NCAA Basketball

Jared Butler scored 22 points and MaCio Teague had 19 for the Baylor Bears (28-2), who were ranked second or third in the AP poll all year long. But never first.

Does the sloppiness and gritty play of the college game add to the excitement of the game? Or do you prefer the clean, crisp, often lacking-in-defense style of play in the NBA playoffs strike your fancy.

Haley Jones scored 17 points and Stanford beat Arizona 54-53, giving the Cardinal and their Hall of Fame coach their first national championship since 1992 on Sunday night.

Jalen Suggs, a freshman, banked in a shot at the buzzer from near the Final Four logo for a 93-90 overtime win over UCLA on Saturday night that vaulted the Bulldogs to within one win of an undefeated season and the national title. Check out the Buzzer Beater!

From March Madness through MLB Opening Day and into The Masters, the action never slows down. Add in NBA and the NHL, plus college football this year at the FCS level and it's a great time to be working in sports.

North Carolina announced Thursday that Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring after a 33-year career that includes three national championships.

Holmes, the 2019 Gatorade Player of the Year, paced the Hoosiers' deep postseason run this season, averaging 17.8ppg and 7.6rpg as a sophomore forward.

The Final 4 is Set

Three of the four teams handed No. 1s - Gonzaga, Baylor and Michigan - are still in the field, which is average. But so are three Pac-12 Conference teams - No. 6 USC, No. 11 UCLA and No. 12 Oregon State - which definitely is not.

Led by unflappable guard Ethan Thompson, whose 20 points included a pair of clinching foul shots with 35 seconds left, the No. 12 seed Beavers and their brilliant defense shut down eighth-seeded Loyola Chicago in a 65-58 victory on Saturday that sent their long-suffering program into the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.