Daily Sports TL;DR 2024

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March 17 headlines

• NC State, 100-1 before tourney, tops UNC for ACC title
• Clingan leads UConn over Marquette in Big East title game
• Terrence Shannon Jr. (40 pts), Illinois rally past Nebraska
• Houston, Purdue fall in conference tournaments
• Curry returns to lead Warriors past Lakers despite LeBron’s 40
• Steelers get Justin Fields for conditional 6th-rd pick in 2025

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March 18 headlines

• UConn, Houston, Purdue, UNC top seeds in men’s tournament
• South Carolina, Iowa, USC, Texas top women’s seeds
• Mavs’ Irving hits left-handed hook shot at buzzer to beat Nuggets

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March 19 headlines

• Anthony Edwards has highlight-reel dunk, 32 Pts in Wolves’ win
• Jalen Brunson stays hot, drops 34 as Knicks down Warriors
• Giants, Blake Snell agree to 2-year, $62M deal
• DE Chase Young signs with Saints
• Alex Ovechkin notches 19th consecutive 20-goal season

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March 20 headlines

• Nuggets, Jokic get back on track with win at Timberwolves
• Doncic struggles shooting, still gets triple-double in Mavs’ win
• Rockets continue push for Play-In spot with 6th straight win
• (10)Colorado St routs Virginia, will play (7)Texas in 1st round
• Kansas’ Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee) out for NCAA Tournament

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March 21 headlines

• Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter fired, massive theft alleged
• Celtics clinch Atlantic Division with win over Bucks
• Thunder’s Chet Holmgren has 35-14 game in win over Jazz
• Grayson Allen drains 9 3s to lead Suns past 76ers
• (10)Colorado, (16)Grambling men notch First Four wins
• (12)Vanderbilt, (16)Presbyterian women reach 1st Round

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March 22 headlines

• Jack Gohlke drains 10 3s as (14)Oakland shocks (3)Kentucky
• (4)Kansas survives late (13)Samford rally, escapes with win
• (7)Dayton rallies from 17 down in 2nd half to stun (10)Nevada
• Three 11 seeds - NC State, Oregon, Duquesne - win in 1st Round
• Oregon’s Jermaine Couisnard drops 40 in win over former team

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March 23 headlines

• Audi Crooks drops 40, (7)Iowa St women beat (10)Maryland
• Simpson’s game-winner rattles in, (10)Colorado tops (7)Florida
• (12)Grand Canyon, (12)JMU, (13)Yale advance to 2nd round
• Chiefs trading CB L’Jarius Sneed to Titans
• Anthony Davis dominant as Lakers beat 76ers

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March 24 headlines

• (3)Creighton pulls away from (11)Oregon in 2OT thriller
• (11)NC State outlasts (14)Oakland in OT to reach Sweet 16
• (5)Gonzaga outscores (4)Kansas by 22 in 2nd half to advance
• Caitlin Clark drops 27 in (1)Iowa’s win over (16)Holy Cross
• Sainz wins Australian GP; Verstappen DNF, win streak snapped
• Penn St’s Brooks, Starocci both claim 4th NCAA wrestling title

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March 25 headlines

• Kiki Iriafen drops 40 in (2)Stanford’s OT win vs (7)Iowa St
• (1)Houston holds off (9)Texas A&M to win in OT
• (1)UConn, (5)San Diego St set for title game rematch
• (6)Clemson men advance despite (3)Baylor’s late rally
• Jada Walker, (5)Baylor knock off (4)Virginia Tech
• Lakers top Pacers in shootout, 150-145

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March 26 headlines

• (1)Iowa, (2)UCLA escape with wins to advance to Sweet 16
• Caitlin Clark breaks DI single-season scoring record in win
• Paige Bueckers, (3)UConn outduel Dyaisha Fair, (6)Syracuse
• (1)USC advances as JuJu Watkins puts up 28 Pts, 11 Reb
• Hawks erase 30-point deficit to stun Celtics
• DiVincenzo drills 11 threes to set Knicks’ single-game record

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March 27 headlines

• Lakers erase 19-pt deficit in 4th to beat Bucks in double OT
• Warriors top Heat, hold 1 game lead for final Play-In spot
• Adam Fox scores game-winner as Rangers clinch playoff berth
• Bruins take top spot in Atlantic Division with win at Panthers

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March 28 headlines

• Warriors win at Magic, Draymond Green ejected in 1st qtr
• Rockets win 10th straight, stay 1-game back of final Play-In spot
• Kevin Durant leads Suns past Nuggets in Denver
• Knicks drop 145 pts on Raptors, their most in a game since ‘06
• LeBron records a triple-double as Lakers win 5th straight
• Nick Nurse says Joel Embiid likely back in regular season

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March 29 headlines

• (4)Alabama topples (1)UNC, will face (6)Clemson in Elite 8
• (1)UConn, (3)Illinois set to clash in men’s Elite 8
• Soto throws out tying run at home in 9th in Yankees debut
• Betts, Freeman homer as Dodgers roll past Cardinals
• Hawks’ Murray scores 44 on 44 shots; hits GW FG vs Celtics

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March 30 headlines

• Spurs spoil Brunson’s 61-point game with wild win in OT
• (4)Duke tops (1)Houston for Elite 8 spot after Shead exits
• (1)Purdue, (2)Tennessee men set for Elite 8 matchup
• NC State men and women both advance to Elite 8
• (1)South Carolina women hang on to beat (4)Indiana
• Jalen Green leads Rockets past Jazz for 11th straight win

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March 31 headlines

• (1)UConn men go on 30-0 run vs (3)Illinois, reach Final Four
• (4)Alabama reaches 1st Final Four with win over (6)Clemson
• (1)Iowa, (3)LSU set for rematch of 2022-23 title game on Mon.
• Bueckers, (3)UConn advance to play Watkins, (1)USC in Elite 8
• Soto hits go-ahead HR as Yankees come back vs Astros again
• Auston Matthews reaches 60-goal mark for 2nd time in career