The University of Dayton men’s basketball team will enter the 2026 Atlantic 10 Championship as the No. 4 seed.

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This marks the sixth time that Dayton has earned the double bye under head coach Anthony Grant.

UD’s first game will be Friday, March 13, at 2 p.m. at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

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They will play the winner of the fourth game, which includes No. 5 seed George Mason against the winner of No. 12 La Salle and No. 13 St. Bonaventure.

The Flyers finished the regular season with a 21-10 record and 12-6 in Atlantic 10 play.

They lost the season finale to VCU, 68-62, on Friday at UD Arena.

Friday’s game will be broadcast on WHIO Radio.

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Featuring in the last game of Saturday’s slate, the Landon Knack-led Dodgers play host to the Colorado Rockies.

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Rockies
• Stadium: Camelback Ranch, Glendale
• Time: 5:05 p.m. PT
• TV: MLB Network & SportsNet LA
• Radio: Dodgers Radio AM 570

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Cameron Corhen scored 21 points, and Nojus Indrusaitis scored the winning bucket with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to give Pittsburgh a 71-69 victory over Syracuse on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

With the win, Pitt (12-19, 5-13) clinched the final spot into the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Syracuse (15-16, 6-12) will enter the tournament on a five-game losing streak.

The game was scoreless for nearly 2 1/2 minutes in overtime before Pitt called a timeout with 10.2 seconds left. Indrusaitis then took the inbound pass and drove to the basket and scored when William Kyle III was called for goaltending.

Naithan George’s 3-point heave from midcourt hit the back of the rim to end it.

Barry Dunning Jr. added 17 points and Indrusaitis finished with 16 for the Panthers.

George scored a season-high 26 points for Syracuse. Donnie Freeman added 18 points and Nate Kingz chipped in with 14.

Freeman made a pair of free throws with 1:08 left in regulation to knot it at 65-all. Damarco Minor’s 3-point try for Pitt rimmed out with 14 seconds left, and Kingz missed a 3-point try at the buzzer to force overtime.

Up next

Pitt: The No. 15 seed Panthers play 10th-seeded Stanford on Tuesday to open the ACC Tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Syracuse: The No. 14 seed Orange face 11th-seeded SMU on Tuesday in the conference tournament.

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It’s certainly nice to watch a White Sox game where the team that looks like it has no idea how the game is supposed to be played is the other guys.

It was the supposedly good Mariners (yeah, yeah, they’ve got 18 guys playing in the WBC, but so what?) who misplayed two bunts, started a two-run giveaway with an obvious error that was somehow called a hit by a verrrry friendly official scorer, hit four batters, wild-pitched a run home, went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, etc., etc., etc. … meanwhile, the Sox played pretty decent ball.

Early on, it looked like typical Soxdom. Facing the very good Logan Gilbert, Chicago got the bases loaded with one out in the second on one of those hit batters, a walk and a bloop single — only to have Braden Montgomery strike out and Chase Meidroth pop up.

But once Gilbert left in the fifth for Carlos Vargas and his 16.88 spring ERA, Montgomery singled, went to second when a Meidroth bunt went for what was called a hit, went to third on a force out and scored on a wild pitch. In the seventh, Dru Baker (in for Montgomery) doubled, Meidroth walked, Dustin Harris (in for Luisangel Acuña) bunted for what was called a hit for no reason, and lo and behold, up came Andrew Benintendi.

That made the score 3-0, and Sox added two more in the eighth on a Caden Connor single (in reality an error, when the throw from short that had him by 15 feet went 10 feet wide of the bag), a couple of hit batters and a Harris single.

Benintendi and Harris each had two of the 10 White Sox hits. The Sox ended up 4-for-17 with runners in scoring position, which isn’t great, but will do considering 17 is a whole lot of runners to get to second and third.

Meanwhile, Sox pitchers mostly cruised. Grant Taylor acted as an opener, after which Davis Martin had an easy three innings, with one hit, one walk, no runs, and four K’s. Four pitchers later, the Mariners finally scored off Tyson Miller in the eighth. They threatened in the ninth, but decided actually scoring was too much work.

Meanwhile, before the game the White Sox optioned Tanner McDougal to Charlotte and reassigned Noah Schultz to minor league camp. He’ll end up in Charlotte, as well.

The Sox host the Royals tomorrow, with a 3:05 p.m. start time because of that Daylight Savings weirdness.

The Cleveland Cavaliers don’t have many marquee games left, but this is one of them. They take on the Boston Celtics for the third and final time this season. It’s also Cleveland’s last game against the current top four in the standings in either conference. This will be our final chance to see how the Cavs stack up against an elite opponent before the playoffs.

The Celtics have been elite all year, even though they’ve been without the services of Jayson Tatum for all but one game this season. Their style of play has carried over despite the roster turnover and who’s been out of the lineup. They’ve been one of the best teams in the league all season. Adding Tatum back to the mix makes them a very real threat to win the NBA Finals. We’ll get a look at the Tatum-led Celtics on Sunday.

Boston won the previous two games against the Cavs this season, but those came at the beginning of the season. Both teams have changed drastically in that time. We’ll see how the Cavs match up against one of the league’s best.

Who: Cleveland Cavaliers (39-24) vs. Boston Celtics (42-21)

Where: Rocket Arena – Cleveland, OH

When: Sun. March 8 at 1 PM

TV: ABC

Point spread: Cavs -1

Cavs injury report: Jarrett Allen – OUT (knee), Donovan Mitchell – PROBABLE (groin), Dean Wade – PROBABLE (ankle), Jaylon Tyson – QUESTIONABLE (neck), Tyrese Proctor – OUT (quad), Max Strus – OUT (foot), Riley Minix – OUT (G League), Olivier Sarr – OUT (G League)

Celtics injury report: Nikola Vucevic – OUT (finger), John Tonje – OUT (G League)

Cavs expectedstarting lineup: James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jaylon Tyson, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley

Celtics expected starting lineup: Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Sam Hauser, Jayson Tatum, Neemias Queta

Previous matchup: The Cavs lost 117-115 to the Celtics on Nov. 30 after a questionabe decision on the final play of the game

Here’s a look at both teams’ impact stats via Cleaning the Glass.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Thomas Haugh had 20 points and nine rebounds as No. 5 Florida beat Kentucky 84-77 on Saturday to end the regular season with an 11-game winning streak.

Boogie Fland added 16 points and six assists for the Gators (25-6, 16-2 Southeastern Conference), the No. 1 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament at Nashville, Tennessee. The defending national champions completed a regular-season sweep of the Wildcats (19-12, 10-8).

Alex Condon scored 14 points for Florida. Rueben Chinyelu had 13 points and eight rebounds, and Xaivian Lee finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

Otega Oweh led Kentucky with 28 points, 17 in the first half. Oweh was honored before the game along with follow senior Denzel Aberdeen and walk-ons Zack Tow and Walker Horn.

Aberdeen scored 15 points, and Mouhamed Dioubate added 10 off the bench for Kentucky.

Florida scored the first 11 points and never trailed. Meanwhile, the Wildcats missed their first seven shots, including three from 3-point range.

Haugh scored 17 points and connected on three of the Gators’ six 3s in the first half.

Despite the sluggish start, Kentucky regrouped and pulled within one twice before Florida responded with 13 straight points. A 25-8 run gave the Gators a 45-27 advantage with 2:19 remaining in the first half, and Florida led 49-32 at the break.

Up next

Florida won the SEC regular-season title by three games over Arkansas and gets a double bye into the quarterfinals of the conference tournament Friday.

Kentucky was awaiting its first SEC Tournament opponent.

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It’s certainly nice to watch a White Sox game where the team that looks like it has no idea how the game is supposed to be played is the other guys.

It was the supposedly good Mariners (yeah, yeah, they’ve got 18 guys playing in the WBC, but so what?) who misplayed two bunts, started a two-run giveaway with an obvious error that was somehow called a hit by a verrrry friendly official scorer, hit four batters, wild-pitched a run home, went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, etc., etc., etc. … meanwhile, the Sox played pretty decent ball.

Early on, it looked like typical Soxdom. Facing the very good Logan Gilbert, Chicago got the bases loaded with one out in the second on one of those hit batters, a walk and a bloop single — only to have Braden Montgomery strike out and Chase Meidroth pop up.

But once Gilbert left in the fifth for Carlos Vargas and his 16.88 spring ERA, Montgomery singled, went to second when a Meidroth bunt went for what was called a hit, went to third on a force out and scored on a wild pitch. In the seventh, Dru Baker (in for Montgomery) doubled, Meidroth walked, Dustin Harris (in for Luisangel Acuña) bunted for what was called a hit for no reason, and lo and behold, up came Andrew Benintendi.

That made the score 3-0, and Sox added two more in the eighth on a Caden Connor single (in reality an error, when the throw from short that had him by 15 feet went 10 feet wide of the bag), a couple of hit batters and a Harris single.

Benintendi and Harris each had two of the 10 White Sox hits. The Sox ended up 4-for-17 with runners in scoring position, which isn’t great, but will do considering 17 is a whole lot of runners to get to second and third.

Meanwhile, Sox pitchers mostly cruised. Grant Taylor acted as an opener, after which Davis Martin had an easy three innings, with one hit, one walk, no runs, and four K’s. Four pitchers later, the Mariners finally scored off Tyson Miller in the eighth. They threatened in the ninth, but decided actually scoring was too much work.

Meanwhile, before the game the White Sox optioned Tanner McDougal to Charlotte and reassigned Noah Schultz to minor league camp. He’ll end up in Charlotte, as well.

The Sox host the Royals tomorrow, with a 3:05 p.m. start time because of that Daylight Savings weirdness.

The Rays seem primed to carry five outfield capable defenders this season, with Jake Fraley (L) and Cedric Mullins (L) on MLB deals, utility man Ryan Vilade (R) out of options, and previous starting center fielder Jonny DeLuca (R) returning from injury.

If the Rays carry a fifth, these five players are the key candidates, and our poll asked who should win:

• Justyn-Henry Malloy (R)
• Jacob Melton (L)
• Victor Mesa Jr. (L)
• Richie Palacios (L)
• Chandler Simpson (L)

Here are the results:

Interestingly, Mesa Jr. did not receive any votes, but it perhaps shouldn’t be surprising Simpson got the nod in this poll when he has a “bobblelegs” giveaway on the calendar.

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Jonathan India turned around a 94.3 mph sinker in a 2-2 count, launching it 392 feet over the left field wall for a leadoff dinger in Saturday afternoon’s Cactus League outing. It was precisely the kind of thing that made Cincinnati Reds fans smile for most of four seasons, the 2021 National League Rookie of the Year working a count, waiting for his pitch, and punishing it atop the lineup.

India, of course, is on the Kansas City Royals now. His homer came off Reds lefty starter Nick Lodolo and put the Reds in an early hole, one they’d never get out of in an eventual 6-2 loss. Good for Indy, though, who struggled mightily in his first season with KC and is looking for a serious bounce-back campaign in ‘26.

In his second start of the spring, Lodolo struggled a bit more than he had in his previous outing – he yielded 6 hits and issue a pair of walks in his 3.0 IP day – but he struck out 4 and didn’t allow anyone else to score after India, somehow. The Reds of the Cincinnati pitching staff looked rather excellent on the day so long as you ignore the outing by Caleb Ferguson, who was thumped for 5 ER in 0.2 IP after allowing a pair of walks and 5 hits on the day.

Cincinnati’s offense simply couldn’t wake up in Surprise on the day. Both Matt McLain and Elly De La Cruz went hitless, which is something that’s been completely unthinkable for both during their white-hot starts to Cactus League play, and Sal Stewart went 0 for 3, too. The lone offensive bright spots on the day came from Spencer Steer (2 for 3 with a double and a run scored), Dane Myers (who walked twice), and Christian Encarnacion-Strand (a double that plated Steer).

While India’s leadoff homer immediately set the tone for the day, he wasn’t the only former Red who did damage against them. Kevin Newman started at shortstop for the Royals and went 2 for 3 with a double and a run scored, and Brandon Drury went 1 for 4 as KC’s starting 1B on the day.

The Reds will head back to Goodyear and will host the Arizona Diamondbacks tomorrow at 3:05 PM ET, this time with Brady Singer on the mound to start. He’s looking to improve upon his rather ugly first outing of the spring, and he’ll get the chance to do so in front of your eyes as this one will be viewable via MLB.tv and Reds.tv (for those of you in the Reds TV area).