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With the NBA restarting tomorrow, I decided to give an up to date timeline on the return to play not just this season but for the 2020-2021 season too.

(Everything from June 23-July 29 has already happened).

June 23
Transaction window opens

June 24
Soft deadline for players to choose whether to play or not in the bubble

June 30
Transaction window closes

July 1
Mandatory individual workouts begin

July 1
Hard deadline for players to decide not to play at Disney

July 7
Nets, Nuggets, Magic, Suns, Jazz and Wizards travel to Orlando

July 8
Celtics, Mavericks, Clippers, Grizzlies, Heat, Pelicans, Thunder and Kings travel to Orlando

July 9
Rockets, Pacers, Lakers, Bucks, 76ers, Trail Blazers, Spurs and Raptors travel to Orlando

July 9-21
Team training camps

July 21-28
NBA award voting (awards announced during playoffs)

July 22-29
Inter-squad scrimmages

July 30
NBA Restart begins

August 15-16
Play-in Tournament

August 17
NBA Playoffs begin

August 20
2020 NBA Draft Lottery

August 30
Player guests arrive in Orlando

August 31
Round 2 of the 2020 NBA Playoffs begin

September 15
Beginning of 2020 Conference Finals

September 30
Beginning of 2020 NBA Finals

October 12
Game 7 of the NBA Finals (if necessary)

October 16
2020 NBA Draft

October 18
Beginning of 2020 NBA Free Agency

November 10
Training camps for 2020-21 season begin

December 1
Opening night for 2020-21 season

According to a report on ESPN, the New Orleans Pelicans expect Forward Zion Williamson to be back at practice come Wednesday, the day before the NBA officially begins its restart. Williamson returned to Orlando on Friday after leaving to tend to a family matter that the NBA is calling a “family emergency”. In the article, ESPN also said that Williamson was tested for COVID-19 everyday and tested negatively every time. This means that the NBA only needs him to quarantine for four more days, which would need to include four more negative COVID-19 tests.

The NBA has placed LA Clippers Guard Lou Williams on a 10 day quarantine after the veteran was investigated by the league for what he did while he was on an excused absence from the bubble. On Friday Williams was photographed by the rapper Jack Harlow at an Atlanta strip club. Williams’ 10 day quarantine will keep him out of the Clippers’ first two games, versus the Lakers and on July 30 and the Pelicans on August 1.

Brooklyn Nets Guard Kyrie Irving is committing $1.5 million to WNBA players sitting out the rest of the season, whatever is keeping them from playing. Irving is sitting out the NBA season himself.

Here is how Texas-Texas A&M can return to college football. Back playing on Thanksgiving. Every college football fan misses this game and it’s obvious. I’m going to make this a series, so tell me what rivalry to do next that needs to come back.

Changes that need to be made:For Texas and Texas A&M’s schedules, all that has to be changed is that Texas’ final conference game has to be replace to the final non-conference game in September, then they can play each other. This would be an easy transition as many SEC schools play a non conference game during Thanksgiving weekend versus an ACC school.

What Texas and Texas A&M’s schedule would look like in 2020 with the changes:

Texas (BYE 9/26)
9/5 South Florida
9/12 at.LSU
9/19 at.Oklahoma State
10/3 at.Kansas State
10/10 vs.Oklahoma (Dallas,TX)
10/17 West Virginia
10/24 at.Texas Tech
10/31 Baylor
11/7 at.Kansas
11/14 TCU
11/21 Iowa State
11/28 Texas A&M

Texas A&M (BYE 10/31)
9/5 Abilene Christian
9/12 North Texas
9/19 LSU
9/26 vs.Arkansas (Arlington,TX)
10/3 at.Mississippi State
10/10 Fresno State
10/17 at.Auburn
10/24 at.South Carolina
11/7 Ole Miss
11/14 Vanderbilt
11/21 at.Alabama
11/28 at.Texas

Gonzaga center Filip Petrusev is leaving Spokane and will sign a deal with Serbian club Mega Bemax. For now, Petrusev does not plan on withdrawing from the NBA Draft, he has until October 6 to do so. Petrusev’s reason for moving on from Gonzaga is “There’s a lot of uncertainty with the NCAA season” said Petrusev in an ESPN story . Petrusev won the West Coast Conference Player of the Year averaging 17.5 points and almost 8 rebounds a game in 2019-2020.

2021 ESPN 100 SF Kendall Brown committed to Baylor on Monday. Brown chose the Bears over Marquette and Ohio State per ESPN. Brown’s commitment is Scott Drew’s third of July for the bears. Brown follows ESPN 100 talent Langston Love and European talent Jeremy Sochan.

Arizona State guard Alonzo Verge Jr. is coming back Tempe for his senior season. Verge Jr. originally declared for the 2020 NBA Draft in April. According to ESPN, Verge Jr. transferred in from Moberly Area Community College in Missouri before the 2019-2020 campaign. Verge averaged 14.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.3 assists for the Sun Devils in 2019-2020.

Michigan forward Isaiah Livers says he is taking his name from out of the 2020-2021 NBA draft and will return to Ann Arbor for his final season of play. The talented forward averaged almost 13 points and 4 rebounds per game last season for the wolverines. ESPN says Michigan will be a borderline top 25 team with Livers back in the mix for the 2020-2021 season.

Due to Notre Dame’s independency in college football and the COVID-19 outbreak, the Irish have some questions for their schedule for 2020. With the Big Ten and Pac-12 going with conference only schedules for the 2020 season, Notre Dame loses not just two opponents on the schedule but two rivals that they play annually, Stanford and USC as well as Big Ten foe Wisconsin.

Notre Dame plays in the ACC in every sport except for football and hockey. ACC Commissioner John Swofford said if the all Power 5 conferences went to conference only slates this season, he and the ACC would help Notre Dame fill out their schedule. Notre Dame could join the ACC in football this season. But the questions are there. Would wins and losses count in the conference column for Notre Dame? Would Notre Dame be eligible for a conference title game if they are played (COVID-19 may keep us from having them). I can answer the first question. I expect, if Notre Dame were to “join” the ACC in football this season, those games would count towards their conference record. But for the second one, time will tell. It might be some work but John Swofford and the ACC could work Notre Dame into the schedule, even if the league would have an odd 15 teams in 2020. Plus, the ACC would be getting leverage in trying to make the Irish stay in the ACC in football for good.

But then, there’s the other option, does Notre Dame keep the six ACC games (There still set to play Navy interconference but the ACC squads they play are Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, Duke, Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Louisville) they have scheduled and then fill the rest of the games with independents. ACC Commissioner John Swofford only said he would help Notre Dame out, which could lead to either of these scenarios. Notre Dame could fill their four open slots with independents Army, BYU, Connecticut, Liberty, Massachusetts, and New Mexico State.

Thus, if the ACC doesn’t help Notre Dame out, they could be in a tough place with just a six game schedule. Tell me in the comments which you think will be best for the Irish and which one you think will most likely happen.

1.Kelel Ware, Class of 2022(Not Committed) North Little Rock HS, NLR, AR

2.Nick Smith Jr, Class of 2022(Not Committed) Sylvan Hills HS, Sherwood, AR

3.Joseph Pinion, Class of 2022,(Not Committed) Morrilton HS, Morrilton, AR

4. Jakari Livingston, Class of 2021(Not Committed), Mills HS, Little Rock, AR

5.Bryson Warren, Class of 2023(Not Committed), Was at NLR but recently transferred to LR Central, Little Rock, AR

Due to the Big Ten and Pac-12 officially moving forward with a conference only schedule and the ACC moving towards that, I have decided that until we get official schedules for all Power 5 teams and conferences, I will hit the “pause button” on these. Thus, my annual conference by conference previews will be delayed and the timetable for those to be released in to be determined. I will be moving forward with a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule starting Monday July 20 until we get official word on Power 5 college football. I will take this week to both take a much needed break and work on blog posts for the next few weeks. If you missed any cbhsports 2020-2021 College Football Schedule Predictions check them out by conference here:

ACC (Completed)
Boston College
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Big 12 (Completed)
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
TCU
Texas
Texas Tech
West Virginia

Big Ten (Purdue and Rutgers to be completed)
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
Wisconsin

Pac-12 (Colorado, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Washington State to be completed)
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
Washington State

SEC (Completed)
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi State
Missouri
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt

NOTE:This post was written and scheduled before it was announced that the ACC and Big Ten were moving to a conference only schedule this fall.

Tomorrow’s Post:

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 Syracuse Loss 0-1 (0-1) ACC
2 Ohio Win 1-1 (0-1) ACC
3 at.Kansas Loss 1-2 (0-1) ACC
4 Purdue Loss 1-3 (0-1) ACC
5 Clemson Loss 1-4 (0-2) ACC
6 Louisville Loss 1-5 (0-3) ACC
7 Bye None 1-6 (0-4) ACC
8 at.Virginia Tech Loss 1-7 (0-5) ACC
9 Holy Cross Win 2-7 (0-5) ACC
10 at.NC State Loss 2-8 (0-6) ACC
11 at.Florida State Loss 2-9 (0-7) ACC
12 North Carolina Loss 2-10 (0-8) ACC
13 at.Wake Forest Loss 2-11 (0-9) ACC

Tomorrow’s Post:cbhsports 2020-2021 College Football Schedule Predictions 61:Boston College

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 at.Wisconsin Loss 0-1 (0-1) Big Ten
2 Western Kentucky Win 1-1 (0-1) Big Ten
3 Ball State Win 2-1 (0-1) Big Ten
4 at.Connecticut Win 3-1 (0-1) Big Ten
5 Bye None 3-1 (0-1) Big Ten
6 Maryland Loss 3-2 (0-2) Big Ten
7 Michigan State Loss 3-3 (0-3) Big Ten
8 at.Rutgers Win 4-3 (1-3) Big Ten
9 Penn State Loss 4-4 (1-4) Big Ten
10 at.Ohio State Loss 4-5 (1-5) Big Ten
11 Illinois Win 5-5 (2-5) Big Ten
12 at.Michigan Loss 5-6 (2-6) Big Ten
13 Purdue Win 6-6 (3-6) Big Ten

Tomorrow’s Post:cbhsports 2020-2021 College Football Schedule Predictions 60:Indiana

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 BYU Win 1-0 (0-0) Pac-12
2 Montana State Win 2-0 (0-0) Pac-12
3 at.Wyoming Win 3-0 (0-0) Pac-12
4 at.California Win 4-0 (1-0) Pac-12
5 USC Win 5-0 (2-0) Pac-12
6 at.Washington State Win 6-0 (3-0) Pac-12
7 Washington Loss 6-1 (3-1) Pac-12
8 Bye None 6-1 (3-1) Pac-12
9 at.UCLA Win 7-1 (4-1) Pac-12
10 Arizona Win 8-1 (5-1) Pac-12
11 Oregon State Win 9-1 (6-1) Pac-12
12 at.Arizona State Loss 9-2 (6-2) Pac-12
13 at.Colorado Win (10-2) (7-2) Pac-12

Tomorrow’s Post:cbhsports 2020-2021 College Football Schedule Predictions 59:Utah

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 Illinois State Win 1-0 (0-0) Big Ten
2 Connecticut Win 2-0 (0-0) Big Ten
3 Bowling Green Win 3-0 (0-0) Big Ten
4 Bye None 3-0 (0-0) Big Ten
5 at.Rutgers Win 4-0 (1-0) Big Ten
6 at.Nebraska Loss 4-1 (1-1) Big Ten
7 Purdue Loss 4-2 (1-2) Big Ten
8 Minnesota Loss 4-3 (1-3) Big Ten
9 at.Wisconsin Loss 4-4 (1-4) Big Ten
10 Iowa Loss 4-5 (1-5) Big Ten
11 at.Indiana Loss 4-6 (1-6) Big Ten
12 Ohio State Loss 4-7 (1-7) Big Ten
13 at.Northwestern Loss 4-8 (1-8) Big Ten

Tomorrow’s post:cbhsports 2020-2021 College Football Schedule Predictions 58:Illinois

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 Hawaii Win 1-0 (0-0) Pac-12
2 Portland State Win 2-0 (0-0) Pac-12
3 Stanford Loss 2-1 (0-1) Pac-12
4 at.Texas Tech Loss 2-2 (0-1) Pac-12
5 Bye None 2-2 (0-1) Pac-12
6 at.UCLA Loss 2-3 (0-2) Pac-12
7 Colorado Win 3-3 (1-2) Pac-12
8 USC Loss 3-4 (1-3) Pac-12
9 at.Washington Loss 3-5 (1-4) Pac-12
10 Oregon Loss 3-6 (1-5) Pac-12
11 at.Utah Loss 3-7 (1-6) Pac-12
12 at.Oregon State Win 4-7 (2-6) Pac-12
13 Arizona State Loss 4-8 (2-7) Pac-12

The NFL announced on Wednesday that their pre-season would be shortened to two games. The first pre-season games will not be played until the week of August 20-24 and the following week August 27-31. Each team will play once at home and once on the road. Leave your thoughts on this in the comment section.

Before I get into the post, I just wanted to say happy 4th of July to everyone-Carter

14 unidentified Oklahoma football players tested positive for the coronavirus. Also, 2 of 72 staff tested positive for the virus as well.

Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley will retain his job after the school reviewed a racial slur he used in a message in 2013. Scalley will still take a major pay cut due to the fact that before he admitted to this message, he was going to be the head coach in waiting in Salt Lake City.

Alabama has had two five-star football commits going back to the class of 2017 and it continues in 2021. The tide landed highly touted defensive end Dallas Turner, who joins five-star offensive lineman JC Latham in Alabama’s 2021 class.

Tomorrow’s post:

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 Clemson Loss 0-1 (0-1) ACC
2 Gardner-Webb Win 1-1 (0-1) ACC
3 Central Florida Win 2-1 (0-1) ACC
4 at.North Carolina Loss 2-2 (0-2) ACC
5 at.Virginia Tech Loss 2-3 (0-3) ACC
6 Bye None 2-3 (0-3) ACC
7 Virginia Win 3-3 (1-3) ACC
8 at.Pittsburgh Loss 3-4 (1-4) ACC
9 at.Syracuse Loss 3-5 (1-5) ACC
10 Duke Loss 3-6 (1-6) ACC
11 Notre Dame Loss 3-7 (1-7) ACC
12 Miami Loss 3-8 (1-8) ACC
13 at.Georgia Loss 3-9 (1-8) ACC