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From The GIST College Sports (hi@thegistsports.com)
Happy Monday!
We don’t know about you, but WNBA superstars A’ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark were certainly feeling 22 this weekend when their alma maters, South Carolina and Iowa, respectively, retired their jerseys. It felt like the perfect night to dress up like legends.
- Ready to make it a week worth hanging from the rafters? Scroll on for more college sports updates — everything will be alright if you keep us next to you.


— WNBA star and former South Carolina Gamecock A’ja Wilson during her aforementioned jersey retirement speech. South Carolina’s first-ever No. 1 recruit, she led the Gamecocks to their first NCAA title in 2017, laying the foundation for today’s dynasty. Setting the standard in Columbia.
Men's basketball
🏀 Hoopin’ and hollerin’

The GIST: Don’t get too comfortable, college basketball fans. Your favorite team could be on the move in today’s AP Poll after a Saturday chock-full of upsets and epic comebacks. Here’s what happened on the hardwood:
😈 Cooper Flagg and No. 2 Duke dominate rival UNC: It may have been his first time taking part in one of sports’ greatest rivalries, but the freshman phenom looked like a vet, leading Duke to an 87–70 win over the Tar Heels. Flagg finished with 21 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists to keep the Blue Devils atop the ACC. The legend grows.
🐺 No. 25 UConn upsets No. 9 Marquette: After losing to three unranked conference foes, the Huskies needed a signature win — and they bagged a big one, defeating Marquette 77–69 behind sophomore guard Solo Ball’s 25 points. Oh, and they did it without freshman star Liam McNeeley, who’s set to return from an ankle injury this week.
🐻 Baylor completes massive comeback over No. 11 Kansas: The unranked Bears trailed by 21 points before roaring back to stun the Jayhawks 81–70. Freshman guard Robert Wright III led the way for Baylor with 24 points, 20 of them coming in the second half (!!!), to seal the largest blown lead in Kansas hoops history. Yikes.
🐗 Calipari's Razorbacks silence No. 12 Kentucky: Former Wildcats head coach John Calipari returned to Lexington, Kentucky, for the first time since bailing for Arkansas in the offseason, and he left with a massive W: Coach Cal’s new squad upset Kentucky 89–79 for just their second win in SEC play. Big Blue may have booed, but Cal got the last laugh.
Indoor track
🏃 Speed demons

The GIST: Just one month into 2025 and a handful of indoor track athletes are already making it their year with broken records aplenty. On your mark, get set, let’s catch up, shall we?
North Carolina’s Ethan Strand sets his second collegiate record of the season: The UNC senior set an NCAA 3,000-meter record to end 2024, racing to a 7:30.15 finish on December 7th.
- Then he added another record to his resume over the weekend, running the indoor mile in a jaw-dropping 3:48.32, the NCAA record and third-fastest time in the indoor mile…ever. No slowing down here.
Tinoda Matsatsa owns 1,000-meter record: Almost exactly one year after setting the previous mark, the Georgetown sophomore broke his own NCAA record last month, running the 1,000-meter race in a time of 2:16.84 on January 18th. The speedy performance earned Matsatsa Big East Men’s Athlete of the Week honors and heaps of praise from his coach.
Jenoah McKiver claims 600-yard record: Florida’s redshirt senior, who was named an All-American in both indoor and outdoor track last season, set the 600-yard record on January 18th, posting a time of 1:05.75.
- McKiver was part of the Gators team that finished second in the 4x400 meter at last year’s national championship. Expect him to be chomping at the bit once again.
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🏀 Iowa women’s basketball upsets No. 4 USC on night of Clark’s jersey retirement
There must have been some Clark magic leftover in Carver Hawkeye Arena yesterday as the former Iowa star watched her team upset sophomore star JuJu Watkins and the Trojans 76–69 on the same day that her jersey went into the rafters.
- Fifth-year senior Lucy Olsen led Iowa with 28 points, helping the Hawkeyes snap USC’s 15-game win streak.
🤸 UCLA gymnast Jordan Chiles scores perfect 10 to lead Bruins past Michigan State
No. 6 UCLA gymnastics needed a golden performance to beat No. 5 Michigan State, and the junior delivered, scoring a perfect 10 on her floor routine (her second perfect 10 of the season!) to help her squad secure a 197.300-197.200 win over the Spartans.
- Florida also had a winning weekend, flipping into second in the national standings — behind No. 1 Oklahoma and ahead of No. 3 LSU — after defeating No. 4 Utah and West Virginia in a three-team meet.
🏈 TCU football wide receiver Jack Bech wins Senior Bowl MVP
A month after his brother was tragically killed in the New Orleans truck attack the day before the Sugar Bowl, Horned Frogs wide receiver (WR) Jack Bech was named Senior Bowl MVP on Saturday for his game-winning touchdown in the post-season All-Star competition.
- Bech wore No. 7 during the game, honoring his brother Tiger, a former WR at Princeton.
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