— Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss was granted a temporary injunction that will allow him to play for the Rebels in 2026; he missed the 2022 season because of complications from tonsillitis and chronic fatigue, but had already red-shirted in 2021.
Chambliss played D2 ball at Ferris State, then transferred to Ole Miss and won the starting QB job last fall, leading the Rebels to the national semifinals.
— Caleb Wilson, North Carolina’s best basketball player, is out with a broken left hand; it is not known how long he’ll be out for. He is scoring 19.8 ppg, grabbing 9.4 rebounds/game for the 19-5 Tar Heels.
— Los Angeles Dodgers gave 3B Max Muncy a $7M contract extension for 2027 that includes a $10 team option for 2028. Muncy played in only 173 games the last two years; he hit 19 HR’s last year, with an .846 OPS.
Dodgers also signed utility guy Kike Hernandez for $4.5M this season.
— Philadelphia Phillies released OF Nick Castellanos, then said he was benched last year after bringing beer into the dugout during a game. Phillies still have to pay Castellanos for 2026; he hit .250 with 17 homers and 72 RBI last year- he’ll be 34 next month.
— Cal Poly 79, Cal-Irvine 73
Anteaters led by 15 late in the first half.
Cal Poly outscored Irvine 50-31 in second half.
Irvine’s loss lets Hawaii slip into first place in the Big West
— Louisiana Tech 79, Missouri State 78, 2OT
Missouri State led by 12 midway thru first half.
Teams combined to shoot 13-51 on the arc.
Tech won six of their last nine games.
— Cal-Fullerton 86, Long Beach State 82
Fullerton won five of last six games, after a 5-1 start.
Titans outscored Long Beach 45-34 in second half.
Long Beach has lost six in a row, four of them by 7 or less points.
— Famous birthdays, February 13th
Bo Svenson, 85
Stockard Channing, 82
Mike Krzyzewski, 79
Peter Gabriel, 76
Mats Sundin, 55
Randy Moss, 49
Aqib Talib, 40
Nathan Eovaldi, 36
— Nebraska-Omaha 98, St Thomas 94
St Thomas led by 5 with 5:10 left in the game.
Omaha shot 25-28 on foul line, St Thomas 6-14
St Thomas shot 74.2% inside arc, scored 1.27 ppp and still lost.
— North Texas 76, Memphis 69
North Texas outscored Tigers 14-2 over the last 4:57 of this game.
Mean Green was 31-41 on foul line, Memphis 13-15
Memphis is turning ball over 20% of time in AAC games.
— Cal-San Diego 68, Cal-Davis 51
Hard to describe how badly Cal-Davis played in this game.
Aggies were 6-20 on arc, 1-7 on foul line, forced 21 turnovers, still lost by 17
Tritons shot 60.6% inside the arc.
— Utah Tech 81, Utah Valley 77
Tech led 42-25 at halftime, hung on for dear life.
Utah Valley shot 70.3% inside arc, 5-22 outside arc.
Teams are tied for second place in the WAC, behind Cal Baptist.
— NC-Wilmington 65, Elon 54
Seahawks shot 11-25 on the arc, led 33-24 at halftime.
UNCW is 10-2 in CAA, leads Charleston by two games.
LY, UNCW won CAA tourney as #2-seed, was 14-seed in NCAAs.
— Belmont 91, Northern Iowa 86
Belmont has won 10 of its last 11 games, leads MVC by tw0 games.
Bruins shot 14-30 on arc, scored 1.28 ppp.
Belmont’s Tyler Lundblade is 92-231 on arc, 32-55 inside arc. Lot of 3’s.
— Ohio Valley Conference will have a great conference tournament; these are the first six teams in their standings:
11-4 Tenn-Martin
11-4 Tennessee State
10-5 SIU-Edwardsville
10-5 Lindenwood
10-5 SE Missouri State
10-5 Morehead State
