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The Wisconsin Badgerman's basketball team, just when it looked as if the season were
done, they continue to win.
We play in the semi-finals of the Big Ten Tournament today, we'll have those details
coming up during our sports report, plus we'll set the stage for the championship Saturday
and boys high school basketball in Madison.
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With sports on WR-C-O-F-M-W-R-C-O-D.com in the Civic Media app, I'm Adam Hess.
The state boys basketball tournament championship games are set at the Cole Center in Madison
and how we got to championship Saturday, we look back to Thursday.
The Division III state tournament semi-final games included St. Thomas Moore over Prescott
6845, the other D3 final lakeside Lutheran over keel 5755.
Division IV, the mineral point pointers defeated Aquinas 62-61, and Kenosha St. Joseph, a 46-37
win over marathon.
From last night in Division V semi-final action, a win for Columbus Catholic over Salon Springs
7865, the other D5 matchup, abundant life, downed Almond Bancroft 42-37.
Division II semi is a close one, Wisconsin Lutheran over Nicolay 5654, and people occupict
up to 20.1 against West Salon by a final of 8969.
Division I, it was won for the record books quadruple over time, and Arrowhead got by NINA
9995, the other D1 semi-final, Marquette University upended Kettle Marrain 6760.
That puts today's games on the docket, starting at 11 o'clock this morning at the Cole Center
in Madison.
It'll be the D5 state championship game, Columbus Catholic faces abundant life.
In Division IV at 1 p.m., mineral point will face Kenosha St. Joseph.
The Division III tipped off around 3 p.m., St. Thomas Moore faces lakeside Lutheran.
At 635 this evening, the Division II state championship tipped with Wisconsin Lutheran
playing p. walkie, and they wrap up the tournament at 815 tonight.
At the Cole Center, the Division I state championship game will see 15-1 Marquette University
against 15-1 Arrowhead.
AJ Stores scored a career high at 30 points, Steven Crawl added 19, and the number 5 seed
Wisconsin Badgers beat number 4 Northwestern 7061 in the quarter finals of the Big Ken
tournament.
The Badgers now advanced to play top seed and nationally third ranked Purdue in the semi-finals
today.
The Badgers lost both regular season meetings to the Boyle Makers.
Store gave Wisconsin its first double-digit lead with 657 left in the second half when
he sank a three-pointer for a 62-52 lead.
Northwestern star Boo Booey made his seventh three-pointer with 417 remaining, that pulled
the Wildcats within 6559, but they would not make another field goal the rest of the
way.
Wisconsin stayed hot from the three-point reign, with making 16 on Thursday against Maryland,
freshman John Blackwell made a three-pointer with 214 remaining.
Black Edie had 29 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks for third ranked Purdue, as the
Boyle Makers recovered from a blown 12-point lead to beat Michigan State, 6762 in a hard-nosed
quarter-final game in the Big Ken tourney.
Lance Jones had 10 for the Boyle Makers, who improved to 29 and 3, and of course they
will advance to play Wisconsin today in the semis.
Nice and Walker had 15, Malik Hall put in 12 points, and Trey Holliman added 10 for
Sparty.
They fell short, and head coach Tom Isos 1,000th game on the bench.
Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 28 points to help number 13 Illinois overcome a 10-point second-half
deficit and beat Ohio State 77-74 in the quarters of the Big Ken Tournament.
Shannon made two free throws, with 11.3 seconds left, that put the Eli and I up 77-74.
Jamison Battle had a chance to tie the game for Ohio State on a three-pointer when Illinois
neglected to foul or prevent a shot, but the ball bounced off the rim.
Battle Leto Ohio State with 21, the second-seated Eli and I will play the winner of the Indiana
and Nebraska game in today's semifinal round.
Top 25 men's college basketball three upsets in the top 10 college, as conference tournaments
continue this weekend.
Number one Houston over Texas Tech 82-59.
Number two Yukon, a 95-90 win against St. John's.
As mentioned, the third-ranked Purdue Boilermakers held on against Michigan State 67-62.
The fourth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels, a 72-65 win over Pittsburgh.
Number five Tennessee drop-to-game to Mississippi State 73-56.
Upset number two Oregon 67, number six Arizona 59, number seven Iowa State survived Baylor 76-62.
Ninth-ranked Kentucky drop-to-game.
It was a 10-point loss to Texas A&M 97-87 and the 10th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles,
a 79-68 win against Providence.
Michigan has fired coach John Howard after five seasons in the big chair parting ways
with the former Fab Five star, which returned to his alma mater, included a Big Ten title
and advancing to two NCAA tournaments before closing out with two straight disappointing
seasons.
Howard finished with an 82-67 record with the Wolverines reaching some highs and lows.
He won a conference regular season championship and was one win away from the final four in
2021 when he was the associated press coach of the year.
Then he lost a school record 24 games this season and finished last in the Big Ten.
On to the NBA, Milwaukee will try to keep its three-game home winning streak intact when
the Bucks face Phoenix coming up on Sunday.
Marrow's game is the second meeting of the season between the two teams.
The sons won the previous matchup, 114-106.
Milwaukee is 26-7 at home and on the road, the Phoenix check-in at 18-14.
NBA finals from last night it was Miami over Detroit 108-95, a win for Phoenix over Charlotte
107-96 or landed up and a Toronto 1-13-103, New Orleans clipped the Clippers 1-12-104, Denver
Danston San Antonio 1-17-106, and Utah Edge did Atlanta 1-24-1-22.
Just two games in the NHL last night and there are a couple of shutouts.
Winnipeg 6-0 in over Anaheim, Los Angeles blanked the Black Hawks of Chicago 5-0.
Defensive lineman in the NFL Aaron Donald has announced his retirement after a standout 10-year
career with the Los Angeles Rams. The three-time AP NFL defensive player of the year made this
surprising announcement on social media. Donald spent his entire career with the Rams,
who drafted him in the first round back in 2014. He was selected for 10 Pro Bulls and eight
all-profers teams, and he won the award as the league's top defensive player in 2017, 18,
and 20. He was the cornerstone of every Rams defense during his career, drawing habitual double
teams away from his teammates, and still racking up 111 sacks.
The nine Bull subdivision conference and Notre Dame have reached an agreement on a six-year deal
to continue the college football playoff through the 2031 season. Now the move
establishes a revenue sharing plan and allows the CFP to finalize a new media rights agreement.
Executive Director Bill Hancock says the agreement doesn't look in a format for the CFP for
2026 or beyond. Now the playoff is expanding this season from four teams to 12 teams,
but that number could grow after the current contract with ESPN expires in 2025,
then they may lock into a format. The new deal guarantees playoff access for at least five
conferences through 2031. Windham Clark is leading the players championship by four shots
after another 65, that in Aponte Verde Beach, Florida. The big concern was for Scotty Sheffler.
The number one player in the world felt pain in his neck on his second hole of the day,
and was trying to just finish the round. He shot a 69 and was six back. It was his 25th consecutive
round under par, Sheffler had treatment on the course, and after his round, Clark is tough,
even in the best of circumstances, the U.S. Open Champion opened his second nine with four
straight birdies and shot a 30. Showy O'Connie and his wife arrived in South Korea with his
Los Angeles Dodger teammates ahead of their season opening Major League Baseball Games
against the San Diego Padres next week. O'Connie was the first Dodger player who showed up at the
arrival gate of Inchan International Airport west of Seoul. His wife, Mimiko Tanaka, walked behind him
before departing for South Korea. O'Connie revealed the identity of his wife by posting a photo of
him and Tanaka, the ex-professional basketball player, and he released an on his Instagram account.
Los Angeles Dodger star O'Connie says the upcoming Major League Baseball opener with the
with the Padres in Seoul will create great memories for him and his wife. Now the 29-year-old
player spoke to media at a packed press conference room a day after he arrived with his wife,
a former pro basketball player. The Dodgers and Padre Games on March 20th and 21st will be O'Connie's
debut with LA. And final scores from around Big League Baseball yesterday, lots of games cancelled,
Kansas City at Cincinnati, San Francisco at Oakland, Texas at Colorado, Seattle at the Los Angeles
Angels and Arizona at Milwaukee, all cancelled in the desert due to rain. Some finals that did happen,
Detroit over Atlanta 6-1, it was the White Sox over the Cogs in a Battle of Shy Town 3-2.
Houston over Philadelphia 5-3 in Pittsburgh down the Yankee 6-2.
Tampa Bay lit up Baltimore 7-2, Detroit a 9-6 win over Toronto. Cleveland 6-Kansas City won
Boston an 8-5 win over Minnesota. Washington 7-3 and Miami over St. Louis 8-4.
And the Antelope Valley men's basketball team in Glendale, Arizona is done after one of the
stranger seasons in recent college memory. The pioneers lost in the first round of the NAA-IA
men's national tournament and finished with a 26-5 record. The private university in Lancaster,
California announced it was closing on March 6th because of financial difficulties,
which potentially should have ended the men's basketball season early. But the men's basketball
coach Jordan Mast started a GoFundMe page that raised nearly $50,000 and allowed them to travel
and finish out their season. That's Look at Sports on WRCOMWRC.com and on the Civic Media app,
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