La Crosse Tribune Sports News

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — By Roy Williams' own admission, it's been a tough season for North Carolina.

A look at the highlights of what's happening all around spring training in Florida and Arizona today:

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Thirty years after its improbable national championship, Villanova was on the wrong side of a massive March upset.

The Princeton women's basketball team earned a historic victory in front of President Barack Obama. UConn rolled in its opener and another 11 seed pulled off an upset.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Holtmann started the season as an assistant coach on a program looking for a way to snap out of a minor funk. He ended it in charge at Butler, where the Bulldogs have r…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry bounced back from his worst shooting performance of the season to score 24 points, Leandro Barbosa added a season-high 19 off the bench and the Golden Stat…

Senior Matt LaFaunge won in the triple jump with a leap of 39 feet, 10 inches and second in the long jump (19-3) to help Black River Falls place second in the Golden Eagle track and field invi…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Notre Dame survived Butler's March magic.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Taylor Kohlwey is still hitting, and the UW-La Crosse baseball team is still winning.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jeff Jakaitis' ECHL-record shutout streak ended after four games, but the South Carolina Stingrays won their 21st straight with a 5-4 shootout victory over the Ci…

HOLMEN — It’s been nearly a year since Austen Heidlage hit the big-time.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — N.C. State's Cat Barber used an unexpected Sweet 16 berth to take a cutting remark at President Barack Obama.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Villanova went from a top seed to No. 1-and-done.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Marcus Paige scored 22 points, including 20 in the second half, and North Carolina beat Arkansas 87-78 in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 f…

FONTANA, Calif. — Although Kevin Harvick is on the biggest roll NASCAR has seen in four decades, the California native has been driving too long to take anything for granted when he attempts t…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Diamond Stone capped his impressive high school basketball career with a stellar Whitefish Bay Dominican supporting cast that put the program in the state record book.

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Morgan Tuck had 26 points and eight assists as No. 1 UConn began its drive toward a 10th national title and third in a row with an 89-33 rout of St. Francis, Brooklyn on S…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Henrik Stenson of Sweden finished with another flourish at Bay Hill on Saturday and seized control of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Rutgers won the battle of New Jersey and more importantly its first NCAA Tournament game in four years.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pekka Rinne made 22 saves to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.