After a pair of first-round matchups that went chalk in the Midwest Region, the No. 4 seed Alabama Crimson Tide will face the No. 5 Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament in a late tipoff Sunday night in Tampa. Alabama (24-9), ranked No. 18 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Elina Aarnisalo had 21 points, Lanie Grant scored 20 and North Carolina used a strong fourth quarter to beat Maryland 74-66 on Sunday and reach the women’s Sweet 16 for the second year in a row. Nyla Harris had 14 points and eight rebounds and Indya Nivar added 11 points to help the fourth-seeded Tar …

C.J. Cox and the Purdue Boilermakers celebrate after beating the Miami Hurricanes during the second round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. (Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) (Dilip Vishwanat via Getty Images) Purdue is back in the Sweet 16. The No. 2 Boilermakers advanced to the second week of the NCAA tournament for the third straight season with a 79-69 win …

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PHILADELPHIA, PA — Connecticut basketball looks to advance to the Sweet 16 for the third time in the last four years under Dan Hurley on Sunday with a win over UCLA. But the 2-seed Huskies may have to do it without point guard Silas Demary Jr., who was listed as “questionable” for the March 22 second-round game against the 10-seed …

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 20: The St. John's Red Storm mascot performs in the first half of the game against the Northern Iowa Panthers in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Viejas Arena at San Diego State University on March 20, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) | Getty …

Will Iowa State be without one of its key players in the second round of the NCAA Tournament? The No. 2 seed Cyclones will take on No. 7 Kentucky on Sunday, March 22, and all eyes are on whether star forward Joshua Jefferson will be available against the Wildcats after suffering an injury in the first round. Jefferson hurt his …

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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Minnesota Timberwolves hit the road to take on the Boston Celtics tonight at TD Garden. Our NBA player prop projections have found plenty of value on both sides, and we break it all down below. Advertisement For more NBA picks, check out …

BERLIN (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt dropped World Cup hero Mario Götze and lost 2-1 at local rival Mainz in their Bundesliga derby on Sunday. Paul Nebel scored both goals for Mainz, grabbing the winner in the 89th minute to set off wild celebrations and deal Frankfurt its second defeat under new coach Albert Riera. Advertisement Nebel opened the scoring in …

NC State will attempt to pull off what would be the biggest upset in the Women’s NCAA Tournament so far this year without starting guard Zoe Brooks. Brooks has been ruled out for the No. 7 Wolfpack’s second-round matchup with No. 2 Michigan on the Wolverines’ home floor in Ann Arbor. The junior suffered a foot injury in the Wolfpack’s …

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PARIS (AP) — Maghnes Akliouche scored a brilliant individual goal and American forward Folarin Balogun netted a penalty as Monaco rallied to win 2-1 at Lyon for a sixth straight league victory. Coach Paulo Fonseca’s slumping Lyon side is seven games without a win overall having equalled a club record with 13 straight victories. Although Lyon is in fourth place, …

The 9-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes (22-12, 10-10) take on the 1-seeded, and defending national champions, Florida Gators (27-7, 16-2) this evening in Tampa, FL. It’s the first chance Iowa’s got of getting to the Sweet 16 since 2021 and it is a slim one. Team Rankings gives the Hawks about a 20% chance while KenPom has it at 25%. As has …

The Toronto Raptors continue their travels to Arizona, where they will go toe-to-toe tonight with the Phoenix Suns. These teams meet twice a year, with the first contest going in Toronto’s favour. So far on this road-trip, the Raptors are 1-1. They beat Chicago effortlessly and followed that up with a close but frustrating loss to Denver. Now, they face …

All five Big Ten teams survived Saturday—Sunday could have more chalk, and if it holds, only one B1G team will survive today. We had our best friends over yesterday, up from wisconsin, with their two boys in tow. Basically spent the whole day running around after the kids, though with drinks in hand—Cutwater margaritas and peach Whiteclaws for the gals, …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. A five-game skid has snuffed out the Phoenix Suns’ hopes of climbing into the Top 6 in the West, and tonight they’ll face a Toronto Raptors team fighting to avoid that same play-in jeopardy. Advertisement Toronto enters as the No. 5 seed in …

There was a lot of feel-good content for Michigan State basketball after the 3-seed Spartans’ Sweet 16 ticket was cliched Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, New York, with a workmanlike 77-69 win over 6-seed Louisville. Much of the content was emotional and centered around coach Tom Izzo, in his 28th straight March Madness tournament, who just earned a remarkable 17th Sweet …

There was a lot of feel-good content for Michigan State basketball after the 3-seed Spartans’ Sweet 16 ticket was cliched Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, New York, with a workmanlike 77-69 win over 6-seed Louisville. Much of the content was emotional and centered around coach Tom Izzo, in his 28th straight March Madness tournament, who just earned a remarkable 17th Sweet …

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Connecticut and UCLA are two of the biggest brands in college basketball, but have a sparse history against each other, meeting only once in the Elite Eight of the 1995 Men’s NCAA Tournament. That all changes at 8:45 p.m. ET on Sunday inside Xfinity Mobile Area, where a berth to the Sweet 16 will be on the …

The Virginia Cavaliers took care of business on Friday, surviving 14-seeded Wright State behind a late surge, and now they will be faced with a much larger test to advance to the second weekend — 6-seeded Tennessee. The Volunteers are coming off of an impressive Round of 64 victory themselves, dominating 11-seeded Miami Ohio by a score of 78-56. As …

Follow all of Sunday’s NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports’ live updates. Otega Oweh gave us the moment of the NCAA Tournament so far with his banked-in 3-pointer to force overtime against Santa Clara in the first round. Advertisement It saved Kentucky’s season and Mark Pope from a likely avalanche of mean tweets. What do the Wildcats …

After a successful and chalky round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament and profitable Saturday in the round of 32, let’s turn our attention to the Sunday slate and who will earn a bid to the Sweet 16. All odds are courtesy of DraftKings. Miami vs Purdue (-7.5): O/U 147.5 Purdue and Miami kick off Sunday’s round of 32 slate …

MIDRAND, South Africa (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau won for the second straight week by saving par on the final hole for a 6-under 65 and blistering a 3-wood from a wet lie in the rough on the par-5 18th in a playoff to set up birdie and defeat Jon Rahm at LIV Golf South Africa on Sunday. DeChambeau’s final start …

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