COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) β Oklahoma will try to give the No. 3 seeds a .500 record in the NCAA tournament when they take on Albany in second-round play. Fellow third-seeds Iowa State and Baylor fell in their second-round match-ups yesterday, while Notre Dame earned a win.
UNDATED (AP) β Duke and Wisconsin will try to keep the No. 1 seeds’ perfect record against 16th seeds intact when they open up their NCAA tournament play. Duke takes on First Four winner Robert Morris while the Badgers meet Coastal Carolina in second-round action. No top seed has lost to a 16th seed in tournament history.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) β New Orleans is hoping to have leading scorer and rebounder Anthony Davis back in the line-up tonight for the showdown with NBA-leading Golden State. Davis sat out last night’s loss to Phoenix with an ankle injury. The Pelicans enter tonight’s play a game back of Oklahoma City for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) β Morgan Hoffman will try to see if he can parlay his first-ever opening-round lead into his first PGA Tour win. The 25-year-old takes a one-shot lead over John Peterson into the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational today.
PHOENIX (AP) β Top-ranked Lydia Ko heads into the day with the lead in the rain-interrupted opening round of the JTBC Founders Cup that continues today. Ko is on a streak of 24 consecutive rounds under par after her 6-under 66 yesterday.
