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Indiana hires Darian DeVries away from West Virginia as new head coach

Darian DeVries grew up in Iowa, an admirer of the Indiana Hoosiers. Just two days after his West Virginia team and the Hoosiers were both left out of the NCAA Tournament, Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson announced he has hired the 49-year-old DeVries to replace Mike Woodson. DeVries is scheduled to be introduced at Wednesday morning news conference.

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Indiana hires Darian DeVries away from West Virginia as new head coach

Darian DeVries grew up in Iowa, an admirer of the Indiana Hoosiers. Just two days after his West Virginia team and the Hoosiers were both left out of the NCAA Tournament, Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson announced he has hired the 49-year-old DeVries to replace Mike Woodson. DeVries is scheduled to be introduced at Wednesday morning news conference.

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3 things to know about each team Duke might play

Half of this will be useful to remember Friday afternoon; the other half will just apply for Wednesday night’s game. Duke’s opponent in the first round of the NCAA tournament is TBD. The winner of Wednesday night’s game in Dayton, Ohio, between American and Mount St. Mary’s will fly to Raleigh to face the 1-seed Blue Devils.

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3 things to know about each team Duke might play

Half of this will be useful to remember Friday afternoon; the other half will just apply for Wednesday night’s game. Duke’s opponent in the first round of the NCAA tournament is TBD. The winner of Wednesday night’s game in Dayton, Ohio, between American and Mount St. Mary’s will fly to Raleigh to face the 1-seed Blue Devils.

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Rangers sign veteran lefty Patrick Corbin to plug gap in injury-thinned starting rotation

SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers signed free-agent left-hander Patrick Corbin to a one-year contract on Tuesday, plugging a durable veteran into their injury-addled starting rotation.

Corbin, who'll enter his 13th major league season, struggled through most of his six-year, $140 million contract with the Washington Nationals, but he's a two-time All-Star who is the only pitcher in baseball who made 31 or more starts in every full season since 2017.

The Rangers placed right-hander Jon Gray on the 60-day injured list to make room on the 40-man roster for Corbin. Gray broke his right wrist when he was hit by a line drive in a spring training game on Friday. Left-hander Cody Bradford, who was shut down from throwing last week when he developed soreness in his elbow, will start the season on the injured list.

Injuries were an issue for the rotation last year, but the re-signing of Nathan Eovaldi and the return of Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle after recoveries from elbow surgeries delayed their 2024 debuts had the 2023 World Series champion Rangers appearing to be in good shape entering spring training.

Corbin, who has logged the third-most innings in Major League Baseball since he broke in with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2012, was a stabilizer.

“A competitor, by all accounts, just a winning personality, somebody who’s going to fit in our clubhouse well and gives us added protection,” president of baseball operations Chris Young told reporters. “We also believe that there’s some things we saw in the second half of last year with his performance that indicate he can continue that and be a very serviceable major league starting pitcher, which we need right now.”

Corbin had a solid debut season with the Nationals in 2019, when he matched his career high of 14 wins, posted a 3.25 ERA in 33 starts and was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the World Series. But he went 33-70 with a 5.62 ERA over the next five years after the pandemic shortened the 2020 season.

The 35-year-old allowed the most hits (208) and earned runs (109) in the major leagues in 2024, but he was second on the 91-loss Nationals with 174 2/3 innings. In 342 career appearances, including 324 starts, Corbin is 103-131 with a 4.51 ERA and 1,729 strikeouts in 1,892 1/3 innings.

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What Butler told Warriors to stop Bucks' third-quarter run in win

What Butler told Warriors to stop Bucks' third-quarter run in win originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The Warriors teetered on the brink of disaster in the third quarter of Tuesday night’s game at Chase Center.

But Golden State stabilized itself and pulled out a 104-93 win over the Milwaukee Bucks to improve to 40-29 this season.

The Warriors led by as many as 17 in the second quarter and by 14 at halftime, but the Bucks quickly erased the deficit in the third quarter and managed to take a six-point lead before Jimmy Butler took over, steering Golden State to a much-needed win.

So what was Butler’s message to the Warriors as the Bucks won the third quarter 32-20?

“That this is a game of runs,” Butler told Bonta Hill, Chris Mullin and Festus Ezeli on NBC Sports Bay Area’s “Warriors Postgame Live” moments after the win. “We knew that they missed shots in the first half and they were going to make some in the second. But we got away from doing what we were doing, closing out, making it difficult. We got back to doing that and took the lead back.”

Butler led the way with a game-high 24 points, but 16 came in the second half on 4-of-9 shooting from the field and 8 for 8 from the free-throw line.

With Steph Curry resting, the Warriors needed Playoff Jimmy to take centerstage and he did just that.

Coming off a disastrous loss to the short-handed Denver Nuggets on Monday night, the Warriors didn’t crumble when the Bucks erupted in the third quarter.

Earlier in the season, the Warriors likely wouldn’t have made the in-game adjustments to pull out the win. But Butler has added a different element and it was on display Tuesday night.

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