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COLLEGE BASKETBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT-MEN Sweet 16 tips off INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Tournament moves to the Sweet 16 on Saturday with men’s semifinals in the South and Midwest regions. Top seed Baylor faces No. 5 seed Villanova. This is Baylor’s fifth trip to the second weekend of the tournament under coach Scott Drew. Villanova is in the Sweet 16 for…

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NBA-SCHEDULE Celtics top Bucks UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Celtics ended Milwaukee’s winning streak as the Celts try to climb back to .500. Jayson Tatum scored 34 points and Marcus Smart 23 to pace the Celtics to a 122-114 victory over the Bucks, halting Milwaukee’s season-high, eight-game winning streak. Boston finished 22 of 47 from beyond the arc. Smart was…

Oregon faces USC in Sweet 16

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No. 7 seed Oregon (21-6, 15-5) vs. No. 6 seed Southern California (24-7, 16-6) NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis; Sunday, 8:45 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Oregon and Southern California will meet, and a trip to the Elite Eight is on the line. The only meeting between the teams this season came on Feb. 22, when the Trojans…

Bama, UCLA meet in Sweet 16

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No. 11 seed UCLA (20-9) vs. No. 2 seed Alabama (26-6) NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis; Sunday, 6:15 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: A trip to the Elite Eight is there for the taking as UCLA is ready to face another Power Five heavyweight in Alabama. Alabama earned a 96-77 win over Maryland in its most recent game, while…

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NBA-SCHEDULE Celtics top Bucks UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Celtics ended Milwaukee’s winning streak as the Celts try to climb back to .500. Jayson Tatum scored 34 points and Marcus Smart 23 to pace the Celtics to a 122-114 victory over the Bucks, halting Milwaukee’s season-high, eight-game winning streak. Boston finished 22 of 47 from beyond the arc. Smart was…

Update on the latest sports

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NBA-SCHEDULE Celtics top Bucks UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Celtics ended Milwaukee’s winning streak as the Celts try to climb back to .500. Jayson Tatum scored 34 points and Marcus Smart 23 to pace the Celtics to a 122-114 victory over the Bucks, halting Milwaukee’s season-high, eight-game winning streak. Boston finished 22 of 47 from beyond the arc. Smart was…

Update on the latest sports

AP

NBA-SCHEDULE Celtics top Bucks UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Celtics ended Milwaukee’s winning streak as the Celts try to climb back to .500. Jayson Tatum scored 34 points and Marcus Smart 23 to pace the Celtics to a 122-114 victory over the Bucks, halting Milwaukee’s season-high, eight-game winning streak. Boston finished 22 of 47 from beyond the arc. Smart was…

Update on the latest sports

AP

NBA-SCHEDULE Celtics top Bucks UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Celtics ended Milwaukee’s winning streak as the Celts try to climb back to .500. Jayson Tatum scored 34 points and Marcus Smart 23 to pace the Celtics to a 122-114 victory over the Bucks, halting Milwaukee’s season-high, eight-game winning streak. Boston finished 22 of 47 from beyond the arc. Smart was…

Update on the latest sports

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NBA-NEWS CAVALIERS-DRUMMOND BUYOUT Cavs buy out Drummond CLEVELAND (AP) — Center Andre Drummond is now a free agent after reaching a buyout with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The agreement ends a partnership that became awkward when the Cavs benched Drummond to give young center Jarrett Allen more playing time. Drummond hasn’t played since mid-February and began negotiating terms of the buyout…

The Latest: Playoffs are all the rage at Match Play

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the Dell Technologies Match Play (all times local): 4:55 p.m. The Dell Technologies Match Play already has a No. 64 seed in the weekend for the first time. Now another record has fallen in a big way. Eight groups are being decided by playoffs, with the possibility for a ninth. The previous record…