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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Nelly Cummings scored 13 points and No. 11 seed Pittsburgh held sixth-seeded Iowa State to 23% shooting in a 59-41 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Jamarius Burton added 11 points and Greg Elliott had 10 for coach Jeff Capel’s

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa had the nation’s best scoring offense this season, but the Hawkeyes know a deep run in the women’s NCAA Tournament is going to require defense as well. Iowa showed it can shut down an opponent in Friday’s 95-43 win over Southeastern Louisiana in a

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — There were many times this season Texas coach Vic Schaefer questioned his team’s toughness as the Longhorns tumbled from a preseason No. 3 all the to unranked while injuries and early losses mounted. Schaefer has definitely changed his tune now. The Longhorns fought the the

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Norm Roberts appears to have transitioned smoothly into his acting head coach role for top-seeded Kansas despite all the day-to-day uncertainty and chatter about Bill Self’s status in the NCAA Tournament. Roberts said Friday that Self was doing well in his recovery from the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark has looked over the women’s NCAA Tournament bracket, eyed the potential matchups facing her second-seeded Hawkeyes and the rest of their Big Ten brethern, and come to a rather optimistic conclusion. “The Big Ten can certainly place two in the Final Four,” she said. “I

By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — In his first trip to Iowa this year, Ron DeSantis did not take any questions from voters. He largely ignored the local press. He avoided the diners, pizza parlors and ice cream shops that have helped presidential contenders in the leadoff voting state

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Andrew Funk had the shooting game of his career on Penn State’s biggest stage in more than two decades. Funk went 8 of 10 on 3-pointers and scored 27 points Thursday night in a 76-59 win over Texas A&M for the Nittany Lions’ first

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Andrew Funk had the shooting game of his career on Penn State’s biggest stage in over two decades. Funk made 8 of 10 3-pointers and scored 27 points Thursday night in a 76-59 win over Texas A&M for the Nittany Lions’ first NCAA Tournament

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sir’Jabari Rice, reflecting on the career-high seven 3-pointers he made for Texas, was asked by a reporter when he last felt that confident. “I don’t necessarily feel hot, because I missed three,” Rice said with a straight face as teammate Marcus Carr doubled over

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sir’Jabari Rice, reflecting on the career-high seven 3-pointers he made for Texas, was asked by a reporter when he last felt that confident. “I don’t necessarily feel hot, because I missed three,” Rice said with a straight face as teammate Marcus Carr doubled over

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — When it comes to Auburn and the NCAA Tournament, the Tigers know how to make an opening statement. Johni Broome had 19 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots, and No. 9 seed Auburn beat Iowa 83-75 on Thursday for its 10th consecutive opening-round win

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Hopkins could almost feel it coming, long before the NCAA Tournament selection committee had unveiled its 68-team bracket. The Providence star just knew the Friars’ path would start with Kentucky — the place where he started his college career before deciding to transfer. He

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ricky Council IV scored 18 points and Arkansas survived some anxious moments in the second half against an Illinois team that wouldn’t go away, holding on to beat the Illini 73-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. Devo Davis had

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first appearance for Howard University in the NCAA Tournament since 1992 included a visit by one of the school’s most prominent alums. Vice President Kamala Harris watched Howard’s 96-68 first-round loss to Kansas from a suite at Wells Fargo Arena on Thursday afternoon

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — When coach Sean Miller returned to Xavier, he made one thing clear to his players: He didn’t have any patience for losing. Rebuilding never entered his vocabulary. In just his second season back at the helm, Miller has restored Xavier’s status as a national power

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Georgia coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson got a phone call from her panicked sister. “She said, ‘I’m not going to get tickets, it’s sold out,’” Abrahamson-Henderson said Thursday about the NCAA Tournament games at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena. “I’m like, ‘Are you OK? Your sister is the head

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self missed the defending national champion’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Howard, a 96-68 victory by the Jayhawks on Thursday. Assistant coach Norm Roberts served as acting head coach with Self continuing to recover from a heart procedure performed last week.