— Texas 68, NC State 66
Kid on Texas hit a 20-foot jumper with 0:01.1 left for the win.
Longhorns led by 10 midway thru first half
Texas had a 45-33 edge on the boards.
Longhorns move on to play BYU Thursday night.
Charles Barkley/Dick Vitale were the analysts for this game. Great team, with Brian Anderson the play-by-play guy. Anderson occasionally had his hands full keeping his analysts’ focus on the court, but its was fun to listen to.
— Howard 86, UMBC 83
Howard led 49-41 at halftime.
Bison won their ninth game in a row.
6-4 senior Harris had 19 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists.
Howard advances to play #1-seed Michigan Thursday.
— Venezuela 3, Team USA 2
Team Venezuela wins the World Baseball Classic.
Eugenio Suarez won the game with a 9th-inning single.
Bryce Harper had tied game with an 8th-inning home run.
NIT games
— Wichita State 74, Wyoming 70
Wichita has won eight of its last nine games.
Shockers had a 55-34 edge on the boards.
Both teams missed 10 foul shots.
— NC-Wilmington 68, Yale 67
Yale led by 14 early in second half.
Bulldogs were only 9-22 on the foul line.
Seahawks have won eight of their last ten games.
— Liberty 77, George Mason 71
Flames never trailed, shot 55.3% inside the arc.
Liberty played three starters 38+ minutes.
Five of the seven players Liberty used are seniors.
— Oklahoma State 84, Davidson 80
Davidson led 50-40 at halftime.
Cowboys were 21-30 on foul line, Davidson 5-7.
Davidson was 15-40 outside arc, 15-30 inside arc.
— Tulsa 89, Stephen F Austin 84 OT
Tulsa was 32-41 on foul line, Lumberjacks 10-16
Tulsa had 22 offensive boards, had 50-36 rebounding edge.
Jaylen Lawal had 24 points in 21:00; he didn’t start.
— Famous birthdays, March 18th:
Jeff Mullins, 84
Curt Warner, 65 (the RB, not the Hall of Fame QB)
Vanessa Williams, 63
Andre Rison, 59
Pat Terrell, 58
Queen Latifah, 56
Rob Johnson, 53
Brian Griese, 51
Brian Scalabrine, 48
JT Realmuto, 35
Wednesday would’ve been the 100th birthday for actor Peter Graves.
— Big trade in the NFL Tuesday; Broncos-Dolphins.
Denver gets:
WR Jaylen Waddle and a 4th-round draft pick
Miami gets:
1st, 3rd, 4th round picks in this year’s draft.
Dolphins now have seven of the first 94 picks in next month’s draft.
— Super Bowl champ Seattle Seahawks are expected to open the 2026 season with a Wednesday night home game; the next night, Rams-49ers are going to open their seasons in Australia.
— Last five years, favorites are 12-6 ATS in these Dayton play-in games.
— In last year’s NCAA, seven of the top eight seeds in the country advanced to the Elite 8; only team that didn’t was #2-seed St John’s, who lost in second round to Arkansas/Calipari.
— Indianapolis Colts signed Notre Dame basketball player Carson Towt, with the intent to try him out at tight end, much like they did with Mo Alie-Cox, who played hoop at VCU.
— Eastern Michigan hired Clemson assistant Billy Donlon as its new basketball coach; Donlon has previously coached at Wright State/Kansas City, going 155-133 over nine seasons.
— Was watching a spring training game; hitter on the Atlanta Braves challenged (and lost) the second pitch of the game. When the regular season starts next week, don’t think we’ll see any ball/strike challenges in the first inning.
