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Coleman Hawkins’ historic NIL bag from Kansas State sets new bar in college basketball
Colemand Hawkins has been a productive four-year contributor in the front court for the Illinois Fighting Illini. After testing the NBA Draft waters each of the last two years, Hawkins is ready for the next step of his carer, but it doesn’t involve turning pro or returning to the Illini.
Hawkins has committed to Kansas State in the transfer portal, according to NBA insider Shams Charania. Hawkins is signing a $2 million deal with Kansas State’s NIL collective, which is believe to be the richest deal for a transfer in the history of the portal.
Sources: Illinois transfer Coleman Hawkins – a 6-foot-10 F – has committed to play for Kansas State in what’s believed to be the most lucrative college basketball NIL deal ($2 million) negotiated from a collective by Nate Conley of Court XIV and Aaron Turner of Verus Basketball.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 14, 2024
This is not the first $2 million deal we’ve seen the transfer portal this year, and where the number officially comes in — if it’s ever made public — will determine that. Regardless, the bar has been set for transfer portal money in 2024, and it’s only going up from here.
The Washington Huskies also agreed to a $2 million deal with former Utah State forward Great Osobor through their NIL collective earlier this offseason. It’s remarkable the way the numbers continue to rise. Indiana’s $1 million deal to big man Oumar Ballo set the bar earlier in the offseason. Arkansas followed it by signing Florida Atlantic transfer Johnell Davis to a $1 million deal.
Hawkins has seemingly come out ahead by delaying his decision. It’s easy to understand why Kansas State thought he was so valuable. Hawkins is one of the best floor-spacing big men in college basketball. At 6’10, he he hit 36.9 percent of his three-pointers on 160 attempts this season. He ended the year averaging 12.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. Hawkins may not be the type of highly physical big man we are used to seeing in college basketball, but his ability to open up driving lanes for his teammates, handle the ball on the perimeter, and make some live dribble passing reads makes him so much more valuable than his numbers might otherwise indicate.
Kansas State has hit the portal hard this offseason, in the process likely spending a huge amount of money. The Wildcats have also brought in former Kentucky big man Ugonna Onyenso, former Michigan guard Dug McDaniel, Arkansas’ Baye Fall, Samford’s Achor Achor, Villanova’s Brendan Hausen, UIC’s CJ Jones, and JUCO All-American Mobi Ikegwuruka.
Kansas State went 19-15 and missed the tournament last season. In 2023, the Wildcats reached the Elite Eight behind the loaded transfer class. After fighting off suitors for head coach Jerome Tang all offseason, the Wildcats have paid up and are ready to play ball.
Gage Workman came off the bench and hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Sunday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Matt Vierling had a two-run double and Riley Greene reached safely four times as the Tigers prevented a three-game sweep.
Called up hours earlier from Triple-A Toledo when Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain, Workman entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning.
Workman drove a 1-1 slider from Nick Mears (2-2) to right field to give Detroit a 5-3 lead.
Wenceel Pérez added an RBI single in the seventh.
Enmanuel De Jesus (2-0), the fourth of six Tigers pitchers, retired all seven batters he faced. Kenley Jansen struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 483rd career save and seventh this season.
Kansas City lost for only the third time in 10 games.
Hao-Yu Lee’s two-out RBI triple off the outstretched glove of Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone opened the scoring in the second. Zack Short walked and Vierling delivered a two-run double off the left-field wall to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.
In the third, Kansas City greeted reliever Drew Anderson with three straight hits, scoring their first run on a hit-and-run, opposite-field single by Vinnie Pasquantino, and another on Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly.
In the fourth, Caglianone doubled to left-center and scored the tying run on Maikel Garcia’s third hit, a two-out single to center.
Royals starter Noah Cameron exited after allowing a leadoff hit in the fifth on his 95th pitch. He allowed three runs and five hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
The top three Kansas City batters combined for seven of the team’s eight hits.
Greene has reached base safely in a career-best 21 consecutive games. In 27 games since April 11, he is batting .384 with 13 extra-base hits.
Up next
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-3, 5.56 ERA) faces Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (2-3, 3.12) on Tuesday night in New York.
Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (1-0, 4.50 ERA) pitches Tuesday in Chicago against White Sox RHP Erick Fedde (0-4, 3.79).
Four teens hurt in southeast Kansas rollover
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Four teenagers are hurt after being in a rollover crash on Sunday.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said a 16-year-old girl was behind the wheel of a Jeep. She went off the road, hit a culvert and rolled.
The crash happened just after midnight near the intersection of North 150th and North streets, northeast of Girard.
Man dead after downtown Wichita shooting
Two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old were passengers in the Jeep. All four teens were hurt and taken to the hospital after the crash.
The driver received suspected serious injuries, and the rest received suspected minor injuries.
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The Detroit Tigers were beaten by the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Saturday night.
Michael Wacha pitched seven scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an inside-the-park home run on a grounder and Michael Massey had a three-run homer for the Royals, who will go for the series sweep on Sunday night.
Witt hit the ball down the right-field line in the first inning that bounced off the wall and eluded right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Witt motored around the bases and beat the relay throw to the plate for a two-run homer.
It was the Royals’ first inside-the-park home run since Witt did it in August 2023.
Carpenter left the game later with left shoulder soreness.
Wacha (4-2) gave up two hits, walked two and struck out six. It was his longest scoreless outing since throwing eight scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox on April 11.
Burch Smith (0-2) took the loss. He retired only one of the four batters he faced, allowing two runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.
Massey’s homer in the fourth inning came with runners on first and third with two outs. He lined the ball over the right-center field fence for his third homer of the season.
Wacha had at least one strikeout in each of his first four innings. The Tigers loaded the bases in the fifth on a double, a walk and a hit batter, but Wacha got Matt Vierling to ground out to end the inning.
The Tigers scored in the eighth on a two-out double by Riley Greene.
Up next
The teams conclude the three-game series Sunday. The Tigers have not announced a starter, though manager AJ Hinch said it will be a bullpen game. Kansas City will send LHP Noah Cameron (2-2, 5.40 ERA) to the mound.
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