ATLANTA (AP) — Johni Broome had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Auburn took command with 17 unanswered points in the first half to beat Michigan State 70-64 on Sunday and complete a sweep of No. 1 seeds advancing to the Final Four.
Auburn (32-5) earned its second Final Four trip, while Michigan State (30-7) fell short in its bid to send coach Tom Izzo to his ninth national semifinal. Auburn’s only previous Final Four appearance came in 2019, also under coach Bruce Pearl.
The South Region champion Tigers, the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, became the last of the No.
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If you’re the type of person who loves the NCAA Tournament because of the upsets, 2025 is not the year for you. For just the second time since the NCAA Tournament expanded in 1985, the Final Four entirely comprises the four number-one seeds.
The Auburn Tigers defeated the Michigan State Spartans in the final game of the weekend to become the fourth top-seed to win its Elite Eight matchup and advance to the Final Four. They are set for a rematch against SEC rival Florida in the Final Four, a team that beat them in Auburn, 90-81, in early February.
CHICAGO (AP) — Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and two assists and Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 shots to help the Utah Hockey Club beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Sunday.
Defenseman Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and an assist. Nick DeSimone and Kailer Yamamoto each scored their first goals of the season and Logan Cooley also scored.
Joe Veleno and Ryan Donato scored for Chicago. Arvid Soderblom made 26 saves.
Takeaways
Utah: Utah ended a two-game losing streak after falling 8-0 in Tampa Bat on Thursday night and 2-1 in overtime Friday night at Florida.
SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez hit a towering 438-foot, two-run homer in the sixth to give Seattle the lead and Bryan Woo pitched six dominant innings and the Mariners beat the Athletics 2-1 on Sunday.
Rodríguez’s go-ahead home run gave the Mariners offense a much-needed boost. Before Rodríguez stepped to the plate, A’s starter J.P. Sears had retired 16 of the previous 18 Seattle hitters, with the Mariners managing just three singles.
Sears (0-1) allowed two runs and five hits over 6 ⅔ innings, with no walks and seven strikeouts.
Washington captain Alex Ovechkin, 39, is now five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 890th of his career during the third period of the Capitals’ home game Sunday, an 8-5 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena.
We all know Ohio State is a so-called “football school.” There’s no denying that. If it weren’t so, there wouldn’t be so much tolerance of what’s happened in basketball and other sports over the last few years. The mediocrity we’ve seen with some of the sports, and most certainly with hoops, wouldn’t be tolerated on the gridiron.
So yeah, when you look at baseball, that too doesn’t get too much in the way of notoriety.
Auburn basketball has experienced an injury scare in the second half of Sunday’s Elite Eight game vs. No. 2 seed Michigan State.
Around the 10:20 mark of the second half at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Tigers star forward Johni Broome appeared to sustain an elbow and leg injury.
The injuries came at the basket as he was defending inside the paint. He immediately went down on the floor and appeared to have fallen into an awkward position.
Auburn basketball’s Johni Broome has been on a tear in his last go-around in the NCAA Tournament.
And because of that, the Tigers are one win away from securing the final spot in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.
Broome, who has been one of college basketball’s top players all season, is a headache for opponents to scout and defend against with his lengthy frame and the physicality and toughness that he brings inside the paint.
Entering Sunday’s Elite Eight game vs. No.