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SAN ANTONIO — Walter Clayton Jr. sensed that Florida’s big men were shellshocked as they jogged off the court at halftime of Saturday’s first Final Four game.
Johni Broome and the rest of the Auburn frontcourt were manhandling the Gators in the paint, overpowering them in the low post and shoving them aside for offensive rebounds.
Rather than lay into his teammates when he got into the locker room, Clayton pulled them aside and lifted them up. The All-American guard told Rueben Chinyelu, Alex Condon, Thomas Haugh and Micah Handlogten that he trusted them, that he had confidence in them.

Chances are quite high college basketball fans have seen a coaching legend at multiple times during the Final Four on Saturday.
Former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is in the stands for the Blue Devils’ matchup with Houston in the men’s NCAA Tournament, watching his former pupil and successor, Jon Scheyer, look to lead the program into the national championship.

Apr 5, 2025; Syracuse, New York, USA; Syracuse Orange lacrosse head coach Gary Gait addresses the media following the Orange’s 14-9 win over No. 5 Notre Dame at the JMA Wireless Dome. Mandatory Credit: Ryan Giancola-The Juice Online/Rivals.Ryan Giancola-The Juice Online/Rivals.

Syracuse, in front of 11,268 fans, the most since 2015, overcame an early deficit and rallied to defeat No. 5 Notre Dame, 14-9, at the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday. It was their first win over the Fighting Irish since 2018.
Here are the key takeaways from the win.

BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak had a hat trick and two assists, Jeremy Swayman stopped 39 shots for his 100th career win and the Boston Bruins snapped a 10-game winless streak with a 5-1 win over the Carolina Panthers on Saturday night.
Morgan Geekie had a goal and four assists for the Bruins and Elias Lindholm added a goal and an assist.
Justin Robidas scored Carolina’s only goal, breaking up Swayman’s shutout bid with just 55 seconds remaining. Frederik Andersen had 21 saves for the Hurricanes.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Wyatt Langford hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning after Jacob deGrom allowed a four-run lead to slip away and the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.
After the Rays trailed 4-0 after one inning, Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run homer as part of Tampa Bay’s three-run sixth that tied it at 4.
Aranda’s homer and Kameron Misner’s double knocked deGrom from the game. DeGrom allowed four runs and eight hits — including homers by Aranda and Brandon Lowe — in 5⅔ innings.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Sergio Santos scored in the second half and Roman Celentano made it stand up as FC Cincinnati edged New England 1-0, beating the Revolution at TQL Stadium for the first time on Saturday night.
Neither team scored until Santos took a pass from Pavel Bucha in the 65th minute and found the net for the first time this season. Santos has scored eight of his 27 career goals in three seasons with Cincinnati (4-2-1). The rest of them came in four seasons with the Philadelphia Union.

After missing six games with a left shin contusion, Cade Cunningham made his long-awaited return for the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday.
It was spoiled by a big night from Memphis’ Desmond Bane, though, as he led all scorers with 38 points and the Grizzlies defeated the Pistons at home, 109-103. Bane shot 15-for-23 and knocked down a dagger 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining to open a 104-98 lead the Pistons didn’t have enough time to overcome.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 37 points, Rudy Gobert added 23 points and 19 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves extended their winning streak to five games with a 114-109 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.
Julius Randle chipped in 15 points and Donte DiVincenzo 13 for the Timberwolves, who won for the sixth time in seven games.
Quentin Grimes led Philadelphia with 28 points on 10-for-18 shooting, including 6 for 10 from long distance.

The Final Four semifinal was delivered on Saturday night in a magnificent way, as Florida defeated Auburn 79-73 in what was a back-and-forth street fight for forty minutes inside the Alamodome. 
A packed house, with two teams from the SEC battling for a spot in the national title game on Monday night, was certainly one to remember. Thanks to a monster night from the field, Walter Clayton Jr. put himself in the category of best Final Four performance, with 32 points against a tough Auburn defense that relied on Johni Broome in the paint.

There’s been a lot of talk about stats in hockey lately, with Sidney Crosby achieving the most seasons in NHL history at a point-per-game scoring pace, while Alexander Ovechkin could become the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer as soon as Sunday.
But we’ve got to talk about the number being dropped by someone who can’t even be drafted by an NHL club until next year, and that is top NHL prospect Gavin McKenna.
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