Lindsay Schnell

Portland

@TheAthletic senior writer covering college hoops | proud @Oregonian, @SINow & @USAToday alum | WBB is my love language | [email protected]

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How Oregon State baseball survived

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Over the last year, Mitch Canham has become an expert in Excel. Granted, the Oregon State baseball coach, now in his sixth year leading his alma mater, is familiar with spreadsheets thanks to being a business administration major during his undergrad.
Mason Neville, Oregon's home run king, has found joy in baseball once again

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

EUGENE, Ore. - Mason Neville wasn't sure what to expect when he entered the transfer portal in the summer of 2023. Thousands of athletes have gone to the portal after stellar individual seasons in search of more NIL money, higher-profile programs and the chance to chase trophies. Neville wasn't in that group, and he knew it. As a freshman outfielder at Arkansas in 2023, the Las Vegas native struck out 20 times in 33 plate appearances.
How did college softball become a hitter's game?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

When she goes to baseball games, Virginia Tech's Cori McMillan sometimes has no idea what's going on. That's not because McMillan, an outfielder for the Hokies and this season's home run leader (31) in Division I softball, doesn't know the rules of baseball. It's because the white ball is much harder to see when hit into the clouds. When a bat makes contact and launches the ball skyward, she frequently loses sight of it.
AJ Dybantsa's impact on Big 12? Can Kevin Willard win at Villanova? College basketball mailbag

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | CJ Moore |Lindsay Schnell

We talked SEC and Big East in the first of of our two-part mailbag. Let's dive into the Big 12, Kansas, Michigan State, the new Pac-12 and more in Part 2. (Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for clarity and length.) How much does adding AJ Dybantsa affect BYU and the rest of the Big 12? - Sarah K. Let's establish a couple of realities. First, the reigning Big 12 player of the year, JT Toppin of Texas Tech, is coming back for the 2025-26 season.
Can the university return to having the 'best of both worlds'?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Stewart Mandel |Lindsay Schnell

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The news last July came as a shock to the college sports industry. A softball star, pitcher NiJaree Canady, was leaving perennial power Stanford for Texas Tech, an afterthought in the sport. It was a commonly held assumption that few athletes would voluntarily leave behind a prestigious Stanford degree. But this was a new era. Canady, the national player of the year, had received a $1 million NIL deal - an unheard-of amount outside of football and men's basketball.
Tennessee basketball commit Nate Ament credits his talents to his family

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

PORTLAND, Ore. - Now that Nate Ament has committed to play basketball next season at Tennessee, tipping the Vols' 2025-26 roster from good to great, elated fans should seriously consider sending a thank you note to his older brother Frederick. Twenty-year-old Frederick can't take credit for Nate's 6-foot-9 height or his skill set (the forward is ranked No. 4 in the 2025 class). But he is the one who first convinced Nate to consider leaving soccer behind in favor of basketball.
Florida's Alijah Martin will talk about his second chance at the Final Four forever

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

SAN ANTONIO - When Alijah Martin went to the Final Four two years ago, he played maybe the best game of his career in the national semifinals, scoring 26 points on 7-of-13 shooting and grabbing seven rebounds. But ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic, one of a handful of Cinderellas that stole hearts that spring, lost to San Diego State 72-71 on a buzzer-beater that night, sending Martin and the Owls back to Boca Raton.
With legends looking on, Walter Clayton Jr.'s takeover hits the Final Four: 'He's special'

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

At this point, the Steph Curry comparisons might be inaccurate. With respect to the greatest shooter in NBA history, Curry never shined like this on college basketball's biggest stage. He never hit an impossible, fall-away corner 3 when his team desperately needed it, didn't score 34 points to push his team to the national championship game, didn't dazzle a football stadium packed with 68,252 fans. Curry, 37, saved all that for the NBA.
Cooper Flagg's mom vows to get a tattoo 'when we win the whole thing'

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

SAN ANTONIO - Cooper Flagg has been at the center of college basketball all season, leading Duke to the Final Four, winning multiple player of the year awards and starring in numerous commercials. His family has been by his side through everything - his grandma actually makes a cameo in one of those commercials - and is looking for a way to commemorate the 18-year-old's historic season beyond all the hardware he's brought home. So, naturally, his mom is planning to get a tattoo.
Florida, Duke players went from NBA Academy ‘brotherhood’ to Final Four

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Lindsay Schnell

Share SAN ANTONIO — Alex Condon wants to make one thing very clear.Yes, the Florida big man is thrilled to see so many other NBA Academy alums here at the Final Four, where his top-seeded Gators meet top seed Auburn in Saturday’s first semifinal before fellow No. 1 seeds Duke and Houston meet in the second semifinal.It’s cool to see “the brotherhood” represented on college basketball’s biggest stage, with two NBA Academy guys from Florida (Condon and Rueben Chinyelu) and two from Duke (Tyrese...