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No. 1 Duke beats No. 10 Virginia 74-70 for 2nd straight ACC Tournament title under Jon Scheyer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Isaiah Evans scored 20 points, Cameron Boozer made two free throws with 3.9 seconds to seal the game and No. 1 Duke defeated No. 10 Virginia 74-70 on Saturday night for its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship under coach Jon Scheyer and its third title in the past four years. Cayden Boozer had 16 points, and Cameron Boozer finished with 13 points, eight rebounds and eight assists as the Blue Devils extended their winning streak to 11 games heading into the NCAA Tournament. Malik Thomas had 18 points and Sam Lewis had 17 for Virginia in a game in which neither team led by more than seven points and featured 16 lead changes.

Ejiofor leads No. 13 St. John's to 72-52 rout of No. 6 UConn for 2nd straight Big East tourney title

NEW YORK (AP) — Zuby Ejiofor had seven blocks, nine rebounds and three steals to anchor a tenacious defensive performance that carried No. 13 St. John’s to its second straight Big East Tournament championship with a 72-52 blowout of sixth-ranked UConn at Madison Square Garden. Ejiofor and Bryce Hopkins each scored 18 points for the top-seeded Red Storm, who became the first team to win consecutive Big East Tournament titles since Villanova took three in a row from 2017-19. Adding to their resurgent rise under Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, the Johnnies joined UConn in 1998 and ’99 as the only Big East programs to win both the regular-season and tournament crowns in back-to-back years.

Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr. combine for first WBC game with two leadoff home runs

MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña Jr. got the World Baseball Classic quarterfinal off to a pulsating start, combining for the first WBC game with two leadoff homers. Acuña homered on the second pitch from World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, driving a fastball 401 feet to right-center for his second home run of the tournament. Ohtani led off the bottom half against Ranger Suárez with a 427-foot drive to center on a 2-1 slider, a ball that was 113.6 mph off the bat. Ohtani watched the ball, flipped his bat and motioned with both hands to teammates in the third-base dugout. The home run was Ohtani’s third of the tournament.

Medvedev hands Alcaraz his first loss of the year, heads to Indian Wells final against Sinner

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Daniil Medvedev handed top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz his first loss of the year and advanced to the final at Indian Wells with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory. The 11th-seeded Medvedev, from Russia, will face second-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy. Sinner beat Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-4. Alcaraz had won 16 straight matches this year, including titles at the Australian Open and Qatar Open. But Medvedev ended the possibility of an Alcaraz vs. Sinner final. Medvedev had dropped his last four meetings against Alcaraz, including a loss in the Indian Wells final in 2024. This was Medvedev’s first victory over him since the U.S. Open semifinals in 2023.

Ludvig Aberg builds a 3-shot lead in The Players Championship

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ludvig Aberg started with a two-shot lead and now leads by three going into the final round at The Players Championship. Part of him is happy to be three ahead. But he also regrets missing two good birdie chances on the 16th and 17th and three-putting the 18th for a bogey. He shot a 71 and leads neighbor and friend Michael Thorbjornsen by three. Both are former No. 1 players in the PGA Tour University ranking. Both now make their homes in Ponte Vedra Beach and often practice at the TPC Sawgrass. Cameron Young was four behind. Xander Schauffele was among those five back.

Formula 1 calls off April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to Iran war

SHANGHAI (AP) — Formula 1 and its governing body, the FIA, say the Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will not be held in April on safety grounds related to the Iran war. Both countries have been struck during Iran’s response after the United States and Israel launched a wave of attacks on Iran. The announcement was made ahead of Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. F1 was due to race in Bahrain on April 12 and in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on April 19. F1 did not say the races were canceled or postponed, just that they won't happen in April and replacements events have not been scheduled.

Union president Nneka Ogwumike: Revenue sharing and housing remain key hurdles in WNBA CBA talks

NEW YORK (AP) — Players’ union president Nneka Ogwumike said that revenue sharing and team-funded housing were two major items that still needed to be figured out to get a new collective bargaining agreement deal done with the WNBA. The two sides are meeting for a fifth straight day Saturday in hopes of getting a CBA finished in a timely fashion to avoid any potential delays to the upcoming WNBA season. Those two key discussion points would be discussed as opposed to the more ancillary issues that were talked about the past two days.

Brayden Burries scores 21 as No. 2 Arizona survives No. 5 Houston 79-74 in Big 12 final rematch

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brayden Burries scored 21 points and hit a pair of clinching free throws with 8.3 seconds left, sending No. 2 Arizona to a 79-74 victory over No. 5 Houston on Saturday night in the Big 12 Tournament title game. It was a rematch of last year's championship game won by the Cougars. Koa Peat also had 21 points and Jaden Bradley followed his semifinal game-winner against Iowa State with 13 points for the Wildcats. Joseph Tugler had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead second-seeded Houston.

No. 6 UConn loses for a second time in four games with the NCAA Tournament up next

NEW YORK (AP) — No. 6 UConn goes into the NCAA Tournament having lost two of its past four games after getting beat by 20 points by St. John's in the Big East final. Two-time national championship-winning coach Dan Hurley says this team has shown a level of fragility that wasn't there in previous years. An apparent left ankle injury to starting point guard Silas Demary Jr. is a potential concern going into the first weekend of March Madness. Hurley called it a mild sprain that he hopes will not linger.

No. 17 Arkansas edges Mississippi 93-90 in OT to reach SEC title game

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darius Acuff Jr. scored five of his 24 points in overtime and No. 17 Arkansas held off Mississippi 93-90 to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the first time since 2017. The third-seeded Razorbacks will play No. 22 Vanderbilt, which routed No. 4 Florida earlier Saturday. Acuff, the SEC’s scoring leader and league’s player and freshman of the year, also had seven assists. Meleek Thomas led Arkansas with 29 points, Trevon Brazile had 16 points with 10 rebounds along with the final free throw and Malique Ewin added 14. Ole Miss ends its improbable run after the 15th-seeded Rebels became the second double-digit seed to win three games at this event, joining Auburn in 2015.