All No. 1 seeds reach men’s Final Four; UCLA, South Carolina advance in women’s tournament

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The four teams in the men’s Final Four

It may be cheeky but is prepared for a fantastic finish: four seeds number 1 – Auburn, Duke, Houston and Moldy – They go to the Final Four in San Antonio.

This is the second time since the sowing began in 1979 that the four most important seeds have reached the semifinals. The roads they made were varied, but impressive.

• (1) Auburn remained (2) Michigan State70-64, behind a huge effort (25 points, 14 rebounds, 10 of 13 runs) of John Broome. Great man of the tiger superstar shook an awkward fall that sent him to the locker room and uniform made a point of three late After returning. This is the first 25 -point game, of ten receipts, at least 75% shot at Elite Eight Hakeem Olajuwon In 1984.
• (1) Duke continued to be the most impressive team of the tournament with a piece of 85-65 years (2) Alabama. The prominent first year trio of Kon Knueppel (21 points, five rebounds, five assists), Coope Flagg (16 points, nine rebounds) and Khaman Maluach (14 points, 9 rebounds) shone and Tyrese proctor (17 points) continued his impressive play.
• (1) Houston crossed the past (2) Tennessee69-50, cause volunteer offense and get 33 combined points Emanuel Sharp and Lj crrent. And it is better to believe Jim nantz is pump.
• The round of the round was (1) Florida Rallying past (3) Texas Tech84-79. Gators finished the game in an 18-4 career, with Walter Clayton Jr. (30 points) Leading the way. It has been amazing. As Alex Condon told Cameron Salerno, “There is no one but we prefer to make this shot at the end of the game.”

The blue devils are the favorites of the clear title. They have exploded everyone who faced. The offense is a machine, but as we saw on Saturday, the defense can cling to anyone. Two days earlier, Alabama had scored 113 points against Byu.

Duke won an A- to David Cobb’s Elite eight degreesand maybe even more impressive in the general landscape, Jon Scheyer has Duke made his owneven as Mike KrzyzewskiThe successor, writes Matt Norlander.

• Norlander: “Even the most optimistic of Duke’s fans couldn’t have expected it. Scheyer has seemed perfect. The papers were losing, Scheyer stuck in his philosophy.”

Sure, maybe four seeds number 1 are not the final of everyone’s Final Four. But my kindness is these four impressive teams, historically, in fact. Cameron has a Preview of the Final Four.

😁 Honorable Mentions

😡 And it’s not a good day for …

The Terrapins of Maryland

This Maryland The season had its first Sweet 16 and its biggest wins (27) since 2015-16 Buzzer-Beater winner of all time along the way.

And yet it will be better remembered for the way it ended: after Weeks of speculation In the midst of the race of Terrapins, Kevin Willard took the job into Villanova Saturday night, Two days after The loss of the season in Florida.

49 -year -old Willard was connected to Wildcats as soon as they shot Kyle Neptune. When you have added to Willard’s discontent with Maryland’s null situation and the facts that Maryland Has no athletic director and Willard was Evasive several times moreIts output was essentially a previous conclusion.

That stinks. He was hit by Maryland’s players, who had to deal with the noise while on the biggest stage in his life. It stinks for Maryland fans. It stinks for players that future plans may have been interrupted. It even partially stinks for Willard, although it will be difficult for you to find a sympathetic defender of the earth.

John Talty has the Inside Story of Willard’s Messy ExitIn which Maryland Booster Barry Gossett he says, “He played us like a drum.”

• TALY: “How did we get here? It is a story of money, internal friction on where the resources were dedicated and a man who could never seem to be satiated.

In terms of these crucial days, This is where the earthquakes could be turned.

😬 not so honorable mentions

🏀 UCLA, South Carolina comes to the Women’s Four Four

Similar to the men’s NCAA tournament, the women’s Final Four is loaded with seeds number 1 that some dramatic needed to reach. (1) UCLA and (1) South Carolina They go to Tampa and find out who will join today.

• Bruins beat (3) LSU72-65, to make the final Four for the first time in the history of the program. Gabriela Jaquez was fantastic and ended with 18 points, and despite the first problems, Lauren Betts He published 17 points, seven rebounds and six blocks.
• Although the first Four Final Four of the UCLA NCAA, the Bruins won the 1978 Aiaw National Championship and Cori close reflected What does this team mean and what this team means for the program.
• After loss, Kim mulkey grateful Ashamed Johnson to be who “He started our program.” Johnson has a great decision about the low season this season.
• Gamecocks beat (2) Duke54-50, to keep his repeated hopes alive and expand his final streak to five. Despite Chloe kitts scoring eight points in the fourth quarter, which he made to Duke on the frame, this Gamecoks iteration does not have this scorer This has been a basic element of his championship teams, writes Jack Maloney.

• Maloney: “Adding questions about South Carolina’s offense is not an excessive reaction for a game against an elite Duke defense. The gamecocks sometimes looked at Maryland and Indiana in the last two rounds of the tournament and had numerous outings against the highest competition throughout the season.
  General numbers would tell you that South Carolina is one of the best offensive teams in the country, but there is a significant difference between what they did in Quad 1 matches compared to matches that are not 1. “

Today’s Action Functions (1) Texas vs. (2) TCU and (1) USC vs. (2) UCONN. The Trojans-Huskies match will not have a Juju Watkins-Paige Buckers Showdown after Watkins torn ACL but Is still a large part of the team and an emotional rally point. Meanwhile, Buckers leaves 40 -point explosion In the sweet 16 against Oklahola.

⚾ MLB power rankings, first weekend recapitulation

Has arrived on the first Monday of the MLB season, and that means Matt Snyder First season’s power ranking They are here!

But before we arrive -we have to start with the most unexpected development of the first days: Yankees have it burst 15 runs hometied for the three games. They had one Franchise-new Saturday alone. But it is the bat that several bronch bombers use this is the story. It Torpedo batused by Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr.Among others, it has a wider bat on the label, where the beaters often contact that at the end of the barrel.

And yes, They are completely legal.

Judge Aaron does not use the torpedo batBecause when you are a Judge Aaron, you should not change anything. Saturday, hit Three rolls homeand on Sunday, he went back to the garden and got he intentionally walked with empty bases. The post-Juan Soto Yanke are showing their depth soonWrite Julian McWilliams.

All this makes them increase Matt’s rankings:

1. Dodgers (previous: 1)
2. Phillies (2)
3. Rangers (4)
4. Yankees (10)
5. Parents (13)

It Parents‘The jump is the result of a sweeping of the Brave and Nick pivetta starring in his debut in San Diego. The nine point fall resulting from the third to the 12th was the largest of the elders.

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📺 What are we seeing on Monday

🏀 (1) Texas vs. (2) TCU (W)At 19 hours in Espn
🏀 Celtics in Grizzlies19:30 to TNT/TRUTV
🏀 (1) USC vs. (2) UCONN (W)21 Has espn
🏀 Rockets in LakersAt 10pm in TNT/TRUTV