.(Basketball)…
Aztecs…Season ending Press Conference-Brian Dutcher
..Understand-everyone is in the portal right now
..Offers are being shopped to our players-no one entered portal yet
..We had no marquee wins this year
..If we beatTroy State-we’d have gotten in
..Losing to Troy was the difference to committee
..Moving to Pac 12-more out of conference opportunities
..Time for brutal honesty i evaluations
..These kids are different-we are not all the same
..I want ‘want to come back guys’
..Gwath..hope we can grow his game
..Byrd..he can ‘go pro at another school’ if he wants
..I want a rebounder and a 3-point shooter in recruiting
..Wish it was the old times-but it is not..I am adaptable
..MWC-we consumed ourselves-so many good teams
Lady Aztecs..Coach Stacie Terry Hutson…Excited to move into NIT-tourney..Get the bad taste out of mouth from tourney loss to Air Force…So satisfied this new team came together so well.
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(NCAA Play In Game)
..UMBC-L-Howard..Howard jumps to 13P-lead in lst half..Bryce Harper (19P-14R)
..Texas-North Carolina State
..Prairie View-Lehigh…Miami-Ohio-SMU…Play in Game-Wednesday
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(NIT)..1st round games:
..UNLV-Cal irvine..Rebs led 26-11 in 1st half-at Press Time
..Auburn-S Alabama..War Eagles led 52-46 at Press Time
..Tulsa-W-SF Austin..Hurricane reel off 8-0 spree end of OT for win
..Davidson-L-Oklahoma State..Cowboys hit 21FT in win
..Wyoming-L-Wichita State..Wyoming held 38% shooting
..UNC Wilimington-W-Yale..Christian May 3 point shot end of game-win
..Liberty-W-George Mason..GMU shoots 39%
..New Mexico-Sam Houston…Colorado State-St Josephs..Cal-IUC-Wednesday
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(Notes)
Alabama…Hi scoring G-Aden Holloway removed from campus after arrest possesion of 1-pound marijuana..drug tools and large amount of cash.
AP All American team…Cam Boozer-Duke-unanimous 1st team…AJ Dybantsa-BYU..Darius Acuff-Arkansas…Yaxel Lendeborg-Michigan…JT Toppin-Texas Tech
Charlotte..Fires coach Aaron Ferne (47-51)
Miami Ohio..Denies false report..Coach Travis Steele not interview at Butler
South Florida..Coach Brian Hodgson-turns down offer from Syracuse U.
Arizona State..Wants to interview Randy Bennett-St Mary’s
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Lakers-at-Houston..Wednesday game..LA (43-25)
LA Clippers-New Orleans…Wednesday game…LA (34-34)
Lakers…won 9-of-10…now in 3rd place in Western Conference
Houston..F-Kevin Durant-blame me for poor team offense..Rockets scored 12-points in awful 4th quarter..team had 24-turnovers vs Lakers
Minnesota..G-Anthony Edwards-will miss 2W-knee tendonitis
Oklahoma City Thunder…Inform NBA they will release the Seattle Supersonics logo and team history back to Seattle when it is given an expansion team
….(Baseball)…
Padres-W-Mariners…(9-6)..Friars (13-11)..Padres hit 6HRs in 95-degree weather
..German Marquez-strong outing (5inn-9K-3R)
..Matt Waldron-first outing since surgery..(2inn-1R-2H)
..Nick Castellanos-Ty France-Jace Bowen HRs in 7th inning
..Gavin Sheet-Xander Bogaerts solo HRs early
Padres..off day-Wednesday
Padres..Option P-Ty Adock..Jackson Wolf..OF-Samad Taylor to AAA-El Paso
Dodgers-Royals..Tied (4-4) at Press Time..Tuesday
..Roki Sasaki (3inn-3R-4H-4W-HR)
..Dalton Rushing HR
Dodgers-Giants..Wednesday…Shohei Ohtani will start-go 3-innings
Angels-L-Cubs (8-2)..Tuesday
..Alex Manoah bombed again (4inn-7R-8H)
Angels-Milwaukee..Wednesday
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(WBC)
USA-L-VENEZUELA (3-2)..Electric finish to series-win 1st Classic ever
..Eugenio Suarez RBI double in 9th for the win
..Bryce Harper towering 2R-HR bottom 8th had tied game
..Eduardo Rodriguez (4.1inn-0R-1H) for Venezuela
..Wil Abreu solo HR earlier had given them the lead
..Norm McLean (4inn-2R-4H) in start for US
..Aaron Judge-Kyle Schwarber-Alex Bregman combined (0-10) in game
..Judge finished WBC (.222)
..Bryce Harper (.214)
..Bregman (.143)
..Will Smith (.231)
..Byron Buxton (.000)
Aaron Judge…Yankees star says atmosphere around WBC games better than World Series games.
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(Injuries)
White Sox..P-Mike Vasil-elbow surgery
Yankees..P-Gerritt Cole makes 1st start in over a yer on Wednesday
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(Roster Moves)
Red Sox..Sign FA-P-Tommy Kahnle-ex Yankees
Orioles..Option P-Cade Povich to AAA
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…(Football)…..
Miami-Denver…TRADE…Dolphins deal WR-Jaylen Waddle to Dener for #1-3-4 picks
Colts..Sign FA-DT-Jerry Tillery-ex Chiefs
Saints..Sign FA-RB-Ty Chandler-ex Vikings
Houston..Sign FA-OG-Wyatt Teller-ex Browns
Eagles..Sign FA-WR-Hollywood Brown-ex Chiefs
Rams..Sign FA-LB-Grant Stuard-Special Teams star-ex Lions
Ravens..Sign FA-OC-Danny Pinter-ex Bengals
Lions..Sign FA-DE-DJ Donnum-ex Carolina
Titans..Sign FA-OT-Austin Deculus-ex Chargers
Raiders..Meet with FA-OG-Spencer Burford-ex 49ers
Ravens..Visit with FA-TE-David Njoku-ex Browns
Raiders..Report DE-Maxx Bradley was turned off by Baltimore Ravens-flew him in commercial-not on private jet-then had him drive a rented car to drive to facility for meetings with team officials
Saints..NFL-suspends LB-Beanie Bishop-3G-drug test violation
NFLPA..Union voting on new Exec Director to replace fired Lloyd Howell…chooses former player JC Tretter-over-David White.
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(College)
Oregon…Ducks QB-Dante Moore reveals he has battled depression and mental health issues for last 3-years since his mother’s cancer surgery.
SEC..Longtime coach David Cutcliffe-retires as Assistant Commissioner…Coached at Duke-Ole Miss.
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…(Hockey)…
Ducks-vs-Flyers…Wednesday game..Ducks on 9-of-13
SD Gulls-L-Colorado Eagles..Gulls trailed (5-3) late in 3rd period at Press Time…Eagles scored 3-goals in 2nd period to take lead..Tuesday game..Gulls fall to 7th place in Pacific Division
Oilers..RW-Leon Draisaitl-to miss rest of regular season-sprained back
Kings..F-Adrian Kempe-lower back strain
Montreal..Lose F-Kirby Dach-shoulder sprain
Penguins..Lose C-Blake Lizotte-4W-back issue
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…(General)…
World Cup….Team iran has asked its games be moved out of US to Mexico…FIFA turns down request.
SDFC-at-Toluca…Wednesday night…2nd leg of Champions Cup…Decision coming on starting goalie…SDFC without 2-starters serving suspension for red cards in lst game.
USA..Men’s team announces friendly games 3/28-Belgium…3/31-Portugal
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Formula 1…Aston Martin-troubleshooting problems with its new cars has now found linkage problems causing battery failure in Honda new engine in addition to vibration issues that have forced drivers out of races.
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