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LSU, Bama meet in SEC finals

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LSU (18-8, 13-6) vs. Alabama (23-6, 18-2) Southeastern Conference Tourney Championship, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee; Sunday, 12 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: LSU and Alabama are prepared to match up in the Championship of the SEC tournament. Alabama swept the two-game regular season series. The teams last played each other on Feb. 3, when the Crimson Tide shot 47.8 percent from…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Longhorns finally get B12 title KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas finally has a Big 12 title in men’s basketball. Matt Coleman scored a career-high 30 points and Jericho Simms added a career-best 21 as the 13th-ranked Longhorns held off No. 12 Oklahoma State, 91-86. Kai Jones and Andrew Jones added 13 points apiece for third-seeded…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Longhorns finally get B12 title KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas finally has a Big 12 title in men’s basketball. Matt Coleman scored a career-high 30 points and Jericho Simms added a career-best 21 as the 13th-ranked Longhorns held off No. 12 Oklahoma State, 91-86. Kai Jones and Andrew Jones added 13 points apiece for third-seeded…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Longhorns finally get B12 title KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas finally has a Big 12 title in men’s basketball. Matt Coleman scored a career-high 30 points and Jericho Simms added a career-best 21 as the 13th-ranked Longhorns held off No. 12 Oklahoma, 91-86. No. 13 Texas was poised at the foul line down the stretch…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Longhorns finally get B12 title KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas finally has a Big 12 title in men’s basketball. Matt Coleman scored a career-high 30 points and Jericho Simms added a career-best 21 as the 13th-ranked Longhorns held off No. 12 Oklahoma, 91-86. No. 13 Texas was poised at the foul line down the stretch…

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AP

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Longhorns finally get B12 title KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas finally has a Big 12 title in men’s basketball. Matt Coleman scored a career-high 30 points and Jericho Simms added a career-best 21 as the 13th-ranked Longhorns held off No. 12 Oklahoma, 91-86. No. 13 Texas was poised at the foul line down the stretch…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL- TOURNAMENTS Ohio to face Illinois, LSU faces Alabama Sunday UNDATED (AP) — Duane Washington Jr. scored 24 points and E.J. Liddell added 18 and No. 9 Ohio State fended off a frantic finish from No. 4 Michigan for a 68-67 victory and a chance to play for the Big Ten Tournament title. The Buckeyes will play their fourth…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL-BIG TEN TOURNAMENT No. 9 Buckeyes edge No. 4 Michigan, make Big Ten title game INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Duane Washington Jr. scored 24 points and E.J. Liddell added 18 and No. 9 Ohio State fended off a frantic finish from No. 4 Michigan for a 68-67 victory and a chance to play for the Big Ten Tournament title. The…

The Latest: Missouri State out of MVC women’s tournament

By The Associated Press

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: No. 21 Missouri State pulled out of the Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball tournament on Saturday after a positive COVID-19 test was found in Bradley’s program the night before. The two teams were scheduled to meet in the semifinals, but the Lady Bears decided to skip…

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NBA-76ERS-EMBIID INJURED AP source: Embiid sidelined with bone bruise in left knee PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEED’) has a bone bruise on his left knee and could miss at least two weeks, according to a person with knowledge of the injury. The person tells The Associated Press that Embiid did not suffer structural damage…