— Michigan 90, Alabama 77
Michigan outscored the Crimson Tide 43-28 in second half.
Wolverines shot 13-27 on arc, scored 1.27 ppp.
Alabama shot 14-47 on arc, 11-22 inside arc.
Michigan had 46-32 edge on the boards.
— Duke 80, St John’s 75
St John’s led by 10 early in second half.
Duke was 15-24 on foul line, Red Storm 4-8.
Duke shot 59.5% inside arc, scored 1.25 ppp.
Blue Devils have won 14 games in a row.
— UConn 67, Michigan State 63
Huskies led 25-6 right out of the gate.
Spartans led 45-44 with 10:00 left in the game.
Tarris Reed scored points, had 4 assists for UConn.
UConn plays Duke Sunday in the Elite 8.
— Tennessee 76, Iowa State 62
Tennessee outscored the Cyclones 42-29 in second half.
Volunteers shot 62.2% inside the arc.
Tennessee had a 43-22 edge on the boards.
Tennessee plays Michigan Sunday in the Elite 8.
— Iowa Hawkeyes haven’t been to the Final Four since 1980; Arizona hasn’t been to the Final Four since 2001; both the 1980/2001 teams were coached by Hall of Famer Lute Olson.
— Famous birthdays, March 28th
Rick Barry, 82
Dianne Wiest, 78
Reba McEntire, 71
Glenn Davis, 65
Jason Garrett, 60
Vince Vaughn, 56
Luke Walton, 46
Chris Long, 41
Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga), 40
Christian Walker, 35
Derek Carr, 35
Drake Baldwin, 25
— Cubs spent lot of $$$ this week:
2B Nico Hoerner signed a six-year deal worth $141M.
OF Pete Crow-Armstrong signed a six-year deal worth $115M.
— Orioles signed P Shane Baz for five years, $68M.
— Thursday was the first time EVER where three different players homered in their MLB debut on the same day:
Carson Benge, Mets
Munetaka Murakami, White Sox
JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals
— In their 11-7 win Thursday, Mets saw 192 pitches from Pittsburgh pitchers; 24 pitches per inning is more pitches than they saw in any game last season.
— 163 players started this season on the Injured List (121 pitchers)
— Movie of the Day: The Breakfast Club (1985)- Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, with Paul Gleason as the teacher. Very good movie.
This movie was released 41 years ago this week, which made me feel old.
— Angels 6, Astros 2
Angels are 2-0 for first time since 2007
Mike Trout went 3-for-4, with a home run.
Angels’ bullpen got 14 outs, didn’t allow a run.
— Bronx 3, Giants 0
Giants were shut out in their first two games.
Cam Schlittler allowed one baserunner in 5.1 IP
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer.
— Marlins 2, Rockies 1
Sandy Alcantara allowed one run in 7 IP.
Javier Sanoja went 3-for-3, had an RBI
All-time, the Marlins are 14-20 on Opening Day
— Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 4
Kyle Tucker’s 8th inning single was the game-winning hit.
Ketel Marte homered for Arizona.
Dodgers’ bullpen got 17 outs, didn’t allow a run.
