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Tops seeds, other than Florida, sail into Sweet 16

Florida isn't around to defend its title anymore, but all the other top seeds in this year's NCAA Tournament are still around. And many of them are winning convincingly. In the first week of the NCAA Tournament, games were decided by an average of 15.3 points. According to Sportradar, ...

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 ...

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 for advice. "I told him to seriously look at it because I could see where college basketball was going," Izzo told The Associated Press on Monday. "But I said, I would hate to lose him because I think he's all that is right about college basketball. He cares about the kids. He cares about the game. ...

Holloway steps up for Wolverines

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's Mila Holloway is making a name for herself in March Madness. Olivia Olson and Syla Swords get a lot of attention and accolades, and rightfully so, but Holloway is showing she is also a potential star in women's college basketball. Her teammates say ...

Tigers sign reliever Connor Seabold to a 1-year deal

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers signed right-handed reliever Connor Seabold to a one-year split contract that is worth $800,000 at the major league level, the team announced Monday. The 30-year-old Seabold had a 6.75 ERA with one save in six spring training appearances with the ...

Mid-majors shut out in women’s tourney

March Madness wasn't for mid-majors this year. For the first time since the women's NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994, no programs from mid-major conferences advanced to the second round, leaving 32 teams representing the Power Four conferences and the Big East. In the men's ...