UConn women champs again; Alex Ovechkin passes Wayne Gretzky; Florida-Houston championship predictions

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🏆 Good morning to all, but especially to …

The Uconn Huskies …

Uconn Women’s basketball is back at the top and angry. Huskies number 2 hit (1) South Carolina82-59, for its first title since 2016. It is the twelfth title of UCONN, the maximum of any basketball program of the division and, male or female, and this victory, if not Tourney Run, was as complete as it is.

• The 23 -point victory is tied for the third largest in the title game history.
• Add to Uconn crushed (1) UCLA by 34 in the semifinalsAnd the combined winning margin of Huskies +57 in the semifinal and end is second behind the 2015-16 UCONN (+60).
• Sarah strong (24 points, 17 rebounds) became the first Uconn student to have a double double in the championship match. Meet the next Uconn Superstrel.
• Final four more prominent players Benefit azzi (24 points), Paige Bueckers (17 points) and Fort surpassed South Carolina by themselves, 65-59.
• Buckers finished his magnificent race with 477 points in the NCAA Tournament, one more than Maya moore For most of Uconn’s history. Is also third by any player, behind Caitlin Clark and Chamique Holdsclaw.
• The Huskies became the first team to remove three seeds number 1 in the women’s tournament.

Don’t be wrong – not winning a title since 2016 was a definitive fall for Geno AuriemmaThe program. But with Bueckers on a mission to end his career with a title and many support characters around him, this Huskies team was dominant. And, although it was not the greatest score of Bueckers, to National title cemented its name to Huskies loreWrite Isabel Gonzalez.

Even with Bueckers in WNBA, Jack Maloney evaluates if this could be the Dawn of another Uconn dynasty. And auriemma is amazing Numbers only continue to grow.

On the other side, here is What can gamecocks learn of loss.

… and also a good morning on Alex Ovecchkin

Alex Ovechkin It is left alone. It Capital Superstar scored its 895th race on Sunday, passing Wayne Gretzky For the NHL registration.

Coincidentally, it was the 1,487th Ovechkin’s race, which is exactly what Gretzky played. It The numbers are overwhelmingWrite Austin Sercision.

• Serbison: “”325 Power Game Objectives – One of the clearest signs of a great competitor of all time is that their opponents know what is coming and they cannot stop it yet. This has been Ovechkin in the game of power throughout his career. … 136 game winners of the game- This is another record for Ovechkin, who has just broken up on his 894th race [Friday night]. Ovechkin now has the only possession of the most winning goals of the game, passing Juomir jag in the process. “

Gretzky owns almost all the great records of Skater NHL, so seeing a fall is impressive. Eighty hundred and ninety-four are a number of mentality. But is it untouchable? Austin set Who, if someone could break the ovechkin record. And here are some brands that are actually unbreakable … we think.

😁 Honorable Mentions

🏀 And it’s not a good day for …

The Duke Blue Devils

Up to 14 with 8:03 to the left.
Until nine o’clock with 2:06 on the left.
Up to seven with 1:15 left.
Up to six with 0:34 on the left.

(1) Dukes collapse in a loss of 70-67 to (1) Houston It was as bad as it seems. (Maybe worse.) The Blown lead anatomy It has all the things you come to associate with March Madness Soft Jobs: shifts, lost free launches, defensive breakdown, mental mistakes and a crime was cold at the worst time.

But for it to happen this Duke’s team, which had been lost once in 2025, who had answers to all the challenges all season? Awesome.

The last 20 according to it encapsulate:

Duke had fought in matches close to the beginning of the season. But these struggles seemed to be on their return as they dominated. In fact, they had more wins by 30+ (seven) than the games determined by simple digits (six) by 2025 entering the Final Four.

But those problems of the beginning of the season again lifted the head and the Blue Devils go down as one of the best teams to not win a titleWrite Matt Norlander.

• Norlander: “The loss is so monstrous in its shock value, it takes a minute to get out of the dark to recognize an uncomfortable truth: Duke lost for reasons that were always going down, leaving until the preseason … Jon Scheyer He has done a remarkable work in three seasons that manages this program. Your 89 wins are tied Brad Stevens and Brad Underwood For most of starting a race of Di Head Coaching. But this loss is, at this time, unworthy. “

In the NCAA tournament, better you have guards, better to bounce and better you have hardness. Well, the score of the box says that Houston’s initial guards exceeded Duke’s 49-30, and the Cougars had an advantage of 11 receipts. What does not show the box score is Houston’s hardness of hardness.

“This is not a beauty contest” Kelvin Sampson said postgame. It is right. I loved Dennis Dodd’s History about Houston’s resolution.

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At the beginning of the night we got another excellent, with (1) Florida embarrassing (1) Auburn79-73, behind-Who more- Walter Clayton Jr. Gator electric guard scored 34 points – 20 in the second half – in what Matt called a “Legendary performance instantly.” My kindness makes incredibly difficult shots … and makes them look easy.

At the other end, Florida Limited John BroomeAnd while older boys did it defensively, Started with a talk by Clayton PepKyle Boone notes. What can’t this guy do?!

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😬 not so honorable mentions

🏀 Florida vs. Houston: National Championship predictions

For the 11th time everThey are two seeds number 1 looking for the title. The Battle of Florida Hauston tonight (20:50 et a CBS, March Madness Live or Paramount+) It should be excellent.

Both teams have stars. Both teams hit the offensive glass with reckless abandonment. Both teams have taken boys under radar and made them great collaborators. Florida does not have the first 100 players but several future NBA players, and Isaac Trotter looked How gators excels with the development of players.

So who wins? Our Expert options and best bets They are inside.

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MLB Power Rankings, Weekend Roundup

Is soon but there is a new number 1 Matt Snyder’s power ranking of powercourtesy of removing two of three of the old number 1. Here is the top five:

1. Phillies (previous: 2)
2. Dodgers (1)
3. Rangers (3)
4. Giants (22)
5. Parents (5)

Yes, this is an 18-point jump for the Giants 8-1! They have the best record in baseball and a couple of wins on foot, both on SailorsThe 12 -point fall is the largest of the big ones.

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📺 What are we seeing on Monday

🏀 Kings to pistonsAt 19 hours on NBA television
🏒 Lightning to RangersAt 19 ha espn+
🏀 NCAA Tournament Championship: (1) Florida vs. (1) Houston (m)20:50 to CBS/Paramount+