Webber leads Villanova against Xavier

The Wildcats have gone 8-5 against Big East opponents. Villanova is fifth in the Big East scoring 64.4 points per game and is shooting 42.6%. Xavier averages 5.9 made 3-pointers per game, 1.0 more made shot than the 4.9 per game Villanova allows.

Illinois hosts Nebraska after Markowski’s 20-point game

Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-8, 8-6 Big Ten) at Illinois Fighting Illini (20-5, 10-4 Big Ten) Champaign, Illinois; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Nebraska plays Illinois after Alexis Markowski scored 20 points in Nebraska's 91-71 victory over the Maryland Terrapins. The Fighting Illini are 13-2 in home games.

Larranaga and Northeastern host Hofstra

Hofstra Pride (9-14, 4-8 CAA) at Northeastern Huskies (1-20, 0-12 CAA) Boston; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northeastern hosts Hofstra after Natalie Larranaga scored 22 points in Northeastern's 73-55 loss to the North Carolina A&T Aggies. The Huskies have gone 0-9 at home.

Clemson plays SMU on 5-game road slide

The Tigers are 5-9 against ACC opponents. Clemson scores 66.2 points while outscoring opponents by 2.4 points per game. SMU is shooting 37.7% from the field this season, 3.5 percentage points lower than the 41.2% Clemson allows to opponents.

Auburn hosts Pierre and Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores (18-7, 5-6 SEC) at Auburn Tigers (12-13, 3-9 SEC) Auburn, Alabama; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Vanderbilt takes on Auburn after Khamil Pierre scored 24 points in Vanderbilt's 85-77 loss to the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Tigers are 8-4 on their home court.

‘Winning, losing, I wasn’t fussed’ – Adrian Lewis on quitting darts and hopes for a comeback

Double former world champion talks about falling out of love with the sport but hints a return could yet happen

“The thing with darts,” explains Adrian Lewis, “is you have to be in a happy place. It was for me, anyway. When you’re up, everything’s free, everything’s flowing. You don’t feel like you’ve got a burden on yourself.”

And when Lewis was free, when the darts flowed from his hand like water, when the 180s piled up around his ears, the man they called “Jackpot” could make this unfathomably difficult sport look like the simplest thing in the world. “Don’t think, just throw,” was his mantra. “Just get up there, get into a rhythm, bash-bash-bash.”

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