Sentences with phrase «championship contenders in»

Hopefully we can start turning this around to look like championship contenders in the second half of the season.»

There's no saying the Sixers» plan won't work, but to go from a lottery team to a championship contender in three years is pretty tough unless someone the Sixers have drafted turns into a bonafide superstar very quickly.

With momentum and a fresh new perspective, Bourdais is hoping to finish the season on a high note with the hopes that he can once again become a championship contender in 2014.

Not exact matches

This season San Jose has developed such strength in some events that Winter considers his team a real contender in the NCAA championships next month.

Eight highly talented contenders are racing for the championship... even as the league claims that three quarters of its franchises are swimming in red ink.

Kansas hasn't received much respect this season as a legitimate contender, finding itself as a 1.5 - point underdog in the Big 12 tournament championship game against West Virginia and a 3 - point underdog in the Elite Eight against No. 2 Duke.

Alabama travels to Gainesville to take on the Gators in a game between two SEC and national championship contenders.

This guy has 7 Championship rings, played under Hall of Fame coaches (Pop, Phil, Rudy), played with Hall of Fame players (Hakeem, Duncan, Shaq, Manu, Kobe, Tony, etc.), been in a championship contender locker room.

UCLA crossed the country to discover in back - to - back games that Duke no longer fears the famous press, can handle it easily and will be a powerful contender for the Bruins» national championship

He believes he can continue to enjoy considerable success in his career while playing in the Liga MX and chose Cruz Azul because he knows that they are championship contenders almost every season.

Starting the Chase in 11th, Keselowski has recorded two top - fives in the first two races and has once again shown he is a contender for the championship.

With Wenger in charge we are more relegation candidates than championship contenders.

Budke, an NJCAA Hall of Famer who won four juco national championships in the 1990s at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas — including the»96 title, with Serna at point guard — had transformed OSU in five years into a Big 12 contender.

In Montoya, Power and Castroneves, Penske has three bonafide championship contenders.

The 29 - year - old has never finished better than T9 in a major championship, but has looked the part of a major championship contender this week.

Simon Pagenaud and Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports made the giant leap from weekly contenders to annual race winners in 2013 and may have established themselves as one of the championship favorites ahead of next season.

For this discussion to be meaningful, it needs to take into account all of the additional ancillary revenues that accrue to being a perennial NBA championship contender vs. just another team in the mix.

Leicester are the shock contenders in the championship race and N'Golo Kante has been somewhat of an unsung hero until recent weeks.

The other driver was Daniel Ricciardo in his rookie year in the category, who was a championship contender all season long.

Using our bracket simulator tool, we also found that Duke was one of the most overvalued teams in the nation while North Carolina is one of the top contenders for the national championship.

Nick Saban has done an elite job of not only building national championship contenders year in and year out, but also preparing his star - studded talent into bonafide NFL prospects.

(Editor's note - Dan did not get coal in his stocking) The Nuggets can absolutely be a championship contender with Jokic at center.

Returning to Campos (formerly Addax) in 2015 Haryanto enjoyed his best season to date, though even in his fourth year he was not a contender for the championship.

In order to reclaim their status as championship contenders and have long - term success, the Denver Broncos have to make their picks count in the 2018 NFL DrafIn order to reclaim their status as championship contenders and have long - term success, the Denver Broncos have to make their picks count in the 2018 NFL Drafin the 2018 NFL Draft.

For the UFC to take hold in the U.K. as strongly as it has in the U.S., it has been essential for several top British fighters to emerge as world championship contenders for fans to get behind.

Showtime Boxing: Take a look at the week of action leading up to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. stepping in the ring against perennial Top 10 light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

Hard - punching southpaw Adonis Stevenson (28 - 1, 23 KOs) defends his world championship title in a rematch against light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara (29 - 4, 17 KOs).

McFarland USA, which hits theaters on Friday (January 20), is the story of a cross country coach in a small California town who transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders — Watch the trailer below!

They can then earn contracts and pick their moves between teams, or elect to stay at one in a bid to turn them into championship contenders.

Synopsis: A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders (IMDb).

(PG for violence, mild epithets and mature themes) Kevin Costner stars in this true tale, set in 1987, about a high school track coach who transforms his underachieving cross-country team into championship contenders after recruiting some fleet - footed Latino students.

«Jan and I have been contenders for wins and championships since we broke through in 2013.

The GT3 contender, which made its IGTC debut in October's inaugural race at Laguna Seca with RealTime Racing, so far has two confirmed entries for the Suzuka 10 Hours, with European and U.S. - based customers evaluating programs for Rounds 2 and 4 of the globe - trotting championship.

The dark - horse contender fighting in the ring, eager to claim championship victory for himself, is the «Crush Your Mortgage» contender.

When this Association was» formed in 1924 there were few Springers in the United States and no field trials for the breed, Since that time, under the wise and benevolent leadership of the Parent Association there are now many thousands of Springers used as gun dogs each autumn and there were in 1946 some twenty» two trials herd for the breed where championship points were awarded, Thus the Springer Spaniel, youngest of all gun dog breeds in this country, has made rapid strides and established itself as a leading contender for the title of all around gun dog, under the leadership of the Parent Association, This first National Field Trial meeting for English Springer Spaniels is ~ a sincere attempt to establish by equitable and sporting means the National Chaffi..

In at least one very high profile instance, a number of players got together and decided to go play for the same team in order to build a championship contendeIn at least one very high profile instance, a number of players got together and decided to go play for the same team in order to build a championship contendein order to build a championship contender.

They can then earn contracts and pick their moves between teams, or elect to stay at one in a bid to turn them into championship contenders.

Rounding off the package is the 2014 Aston Martin Vantage GTE, which is their current contender in the GTE championship.