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Each week, Ill write about the sport I love: college basketball.Oregon got some good news when guard Dylan Ennis was granted a sixth year of eligibility. The former Villanova transfer suffered a foot injury and played just two games for the Ducks last season. I applaud the ACC, Big East, Atlantic 10 and CAA for working together on scheduling and evaluations of officials. I think it will help having a coordinated effort.Former Tennessee and Southern Mississippi coach Donnie Tyndall has appealed his 10-year show case penalty with the NCAA. The infractions occurred while he was coaching at Southern Mississippi.Arizona suffered a setback when Terrance Ferguson announced he will not play for the Wildcats. He now plans to play overseas. Kansas landed a solid player in transfer Mississippi States Malik Newman. Newman decided to pass on the NBA draft and transferred. He will sit out the upcoming season and Bill Self will get him ready for the future.Sad reality in the world today. With issues overseas, NC State has postponed a summer trip to Italy. It is a shame because the Wolfpack will be very different next season with Cat Barber and the Martins (Cody and Caleb transferred to Nevada) gone. NC State could have used the experience overseas. Kevin Durant Thunder Jersey . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. Russell Westbrook Jersey . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. https://www.thunderrookiesshop.com/Mike-Muscala-City-Edition-Jersey/ . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. Terrance Ferguson Thunder Jersey . Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter. Chris Paul Thunder Jersey . -- Jimmie Johnson held off a teammate, passed a pair of Hall of Famers, and dominated once more at Dover. NEW YORK -- The new WNBA playoff format involving the top eight teams will set up an exciting last few weeks of the season when the league returns from the monthlong Olympic break.Los Angeles and Minnesota have already clinched playoff spots and look to be near locks for the top two seeds. With that comes a bye to the semifinals. New York is almost assured of the three seed, barring a major collapse in September. Those three teams have pretty much led The Associated Press WNBA power poll all season.The rest of the playoff picture is wide open with eight teams within 4.5 games of each other. Whoever finishes fourth will get a first-round bye along with New York, while the fifth through eighth teams will face off for one game in opening-round matches.Its definitely different and you want to at least get one of those first-round byes, Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings said. Those last few weeks when we come back should be exciting.The league decided before the season to change the playoff format, getting away from traditional conferences and choosing the top eight teams by record to make the postseason among the 12 WNBA teams.---POWER POLL: Los Angeles, Minnesota and New York still sit in top three spots in AP power poll. A look at this weeks WNBA poll:1. Los Angeles (21-3): The Sparks will be well rested when the Olympic break ends with none of their stars playing in Rio.2. Minnesota (21-4): No rest for the Lynx, with four of their players in Rio along with coach Cheryl Reeve. The Lynx enter the break with six consecutive wins.3. New York (18-8): The Liberty may be the deepest team in the league and will most likely get Epiphanny Prince, sidelined with a knee injury, back after the break.4. Indiana (12-12): The Fever moved up to their highest ranking, winning five of their last six games, buoyed by the strong play of Lynetta Kizer.dddddddddddd.5. Atlanta (13-12): Dream got some good news about Sancho Lyttle, who may return near the end of the season after breaking a bone in her right foot.6. Chicago (11-13): Starting to get hot, winning four of its last six games.7. Phoenix (10-14): Just as it looked like the Mercury turned the corner, they slumped by dropping four of last six.8. Seattle (9-15): Its going to be a busy break for the Storm -- five players are headed to Rio.9. Connecticut (8-16): The Sun ended the break on the rise with consecutive victories.10. Dallas (9-16): The Wings have dropped six consecutive games. They hope to regroup and make a playoff push.11. Washington (9-15): The Mystics had a miserable West coast trip and it didnt get better at home, having lost seven straight games.12. San Antonio (5-17): The Stars have a lot of work to do during the break.---PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chiney Ogwumike is rounding back into the form that helped her win 2014 rookie of the year. Connecticuts star forward averaged 18 points, 9 rebounds and 3.5 blocks to help the Sun win both their games last week. Others receiving votes included: Chicagos Elena Delle Donne, Minnesotas Sylvia Fowles, Indianas Lynetta Kizer and Los Angeles Nneka Ogwumike.---NO TIMEOUT: The WNBA and the players will use the Olympic break to keep up the dialogue on social activism. After originally fining three teams and their players for wearing black warm-up shirts, the league decided to rescind those fines over the weekend. ' ' '