Wednesday’s 6-pack
Teams that won last six Big West tournaments:
2025— Cal-San Diego
2024— Long Beach State
2023— Cal-Santa Barbara
2022— Cal State-Fullerton
2021— Cal-Santa Barbara
2019— Cal-Irvine
Quotes of the Day
“The Baltimore Ravens have backed out of our trade agreement for Maxx Crosby. We will have no further comment at this time.”
Statement from the Las Vegas Raiders, on the cancelled trade
“This is very much bullshit on Baltimore’s part.”
Anonymous NFL GM, talking about the Crosby non-trade
Unfortunately, Raiders-Ravens aren’t playing each other this coming season
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the Toronto Blue Jays, what pitcher has the most wins?
Tuesday’s quiz
Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade played his college basketball at Marquette.
Monday’s quiz
2008 was the last time a WCC team other than Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s won the conference tournament- San Diego won the tournament that year.
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— 2026 NFL season starts officially on Wednesday at 4:00; Tuesday night, Baltimore Ravens backed out of their trade with Las Vegas to acquire pass rusher Maxx Crosby for two first round draft picks.
This is controversial; Crosby had surgery on the meniscus in his left knee on January 8; it was a meniscus repair, not a meniscus trim, so he needs more to recover from the operation, but the Ravens knew this.
— WCC tournament
Gonzaga 79, Santa Clara 68
Zags win WCC tourney for 12th time in the last 14 years,
Gonzaga shot 10-25 on arc; they were down 33-29 at halftime.
Broncos won 13 of their last 16 games; they’ll get in the Field of 68.
This was Santa Clara’s first WCC title game since 2007;
— Horizon tournament
Wright State 66, Detroit 63
Detroit led by 12 with 9:52 left in the game.
Raiders won the regular season title by two games.
Wright State is in the NCAA’s for the first time in four years.
Horizon champ hasn’t been higher than a 14-seed in NCAA’s since 2015.
— CAA tournament
Hofstra 75, Monmouth 69
Hofstra is in the NCAA’s for first time since 2001.
Monmouth led by 6 early in the second half.
Freshman G Edmead scored 26 points, had four assists.
Hofstra started CAA play 4-5, but has won 11 of its last 12 games.
— MAAC tournament
Siena 74, Merrimack 64
Saints get to the NCAA’s for first time since 2010.
Siena only used one sub the whole game; Merrimack used two.
Siena out-rebounded Merrimack, 50-26.
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Famous birthdays, March 11th:
Alex Kingston, 63
Wallace Langham, 61
Bobby Abreu, 52
Elton Brand, 47
Dan Uggla, 46
Anthony Davis, 33
Jacob Lewis, 28
Jackson Chourio, 22
— Heat 150, Wizards 129
Bam Abedayo scored 83 points for Miami; he was 36-43 on foul line.
Washington’s whole team was 22-29 on the foul line.
Three Wizards fouled out; none of them started the game.
83 points is 2nd-most points ever scored in an NBA game (Wilt Chamberlain scored 100)
— New Jersey Jets traded a 6th-round draft pick to the Raiders; in return they got QB Geno Smith and a 7th-round pick. 35-year old Smith is 42-57 as a starter in his 12-year career, the first four years of which were spent with the Jets.
— A’s are playing their home games in Sacramento for two more years, before they into their new ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip in 2028, but they are playing six games in Las Vegas in June, three vs Milwaukee, three against the Rockies.
Games will be played at the Las Vegas Aviators’ AAA ballpark, in Summerlin, right by the Red Rock Casino, a few miles northwest of Las Vegas.
— Reds P Hunter Greene will have arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips and loose bodies from this throwing elbow, is expected to be out until at least July.
Last year, Greene was 7-4, 2.76 in 19 starts; the last two years, he is 16-9, 2.76 in 45 starts.
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Movie of the Day:
Blue Chips (1994)- A college basketball coach decides to skirt the rules, in order to recruit the players he needs to stay on top of the heap.
Nick Nolte is the coach, Bob Cousy is the school’s athletic director, Mary McDonnell, JT Walsh and Ed O’Neill are also in the movie, as well as a lot of well-known college/pro players/coaches. Rick Pitino coaches one of the teams against Western U. Shaquille O’Neal, Penny Hardaway are two of the players on Nolte’s team.
If you like basketball, you’ve probably already seen this, but if you haven’t, you’ll like it.
— ACC tournament
Pittsburgh 64, Stanford 63
Panthers out-rebounded Stanford, 41-28.
Damaging loss for Stanford; they probably slip off the bubble.
Panthers advance to play NC State at noon Wednesday.
SMU 86, Syracuse 69
SMU shot 57.5% inside arc, snap a four-game losing skid.
Syracuse shot 65.5% inside arc, 9-34 outside arc.
Orangemen lost six in a row, 12 of last 15 games.
In three years since Jim Boeheim retired, Syracuse is 25-37 in ACC games.
Wake Forest 95, Virginia Tech 89, OT
Wake played eight guys; seven of them scored in double figures.
Tech out-rebounded the Deacons, 45-28.
Deacons advance to play Clemson Wednesday night.
— Big 18 tournament
Maryland 70, Oregon 60
Terrapins never trailed, led 33-12 at halftime.
Oregon lost 14 of its last 18 games.
Maryland plays Iowa Wednesday.
Northwestern 76, Penn State 66
Wildcats were +9 in turnovers, shot 65.6% inside arc.
Penn State lost 19 of its last 22 games.
Northwestern advances to play Indiana Wednesday.
— Big X tournament
Arizona State 83, Baylor 79
Sun Devils shot 71.9% inside the arc.
ASU advances to play Iowa State Wednesday.
Cincinnati 73, Utah 66
Utah led by nine at the second TV time-out.
Utes lost their last six in a row, and 13 of last 14 games.
Bearcats are 7-2 in last nine games, after starting 3-7 in Big X.
BYU 105, Kansas State 91
BYU shot 70.7% inside the arc.
K-State lost despite shooting 13-23 on the arc.
BYU advances to play West Virginia Wednesday.
— Big Sky tournament
Montana 75, Portland State 72
#4-seed Grizzlies upset top-seeded Portland State.
Montana is in Big Sky final for third year in a row; they won last year.
