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Huskies look to advance at Elite Eight in Pittsburgh

HOUGHTON — They have already gone further than any Michigan Tech Huskies men’s basketball team has ever gone, which is an accomplishment in itself, yet, the Black and Gold would love nothing more than to keep their season alive beyond today. The Huskies won the Division 2 Midwest Region ...

Sweet 16 filled with veteran teams that held together

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Purdue was struggling to put away Miami in the second half of their second-round NCAA Tournament game on Sunday when Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer and Trey Kauffman-Renn combined to score the Boilermakers' next 22 points, helping them to turn a three-point lead into a 79-69 ...

Izzo gave UConn coach Hurley advice in 2024

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Tom Izzo has turned down multiple opportunities to coach in the NBA, including with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks. When the Los Angeles Lakers were willing to give UConn coach Dan Hurley a $70 million, six-year contract in 2024, Hurley asked Izzo ...

Woodruff will start Brewers’ 5th game

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee's Brandon Woodruff will be ready to start the season on time, a welcome development for a Brewers rotation lacking experience. The Brewers announced that the two-time All-Star right-hander would start their fifth game of the season, March 31 against the Tampa ...

Lady Badgers earn all-conference honors

Niagara junior Sydney Swanson was named to the M&O Conference's first team in girls basketball as Crivitz’s Kiya Brand and Coleman’s Ava Kuchta collected top individual honors Conference coaches chose Brand as the M&O’s Most Outstanding Player and Kuchta as the league’s ...

Marian baseball opens conference season

Marian University baseball (6-7, 1-1) fell 2-0 in its Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference opener at Rockford, Illinois, before a convincing 10-4 win to salvage a split on Saturday. Marian junior Carson McLean (3-0) of Iron Mountain earned the win in game two, tossing the final five ...