South Carolina begins spring practice amid missing linemen
The Gamecocks start spring drills under Sparky Woods with concerns over offensive line depth and experience. Key losses include Ernest Dye, Antoine Rivens, Kenny Farrell, and Kevin Rosenkrans, while plan to shift five defenders to offense and gauge two quarterbacks.
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Television sports lineup March 15 16 with multiple events
The schedule lists Lakers at Spurs on TNT at 8 p.m. Monday March 15, Lipton Championships on ESPN Tuesday March 16 at 1 p.m., North Stars at Flyers on ESPN at 7:30 p.m., Celtics at Warriors on TNT at 8 p.m., and Thornton versus Scully boxing on USA at 9 p.m.
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Sports schedule snapshot for March 10 events
Calendar lists multiple high school and college matches across tennis golf baseball softball track and soccer at venues including USC Aiken Barnwell Aiken Strom Thurmond North Augusta Williston-Elko Wade Hampton and Furman with several 4 30 and 6 p m starts and a 7 p m soccer game at North Augusta.
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Tournament Selections Show Big Ten Strong but Lane for Others
The Associated Press lists five Big Ten teams in the 64 team NCAA field while the Big East and ACC each place six. Indiana and Michigan earn No 1 seeds with North Carolina and Kansas joining them. UNLV misses the field. Selection chair Tom Butters notes UNLV’s late-year slide and Rollie Massimino’s first year. Indiana faces Wright State in the opening round.
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Wildcats Dominate Tigers To Clinch SEC Title In Front Of Home Crowd
Kentucky led by 6-9 sophomore Andre Riddick after starting center absence and beat LSU 82 65 in Rupp Arena to seal a 17th SEC championship. Riddick posted 15 points 10 rebounds and 9 blocks as Hammink struggled 2 for 20. Pitino praised Riddick while Dent vowed further hard play.
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Jackets Capture ACC Title in Dramatic Upset
Georgia Tech, ranked sixteenth, shocked top-ranked North Carolina 77-75 in the ACC tournament final at the Charlotte Coliseum. James Forrest delivered 27 points and 10 rebounds to earn Most Valuable Player honors as coach Bobby Cremins secured his third ACC title with the Yellow Jackets in 12 seasons.
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Clemson and Georgia Reach NIT Field in 56th Tournament
Clemson (16-12) hosts Auburn (15-11) while Georgia (15-13) visits West Virginia as part of the 32 team National Invitation Tournament field. Georgetown thoughts on an NIT berth reflect the event’s evolving role as a springboard to the NCAA.
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First Round NCAA Basketball Matchups Listed by Date
A glance shows multiple first round games scheduled for Wednesday March 17 and Thursday March 18 featuring Florida at Minnesota Psi at Oklahoma Cal at UNLV Miami Ohio at Ohio State Georgia at West Virginia Rice at Wisconsin St Josephs at Southwest Missouri State Alabama-Birmingham at Alabama Auburn at Clemson James Madison at Providence Boston College at Niagara Georgetown at Arizona State Virginia Commonwealth at Old Dominion Pepperdine at UC Santa Barbara Houston at Texas El Paso Jackson State at Connecticut with times and seed lines.
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UC Santa Barbara
IC Houston
Texas-El Paso
Jackson State
Connecticut
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