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A March Madness sitter. This year’s tournament has had it all.

The Gaels coach has been linked to several college hoops jobs across the country.
Moments after UConn dispatched Iona 87–63 in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament on Friday, questions about Rick Pitino’s future with the Gaels began to roll in.
When Pitino was asked if he had coached his last game at Iona, he shared a reserved response.
“I really don’t have an answer to it… I have no idea if it is or isn’t,” Pitino said during his postgame press conference, per Sports Illustrated’s Kevin Sweeney. “I focused everything on this game, trying to beat Connecticut.

The freshman utility player made her Bears debut in Friday’s home matchup against Bryant.
In late November, Brown walk-on Olivia Pichardo made NCAA Division I history by becoming the first woman to earn a spot on a varsity baseball roster. Now, nearly four months later, the 18-year-old has earned another place in the record books after adding another landmark accolade to her budding résumé.
Pichardo, a freshman utility player from Queens, N.Y.

Pichardo made the team in November and got her first at-bat Friday.

It’s not every day you get to witness the birth of a meme. It’s rarer to see the subject of that meme realize that they’ve become a meme in real-time as was the case for one Utah State cheerleader.
Ashlyn Whimpey is a senior cheerleader for the Utah State Aggies and if you’ve been online at all, you’ve probably seen her face. Cameras caught her on camera crying as her Aggies were bounced from the NCAA tournament by the Missouri Tigers, 76-65.

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The World Baseball Classic has had an outstanding and frustrating start, especially for Mets fans.
Several star Mets players are on the Puerto Rico team that advanced out of their pool. Behind shortstop Francisco Lindor and closer Edwin Diaz, the Puerto Rico team pulled a big upset of tournament favorites Dominican Republic.
But that win came at a tremendous cost for the Mets franchise and their fans. Diaz collapsed on the mound during the ensuing celebrations, grabbing his knee.
The following day, the Mets got the worst possible news; Diaz would need surgery and was set to miss the season.

The Owls coach couldn’t have been prouder of his team’s effort against Xavier on Thursday.
No. 14 seed Kennesaw State fell to No. 3 seed Xavier on Friday 72–67 in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament, putting up a great fight and nearly pulling an upset bid of the Musketeers.
Despite the result, Owls coach Amir Abdur-Rahim couldn’t have been prouder of his team’s effort when he spoke to the media after the game. In fact, he was so proud of his team that he was moved to tears.
“The beginning was four years ago and um…” Abdur-Rahim paused as he teared up.

The stars have all intentions of playing against the Tigers.
Houston guard Marcus Sasser told reporters on Friday that he plans to play in the Cougars second-round matchup against Auburn on Saturday in Birmingham.
The Cougars defeated Northern Kentucky, 62-53, on Thursday. However, the Cougars star reaggravated a groin injury he suffered in the American Athletic Conference title game against Memphis and was limited in Houston’s first-round game against the Norse. He finished Thursday’s game with five points in 14 minutes in the first half and missed the entire second half.

The Panthers used a stifling defensive effort to eliminate the Cyclones on Friday.
No. 11 seed Pittsburgh began the game with a 19–2 run thanks to their stifling defense, and they leaned on the defense once again in the second half to cruise past No. 6 seed Iowa State 59–41 in Friday’s Midwest Round of 64 action.
The Panthers, who never trailed, allowed the Cyclones to get back into the game before halftime due to a series of cold shooting possessions, but still took a seven point lead into the break.
Once the second half began, it was all Pittsburgh.