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2:02 AM on Saturday, March 21

Boston heads into a matchup with Minnesota as winners of four games in a row at home

2:02 AM on Saturday, March 21

Denver comes into a matchup against Portland after winning three games in a row at home

2:02 AM on Saturday, March 21

Miami aims to break its three-game slide when the Heat take on Houston

2:02 AM on Saturday, March 21

Atlanta heads into a matchup against Golden State after winning nine straight home games

2:02 AM on Saturday, March 21

Memphis aims to stop its five-game road losing streak with a win against Charlotte

2:02 AM on Saturday, March 21

Brooklyn is looking to break its six-game losing streak with a win over Sacramento

1:01 AM on Saturday, March 21

Tarris Reed Jr. had 31 points and 27 rebounds in a dominant NCAA Tournament performance, leading second-seeded UConn to an 82-71 victory over Furman team on Friday night in the first round

12:55 AM on Saturday, March 21

Pietra Tordin and Reilyn Turner each had a goal and the Portland Thorns downed the Seattle Reign 2-0 on Friday night despite of two red cards

12:53 AM on Saturday, March 21

Alex Killorn broke a tie off a scramble at 9:09 of the second period, Lukas Dostal stopped 29 shots and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Utah Mammoth 4-1 on Friday night to pad their Pacific Division lead

12:40 AM on Saturday, March 21

Malik Reneau scored 24 points, Tre Donaldson had 17 and seventh-seeded Miami pulled away late for a 80-66 victory over No. 10 seed Missouri in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

12:32 AM on Saturday, March 21

Raegan Beers had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 4 seed Oklahoma overwhelmed No. 13 seed Idaho 89-59 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

12:28 AM on Saturday, March 21

Darryn Peterson made four 3-pointers and scored 28 points, and fourth-seeded Kansas squandered most of a 26-point lead before holding off scrappy NCAA Tournament newcomer Cal Baptist 68-60 on Friday night

12:05 AM on Saturday, March 21

Florida began its national title defense with the second-largest victory margin in NCAA Tournament history, pounding Prairie View A&M 114-55

11:13 PM on Friday, March 20

Bailey Maupin scored seven of her 17 points in the final three minutes, and No. 7 seed Texas Tech held on to defeat 10th seed Villanova 57-52 in the first round of March Madness

10:25 PM on Friday, March 20

Eric Dailey Jr. scored 20 points, Xaiver Booker had 15 points and eight rebounds to make up for the absence of leading scorer Tyler Biloudeau and seventh-seeded UCLA withstood every serious challenge and beat 10th-seeded UCF 75-71 Friday night in the NCAA Tournament

9:50 PM on Friday, March 20

Braden Smith scored 26 points and became the Division I career leader in assists, guiding No. 2 seed Purdue to a 104-71 win over Queens University in the NCAA Tournament

8:37 PM on Friday, March 20

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Louis Crevier and forward Andrew Mangiapane missed the team's 4-1 loss to Colorado because of unspecified injuries

5:57 PM on Friday, March 20

The dreams of a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket have already gone bust for the vast majority of those hoping to go an improbable 63-0

4:25 PM on Friday, March 20

Jacari White hit six 3-pointers and scored 26 points, and third-seeded Virginia avoided yet another early NCAA Tournament exit, beating a resolute Wright State 82-73 in the first round

2:58 PM on Friday, March 20

Jaylen Petty scored 24 points, Christian Anderson added 18 and fifth-seeded Texas Tech beat No. 12 seed Akron 91-71 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament