Wednesday’s first-round games will be Northwestern-Minnesota, Iowa-Ohio State and USC-Rutgers.
No. 8 Michigan State tops No. 17 Michigan 79-62, winning 18-school Big Ten title by three games
The Spartans (26-5, 17-3 Big Ten) closed the regular season with seven straight wins, including five against AP Top 25 teams.
Dylan Harper scores 22, leads Rutgers past Minnesota 75-67 in OT for key win in Big Ten finale
The Scarlet Knights dominated overtime, building a 71-63 lead with one minute to go. Harper led the 10-2 charge with two layups and a couple of free throws.
Luke Loucks returning to Florida State to take over as Seminoles coach
The 34-year-old Loucks is replacing Leonard Hamilton, who is stepping down at the end of this season. Loucks had been an assistant coach for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings since 2022.
UNCG women end 26-year NCAA drought, beat Chattanooga in OT behind Cain to win SoCon title
Khalis Cain scored a career-high 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked five shots to lift UNC Greensboro to a 64-57 win in overtime over Chattanooga in the Southern Conference championship game on Sunday.
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Rockets’ Reed Sheppard out at least a month with fractured thumb
Sheppard was the darling of Summer League but hs struggled to get minutes on a deep Rockets team.
Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff could pitch in minor league game soon
Milwaukee right-hander Brandon Woodruff, who missed all of last season while recovering from shoulder surgery, expects to pitch in a minor league spring training game this week.
Minnesota RHP Erasmo Ramirez out for extended time with tear in shoulder
The 34-year-old Ramirez signed a minor league contract with the Twins in the offseason and was vying for a position in their bullpen.
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez out 6-8 weeks with fractured left hand that needs surgery
Manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday that Alvarez sustained the injury Saturday during live batting practice and that he’d have surgery Monday.
LeBron James reportedly could miss weeks with groin strain
LeBron James said there was “not much concern" about his groin strain from his perspective, but the Lakers seem more concerned.
Watch Stephen Curry reach 25,000 career points, fittingly on a 3-pointer
Curry reached that mark with the fewest free throw attempts of anyone to reach 25,000 points.
NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run
N.C. State fired men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wolfpack’s improbable run to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and the Final Four.
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