WJPA Sports

Survive & advance. It’s March Madness second weekend for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. After this weekend, we’ll be down to the Final Four. WJPA-AM (1450) is your home for the NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships, right through the finals Sunday/Monday, April 5/6.

Saturday, March 28
Women’s Sweet 16
#2 Michigan > #3 Louisville, 71-52
#1 Texas > #5 Kentucky. 76-54
#1 South Carolina > #4 Oklahoma, 94-68
#3 TCU > #10 Virginia, 79-69

Men’s Elite 8 – both on WJPA-AM
#3 Illinois > #9 Iowa, 71-59
#1 Arizona > #2 Purdue, 79-64

Sunday, March 29
Women’s Elite 8
12:30 pm #1 UConn vs. #6 Notre Dame
3:10 pm #1 UCLA vs. #3 Duke

Men’s Elite 8 – both on WJPA-AM
1:00 pm Tournament Today
2:00 pm #1 Michigan vs #6 Tennessee
4:55 pm #1 Duke vs. #2 UConn

Thursday, March 26
Men’s Sweet 16
#2 Purdue 79, #11 Texas 77
#9 Iowa 77, #4 Nebraska 71
#1 Arizona 109, #4 Arkansas 88
#3 Illinois 65, #2 Houston 55

Friday, March 27
Women’s Sweet 16
#6 Notre Dame > #2 Vanderbilt, 67-64
#1 UConn > #4 North Carolina, 63-42
#1 UCLA > #4 Minnesota, 80-56
#3 Duke > #2 LSU, 87-85

Men’s Sweet 16
#1 Duke > #5 St. John’s, 80-75
#1 Michigan > #4 Alabama, 90-77
#2 UConn > #3 Michigan State, 67-63
#6 Tennessee > #2 Iowa State, 76-62

NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the New York Mets a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Luis Torrens delivered a tying single in the 10th and the Mets improved to 2-0. After starters Mitch Keller and David Peterson matched zeros in 42-degree weather, Nick Gonzales lined an RBI single for Pittsburgh with one out in the 10th to break a scoreless tie. Mets reliever Luis Garcia prevented further damage by retiring Jake Mangum with the bases loaded. Bryan Reynolds put the Pirates ahead again with a two-out infield single in the 11th before Richard Lovelady struck out Gonzales with runners at the corners.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist in his return from injured reserve and the Dallas Stars pulled away from the undermanned Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3. Rantanen had missed the last 15 games with a lower-body injury sustained while competing for Team Finland at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Rantanen scored his first NHL goal since Feb. 2 when he took a slick cross-ice feed from Jason Robertson and powered it by Stuart Skinner to put Dallas in front to stay. Robertson added his 40th goal of the season for Dallas, which ended a four-game losing streak. The Penguins played without injured stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.