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9:42 PM on Thursday, March 12

Dionte Johnson scored 26 points, including four in the overtime, as the No. 3 seed North Carolina Central Eagles defeated the sixth-seeded Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks 83-76 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament

9:30 PM on Thursday, March 12

Led by Trey Simpson's 26 points, the sixth-seeded Kennesaw State Owls defeated the No. 3 seed Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 96-87 in the Conference USA Tournament

9:26 PM on Thursday, March 12

Led by Miles Byrd's 12 points, the No. 2 seed San Diego State Aztecs defeated the seventh-seeded Colorado State Rams 71-62 in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Tournament

9:13 PM on Thursday, March 12

Connor Bedard scored off a rebound off a post at 3:57 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night

9:08 PM on Thursday, March 12

Oklahoma Nijel Pack hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, Derrion Reed had 15 points and 10 rebounds ,and No. 11 seed Oklahoma beat sixth-seeded Texas A&M 83-63 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive

9:01 PM on Thursday, March 12

8:57 PM on Thursday, March 12

Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 20 rebounds and 12 assists, Jamal Murray scored 39 points and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat San Antonio 136-131 on Thursday, snapping the Spurs’ five-game winning streak as Victor Wembanyama sat out with an injury

8:49 PM on Thursday, March 12

The No. 4 seed Cal State Northridge Matadors defeated the fifth-seeded UC San Diego Tritons 80-70 in the Big West Conference Tournament led by Larry Hughes Jr.'s 34 points

8:42 PM on Thursday, March 12

Led by Marcell McCreary's 18 points, the No. 4 seed UT Arlington Mavericks defeated the fifth-seeded Southern Utah Thunderbirds 69-63 in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament

8:40 PM on Thursday, March 12

Fazl Oshodi scored 18 points to lead the No. 3 seed Southern Jaguars and Terrance Dixon Jr. secured the victory with a layup with 28 seconds remaining as the sixth-seeded Jaguars took down the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions 84-81 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament

8:26 PM on Thursday, March 12

Top-ranked Duke had to play with an injury-altered lineup to hold off Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night

8:10 PM on Thursday, March 12

Alexis Lafreniere had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Rangers to a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets

8:07 PM on Thursday, March 12

Travis Konecny scored the lone goal in a shootout to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night

8:07 PM on Thursday, March 12

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder scores 20 points for 127th consecutive game, breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record

8:05 PM on Thursday, March 12

Donovan Dent had 12 points, 12 assists and a career-high 10 rebounds — the first triple-double in the history of the Big Ten Conference Tournament — to help sixth-seeded UCLA beat No. 14 seed Rutgers 72-59 in the third round

6:27 PM on Thursday, March 12

Tarris Reed Jr. had 17 points and 14 rebounds as No. 6 UConn cruised past Xavier 93-68 in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament, bouncing back from a costly loss last weekend in the regular-season finale

4:25 PM on Thursday, March 12

Erik Spoelstra had a very clear message to those who didn’t like how the final minutes of Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game played out

3:58 PM on Thursday, March 12

Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka — the world’s top-ranked men’s and women’s tennis players — both won quarterfinal matches in straight sets during an eventful Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open

1:59 PM on Thursday, March 12

The San Francisco 49ers are bringing back linebacker Dre Greenlaw for a second stint, agreeing to a one-year, $7.5 million contract with their former star after he was released by Denver

11:55 AM on Thursday, March 12

AL Rookie of the Year Nick Kurtz’s contract was renewed by the Athletics, and shortstop Elly De La Cruz’s deal was set unilaterally by the Cincinnati Reds for the second straight season