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5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Is Tom Izzo a top 10 coach? See where he landed in a recent national list
Despite having one of his best seasons in the last five years, Tom Izzo is not considered a top 10 coach nationally by one popular college basketball social media account. College Basketball Report -- a popular social media account known for putting together rankings and other lists -- has released their list of top 50 coaches heading into the 2025-26 season. Izzo was obviously pretty high on the list, but not as high as some may have had the hall of famer. College Basketball Report has Izzo as the No. 12 coach nationally entering the season. Here's a list of the coaches ahead of him in the rankings: Dan Hurley of UConn (No. 1) Kelvin Sampson of Houston (No. 2) Mark Few of Gonzaga (No. 3) Rick Pitino of St. John's (No. 4) Matt Painter of Purdue (No. 5) Bill Self of Kansas (No. 6) Nate Oats of Alabama (No. 7) Bruce Pearl of Auburn (No. 8) Jon Scheyer of Duke (No. 9) Todd Golden of Florida (No. 10) Scott Drew of Baylor (No. 11) The list itself isn't bad -- in my opinion -- when you start to look at who all is ahead of Izzo in the rankings. The one thing I would nitpick on is having Scott Drew ahead of Izzo. Sure, Drew won a national championship in 2021, but other than that season, he hasn't led the Bears to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament since 2017. So if we are playing a comparison game, I find it hard to have Drew ahead of Izzo based on both recent success and overall success. Check out the complete rankings from College Basketball Report below: Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5. This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: Is Tom Izzo a top 10 coach? One recent release rankings says otherwise
The Guardian
30-06-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Kartal gets Britain off to a flyer at Wimbledon after deciding-set demolition of Ostapenko
This time last year, Sonay Kartal was ranked No 298, batting to make it as a professional. On Monday, after a whirlwind 12 months, the 23-year-old made it a perfect start for British players at Wimbledon as she upended the former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 7-5, 2-6, 6-2. Kartal, who cracked the top 50 for the first time earlier this month, saved three set points as she recovered from 5-2 down to win the first set and though No 20 seed Ostapenko bounced back to level, Kartal ripped through the third for a well-earned victory. 'That was one of the toughest matches I have played,' Kartal said. 'I struggle against the big hitters, she beat me easily last week (in Eastbourne).' A total of 23 British players are in action in the singles, the most since 1984, and on what was set to be the hottest ever opening day at Wimbledon, Kartal's greater fitness and in the end, consistency, got her over the line. Kartal hit 29 winners to just 15 unforced errors while Ostapenko, by contrast, hit 37 winners but made 32 unforced errors as the Briton claimed her third win over a top 20 player. It was here 12 months ago that Kartal made her breakthrough on the big stage, qualifying and then making the third round. Her win over Ostapenko will take her back close to her career-high ranking of 49, which she achieved just a week ago. Having beaten Kartal in Eastbourne, Ostapenko was full of confidence at the start, racing to a 3-0 and 5-2 lead on Court No 3. A quarter-finalist here last year, she had three set points at 5-3 but couldn't take them and Kartal ran through the last five games to take the set. Ostapenko hit back in the second to level but Kartal broke in the opening game of the decider and though she stumbled when serving for victory at 5-0, she made no mistake second time round as she moved through to a clash with Viktoriya Tomova, who advanced when Ons Jabeur withdrew early in the second set of their first-round match due to injury. A few minutes later, fellow British player and world No 733 Oliver Tarvet added to the early British success, recording a straight-sets victory over Leandro Riedi. The lowest-ranked man at Wimbledon, Tarvet triumphed 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and will now play the winner of the match between men's champion Carlos Alcaraz and Fabio Fognini.
CBC
15-06-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Gabriel Diallo wins his 1st ATP Tour title, taking Libema Open final in straight sets
Gabriel Diallo has won his first ATP Tour title. The 23-year-old Montreal native defeated Belgium's Zizou Bergs 7-5, 7-6 (8) to win the Libema Open tennis tournament on Sunday. In what was a tight, back-and-forth second set, Diallo was down 6-4 in the tiebreaker before pulling victory from the jaws of defeat. He got three straight points from then on before eventually taking the win. Diallo had nine aces, won 76 per cent of his first-serve points and had 23 winners. He also broke on his lone opportunity, while saving his opponent's two break point chances. The six-foot-eight Diallo was the first Canadian men's singles finalist in event history. Diallo, currently ranked No. 55, already guaranteed his top-50 debut on Monday by reaching the semifinals.
