Volume 26:13

Cole Nadel

Mar 21

4 min read

Men’s March Madness Round One

#1 Duke Blue Devils beat #16 Siena Saints 71-65
- Siena shot 100% on free throws and led by 13 at one point
#1 Michigan Wolverines beat #16 Howard Bison 101-80
#2 Houston Cougars beat #15 Idaho Vandals 78-47
#3 Michigan State Spartans beat #14 North Dakota State Bison 92-67
#3 Illinois Fighting Illini beat #14 Penn Quakers 105-70
#3 Gonzaga Bulldogs beat #14 Kennesaw State Owls 73-64
#4 Nebraska Cornhuskers beat #13 Troy Trojans 76-47
- This was Nebraska’s first NCAA Tournament victory in program history
#4 Arkansas Razorbacks beat #13 Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors 97-78
#12 High Point Panthers upset #5 Wisconsin Badgers 83-82
- High Point won on a layup with 11 seconds left
#5 Vanderbilt Commodores beat #12 McNeese Cowboys 78-68
#6 Louisville Cardinals beat #11 South Florida Bulls 83-79
#11 VCU Rams upset #6 North Carolina Tar Heels 82-78
- The Rams overcame at 19-point deficit to win in overtime
#11 Texas Longhorns upset #6 BYU Cougars 79-71
#10 Texas A&M Aggies upset #7 Saint Mary’s Gaels 63-50
#9 TCU Horned Frogs beat #8 Ohio State Buckeyes 66-64
#9 Saint Louis Billikens beat #8 Georgia Bulldogs 102-77
#1 Arizona Wildcats beat #16 Long Island University Sharks 92-58
#1 Florida Gators beat #16 Prairie View A&M Panthers 114-55
#2 Iowa State Cyclones beat #15 Tennessee State Tigers 108-74
#2 Purdue Boilermakers beat #15 Queens University Royals 104-71
#2 UConn Huskies beat #15 Furman Paladins 82-71
#3 Virginia Cavaliers beat #14 Wright State Raiders 82-73
#4 Alabama Crimson Tide beat #13 Hofstra Pride 90-70
#4 Kansas Jayhawks beat #13 California Baptist Lancers 68-60
#5 Texas Tech Red Raiders beat #12 Akron Zips 91-71
#5 St John’s Red Storm beat #12 Northern Iowa Panthers 79-53
#6 Tennessee Volunteers beat #11 Miami (OH) Redhawks 78-56
#7 Kentucky Wildcats beat #10 Santa Clara 89-84
- Santa Clara made a three with 2.4 seconds left. Then Kentucky’s Otega Oweh hit a buzzer-beater from half court to extend the game to overtime
#7 UCLA Bruins beat #10 UCF Knights 75-71
#7 Miami Hurricanes beat #10 Missouri Tigers 80-66
#9 Utah State Aggies beat #8 Villanova Wildcats 86-76
#9 Iowa Hawkeyes beat #8 Clemson Tigers 67-61
- All four nine seeds advanced to the round of 32

Women’s Tournament Day One

#1 Texas Longhorns beat #16 Missouri State Lady bears 87-45
#2 Michigan Wolverines beat #15 Holy Cross Crusaders 83-48
#2 LSU Tigers beat #15 Jacksonville Dolphins 116-58
#3 Duke Blue Devils beat #14 Charleston Cougars 81-64
#3 TCU Horned Frogs beat #14 UC San Diego Tritons 86-40
#4 Oklahoma Sooners beat #13 Idaho Vandals 89-59
#4 Minnesota Golden Gophers beat #13 Green Bay Phoenix 75-58
#4 North Carolina Tar Heels beat #13 Western Illinois Leathernecks 82-51
#5 Maryland Terrapins beat #12 Murray State Racers 99-67
#5 Ole Miss Rebels beat #12 Gonzaga Bulldogs 81-66
#5 Michigan State Spartans beat #12 Colorado State Rams 65-62
- Both teams had 34 rebounds
#6 Baylor Bears beat #11 Nebraska Cornhuskers 67-62
- Nebraska led at the end of the third quarter
#6 Washington Huskies beat #11 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 72-54
#7 NC State Wolfpack beat #10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers 76-61
- Tennessee’s only lead was 2-0 at the start of the game
#7 Texas Tech Lady Raiders beat #10 Villanova Wildcats 57-52
- Texas Tech shot 47% from three and Villanova shot 24% from beyond the arc
#8 Oregon Ducks beat #9 Virginia Tech Hokies 70-60

Opening Day Preview

The San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees begin the MLB season on Wednesday (March 25) at 8:05pm. Aaron Judge had another phenomenal season for the Yankees last year and looks to build on it once again. The Yankees made the playoffs. The Giants did not. Max Fried (NYY) and Logan Webb (SF) are the starting pitchers on Wednesday in San Francisco.

Score Prediction: NYY-4 SF-2

Thursday starts with defending NL Cy Young award winner Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates taking on the revamped New York Mets. The entire New York roster shifted this offseason, as they lost Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz. However, they acquired starter Freddy Peralta, who will start on Opening Day. The Pirates added several pieces in hopes to improve their offense.

Score Prediction: NYM-2 PIT-1

The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox square off against each other. Milwaukee had the major league’s best record last year and Chicago had the second worst.

Score Prediction: MIL-7 CHW-4

Other score predictions

Washington Nationals-2 Chicago Cubs-5

Minnesota Twins-2 Baltimore Orioles-3

Boston Red Sox-3 Cincinnati Reds-4

Los Angeles Angels-6 Houston Astros-8

Detroit Tigers-3 San Diego Padres-5

Texas Rangers-5 Philadelphia Phillies-6 (10 Innings)

Tampa Bay Rays-2 St. Louis Cardinals-3

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers face each other in an inter-division matchup to start the season. World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LA) takes on Zac Gallen (Ari). The Dodgers brought in new signee Edwin Diaz to hopefully improve their bullpen. The D-backs hope to improve with a healthy roster.

Score Prediction: ARI-1 LAD-8

The Cleveland Guardians and Seattle Mariners close out Opening Day. Both teams are hoping to get even better after being very successful last season. Neither made much noise in free agency.

Score Prediction: CLE-4 SEA-6

World Baseball Classic

The United States and Venezuela faced off in the WBC finals. The U.S. was heavy favorites but got stunned by Venzuela. Tournament MVP Maikel Garcia started the scoring with a sacrifice fly to get Venezuela captain Salvador Perez across the plate. Wilyer Abreu hit a solo shot in the 5th inning to extend the Venezuelan lead to 2-0. Bryce Harper got the USA on the board by hitting a homerun with Bobby Witt Jr. on base, tying the game in the 8th. Eugenio Suarez got an RBI double in the 9th to give team Venezuela the 3-2 win. It is Venezuela’s first WBC title.