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The deliberations among the Men’s NCAA Tournament selection committee remain mostly private each year, with only a few interviews done by its chair each year on Selection Sunday serving as the only official rationale for who’s in, who’s out and where every team is seeded for March Madness. The 2026 NCAA Tournament is shaping up to be a fascinating bracket, …

Miami (Ohio) dropped its MAC quarterfinal to UMass to fall to 31-1 but the RedHawks don’t fall out of the USA TODAY Sports bracketology field prediction after an unbeaten regular season. Thanks to results elsewhere during conference championship week – including one crucial result in the SEC – the RedHawks dip down the No. 11 line into one of the …

So this is where we are to prevent further embarrassment of the LSU basketball program. It’s a $5 million decision. It’s one thing to fire Matt McMahon, whose awful tenure at LSU has been surpassed only by the depth of apathy among a once loud and engaged fan base, and pay him $10 million to not coach. Advertisement Best college …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz won the toss Friday and elected to field against Pakistan in the second one-day cricket international. Bangladesh leads the three-match after fast bowler Nahid Rana skittled Pakistan for 114 with a career-best figures of 5-24 in a resounding eight-wicket win on Wednesday. Advertisement While Bangladesh retained the same playing XI, Pakistan …

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said he gives the “game everything” after breaking the 63-year-old NBA record for the most 20-point games in a row. The reigning MVP scored 35 points for the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 104-102 win against the Boston Celtics – extending a sequence of scoring at least 20 points that began on 1 November 2024 and now stands …

OKLAHOMA CITY — Around 90 minutes before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander breaks Wilt Chamberlain’s record of consecutive 20-plus-point games, the Thunder guard is out on the floor with a few staffers working over defensive coverages. There’s a certain elegance to how effortlessly the reigning regular season and Finals MVP glides around during his pregame warmup, but also an element of humor watching …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic doesn’t need an excuse to pile on points, so when Chicago guard Matas Buzelis started jawing with him Thursday night, it became the fuel for his first 50-point game with the Los Angeles Lakers. Doncic turned what he called unprovoked trash talk from Buzelis into 51 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in the …

Phoenix Suns (39-27, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (36-29, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Toronto; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Raptors -4; over/under is 218.5 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix visits the Toronto Raptors after Devin Booker scored 43 points in the Suns’ 123-108 win against the Indiana Pacers. The Raptors are 17-16 on their home …

The Big 12 has made the decision to change out its controversial court ahead of the men’s conference tournament semifinal games. The conference has decided to switch back to a hardwood court after experimenting with LED glass floors during the early-round action and throughout the women’s tournament. The court change is expected to be done overnight. Advertisement German company ASB …

Luka Dončić accomplished something special with the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. The star guard posted his first 50-point game with the franchise more than a year after the trade that landed him in Los Angeles, with 51 points on 17-of-31 shooting plus 10 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals. And 8-of-9 on free throws, because that matters now. Advertisement …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Thursday night. Vegas, which had lost six of seven, snapped a three-game losing streak that dropped them to third place in the Pacific Division. Advertisement With Edmonton losing 7-2 in Dallas earlier in the night, the Golden …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nick Davidson scored 17 points, and Clemson nearly allowed an 18-point second-half lead to slip away before holding on to beat No. 19 North Carolina 80-79 on Thursday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Dillon Hunter had 14 points and went 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the final minute for the Tigers …

Oklahoma Nijel Pack hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, Derrion Reed had 15 points and 10 rebounds,and No. 11 seed Oklahoma beat sixth-seeded Texas A&M 83-63 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Thursday night to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive. Oklahoma (19-14) plays No. 17 and third-seeded Arkansas — which beat the Sooners …

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 20 rebounds and 12 assists, Jamal Murray scored 38 points and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat San Antonio 136-131 on Thursday night, snapping the Spurs’ five-game winning streak as Victor Wembanyama sat out with an injury. San Antonio guard Stephon Castle had 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record for consecutive games with 20 points or more, extending his streak to 127 on Thursday night. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard hit two free throws in the third quarter against the Boston Celtics to reach 19 points. With the crowd on its feet, Gilgeous-Alexander pump-faked several times and drilled a …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Khris Middleton scored 22 of his season-high 35 points in the fourth quarter, Daniel Gafford added a season-best 22 points and the Dallas Mavericks snapped an eight-game losing steak with a 120-112 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night. Max Christie and Cooper Flagg added 13 points apiece for Dallas. Middleton was 10 of 17 …

ATLANTA (AP) — Jalen Johnson had 21 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, Zaccharie Risacher scored 19 points and the Atlanta Hawks extended the NBA’s longest current winning streak to eight games, beating the Brooklyn Nets 108-97 on Thursday night. Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 18 points and CJ McCollum had 14 for Atlanta, which began the streak with a win over …

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart scored 2:20 into overtime to lift the Florida Panthers over the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Thursday night. Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers. His power-play wrist shot 1:28 into the third period sent the game to overtime. Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves in the win for the Panthers. Advertisement Adam Fantilli scored …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Devin Booker scored 43 points, Jalen Green had 36 and the Phoenix Suns beat NBA-worst Indiana 123-108 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory and the Pacers’ 11th loss in a row. Seventh in the Western Conference, the Suns played the second game of a six-game trip they opened Tuesday night with a victory over Milwaukee. …

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews left Thursday night against Anaheim after a knee-on-knee hit from Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas. Trying to make a move around Gudas in the slot in the second period, Matthew stook a direct blow to his left leg and crashed to the ice. The U.S. Olympic captain stayed down before being helped …

CHICAGO (AP) — Braden Smith had 16 assists to climb into second on the NCAA career list, and No. 18 Purdue outmuscled Northwestern for an 81-68 victory on Thursday that moved the Boilermakers into the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. Trey Kaufman-Renn and Oscar Cluff each scored 19 points for Purdue (24-8), and Cluff also grabbed 10 rebounds. The …

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wouldn’t rule out re-engaging in trade talks for edge rusher Maxx Crosby while saying he didn’t anticipate such a move since his club is “pretty far down the road” in free agency. The Cowboys were on a short list of suitors when the Baltimore Ravens agreed to send two first-round draft …

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra answered critics of Bam Adebayo’s 83-point effort in Tuesday’s 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. “I apologize to absolutely no one,” Spoelstra told reporters, via ClutchPoints’ Zachary Weinberger. Advertisement Adebayo scored the second-highest total in a single game in NBA history, second to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in 1962 and surpassing Kobe Bryant’s 81 …

MIAMI (AP) — Erik Spoelstra had a very clear message to those who didn’t like how the final minutes of Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game played out. Put simply, the Miami Heat coach doesn’t care. Advertisement “I apologize to absolutely no one,” Spoelstra said Thursday. “Period.” Adebayo’s 83-point game — now the No. 2 single-game total in NBA history, 17 behind …

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka held off Victoria Mboko, 7-6 (0), 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday, keeping the top-ranked player in women’s tennis in the running for her first title at Indian Wells. After winning every point in the first-set tiebreaker, Sabalenka got the one break she needed to win the second …