Ucla Men's Basketball Season Comes To An End

Season complete for UCLA men

From Jon Marks: The mobility will stay unanswered.

Would UCLA person beaten Connecticut if Tyler Bilodeau was healthy? That’s what will haunt nan Bruins and their fans for nan remainder of March Madness.

Even without their starring scorer nan seventh-seeded Bruins battled valiantly, concisely taking nan lead successful nan 2nd half. But successful nan extremity they simply didn’t person capable firepower to sound disconnected No. 2 Connecticut, which surged precocious successful its 73-57 win successful nan 2nd information of nan NCAA tourney connected Sunday.

“My connection to our squad is nary excuses,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said. “Somebody brought up Tyler. We didn’t bring it up. It’s five-on-five. Sadly, I’ve sewage a batch of believe successful dealing pinch that successful NCAA tourney play, but it sucks for him.

“At nan extremity of nan day, personification said to maine what would person happened if you had your guy? You ne'er know. But I thought nan bottommost statement was they played harder than us. Their defense was amended than our offense, and I return work for that.”

UCLA (24-12) grounded to scope nan Sweet 16 for nan 3rd consecutive season. The Bruins struggled pinch their shooting astir of nan night, going 19 for 49 (39%) successful comparison to Connecticut’s 23 for 49 (47%). Both teams had nan aforesaid number of free-throw attempts (21), but nan Bruins made conscionable 67% of their shots and nan Huskies made 90%.

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UCLA container score

A early building triumph for USC?

From Chaunte’l Powell: When you look astatine nan USC Trojans, 1 mightiness deliberation they’re mounting nan array for adjacent year.

Buying clip until JuJu Watkins returns. Keeping nan vessel afloat until nan talented recruiting people that includes Saniyah Hall makes its measurement to campus.

But nan Trojans showed Saturday that’s not nan case. They’re making a sheet and eating now.

The No. 9 seed Trojans gutted retired a 71-67 overtime triumph complete No. 8 seed Clemson successful what USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb described arsenic “a civilization win.”

That crippled featured galore tests for a young squad successful March and nan Trojans responded good to nan challenges. They are advancing connected nan backmost of freshman Jazzy Davidson’s 31 points and elder Kara Dunn’s 22.

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Why nan Dodgers will not triumph nan World Series

From Bill Plaschke: The truth of this Dodgers play was precocious recovered successful a spot wherever each sports truths are clipped and tapered and styled into reality.

The barbershop.

Of course, nan barbershop, wherever shot talk is existent talk, and wherever nan expectations astir nan Dodgers upcoming quest for a three-peat precocious smothered maine for illustration a basking towel to nan head.

I was sitting successful nan chair successful mid-shave erstwhile a bald man barged into nan shop searching not for a cut, but a promise.

“Say it!” he shouted to maine from conscionable wrong nan door. “Say what everybody astir present believes!”

What, that LeBron James is not a existent Laker?

“No, opportunity it astir nan Dodgers!” said nan man, and he was serious. “Say that they person the champion squad successful history and they’re going to triumph different championship! Say it, because that’s what everybody thinks!”

The shop quieted, chairs swiveled, and abruptly everyone was looking astatine me, astatine which constituent I said nan 1 connection I’ve ne'er written successful immoderate of nan past twelve aliases truthful Dodger preview columns.

“No.”

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Alex Freeland edges Hyeseong Kim for a Dodgers opening time roster spot

Luka Doncic avoids suspension

From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: He’s nan hottest subordinate successful nan NBA. Not moreover nan NBA’s method foul norm tin slow Luka Doncic down.

The NBA rescinded Doncic’s 16th method foul, nan convention announced Sunday, allowing Doncic to debar a mandatory one-game suspension that would person kept him retired of Monday’s crippled against nan Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons.

Doncic and nan Lakers appealed nan telephone aft he was fixed a method for taunting against Orlando Magic guardant Goga Bitadze successful Saturday’s Lakers win. Bitadze’s method foul was besides rescinded aft nan European players were arguing while Doncic was shooting free throws. Doncic claimed Bitadze made a vulgar comment toward Doncic’s family successful Serbian while Bitadze said he first heard inappropriate comments from Doncic and only repeated what he heard nan Lakers defender say.

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Kings suffer to Mammoth

Nick Schmaltz scored his 2nd extremity of nan crippled astatine 1:46 of overtime to springiness nan Utah Mammoth a 4-3 triumph complete nan Kings connected Sunday night.

Schmaltz carried nan puck successful connected a two-on-one unreserved pinch defenseman Mikhail Sergachev connected his near and fired a threat changeable betwixt goalie Darcy Kuemper‘s legs.

After nan Kings controlled play successful nan three-on-three overtime and astir ended it connected Alex Laferriere’s changeable that went disconnected nan correct post, Kevin Stenlund won a faceoff against Quinton Byfield to group up Schmaltz’s seventh winning extremity of nan season.

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Kings summary

NHL standings

Ducks rally past Sabres

Troy Terry scored connected a breakaway 1:29 into overtime for his 2nd extremity of nan crippled aft Mikael Granlund tied it precocious successful regularisation and the Ducks rallied to conclusion nan Buffalo Sabres 6-5 connected Sunday night.

Anaheim ended Buffalo’s seven-game roadworthy winning streak erstwhile Tage Thompson couldn’t support successful nan puck successful nan Ducks’ area and Terry held connected a 2-on-0 break to people connected a backhander.

Granlund tied nan people astatine 5 pinch 1:44 remaining successful nan 3rd play connected a powerfulness play pinch Ville Husso pulled for an other attacker.

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Ducks summary

NHL standings

Galaxy tie pinch Portland

Portland’s Kristoffer Velde scored successful nan 13th infinitesimal and Timbers defender Kamal Miller picked up a reddish paper 7 minutes later, but James Pantemis surrendered only a João Klauss extremity to thief them clasp connected for a 1-1 tie pinch nan Galaxy connected Sunday.

Velde scored for nan 2nd clip this play to springiness Portland (1-3-1) a 1-0 lead early. But things became difficult from nan 20th infinitesimal connected erstwhile Miller received his paper for a foul connected Klauss.

Antony Alves Santos notched his first assistance this play connected nan people and Joao Ortiz picked up his second.

Klauss came up pinch nan equalizer successful nan 30th infinitesimal pinch assists from Marco Reus and Gabriel Pec. It was nan 5th extremity for Klauss, who has surely helped easiness nan nonaccomplishment of superstar Riqui Puig for a 2nd consecutive play because of injuries. Klauss spent his first 3 seasons pinch St. Louis City, wherever he scored 25 goals successful 79 appearances.

Galaxy summary

MLS standings

This time successful sports history

1939 — Long Island University finishes nan play undefeated aft a 44-32 triumph complete Loyola of Chicago successful nan NIT championship.

1944 — Maurice Richard, playing successful his 2nd Stanley Cup playoff game, scores 5 goals successful a 5-1 triumph complete nan Toronto Maple Leafs successful Game 2 of nan Stanley Cup semifinals. Toe Blake has 5 assists.

1948 — Kentucky, down Alex Groza and Ralph Beard, defeats Baylor 58-42 for nan NCAA hoops championship.

1956 — Bill Russell leads San Francisco to an 83-71 triumph complete Iowa successful nan NCAA hoops championship.

1957 — North Carolina defeats Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas successful triple-overtime to triumph nan NCAA men’s championship. The Tar Heels triumph 54-53 to decorativeness nan play pinch a 32-0 record.

1968 — Lew Alcindor scores 34 points to transportation UCLA to a 78-55 triumph complete North Carolina successful nan NCAA hoops championship.

1974 — N.C. State ends UCLA’s streak of 7 nationalist championships pinch an 80-77 triumph successful double overtime of nan NCAA tourney semifinals. David Thompson leads nan Wolfpack pinch 28 points and 10 rebounds while teammate Tom Burleson scores 20 and pulls down 14 rebounds.

1991 — London thumps Frankfurt 24-11 successful nan first World League of American Football game.

1994 — Wayne Gretzky scores his 802nd goal, passing Gordie Howe arsenic nan apical extremity scorer successful NHL history. The Kings halfway scores successful nan 2nd play for his 62nd NHL record.

1996 — Michelle Kwan caps a astir cleanable play by winning nan women’s title astatine fig skating’s world championships for nan United States’ first singles expanse since 1986.

2002 — Brendan Shanahan of nan Red Wings scores his 500th goal, breaking a scoreless necktie astatine 7:48 of nan 3rd period. Detroit thumps Colorado 2-0.

2002 — Iowa State’s Cael Sanderson becomes nan first undefeated four-time NCAA wrestling champion astatine nan NCAA championships. Sanderson thumps Lehigh’s Jon Trenge 12-4 to triumph astatine 197 pounds and decorativeness his profession pinch a 159-0 record.

2007 — Kobe Bryant becomes nan 2nd NBA subordinate to people astatine slightest 50 points successful 4 consecutive games erstwhile he has 50 successful nan Lakers’ 111-105 triumph astatine New Orleans. Only Wilt Chamberlain has more, scoring astatine slightest 50 points successful 7 consecutive games during nan 1961-62 season.

2010 — The NFL changes its overtime rules for playoff games to springiness some teams an opportunity to get nan ball.

2014 — Quardell Young drives nan magnitude of nan tribunal for a go-ahead layup pinch 0.9 seconds near and Wisconsin-Whitewater holds disconnected Williams to triumph nan NCAA Division III men’s title 75-73. The Warhawks (29-4), whose shot squad took nan nationalist title successful December, triumph nan hoops title for nan 2nd clip successful 3 years and 4th clip successful 4 trips to nan final.

2016 — Guard Russ Smith of nan Delaware 87ers scores an NBA D-League-record 65 points successful a 140-129 nonaccomplishment to nan Canton Charge.

2022 — After 114 consecutive weeks arsenic world #1 female tennis player, 25 twelvemonth aged Australian Ash Barty makes unexpected status announcement.

2023 — Harry Kane overtakes Wayne Rooney’s grounds to go England’s all-time top goalscorer successful 2-1 triumph complete Italy pinch his 54th goal.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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