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Emotions boiled over in Durham, where the Tar Heels celebrated their win by waving goodbye to the fans, who responded by throwing drinks on the court.

After months of speculation, the Kansas City Chiefs and their defensive star appear to have a deal.
The Chiefs are signing defensive tackle Chris Jones to a five-year contract worth $95 million guaranteed, according to a Saturday night report from Adam Schefter of ESPN.
Jones, 29, won his third Super Bowl with Kansas City this past season.
Per Schefter, the deal stands to make Jones the highest paid defensive tackle in NFL history on a per-year basis.
In a Chiefs season rife with intriguing storylines, Jones’s status had flown under the radar a bit outside of Kansas City circles.

Jones has three Super Bowl rings as a standout defensive lineman.

North Carolina’s 25-year-old sixth-year senior Cormac Ryan poured in a career-high 31 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the floor as the No. 7 Tar Heels completed their season sweep of No. 9 Duke, 84–79 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
With the victory, North Carolina clinched the ACC’s regular season title for the first time since 2017. Carolina’s season sweep of Duke was especially dominant this season, as the Tar Heels trailed for a mere 16 seconds total in its two matchups with the Blue Devils.

U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark was involved in a rules issue on Saturday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational that had Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee criticizing PGA Tour rules officials for not assessing a penalty.
Clark, who won the U.S. Open last summer at Los Angeles Country Club and captured the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last month, trails third-round leaders Scottie Scheffler and Shane Lowry by a stroke—which would have been two shots if a penalty had been assessed.

Before the NCAA men’s tournament dilutes itself in the near future (like next year) with additional expansion aimed at placating the power conferences, the current selection committee can take one last stand for deserving mid-major programs. The most obvious and easiest stand is to put both Missouri Valley Conference tourney finalists in the Big Dance.
The Indiana State Sycamores and Drake Bulldogs both deserve to be in the field of 68 no matter what happens when they meet in the Arch Madness final Sunday. They’re good enough. They have been all season.

The Tigers will wait for updates on their teammate’s health as they prepare to face South Carolina.

Emotions boiled over late in Durham after Duke got swept by its gloating rival. Elsewhere on a big Saturday of hoops, some bubble teams suffered costly losses.

LSU’s game against Ole Miss on Saturday evening should have been a coronation—a 75–67 win that saw the No. 8 Tigers advance to meet No. 1 South Carolina in the SEC championship.
Instead, LSU was left in shock after a devastating apparent injury.
Tigers guard Last-Tear Poa was stretchered off the Bon Secours Wellness Arena floor after a hard fall in fourth quarter.
After trying and failing to exit the court under her own power, she was stabilized and stretchered off the floor. Shaken, LSU’s players gathered in prayer before finishing off the Rebels.

The Duke big man made a questionable move in the first half.