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1 week ago | 
usforacle.com | Noah Vinsky |Lily Belcher
Sammie Puisis might have gone undrafted on Monday – but it wasn’t long until the former USF guard was picked up by the WNBA. The Chicago Sky announced they signed Puisis to a training camp contract Wednesday, becoming the 10th Bull in program history to sign with a WNBA team. Training camp contracts are one-year, minimum salary deals to evaluate players to make the final roster. Financial terms of the deal were not announced, according to the Sky.
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2 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Camille Grall |Lily Belcher |Noah Vinsky
New USF men’s basketball coach Bryan Hodgson will make $1.25 million in his first season with the Bulls, about three times more than his previous annual salary at Arkansas State. Hodgson, 38, signed a six-year, $8.25 million contract with USF, according to records obtained by The Oracle. He will make $500,000 in base salary next […]
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2 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Noah Vinsky |Mithil Vyas |Tobey Blair |Camille Grall
In November, it was the scene of the groundbreaking of the biggest investment in USF history. Five months later – besides the chain-link fencing surrounding the area – not much has changed at Sycamore Fields, the future site of USF’s planned $340 million stadium that will house its football and women’s lacrosse teams. The crane staged at the groundbreaking ceremony appeared to still be there. So did the mound of dirt that USF’s top brass dug their shovels into on Nov. 8.
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3 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Mithil Vyas |Camille Grall |Noah Vinsky
USF athletics has delivered a spring semester full of surprises. The past week saw transitions in the basketball team with highs in baseball and lacrosse and lows in softball. Here are the best and worst of the Bulls’ sports from last week. Best of the weekThe baseball team finally secured its first series sweep of the season this past weekend.
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3 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Camille Grall |Noah Vinsky |Mithil Vyas |Tobey Blair
The Bulls swept their first weekend series and notched their second conference series win when they played Tulane. Corey Braun led the Bulls (16-9, 5-1 AAC) to the 3-0 win Friday night, pitching his first career complete-game shutout. The Bulls offense shined in Saturday and Sunday’s matinee games, outscoring Tulane (17-11, 2-4 AAC) in both to sweep the Green Wave. Carlos Jacome said they haven’t changed anything big in practice.
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3 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Lily Belcher |Camille Grall |Noah Vinsky |Mithil Vyas
The Bulls took their first weekend series sweep of the season and notched their second consecutive conference series win against Tulane. Corey Braun led South Florida (16-9, 5-1 AAC) with another stellar outing, tossing his first complete game shutout Friday night. The Bulls out scored the Green Wave 8-6 Saturday and 10-3 Sunday.
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3 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Noah Vinsky |Joshua Hightower |Will Rainsberger |Mithil Vyas
Arkansas State coach Bryan Hodgson was sitting in silence on a plane with his fiancee, Jordan, fresh off a second-round loss to North Texas in the National Invitational Tournament last Sunday. Hodgson was thinking about his future. There was one coaching vacancy he had his eye on. “I laid in bed that night after we landed and prayed I would get that phone call the next morning,” Hodgson said.
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3 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Joshua Hightower |Noah Vinsky |Mithil Vyas |Tobey Blair
USF women’s lacrosse are winners of six straight games after defeating Vanderbilt on Saturday 17-7. The Bulls (9-2, 3-0 AAC) have begun American Athletic Conference (AAC) play undefeated through three games. Coach Mindy McCord said she gives the players “all the credit” for the great start. “Their preparation is top notch,” McCord said.
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3 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Will Rainsberger |Mithil Vyas |Noah Vinsky
USF introduced Brian Hodgson as the 12th men’s basketball coach in program history on Friday morning at the Muma Basketball Center. Hodsgon, 37, promised to be a leader for a program that’s being led by it’s fourth head coach in four seasons. “Being a basketball coach is more about calling plays and making substitutions,” Hodgson said. “It’s about being a mentor, a leader, and a role model to these young men.”Hodgson was hired at USF Monday after two seasons at Arkansas State.
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4 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Noah Vinsky |Mithil Vyas |Tobey Blair
USF wide receiver Sean Atkins has always been the underdog. As a walk-on in 2019, he fought tooth and nail to earn a starting position. He worked a part-time job as a food runner before he earned a scholarship. It took four seasons for him to even catch a touchdown. Now, he could hear his name called during the NFL draft next month. Atkins was one of 15 Bulls to perform in front of NFL Scouts at USF’s Pro Day on Wednesday.
