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12-05-2025
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WNBA Team Cuts NFL Player's Sister Without a Single Game
With just a few days before the 2025 season starts, WNBA teams are now making cuts from their respective training camp rosters. Each team is only allowed to bring a maximum of 12 players to the final and official roster for the campaign. Unfortunately for former Kansas State Wildcats guard Serena Sundell, she was one of those players who didn't make it to a WNBA roster amid the latest batch of cuts. Advertisement The Seattle Storm, who drafted Sundell with the 26th overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, announced her release on Monday. Alongside Sundell, Brianna Fraser and Mackenzie Holmes were also waived. "The Seattle Storm have waived Brianna Fraser, Mackenzie Holmes, and Serena Sundell," the team wrote in a post on social media. When the Storm drafted Serena Sundell, it quickly made headlines in Seattle, and for good reason. After all, the 21-year-old's brother, Jalen Sundell, is also playing for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. "My parents are thrilled, I'm thrilled," Sundell said during the draft when asked about being taken by the Storm and potentially playing in Seattle, in the same city as her brother. "It'll be perfect." Advertisement Sundell, however, didn't even get a chance to play in a regular season game and prove that she belongs in the WNBA. Seattle Storm guard Serena Sundell on the orange carpet at the 2025 WNBA Carchietta-Imagn Images The ex-Wildcats star did play in the Storm's lone preseason game against the Connecticut Sun, but she was only able to record one point, two rebounds and an assist in nearly 20 minutes of action. It remains to be seen what's next for Sundell, but hopes remain high that she will get another shot at the WNBA—even if it's not in Seattle. Related: Fans Are Sad After Fever Make Caitlin Clark, Roster Announcement Related: Angel Reese Takes Major Heat After Skipping Practice for Met Gala
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18-03-2025
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Want to watch ex-Kentucky basketball players, coaches in Men's March Madness? Here's how
LEXINGTON — A number of former Kentucky basketball players and coaches will participate in this year's NCAA Tournament. Not surprisingly, the overwhelming majority of ex-Wildcats are concentrated on one team elsewhere in the SEC. Note that this list does not include four players who initially were part of UK's 2024 recruiting class — Somto Cyril, Boogie Fland, Karter Knox and Billy Richmond — but were released from their letters of intent after John Calipari left Lexington to become Arkansas' coach. Fland, Knox and Richmond joined the Razorbacks, while Cyril signed with Georgia, which plays Gonzaga in Wichita, Kansas, on Thursday. Here's a look ex-Kentucky players and coaches who will appear in March Madness this year: Time at UK: One season (2020-21) Current stats: 1.3 points and 1.1 rebounds in 4.3 minutes per game (11 appearances, no starts) Xavier's 2024-25 record: 21-11 (13-7 Big East) First-round NCAA opponent: Texas (First Four; approx. 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, truTV) Time at UK: One season (2023-24) Current stats: 9.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2 blocks in 20.1 minutes per game (32 appearances, 19 starts) ' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC) First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Time at UK: Two seasons (2022-23 and 2023-24) Current stats: 15.6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.7 steals in 28.4 minutes per game (26 appearances, all starts) Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC) First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Time at UK: One season (2023-24) Current stats: 11.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists in 34.3 minutes per game (33 appearances, all starts) Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC) First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Time at UK: Fifteen seasons (2009-10 through 2023-24) Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC) First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Time at UK: Eight seasons (1989-90 through 1996-97) St. John's 2024-25 record: 30-4 (18-2 Big East) First-round NCAA opponent: Omaha (approx: 9:45 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Time at UK: Eight seasons (2009-10 through 2013-14; 2021-22 through 2023-24) Illinois' 2024-25 record: 21-12 (12-8 Big Ten) First-round NCAA opponent: Texas/Xavier (approx. 9:45 p.m. Friday, CBS) Time at UK: Three seasons (2021-22 through 2023-24) Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC) First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Time at UK: Four seasons (2020-21 through 2023-24) Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC) First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Time at UK: One season (2023-24) Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC) First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Time at UK: 10 seasons (2010-11 through 2019-20) Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC) First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) Reach Kentucky men's basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@ and follow him on X at @RyanABlack. This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky basketball: How to watch ex-Wildcats in March Madness games
