (First Round): 63. Montana*, 64. North Florida* No. 16s (First Four): 65. Prairie View A&M*, 66. Rider*, 67. Robert Morris*, 68. NC Central*

With one month and two days left until Selection Sunday, just five teams can finish their conference seasons win a perfect record. Just one of those teams, the New Mexico State Aggies, finds itself among this group. Note that out of this quintet, only Gonzaga will see its conference tournament end before Selection Weekend.

I’ll have another full bracket projection on Tuesday. In the meantime, I’ll have some TV previews up at Blogging The Bracket and I’ll talk more bracketology on the weekend edition of the College Basketball Coast to Coast podcast.

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Hey, everybody, met here with altcoin Buzz, Happy Hump Day. Hope your midweek is going very well indeed. Today we’re looking at the case for four bullish Bitcoin signals in 2020. We’ll also round out and in a responsible way, at least in our opinion, are going to try to give you the devil’s advocate argument and give you four reasons why there may be a bearish scenario to look forward to. However, we’ll start with the four positive ones that we’ll start here. First of all, I’m quite a market cap dot.com. On this April 1st, we have a meteoric success in the form of toilet paper token. It has surpassed bitcoin up one thousand one hundred twenty-three point nine seven percent in these last 24 hours. In fact, it’s so hot that it is out of stock. Happy April, fools, everybody. Don’t forget, if you like this kind of content bitcoin blockchain, cryptocurrency. Make sure to hit the subscribe button. Hit the like button below. And stay tuned to the end of this video to learn more information on our crypto tag ZUS starter kit, which we give away every Saturday. OK. So the price of Bitcoin has been following a descending resistance line since the 15th of March when it reached its local high of six thousand nine hundred fifty-seven dollars and at the time of publishing the price was rejected from the resistance line and has begun to decrease. In addition, there is a strong resistance area at six thousand five hundred dollars, which the prices unsuccessfully attempted to break out from in these past two days. Now let’s look at some fundamental factors, both bullish and bearish for Bitcoin. Bullish signal number one, Bitcoin is very likely to follow gold if not at a one to one level, at least in part. So Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as a whole is still a relatively small asset class that is only currently getting slightly correlated to traditional markets and is in the process of being established. After all, the current market environment is a big test for bitcoin, and besides the Friday the 13th major drop, it has actually held up quite well being only an 11-year-old asset. And as for gold, which went up around 3.75 percent in Q1 of 2020, which is a much more established and safe-haven asset than Bitcoin and also has a smaller total user base. Bitcoin is a bit behind gold a bit in terms of performance. But one can argue that as we move along in the next few months and years, Bitcoin starts to take larger shares away from gold, though unlike gold, which can be found on the other planets in vast quantities and on asteroids and all the far corners and reaches of space. Bitcoin is absolutely scarce and has a strict limit of 21 million coins, which is enforced by a network of decentralized miners across the globe and it’s mathematically guaranteed. So that fact alone, the scarcity model from Plan B predicts it will make bitcoin more valuable than gold over the coming decades. And just a reminder, gold’s market cap is far, far higher somewhere in the 7 to 8 trillion range. As we can see on coin market cap, dot.com bitcoin right now only has a total market cap of 114 billion. So approximately and this is just a ballpark figure, some 35 times less than where gold is. If gold were to be the world reserve digital currency, it could swell conceivably 20, 30, 40, 50 times or more. A bullish signal for Bitcoin. Number two, infinite money printing by the Federal Reserve and Donald Trump here on Bloomberg.com. Against this backdrop of incessant money printing, Bitcoin is a disinflationary or deflationary currency whose total supply again is strictly limited to 21 million. Bitcoin has never seemed more attractive in light of what is happening now. And Mike Novogratz described it as the strongest bull case for the benchmark cryptocurrency. Even though Crypto failed to perform as a safe haven during the Corona virus-driven selloff, the Wall Street bull Mike recently opined that 20:20 could end up being another big year for Bitcoin, as we can see here. In his tweet, this from thirty-first of March. Money Grows on Trees 20:20 by Bitcoin after the Federal Reserve said it had, quote, unlimited money. Trump claimed that the state could manipulate infinitely, describing it as, quote, our money and our currency. This, in turn, sent shivers down the spine of Bitcoin supporters as the lack of such meddling in the money supply is a key benefit over Fiat, which makes the cryptocurrency a form of hard money. The third major bull signal of twenty twenty-four bitcoin is its upcoming having event. This event was shaping up to become really the main narrative and the main attraction of 2020. Given that it makes the asset more scarce after it’s first having the bitcoin price skyrocket 100 times in this year, and the second having also brought its investors 33 times returns, that may not be the case this time around. I’m not quite holding my breath, to be perfectly honest and candid, because I think contextually there’s just a lot more happening at this time and there are too many other variables that are going to be weighing in. But potentially the having could have a positive impact on bitcoin. Will it be 100 times or 33 times the current value afterwards? Probably not, but it should have a positive net effect. Overall, our fourth and final bullish signal for bitcoin in 2020 is the use cases for gambling, which are still increasing really on an everyday basis. Cryptocurrencies may still have people, many people asking questions about credibility and safety, but really for millions around the globe, they’re becoming a normal way of making payments in many different areas of life. And one such area is certainly AI gaming or online gambling. And players in Europe have become extremely savvy with using Bitcoin to make their sports bets and play casino games online. Really, the biggest factor for this is anonymity and ease of use. However, one negative side, at least for now and for some users, is the volatility of bitcoin because unlike fiat currencies whose value will barely move for months or years on end, the value of bitcoin has a tendency to jump up and down quite significantly. Of course, we have covered a lot of the leaders in this. Based such as at chillis, I want to clarify, chillis are not a gambling token, but it is affiliated with different football clubs, for example, the sports world. This is something that we’re gonna see more and more of in the months and years ahead. Mark my words. OK, let’s be fair at this point in round out this list with the mirror image for bearish signals beginning with number one, decreasing usage and also global payment, including visa usage, which is down right now. So the usage of bitcoin has plunged to actually to a two year low in the last couple of days with only 250000 transactions occurring per day in these last few days, as revealed by the founder and CEO of Quantum Economics, Matty Greenspan. The short term prediction for the leading cryptocurrency is actually thus quite bearish. The bitcoin price has also created a bearish, hammered candlestick for the month of March, but has managed to stay above an important monthly support level. In the short term, the price is expected to decrease towards the support line of the possible symmetrical triangle. And even as I mentioned, Visa is predicting only single-digit percentage revenue growth in contrast to Q1 last year 2019, where double-digit percentage growth was expected and for Q2 after a sharp drop in activity during March. They’re not all that optimistic based on everything that is happening in the world. Visa, I think at least is one of those recession-proof industries. They’re never gonna suffer to the extent that some others are. But you can see when they’re expressing some concern over their profits and revenues, you know, something is up. Number two, bearish signal for bitcoin. The hash rate is actually dropping and mining is becoming unprofitable at least a little bit. So the Bitcoin network hash rate took a steep dive on the twenty-sixth of March, dropping a whopping fifteen point nine five percent, which is a 45 percent drop from its peak highs of 2020. The hash rate dipped from one hundred thirty-six point two quintillion hashes per second on the 1st of March to just seventy-five point seven XA hashes on March 26, according to data from blockchain dot com. The fifteen point five percent drop had directly impacted the decrease in mining difficulty from a measurement of sixteen point five trillion to thirteen point nine trillion on the twenty-sixth of March, meaning that a large number of miners had disconnected from the chain entirely. Such a turn of events was expected after the past month’s turbulent events which saw Bitcoin roller coasting to three thousand six hundred, showing a 60 percent decline. And yeah, as a result, many miners allegedly found it unprofitable to keep mining and running their equipment, which, of course, consumes a lot of electricity. Our third bearish signal for 2020 is the technical analysis. So although the first quarter of 2020 was not the best ever quarter for Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency still managed to beat two of the three major U.S. stock indices, the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the Dow and the S&P 500 index. Bitcoin beat both of those by a rather wide margin. But since then, this highly contagious viral disease that is now the focus of every headline has launched a devastating attack on how we live. And, of course, as a result, the world economy as well. Bitcoin rose in the early parts of the year because investors and enthusiasts were focused on the upcoming having season. But it declined. When the markets crashed and many investors exited the cryptocurrency to fill margin calls as stocks also declined again, this was a rush toward liquidity. In addition, as most investors got hammered, it lowered the demand for the currency and our fourth and final bearish signal for Bitcoin in 2020. The global economic turmoil, unfortunately, is not over. Just when the global financial markets were in a state of turmoil, Bitcoin failed to prove itself as a, quote, safe haven for investors. Again, after rising 40 percent during early 2020, Bitcoin entered Q1 with 10 percent negative returns year to date. Just as we are entering the second quarter of 2020, the crypto markets seem to be stabilizing after a major correction. Bitcoin, which has been a star performer in the early half of the Q1, faced massive sell-off in the second half, and as of the thirty first, of March, Bitcoin ended the first quarter with 10 percent negative returns year to date at press time. Bitcoin is trading at a price of about six thousand three hundred fifty dollars with a market cap of about $115 billion. Thus, Bitcoin alone contributes to nearly 65 percent of the overall cryptocurrency market cap. Hence the 65 percent dominance metric that we discuss and we reference every day while members of the old boy’s army. Are you on the side of the bulls or are you on the side of the bears? Let us know your thoughts about our reasoning and our suggestions and we have listed here in the comments below. There are arguments certainly to be made both ways, but that about wraps it up for today. To be sure. You’re following us on all the regular social media channels and keep checking back into altcoin by Scott. I owe for all the latest. Go ahead. Like subscribe, share and hit the bell to receive notifications of. If you’ve enjoyed today’s video. Best of luck if you choose to invest on this hump day. Best of luck. If you choose to enter or give away our competition, we give away a crypto tag ZUS starter kit every Saturday. To be eligible for that prize, you gotta make sure you’re subscribed to altcoin Buzz on YouTube. You get to like our videos and you got to comment on our videos. Have a wonderful midweek, everybody. Happy Humpday. And as always, we hope to see you again soon in our next video. Take care.

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