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On Saturday, Arizona will be playing for its first trip to the Final Four since 2001 under Lute Olson. The same day, Iowa will be playing for its first trip to the Final Four since 1980, when it was coached by Lute Olson.

January 8th standings 6. Orlando Magic 21-17 7. Miami Heat 20-17 12. Charlotte Hornets 13-25 March 24 standings 8. Orlando Magic 38-34 9. Charlotte Hornets 38-34 10. Miami Heat 38-34

On this day 30 years ago, Mike Legg pulled off the move that changed hockey forever - the goal now known as “The Michigan”

That's a pretty kick butt way to deliver that news.

MLB pitches under 45 MPH: 2008 - 0 2009 - 0 2010 - 0 2011 - 0 2012 - 0 2013 - 0 2014 - 0 2015 - 0 2016 - 0 2017 - 6 2018 - 1 2019 - 0 2020 - 6 2021 - 64 2022 - 183 2023 - 199 2024 - 175 2025 - 424

You could have an all-time sports day Thursday in Houston. 8a-2p: Houston Open first round 3-6p: Astros Opening Day v. Angels 6:30-11p: Sweet 16 games at Toyota Center (Iowa-Neb, Illinois-Houston)

Average KenPom rank of the remaining teams in each region: Midwest: 8.5 East: 9.5 South: 11.25 West: 14.5

The Big Ten has 7 wins by 20+ points in this year's NCAA Tournament. That's already the most by a single conference in a single NCAA Tournament all-time.

By getting to the Sweet 16 with a matchup against Texas, Purdue has a 35% chance of making a Final Four. That's the 5th highest odds in the field: Michigan - 77% Duke - 63% Arizona - 55% Houston - 39% Purdue - 35% Florida - 34%

Iowa shot over 70% on 2s against Florida today. No team had ever done that against Todd Golden in his 144-game tenure in Gainesville. Iowa sliced and diced one of the elite rim defenses in the sport.

Duke becomes the 16th 1 seed to defeat a 16 by 9 or fewer points. The previous 15: 0-for-15 in going on to win the national title. (Three Final Four teams, though, including 1986 Duke.)

Michigan and Duke are the top two defenses in the country. They allowed 46 and 43 points each in the first half to a 16 seed. Michigan has only allowed 46 or more in a 1st half twice this year. The underdogs are really punching today!

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Quandre Bullock with a windmill EXCLAMATION on the Big West title 🔥 @HawaiiMBB

Bam Adebayo has 83 points Team USA is down 5-0 to Italy Ravens backed out of the Crosby trade WTF IS GOING ON TONIGHT

imagine living in miami going to a random heat game on a tuesday against the wizards completely coked out and bam adebayo has 77 points with three minutes left

Remember as you enjoy these conference tournaments over the next week: No team in the modern bracket era (since ‘85) has won the national title without reaching at least the semis of their conference tourney. (There are a couple that were in leagues that didn’t have tournaments.)

Fred Couples (b. 1959) looks set to be the elder statesman in this year's Masters field. He made his tournament debut in 1983 when Sam Snead (b. 1912) made his final appearance. This year, Mason Howell (b. 2007) is scheduled to make his Masters debut. Which means Couples will have competed against golfers born 95 years apart during his own Masters career. This sport is the best.

The Hurley double box as they both get T’s is perfect

UConn just lost at a 12-19 Marquette team with a potential No. 1 seed on the line. There are 4 teams above the rest right now: Duke Michigan Arizona Florida