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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Jayden Gardner had 23 points and 12 rebounds and No. 13 Virginia beat Clemson 76-56, sending coach Tony Bennett’s team to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title game for the first time since 2018. The Cavaliers won it all that year. Armaan Franklin scored 16

By The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Led by Kevin Cross’ 24 points, the Tulane Green Wave defeated the Wichita State Shockers 82-76 in the American Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 33 points, Tyler Herro added 25 and the Miami Heat rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-115. Bam Adebayo scored 19 and Max Strus had 14 for the Heat, who split a two-game home set with the Cavaliers.

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Souley Boum scored 23 points, Jack Nunge added 17 and No. 15 Xavier cruised into the Big East championship game with an 82-60 victory against No. 24 Creighton. Coach Sean Miller’s second-seeded Musketeers will face top-seeded and sixth-ranked Marquette on Saturday night at

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dylan Disu and Christian Bishop scored 15 points apiece and No. 7 Texas beat No. 22 TCU 66-60 in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. The second-seeded Longhorns will play top-seeded Kansas for the championship on Saturday night. Texas played its second straight game without

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tyger Campbell scored a career-high 28 points, including all seven during a key second-half run, and No. 2 UCLA beat Oregon 75-56 in the Pac-12 Conference Tournament semifinals. The Bruins will play No. 8 Arizona in Saturday’s title game. UCLA has won 12 straight and

By The Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. — Joe Bryant Jr. scored 23 points, including 10 in the overtime, as the Norfolk State Spartans took down the North Carolina Central Eagles 72-65 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals

By The Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. — Led by Latrell Wrightsell Jr.’s 22 points, the CSU Fullerton Titans defeated the UC Irvine Anteaters 83-80 in the Big West Conference Tournament semifinal

CLEVELAND (AP) — Miryne Thomas scored 24 points and Sincere Carry added 21 as Kent State beat rival Akron 79-73 in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament to set up a matchup against top-seeded Toledo. The second-seeded Golden Flashes are seeking their first championship since 2017. The Rockets have won 17 straight and are

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Trae Young scored 28 points, including a key 3-pointer with 1:17 remaining that helped the Atlanta Hawks hold off the Washington Wizards 114-107. The Hawks won in Washington for the second time in three days in what could be a preview of a play-in round matchup

By GEORGE RICHARDS Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Montour scored at 2:43 of overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Eetu Luostarinen had a goal and an assist, and Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart also scored, and Matthew Tkachuk had three assists for the Panthers, who have

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self spoke to his team remotely during breakfast Friday, while the Hall of Famer continued his recovery from an emergency medical procedure earlier this week, and told the Jayhawks that he was proud of their quarterfinal performance in the Big 12

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid made a fade-away jumper from the foul line with 1.1 seconds left to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 120-119 comeback victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Embiid scored 39 points, shaking off a double-team from Jusuf Nurkic and Damian Lillard on the

By MARK MCGEE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wade Taylor scored 18 points and No. 18 Texas A&M rallied from a 13-point deficit early in the second half to beat Arkansas 67-61 Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Texas A&M (24-8) advanced for the second straight year to the semifinals,

By The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — The Memphis Tigers defeated the UCF Knights 81-76 in the American Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pat McCormick, the first diver to sweep the 3-meter and 10-meter events at consecutive Olympics, has died at 92. Her son, Tim McCormick, says his mother died Tuesday of natural causes in Santa Ana, California. McCormick won the springboard and platform titles at the 1952

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Kolek and David Joplin each scored 17 points, and No. 6 Marquette moved into the Big East championship game for the first time by holding off No. 11 UConn 70-68. Playing with three key players on the bench in foul trouble for a large

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Filipowski had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jeremy Roach hit a huge 3-pointer at the 1:32 mark and No. 21 Duke held off No. 14 Miami 85-78 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinals. Roach’s 3 from the left wing over Isaiah Wong with