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Newspaper Page TextA6 The BulleTin • Tuesday, decemBer 21, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD TUESDAY BASKETBALL men’s college, Florida a&m at arizona state men’s college, Fort Wayne at michigan Women’s college, stanford at south carolina men’s college, uT-martin at Ohio state men’s college, Fresno state at utah men’s college, elon at arkansas men’s college, Xavier at Villanova nBa, Washington Wizards at Brooklyn nets nBa, Portland Trail Blazers at new Orleans Pelicans Women’s college, Oregon at northwestern men’s college, Kansas at colorado men’s college, usc vs Oklahoma state men’s college, Pepperdine at Oregon men’s college, connecticut at marquette nBa, Phoenix suns at los angeles lakers men’s college, nicholls state at Oregon state Time 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. TV Pac12neTW BiG10 esPn2 esPnu Pac12neTW sec Fs1 TnT rOOT, rOOT+ BiG10 esPn2 esPnu Pac12neTW, Pac12Or Fs1 TnT Pac12neTW, Pac12Or 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. FOOTBALL men’s college, Famous idaho Potato Bowl — Kent state vs Wyoming 12:30 p.m. esPn nFl, seattle at l.a. rams 4 p.m. FOX men’s college, Tropical smoothie café Frisco Bowl — Texas-san antonio vs san diego state 4:30 p.m. esPn TENNIS Tennis, session 1 round robin 10 a.m. Tennis Tennis, session 2 round robin 4:30 a.m. Tennis WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL men’s college, diamond head classic — liberty vs northern iowa men’s college, Quinnipiac at Penn state men’s college, louisville at Kentucky men’s college, Pacific at california men’s college, murray state at auburn men’s college, Georgetown at Providence men’s college, northern Kentucky at indiana men’s college, arizona at Tennessee men’s college, Kennesaw state at nebraska men’s college, Boise state at Washington state men’s college, lipscomb at lsu Women’s college, notre dame at dePaul men’s college, illinois vs missouri men’s college, Virginia Tech at duke high school Basketball, Teams TBa men’s college, diamond head classic — Byu vs south Florida men’s college, cal Poly-san luis Obispo at ucla men’s college, Vanderbilt at hawaii FOOTBALL men’s college, lockheed martin armed Forces Bowl — missouri vs army HOCKEY nhl, edmonton Oilers at los angeles Kings TENNIS session 3 round robin noon 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. esPnu BiG10 esPn Pac12neTW sec Fs1 BiG10 esPn2 esPnu Pac12neTW sec Fs1 BiG10 esPn2 nBcsn 6:30 p.m. esPnu Prep sports TUESDAY Boys basketball: Bend vs. Sandy, 6 p.m.; Redmond at Hillsboro, 7:15 p.m.; Ridgeview vs. South Albany, 6:30 p.m.; La Pine vs. Taft, 6 p.m. Girls basketball: Redmond vs. Hillsboro, 6:30 p.m.; Ridgeview vs. TBD at Corvallis High; La Pine vs. Taft, 4 p.m. Wrestling: Pacific Coast Championships, Mountain View vs. South Salem at Mountain View High. WEDNESDAY Boys basketball: Ridgeview vs. Henley, 6:30 p.m.; Culver vs. Taft, 3 p.m. Girls basketball: Ridgeview vs. TBD, at Corvallis High; Culver vs. Taft, 1 p.m. Wrestling: Madras, Sisters at Rollin Schimmel Me- morial Wrestling Tournament at Pendleton High. FOOTBALL NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New England 9 5 0 .643 Buffalo 8 6 0 .571 Miami 7 7 0 .500 e-N.Y. Jets 3 11 0 .214 South W L T Pct Tennessee 9 5 0 .643 Indianapolis 8 6 0 .571 e-Houston 3 11 0 .214 e-Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 North W L T Pct Baltimore 8 6 0 .571 Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 Pittsburgh 7 6 1 .536 Cleveland 7 7 0 .500 West W L T Pct Kansas City 10 4 0 .714 L.A. Chargers 8 6 0 .571 Denver 7 7 0 .500 Las Vegas 7 7 0 .500 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Dallas 10 4 0 .714 Phila. 6 7 0 .462 Washington 6 7 0 .462 N.Y. Giants 4 10 0 .286 South W L T Pct Tampa Bay 10 4 0 .714 New Orleans 7 7 0 .500 Atlanta 6 8 0 .429 Carolina 5 9 0 .357 North W L T Pct y-Green Bay 11 3 0 .786 Minnesota 6 7 0 .462 Chicago 4 9 0 .308 e-Detroit 2 11 1 .179 West W L T Pct Arizona 10 4 0 .714 L.A. Rams 9 4 0 .692 San Francisco 8 6 0 .571 Seattle 5 8 0 .385 e-Eliminated from playoffs y-clinched division Sunday’s Late Games New Orleans 9, Tampa Bay 0 Monday’s Games Las Vegas 16, Cleveland 14 Minnesota at Chicago, late Tuesday’s Games Seattle at L.A. Rams, 4 p.m. Washington at Phila., 4 p.m. PF 367 394 285 250 PF 337 398 207 196 PF 334 369 291 292 PF 385 379 285 299 PA 227 243 312 428 PA 309 300 372 370 PA 315 303 335 305 PA 296 370 243 374 PF 401 337 266 238 PF 410 313 258 271 PF 359 344 231 243 PF 378 366 360 272 PA 293 291 324 331 PA 306 285 384 313 PA 302 333 332 366 PA 284 293 314 262 College 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Pac12neTW esPn2 5 p.m. esPn 7 p.m. TnT 10 a.m. Tennis Listings are the most accurate available. SPORTS BRIEFING FOOTBALL Oregon not expecting more opt-outs before Alamo Bowl — Oregon’s roster for the Alamo Bowl is likely set, al- beit without four starters and a fifth player on the two-deep. All-American edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux, starting X re- ceiver Devon Williams and starting field cornerback Mykael Wright have all declared for the NFL Draft and opted out of playing in the bowl game. Starting boundary cornerback DJ James and backup defensive tackle Jayson Jones entered the transfer portal. Offensive lineman Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu will remain in the draft but play for the No. 14 Ducks (10-3) against No. 16 Oklahoma (10-2) on Dec. 29 (6:15 p.m., ESPN) in San Antonio. Interim Oregon head coach Bryan McClendon said additional opt-outs aren’t expected before the bowl game. BASEBALL MLB sued by 4 ex-affiliates over minor league cuts — Four minor league teams that lost their big league affiliations before the 2021 season have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball, using a law firm that has represented players’ unions. Parent companies of the Staten Island Yan- kees, Tri-City Valley Cats, Norwich Sea Unicorns and Sa- lem-Keizer Volcanoes filed suit Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, accusing the baseball commissioner’s office of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. MLB ended the Profes- sional Baseball Agreement that governed the relationship be- tween the majors and minors in late 2020, after minor league seasons were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. HOCKEY NHL shutting down from Wednesday to Saturday — A person with direct knowledge of discussions said the NHL is beginning a leaguewide shutdown Wednesday amid an in- crease of positive COVID-19 test results among players across the league. Beginning the annual holiday break two days early means five additional games will be postponed, bringing the total this season to 49. Two games slated for Tuesday are still set to go on as scheduled. The league and NHL Players’ Associ- ation on Sunday said in a joint statement they were attempting to avoid a leaguewide shutdown and were making decisions on a team-by-team basis. The latest shift gives all 32 teams an ex- tended break before players, coaches and staff can gather again Sunday to skate and undergo coronavirus testing. —Bulletin wire reports MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn monday night are: 10 15 16 22 36 42 Oregon Lottery results ON DECK The estimated jackpot is now $7.3 million. as listed at www.oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites BOWL SCHEDULE MONDAY Myrtle Beach Bowl Conway, S.C. Tulsa 30, Old Dominion 17 TUESDAY Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho Kent State (7-6) vs. Wyoming (6-6), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Frisco Bowl Frisco, Texas No. 24 UTSA (12-1) vs. San Diego St. (11-2), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) WEDNESDAY Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Missouri (6-6) vs. Army (8-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN) THURSDAY Frisco Football Classic Frisco, Texas Miami (Ohio) (7-5) vs. North Texas (6-6), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Gasparilla Bowl Tampa, Fla. UCF (8-4) vs. Florida (6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN) FRIDAY Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Memphis (6-6) vs. Hawaii (6-7), 5 p.m. (ESPN) SATURDAY Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Ball St. (6-6) vs. Georgia St. (7-5), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) BASKETBALL NBA NBA Conference Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Brooklyn 21 9 .700 Chicago 19 10 .655 Cleveland 19 12 .613 Milwaukee 19 13 .594 Miami 18 13 .581 Washington 16 15 .516 Phila. 16 15 .516 Charlotte 16 16 .500 Boston 15 16 .484 Atlanta 14 15 .483 Toronto 14 15 .483 New York 13 17 .433 Indiana 13 18 .419 Orlando 6 25 .194 Detroit 5 24 .172 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phoenix 24 5 .828 Golden State 24 6 .800 Utah 20 9 .690 Memphis 19 13 .594 L.A. Clippers 16 14 .533 Denver 15 14 .517 L.A. Lakers 16 15 .516 Minnesota 15 15 .500 Dallas 14 15 .483 Sacramento 13 18 .419 Portland 13 18 .419 San Antonio 11 18 .379 Oklahoma City 10 19 .345 Houston 10 21 .323 New Orleans 10 21 .323 Sunday’s Late Games Phoenix 137, Charlotte 106 Chicago 115, L.A. Lakers 110 Minnesota 111, Dallas 105 New Orleans at Phila., ppd Cleveland at Atlanta, ppd Denver at Brooklyn, ppd Monday’s Games Phila. 108, Boston 103 Chicago 133, Houston 118 Oklahoma City 102, Memphis 99 Orlando at Toronto, ppd Charlotte at Utah, late Sacramento at Golden State, late San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, late Tuesday’s Games Detroit at New York, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, ppd Portland at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. GB — 1½ 2½ 3 3½ 5½ 5½ 6 6½ 6½ 6½ 8 8½ 15½ 15½ GB — ½ 4 6½ 8½ 9 9 9½ 10 12 12 13 14 15 15 Men’s college PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Southern Cal 2 0 1.000 12 0 1.000 UCLA 2 0 1.000 9 1 .900 Arizona 1 0 1.000 11 0 1.000 Colorado 1 1 .500 9 3 .750 Washington St. 1 1 .500 8 4 .667 Utah 1 1 .500 7 4 .636 Stanford 1 1 .500 6 4 .600 California 1 1 .500 7 5 .583 Arizona St. 1 1 .500 5 7 .417 Oregon 0 2 .000 6 6 .500 Washington 0 1 .000 5 5 .500 Oregon St. 0 2 .000 1 10 .091 Tuesday’s Games Florida A&M at Arizona St., 2 p.m. Fresno St. at Utah, 4 p.m. Kansas at Colorado, 6 p.m. Pepperdine at Oregon, 6 p.m. Utah Valley St. at Washington, 6 p.m. Nicholls at Oregon St., 8 p.m. The AP Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college bas- ketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (60) 10-0 1524 1 2. Duke 10-1 1445 2 3. Purdue 10-1 1360 3 4. Gonzaga 9-2 1313 5 5. UCLA 9-1 1294 4 6. Arizona (1) 11-0 1230 8 7. Kansas 9-1 1210 7 8. Southern Cal 12-0 937 10 9. Iowa St. 11-0 926 11 10. Alabama 9-2 897 6 11. Michigan St. 9-2 822 12 12. Auburn 10-1 782 13 13. Houston 10-2 780 14 14. Ohio St. 8-2 744 15 15. Seton Hall 9-2 693 16 16. Texas 8-2 569 17 17. LSU 11-0 542 19 18. Xavier 11-1 469 22 19. Tennessee 8-2 447 18 20. Kentucky 8-2 428 21 21. Colorado St. 10-0 328 23 22. Providence 11-1 266 - 23. Villanova 7-4 222 9 24. Wisconsin 9-2 182 - 25. Texas Tech 8-2 86 25 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 65, West Virginia 57, UConn 55, Illinois 49, Loyola Chicago 42, Michigan 9, Arkansas 9, BYU 8, North Carolina 7, San Francisco 6, Wake Forest 5, Virginia Tech 4, Oklahoma St. 4, Iowa 3, Minnesota 3, Creighton 2, Memphis 1. Women’s college PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE Monday’s Games Colorado 80, San Francisco 56 Washington 58, Nevada 42 Tuesday’s Games UC Irvine at Arizona St., 11 a.m. Saint Mary’s (CA) at California, 1 p.m. No. 3 Stanford at No. 1 South Carolina, 4 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma, 4 p.m. Oregon at Northwestern, 6 p.m. Southern Cal at Long Beach St., 6 p.m. Cal St. Bakersfield at UCLA, ccd. Sunday’s Late Box Score Oregon St. 70, N. Iowa 59 N. IOWA (7-4) Boffeli 3-6 2-4 8, Gunnels 2-6 2-2 6, Finley 4-12 2-2 11, Kroeger 0-3 0-0 0, Rucker 7-15 1-2 17, Barney 1-4 1-2 4, McCullough 0-2 0-0 0, Morgan 0-0 0-0 0, Green 0-3 2-2 2, Laube 1-3 0-0 3, McDermott 3-7 1-1 8, Team 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 21-61 11-15 59 OREGON ST. (7-3) Corosdale 3-8 1-1 8, Jones 7-11 0-2 14, Adams 2-4 0-0 4, Kampschroeder 5-6 0-0 13, Von Oelhoffen 5-15 2-2 14, Brown 4-9 0-0 8, Mack 2-6 2-2 6, Mitrovic 0-1 0-0 0, Codding 0-2 0-0 0, Mannen 1-1 0-0 3, Marotte 0-0 0-0 0, Team 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 29-63 5-7 70 N. Iowa 13 11 14 21 — 59 Oregon St. 20 18 11 21 — 70 3-Point Goals—N. Iowa 6-23 (Boffeli 0-1, Finley 1-4, Kroeger 0-2, Rucker 2-3, Barney 1-3, McCullough 0-1, Green 0-2, Laube 1-3, McDermott 1-4), Oregon St. 7-21 (Corosdale 1-2, Kampschroeder 3-4, Von Oelhof- fen 2-9, Brown 0-1, Mack 0-2, Codding 0-2, Mannen 1-1). Assists—N. Iowa 7 (Rucker 3), Oregon St. 18 (Von Oelhoffen 6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—N. Iowa 33 (Gunnels 3-9), Oregon St. 42 (Team 2-6). Total Fouls—N. Iowa 10, Oregon St. 12. Technical Fouls— None. A—415. The AP Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s col- lege basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking Record Pts Prv 1. South Carolina (29) 11-0 725 1 2. Stanford 8-2 678 3 3. Louisville 10-1 643 6 4. Arizona 10-0 642 4 5. NC State 11-2 616 2 6. Maryland 9-3 517 9 7. Tennessee 9-1 504 7 8. Indiana 9-2 500 10 9. Michigan 11-1 498 13 10. Baylor 9-2 487 5 11. UConn 6-3 457 7 12. Texas 8-1 435 11 13. Georgia 10-1 381 17 13. Iowa St. 11-1 381 12 15. Iowa 6-2 273 14 16. Duke 9-1 270 15 17. Georgia Tech 9-2 225 18 18. South Florida 8-3 219 16 19. BYU 9-1 152 20 20. Notre Dame 10-2 137 21 21. LSU 9-1 130 22 22. Kentucky 7-3 127 19 23. Texas A&M 9-2 82 23 24. Ohio St. 8-2 68 24 25. North Carolina 10-0 66 25 Others receiving votes: Colorado 52, Oklahoma 45, De- Paul 43, Florida Gulf Coast 42, Nebraska 30. HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 29 19 6 4 42 Toronto 30 20 8 2 42 Florida 29 18 7 4 40 Detroit 31 15 13 3 33 Boston 26 14 10 2 30 Buffalo 30 10 15 5 25 Ottawa 28 9 17 2 20 Montreal 31 7 21 3 17 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts Carolina 29 21 7 1 43 Washington 31 18 6 7 43 N.Y. Rangers 30 19 7 4 42 Pittsburgh 30 17 8 5 39 Columbus 28 14 13 1 29 Philadelphia 29 12 12 5 29 New Jersey 30 10 15 5 25 N.Y. Islanders 26 8 12 6 22 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts Minnesota 30 19 9 2 40 Nashville 30 19 10 1 39 St. Louis 31 17 9 5 39 Colorado 27 17 8 2 36 Winnipeg 30 14 11 5 33 Dallas 29 15 12 2 32 Chicago 30 11 15 4 26 GF 94 98 104 88 71 82 79 67 GF 95 108 86 91 91 77 82 57 GA 77 76 87 104 69 104 101 109 GA 62 81 77 76 95 95 105 77 GF 112 89 106 115 90 82 72 GA 92 79 85 91 87 85 97 Arizona 29 6 21 2 14 56 109 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 31 20 11 0 40 111 94 Anaheim 32 17 9 6 40 103 89 Calgary 28 15 7 6 36 87 62 Edmonton 29 18 11 0 36 101 90 Los Angeles 30 14 11 5 33 80 79 San Jose 30 15 14 1 31 78 85 Vancouver 31 14 15 2 30 81 90 Seattle 30 10 17 3 23 84 108 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh 3, New Jersey 2 Los Angeles 3, Washington 2 Boston at Ottawa, ppd Nashville at Carolina, ppd Toronto at Seattle, ppd Arizona at Vancouver, ppd Monday’s Games Dallas 7, Minnesota 4 Columbus at Buffalo, ppd Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, ppd Colorado at Detroit, ppd Anaheim at Edmonton, ppd Tuesday’s Games Carolina at Boston, ppd New Jersey at Pittsburgh, ppd St. Louis at Ottawa, ppd Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Nashville, ppd Florida at Chicago, ppd Anaheim at Calgary, ppd Arizona at Seattle, ppd Tampa Bay at Vegas, 7 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, ppd DEALS Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BOSTON RED SOX — Named Peter Fatse hitting coach, Luis Ortiz assistant hitting coach, interpreter, Ben Rosen- thal assistant hitting coach, Ramon Vazquez first base coach, Andy Fox major league field coordinator and Mike Brenly major league staff assistant. National League CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with 1B Jake Bau- ers on a minor league contract. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Named Ryan Christenson bench coach, Ruben Niebla pitching coach, Michael Brdar hit- ting coach, Matt Williams third base coach, David Macias first base coach, Francisco Cervelli catching coach, Her- berto Andrade bullpen catcher and Bryan Price senior advisor to the major league coaching staff. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS — Signed G C.J. Miles to a 10-day contract. CHICAGO BULLS — Signed F Alfonzo McKinnie to a second 10-day contract. DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G Theo Pinson to a 10- day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed OLB Justin Houston, WR Sammy Watkins, CB Jimmy Smith on the reserve/ COVID-19 list. Activated OLB Pernell McPhee from in- jured reserve. Promoted DB Mazzi Wilkins from the prac- tice squad to the active roster. BUFFALO BILLS — Placed DE A.J. Epenesa and OL Jon Feliciano on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Placed OT Bobby Hart and DE Mike Love on the practice squad reserve/ COVID-19 list. Promoted OL Jacob Capra from the prac- tice squad to the active roster. CHICAGO BEARS — Activated RT Germain Ifedi from injured reserve. Promoted WRs Nsimba Webster, Dazz Newsome, DBs Thomas Graham Jr., Dee Virgin, Michael Joseph, BoPete Keyes, LB Charles Showden and DE La- Cale London from the practice squad to the active roster. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed P Drue Chrisman to the practice squad. Released CB Holton Hill from the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived DE/LB Azur Kamara. Re- leased WR Osirus Mitchell from the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS — Signed RB Craig Reynolds to the active roster. Activated CB Mark Gilbert and RB Jamaal Williams from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Placed QB Jared Goff, WR Quintez Cephus and T Matt Nelson on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Placed LB Alex Anzalone on injured reserve. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed LB Peter Kalambayi to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS — Placed DLs Jacob Martin, Derek Rivers and Maliek Collins on the reserve/COVID-19 list. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Activated OL Bobby Evans, LB Troy Reeder, CB Jalen Ramsey, DBs Grant Haley, Robert Rochell and OT Tremayne Anchrum off the reserve/ COVID-19 list. Designated RB Jake Funk to return from injured reserve to practice. Promoted WR Landen Akers, DBs Kareen Orr, Damarious Randall from the practice squad to the active roster. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed CB D.J. Reed, RT Brandon Shell, RB Travis Homer, DE Kerry Hyder Jr., G Pier-Ol- ivier Lestage and CB Mike Jackson on the reserve/ Covid-19 list. TENNESSEE TITANS — Designated WR A.J. Brown and DB Chris Jackson to return from injured reserve to practice. Placed DB Elijah Molden on the reserve/COVID-19 list. WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Activated DT Matt Ioannidis, S Myles Dorn and WR Myron Mitchell off the reserve/COVID-19 list. Placed OT Brandon Scherff on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Activated OL Sam Cosmi and DE Montez Sweat off injured reserve. USA BASKETBALL Kerr tapped as next Olympic men’s coach BY TIM REYNOLDS aP Basketball Writer Steve Kerr saw everything that Gregg Popovich went through as coach of the U.S. men’s national team, saw ex- actly how difficult it was last summer for the Americans to emerge from the Tokyo Olym- pics with another gold medal. And when he walked off the floor for the last time in To- kyo, he was drained. “It wasn’t easy,” Kerr said. It wasn’t, and it was just fur- ther proof that the days of U.S. cakewalks to gold are over. He decided to take the job any- way. Kerr was formally an- nounced as the next coach of the U.S. men’s team on Mon- day in San Francisco, a not- very-well-kept secret in recent weeks that the Golden State coach would be taking over for Popovich and leading the Americans — if they qual- ify — into the 2023 Basket- ball World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics. Kerr’s assis- tant coaches will be Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams and Gonzaga coach Mark Few. Williams has been an as- sistant before, under former U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski. Spoelstra and Few were in- volved in coaching the U.S. select team, which was assem- bled to practice against the Olympic team, this past sum- mer. “Coaching the USA men’s national team comes with great re- sponsibility — one that calls for a group effort with a team of coaches commit- Kerr ted to the team, to the goal and to each other — and I couldn’t ask for a finer group of high charac- ter individuals to help me lead our national team,” Kerr said. “Our goal, of course, is to win and make our country proud. We will work hard to do so.” Kerr would be the 16th dif- ferent coach to take the U.S. men into an Olympics. Of the previous 15, 13 have emerged with gold. His hiring for the job represents the first major decision by Grant Hill in his role as managing director of the men’s national team, the position he’s taking after Jerry Colangelo helped the Ameri- cans win the last four Olympic gold medals in that role. Kerr has three NBA titles as coach of the Warriors, won five more as a player, was part of the staff that won gold at the Tokyo Games and won a senior-level gold medal for USA Basketball as a player in the 1986 World Cup. “His basketball acumen, his ability to connect with peo- ple, I think his under- standing and respect of the international game, along with some other factors, certainly played a role in this process,” Hill said in an interview with The Associated Press about the selec- tion process. “As I talked to people and went through con- sideration, he was the perfect fit. His wealth of experiences, including that on the interna- tional stage, I think really dif- ferentiated him.” There are plenty of parallels between Popovich and Kerr, plenty of ties that bind. They are close friends, Kerr played for Popovich in San Anto- nio — and both are taking the Olympic job after missing out on Olympic bids as players. Popovich tried to make the 1972 U.S. Olympic team; Kerr was a finalist for the 1988 Olympic team. “I just did whatever he told me,” Popovich said with a smile earlier this month, when discussing what it was like to have Kerr on his Olym- pic staff. The Americans are cur- rently in the process of qual- ifying for the 2023 World Cup — which will end in the Philippines, the homeland of Spoelstra’s mother. A strong finish at the World Cup would be the easiest way to qualify for the Paris Olympics; sim- ply being the reigning gold medalist and world’s No. 1-ranked program doesn’t get the Americans into the games by default. Hill said he and Kerr have already had conversations about how to approach the next 2 1/2 years in terms of building a roster, putting their own touches on the program and still maintaining the best of what has delivered results for the U.S. in the past. “I don’t think you want to totally depart from what’s worked,” Hill said. “But I also think there’s an opportunity to press the reset button on some things and look for op- portunities to improve the ex- perience and ultimately, the goal for everyone involved. Look at this staff and they’ve all been a part of USA Bas- ketball. Monty Williams was with Coach K’s last quad. Erik Spoelstra and Mark Few were part of this past select team. So, it’s something that can be looked upon as a continua- tion.”