Armadillo Sports
Monday’s 6-pack:
Last 22 college hoop national champs, by conference:
8— ACC
7— Big East
3— SEC
3— Big X
1— American
None— Pac-12, Big 14
Quote of the Day
“I think our guys now are expecting to win. It’s beautiful to watch.”
NC State basketball coach Kevin Keatts
Monday’s quiz
Where was Danny Hurley the head coach, before he went to UConn?
Sunday’s quiz
On the classic TV show
Batman, Burgess Meredith played the Penguin; he later played Mickey, the boxing trainer in
Rocky.
Saturday’s quiz
1997 was the last time a Pac-12 team (Arizona) won the college basketball national title.
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— There have been 55 baseball games so far this season; of the 110 starting pitchers, only four lasted 7+ innings:
Thursday- Pablo Lopez, Minnesota- 7 IP, 84 PT
Saturday- Logan Gilbert, Seattle- 7 IP, 91 PT
Sunday- Paul Blackburn, A’s- 7 IP, 88 PT
Brady Singer, Kansas City- 7 IP, 98 PT
Only 30 of the 55 starting pitchers finished the sixth inning.
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NC State 76, Duke 64
Duke led 27-18 with 1:39 left in first half.
Wolfpack is 9-0 since March 12.
NC State was 2-7 in its last nine regular season games.
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Purdue 72, Tennessee 66
Purdue is in Final Four for first time since 1980.
Tennessee’s entire team was 7-11 on foul line.
Zach Edey scored 40 points; he was 14-22 on foul line, by himself.
— Pointspreads for Final Four:
Purdue -9.5 vs NC State
UConn -11.5 vs Alabama
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San Antonio 27, DC Defenders 12
Defenders were 5-14 on 3rd down, Brahmas 1-8
San Antonio converted 3-4 fourth down plays.
Defenders’ only TD came on a 40-yard pass on a fake field goal.
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Memphis 18, Houston 12
Showboats’ QB Cookus threw for 204 yards and a TD.
Memphis was 9-15 on third down, Houston 3-8.
Time of possession: Memphis 39:32, Houston 20:28.
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Famous birthdays for April 1st:
Ali McGraw. 85
Willie Montanez, 75
Annette O’Toole, 72
Mark Jackson, 59
Daniel Murphy, 38
Brook and Robin Lopez, 36
— Torey Lovullo has been the Arizona Diamondbacks’ manager since 2017, winning the NL title last year; his father Sam was a producer on the old TV show,
Hee Haw.
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Brewers 4, Mets 1- Mets’ GM David Stearns quit the Brewers to jump to New York, but the Mets start his tenure by getting swept at home by Milwaukee.
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Dodgers 5, Cardinals 4- Max Muncy’s 2-run homer in the 8th inning was a game-winner.
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Pirates 9, Marlins 7 (11)
Marlins scored five runs in the first inning.
Pittsburgh’s bullpen allowed two runs in 20.1 IP in the 4-game sweep.
Miami was the last MLB team to hit a home run.
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Reds 6, Nationals 5
Will Benson tied game with a 2-out home run in the 9th inning.
Next batter, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, walked it off with another homer, his first hit in 13 at-bats this season.
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New York 4, Astros 3
Juan Soto’s 9th-inning single, his 3rd of the day, was the game-winner.
Houston is 0-4 for the first time since 2011.
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Tigers 3, White Sox 2
Andy Ibanez’ pinch-hit single in the 9th inning was the game-winning hit.
Both back-up catchers started this game, batted 9th; they both hit a home run.
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Cubs 9, Rangers 5
Chicago scored four runs in 9th, salvaged Game 4 of the series.
Cubs’ bullpen threw five shutout innings.
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A’s 4, Guardians 3
Abraham Toro’s bases-loaded walk gave the A’s their first win of the year.
Paul Blackburn tossed seven shutout innings.
