IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kymora Johnson scored 17 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30.6 seconds remaining, and Virginia beat Arizona State 57-55 on Thursday night in the First Four for its first NCAA Tournament win since 2018.
Virginia (20-11), the No. 10 seed, will face seventh-seeded and 24th-ranked Georgia in the first round on Saturday. The Cavaliers are making their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2018 and first under coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton.
Johnson’s key 3-pointer — Virginia’s first of the second half in 10 attempts — made it 54-51.
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With TNA Sacrifice quickly approaching, another episode of “Impact” has come and gone. It was a show that technically featured six matches, but none of them lasted very long, including one that was over in just a few merciful seconds.
Below you’ll find our regular assessment of the episode’s highs and lows, where tonight, we discuss “Action” Mike Jackson, the visually appealing but all-too-brief world title face-to-face, and the overall rough state of TNA.
Terrence Hill Jr. made a stepback 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime, and 11th-seeded VCU erased from a 19-point second-half deficit to stun sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Justin Russo: Final: Pelicans 105, Clippers 99. Missed free throws (Clippers shot 59% on 32 FTA), costly fourth-quarter fouls (10 FTA for New Orleans off of them), and ill-timed defensive decisions send the Clippers tumbling to 34-36. Rough trip so far. At Dallas on Saturday. Need to win it.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — We now know more about what Jay Hill’s defensive scheme for Michigan football will be like (he claimed on Thursday it’s awfully similar to what Jesse Minter ran in Ann Arbor in 2023), but why is it that it’s his scheme of choice?
Not many run as complicated of a system, especially in college.
BYU guard Kennard Davis Jr. (30) lays the ball up while guarded by Texas guard Chendall Weaver (2) and center Matas Vokietaitis (8) during a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament held at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
MIAMI (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
It tied the second-most points Doncic ever scored in a game, behind a 73-point night against Atlanta in 2024 and matching a 60-point night against New York in 2022. Doncic also broke the record for a Heat opponent, topping the 58-point effort from James Harden for Houston on Feb. 28, 2019.
Michigan State basketball has survived the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, defeating North Dakota State, 92-67, and moving on to the Round of 32. In moving on, the Spartans will now have a date with Louisville on Saturday.
The matchup between the Cardinals and Spartans will be for a spot in the Sweet 16, something Louisville has not done since the 2015 season. The Spartans, of course, made a trip to the second weekend last season.
So, about those mid-major teams not being able to compete with the higher payrolls from the power-four conferences. On Thursday night, VCU pulled off one of the wildest comebacks we’ve seen this season, sending North Carolina home in the first round thanks to an 82-78 win.
Earlier in the day, High Point had pulled off the upset win over Wisconsin, but what we all witnessed from the Tar Heels on Thursday night will be talked about for quite some time.
NFL owners are scheduled to vote on a Raiders succession plan that gives Silver Lake co-chief executive officer Egon Durban the option to purchase a majority stake in the team from longtime owner Mark Davis, sources told ESPN.