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Gregg Popovich is as good a pick as any as the world’s best basketball coach. But he outsmarted himself in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. It happens. It’s not a big deal, other than being such a big deal it likely will cost the Spurs their fifth NBA championship.

Mike Gundy relaxed his restrictions on transferring quarterback Wes Lunt but too late to give Lunt any concrete options beyond Louisville and Illinois, Lunt told Illinois sports station WFMB. Lunt is transferring from OSU to Illinois and sat down for an excellent interview on channel1450.com, a Springfield, Ill.-based outlet.

Athletic director Mike Holder says when OSU sells out the stadium via season tickets, no longer will fans have to buy season tickets to get a premium game, such as Bedlam.

Time to analyze Big East football’s non-conference schedules. Why? Because for one last year, the Big East has an automatic berth to the BCS. One of these teams will play in a major bowl. Next year, when Louisville and Rutgers move on to the ACC and Big Ten, respectively, this conference becomes the American Athletic Conference and loses its standing with a major bowl berth: 1.

The NBA Finals can end Tuesday night, and should the Spurs beat the Heat in Game 6, or in a potential Game 7 Thursday night, it would be considered a big upset. Not because San Antonio is some Cinderella story, but because the Heat is considered an historically great team.

COMMENTARY — Miami coach Erik Spoelstra and San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich haven't been afraid to change their starting lineups in the NBA Finals, unlike Thunder coach Scott Brooks.

Jimmy Stevens’ final field goal as the Oklahoma kicker was his most memorable. At least in the minds of OU fans. On Sept. 17, 2011, Stevens kicked a 31-yard field goal to give OU a 23-13 lead at Florida State, with just 2:01 left in the game.

The Pac-12 traditionally plays excellent non-conference schedules. But in 2013, that’s not necessarily the case. Just like every other league, some schools produce, some don’t. 1. Arizona State: Sacramento State, Wisconsin, Notre Dame at Arlington, Texas. Wow. Hosting Rose Bowl regular Wisconsin and playing Notre Dame on a neutral field.

Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny Green. Do those names go together? How about Jerry West, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal and Danny Green? Or Kobe Bryant, Larry Bird, Rick Barry and Danny Green? Or Moses Malone, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James and Danny Green?

The Spurs led the Heat 62-61 with 31/2 minutes left in Game 2 Sunday night. Then Mario Chalmers’ missed a 3-point shot. Chris Bosh tapped out at the offensive rebound, and Chalmers missed a driving layup. LeBron James retrieved the rebound.

Time to critique ACC football’s non-conference schedules, which aren’t nearly as strong as the ACC’s slate in 2012: 1. Clemson: Georgia, South Carolina State, The Citadel, at South Carolina. Two SEC heavyweights? Who schedules like that? Kudos to the Clemsons. 2.

The Heat and Spurs play Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. If the Heat wins, of course, the series is over. Teams don’t come back trailing three games to two, headed on the road for the final two games of the series.

Time to critique ACC football’s non-conference schedules, which aren’t nearly as strong as 2012’s: 1. Clemson: Georgia, South Carolina State, The Citadel, at South Carolina. Two SEC heavyweights? Who schedules like that? Kudos to the Clemsons. 2. Virginia Tech: Alabama at Atlanta, Western Carolina, at East Carolina, Marshall.

The Spurs blew out the Heat 113-77 Tuesday night in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Third-most lopsided game in Finals history. Here are the two biggest blowouts in Finals history: 1) Chicago 96-54 over Utah in Game 3 1998; 2) Boston 131-92 over the Lakers in Game 6 2008.

Time to critique Big Ten football’s non-conference schedules. Remember, this is the last season of a 12-team  Big Ten. Next year, the Big Ten goes to 14 teams. Eventually, the Big Ten figures to go to nine-game conference schedules and says it will ban I-AA opponents.

Time to critique the SEC’s non-conference schedules, and college football’s top league clearly is divided into three camps. Florida, Georgia and South Carolina all play two worthy opponents. Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State and Tennessee all play one worthy opponent.

The Big 12 has not officially announced its bowl alliances starting with the 2014 season. But plenty of speculation has ensued, and now Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw has given us even more clues on the future of Big 12 postseason destinations.

Tony Parker scored six points. Manu Ginobili scored seven. Tim Duncan totaled 12. And the Spurs not only beat the Heat, they routed an historically great squad, 113-77 Tuesday night in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Here’s how they did it.

Maybe you noticed. Louisville has made the College World Series. The news just keeps getting worse. The Big 12 could have had Louisville, any time between autumn 2011 (when West Virginia was admitted to the Big 12) and last November, when the ACC invited Louisville.

Thunder assistant coach Maurice Cheeks is headed to Detroit to coach the Pistons. You can read our story here. I don’t know what to make of the hiring because I don’t know what to make of Cheeks. Scotty Brooks’ coaching staff is mostly mysterious to all but a few outsiders.