PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saint Peter's is the first No. 15 team ever to advance to the regional finals in the NCAA men's basketball tournament following their 67-64 win over Purdue. Daryl Banks III scored the tying and go-ahead baskets over the final three minutes, helping Saint Peter’s to continue what is now an unprecedented run. Banks led the Peacocks with 14 points, Clarence Rupert scored 11 and Doug Edert (EH’-durt) had 10.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — North Carolina moved within a victory of its 21st Final Four as Caleb Love hit game-tying and go-ahead 3-pointers 37 seconds apart to send the Tar Heels past the Bruins, 73-66. The sophomore finished with a career-high 30 points, including six 3s and two game-clinching free throws with 7.8 seconds left. Love scored 27 of Carolina’s 45 points in the second half, including one stretch of 10 straight.
CHICAGO (AP) — Kansas remains the lone No. 1 seed remaining in the NCAA men's basketball tournament after Remy Martin came off the bench to score a season-high 23 points in a 66-61 victory over Providence. The Jayhawks allowed the Friars to shoot just 20% in the first half while holding them to 17 points. Jalen Wilson added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Jayhawks, who are back in a regional final for the first time since reaching their 15th Final Four in 2018.
CHICAGO (AP) — Kameron McGusty scored 27 points and Miami advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time by stifling Iowa State, 70-66. Jordan Miller added 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting as No. 10 seed Miami more than held its own in a matchup of two of the tourney’s most suffocating defenses. The 11th-seeded Cyclones shot 32% from the field in the second half and finished with 18 turnovers.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Morgan Maly scored a career-high 21 points to help 10th-seeded Creighton beat Iowa State 76-68 in the NCAA Tournament, becoming one of the lowest seeds to ever reach a women’s regional final. Tatum Rembao added 19 for the Bluejays. Creighton entered the Greensboro Region semifinals savoring the program’s first run to the Sweet 16. Now they have joined Lamar in 1991 and Oregon in 2017 as 10-seeds that pushed to the Elite Eight. The Bluejays shot 55% after halftime. Emily Ryan had 22 points, eight rebounds and six assists to lead Iowa State, which shot just 38%.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed with wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling on a $30 million, three-year contract to help replace the departed Tyreek Hill, a person familiar with the contract told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical. The move came one day after the Chiefs traded Hill, a three-time All-Pro and one of the league’s most dangerous downfield threats, to the Dolphins for a package of five draft picks. It also comes less than a week after the Chiefs landed JuJu Smith-Schuster with a club-friendly one-year deal in the hopes that he’ll bounce back from a shoulder injury.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State has boosted football coach Mike Gundy’s salary to $7.5 million for the 2022 calendar year. The school’s Board of Regents approved a $1 million increase in annual compensation and a $1 million annual retention bonus over each of the next five years. Other terms of his existing contract, including the $125,000 annual escalator and the annual one-year extension, will remain in place. Gundy has a 149-69 record in 17 seasons at Oklahoma State. Last season, the Cowboys tied a school record with 12 wins, including a Big 12-best 8-1 conference. They beat Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl and finished No. 7 in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll.
FRIDAY SCORES
NCAA Sweet 16
MIDWEST
Final Kansas 66 Providence 61
Final Miami 70 Iowa St. 56
EAST
Final St. Peter's 67 Purdue 64
Final North Carolina 73 UCLA 66
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Charlotte 107 Utah 101
Final Washington 100 Detroit 97
Final Atlanta 121 Golden State 110
Final Minnesota 116 Dallas 95
Final New York 111 Miami 103
Final Houston 125 Portland 106
Final Philadelphia 122 L.A. Clippers 97
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final N-Y Rangers 5 Pittsburgh 1
Final SO Washington 4 Buffalo 3
Final OT Winnipeg 4 Columbus 3
Final Calgary 4 Arizona 2
Final Colorado 6 Philadelphia 3