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Sweet 16 filled with veteran teams that held together

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

Holloway steps up for Wolverines

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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 ...