INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Zach Edey had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 1 seed Purdue cruised into the Sweet 16 by pounding eighth-seeded Utah State 106-67 with an impressive offensive performance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 18 points and eight boards for 31-7 Purdue, which broke the school’s single-season record for victories. Fletcher Loyer had 15 points. Purdue also set a school record for most points in a March Madness game. Next up is fifth-seeded Gonzaga in the Midwest Region semifinals in Detroit. Great Osodor, the Mountain West Player of the Year, had 14 points and six rebounds for Utah State.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton and top overall seed UConn overwhelmed an undermanned Northwestern team 75-58 to sail into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Newton had 20 points and 10 assists, while Clingan finished with 14 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks as the Huskies led wire-to-wire and became the first defending national champions to reach the regional semifinals since Duke in 2016. Connecticut built a 30-point cushion with 13:27 left and matched a program record for wins set by the 2013-14 national title squad with 33. They’ll play Thursday night in the East Region semifinals against No. 5 seed San Diego State in Boston, about an 85-mile drive from UConn’s campus.
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Joy Dunne scored the only goal of the match with 7:12 remaining to spark top-seeded Ohio State to a 1-0 victory over defending-champion and second-seeded Wisconsin in the final of the women’s Frozen Four at the Whittemore Center Arena. Dunne used assists from Hannah Bilka and Cayla Barnes to help the Buckeyes avenge a 1-0 loss to Wisconsin in last season’s championship game. Ohio State (35-4) set a school record for wins in slipping past the Badgers (35-6). It is the second championship for the Buckeyes, who won their first in 2022 with a 3-2 victory over Minnesota-Duluth.Wisconsin was aiming to extend its record championship haul to eight after winning seven of its previous 10 trips to the event.
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Dusty May is going to Michigan, returning to his Big Ten roots and leaving Florida Atlantic after six seasons highlighted by a Final Four run a year ago. Michigan announced Sunday that May agreed to a five-year contract that will pay him about $3.75 million annually. He replaces Juwan Howard. May graduated from Indiana, where he was a manager under Bob Knight. He was touted as a rising coaching candidate last season after a 20-game winning streak thrust FAU into the national spotlight. May tells The Associated Press he couldn’t say no when Michigan offered him a chance to wear its famed block M logo, noting “how much pride people have in that symbol.”
UNDATED (AP) — The Michigan women’s basketball team had a hard time getting home after its overtime loss to Kansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The team played in Los Angeles on Saturday and was supposed to take a charter flight back to Michigan that evening along with the school’s band and cheerleaders. That didn’t go according to plan. A team spokeswoman says the players had to sit outside for nearly 3 hours waiting for a second pilot. After more delays, the team was told the pilot was over his allotted flight time for the day, so the plane couldn’t take off. Michigan had to stay another night and finally departed Sunday morning.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Reigan Richardson scored 28 points and added seven rebounds as No. 7 Duke rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to beat No. 2 Ohio State 75-63 on Sunday and earn a spot in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018. Richardson hit a 3-pointer from the wing to put Duke up 59-57 with 5:21 left. That sparked a 13-2 run by the Blue Devils that began to put the game out of reach. Cotie McMahon paced the Buckeyes with 27 points.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Talia von Oelhoffen had 19 points and eight assists, and third-seeded Oregon State advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 61-51 second-round victory over No. 6 Nebraska on Sunday in the women’s NCAA Tournament. Raegan Beers had 10 points and six rebounds for the Beavers, who will cross the country to Albany to face the winner of Monday’s second-round game between second-seeded Notre Dame and No. 7 Ole Miss in South Bend. Jaz Shelley had 10 points and seven assists for the Huskers, who have not advanced to the Sweet 16 since 2013.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — West Virginia coach Mark Kellogg is entertained watching superstar Caitlin Clark and Iowa’s offense, up to the point when he realizes his team is going to have to defend the Hawkeyes. The eighth-seeded Mountaineers get that chance Monday night against top-seeded Iowa in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes lead the nation in scoring at 92.8 points per game and in 3-pointers at 11.3 per game. Clark is the nation’s leading scorer. West Virginia’s strength is forcing turnovers. The Mountaineers are third in the country with 23.9 takeaways per game, and are first in turnover margin.
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