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Survive & advance. The Men’s Basketball tournament Final Four is set–#1 Arizona will take on #1 Michigan, #2 UConn will play #3 Illinois on Saturday. Meanwhile the women moved to the Elite 8 round, with two spots decided Sunday–#1 UConn & #1 UCLA  both winning. The last two berths will be decided on Monday.  WJPA-AM (1450) is your home for the NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships, right through the finals next Sunday & Monday.

Sunday, March 29
Men’s Elite 8 – both on WJPA-AM
#1 Michigan > #6 Tennessee, 95-62
#2 UConn > #1 Duke, 73-72

Women’s Elite 8
#1 UConn > #6 Notre Dame, 70-52
#1 UCLA > #3 Duke, 70-58

Monday, March 30
Women’s Elite 8 – both on WJPA-AM
6:30 pm #1 Texas vs. #2 Michigan
9:10 pm #1 South Carolina vs. #3 TCU

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.