INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Florida heads the list of No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The top-ranked Gators have earned the first overall seed after winning the SEC tournament, running the table on their conference schedule and winning their last 26 games. Sixth-ranked Virginia is No. 1 in the East, Florida tops the South, second-ranked Wichita State heads the Midwest and No. 4 Arizona leads the West.
UNDATED (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs picked up their 10th straight win and expanded their lead in the NBA’s Western Conference to two games over Oklahoma City. Manu Ginobili (MAN’-oo jih-NOH’-blee) scored 21 points and the Spurs shot a season-high 62.8 percent in a 122-104 rout of Utah. Shawn Marion scored 19 points, Vince Carter added 18 and Dirk Nowitzki delivered 17 as Dallas hammered the Thunder 109-86 in Oklahoma City.
MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat are within 2 ½ games of the NBA’s Eastern Conference-leading Indiana Pacers after winning for just the second time in seven games. Ray Allen scored 14 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter as the Heat knocked off Houston 113-104 to end a two-game skid. LeBron James and Dwyane (dwayn) Wade each scored 24 points for Miami.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Carl Edwards was the winner at Bristol Motor Speedway, a Sprint Cup race marred by two lengthy weather delays and a track light malfunction. Edwards led for 78 of 500 laps and finished just ahead of Roush Fenway teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in his third Sprint Cup win at Bristol. Rain caused two delays lasting more than five hours and the race ended after the yellow caution lights inadvertently came on with two laps remaining.
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — John Senden has won the PGA’s Valspar Championship with a final round 1-under-70 to finish seven shots under par. He nosed out Kevin Na, who finished a shot back. Third round leader Robert Garrigus (GAR’-ih-guhs) skied to a 4-over-75 in the final round to finish three shots off the pace.
