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Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMar 14, 10:17 PM ET

By the time Dan Hurley got called for a technical foul a little over seven minutes in, UConn had already given the ball away three times and committed another turnover by failing to get it inbounds. The sixth-ranked Huskies go into the NCAA Tournament having lost two of their past four games and displayed cracks throughout the season that threaten to prevent another long March Madness run for a program that expects it. "This team has definitely showed a level of fragility that some of our bes...

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMar 14, 10:48 PM ET

CLEVELAND (AP) — Reserve Shammah Scott scored 12 points and his 25-foot, 3-point basket with six seconds left helped Akron to a 79-76 win over Toledo in the Mid-American Conference title game on Saturday. Austin Parks' desperation 3-point attempt for Toledo bounced off the back of the rim and fell to the floor as time expired. Amani Lyles scored 15 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Tavari Johnson scored 15 and Bowen Hardman 12 for Akron (29-5). Leroy Blyden Jr. scored 21 points, Parks and reser...

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMar 14, 11:13 PM ET

Jaden Harris and Amir Taylor combined to score 35 points and No. 6 seed Kennesaw State defeated No. 4 seed Louisiana Tech to win their first Conference USA championship and clinch a berth to the NCAA Tournament. Harris posted 18 on 4 of 6 from behind the arc. Taylor had 17, going 9 for 11 from the free-throw line, while tallying six rebounds and two steals.

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMar 14, 9:56 PM ET

Speaking to reporters Saturday at the SEC basketball tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, the commissioner said the new landscape in college sports, which includes name-image-likeness payments to players, shifting and liberal transfer rules along with the increased influence of agents, calls for the language surrounding the rules to be changed. “We need clarity," Sankey said.

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMar 15, 12:10 AM ET

Ereauna Hardaway and Cheyenne Rowe each scored 13 points and UTSA held Rice to a season-low score beating the Owls 54-40 on Saturday in the American Conference title game on Saturday. Idara Udo added 11 points for No. 6 seed UTSA (18-15) which clinched its first championship — and NCAA Tournament berth —since joining the American. Hailey Adams was the only player for top-seeded Rice (28-5) in double figures with 12 points.

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMar 14, 10:11 PM ET

Three winnable games on the slate this week.