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He added Coleman to his now-hyphenated last name to honor his mother and switched from No. 2 to No. 1, returning to Armstrong scores career-high 33 points, UMBC returns to NCAA Tournament after 74-59 win over Vermont 03/14/2026 01:37pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — DJ Armstrong buried seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points, leading top-seeded UMBC to a 74-59 victory over No. 2-seed Vermont in the championship game of the America East Playoffs on Saturday. The Retrievers (24-8) will play in the NCAA Tournament for the third ti Women's College Basketball Scores 03/14/2026 01:30pm • Saturday, Mar. 14 TOURNAMENT Mid American Championship Miami (OH) 68, Toledo 58 ___ Trinidad and Tobago extends state of emergency for 3 months over crime 03/14/2026 01:26pm • PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago's government has received House of Representatives approval to extend a state of emergency for three months, as the twin-island Caribbean nation struggles with a high level of crime. The two motions to extend the measure, which grants the governme Tretter scores 23 as Miami (OH) women survive Toledo 68-58 to clinch NCAA Tournament berth 03/14/2026 01:24pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Amber Tretter scored 23 points to help the top-seeded Miami of Ohio women beat No. 6 seed Toledo 68-58 on Saturday to win the Mid-American Conference Tournament title and clinch an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time since 2008. The win marks the second MAC Championship title Underdog Promo Code WTOP: Play $5, Get $50 for NBA, CBB Picks This Weekend 03/14/2026 01:00pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Activate the most recent Underdog promo code WTOP and secure a $50 guaranteed bonus for today's college basketball and NBA schedu Belmont, which is losing longtime coach Casey Alexander, won't participate in NIT 03/14/2026 12:52pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. 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Habermas’ publisher, Suhrkamp, said he died on Saturday in Starnberg, near From rockets to cancer research, here's how the number pi is embedded in our lives 03/14/2026 12:07pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day every March 14, the date that represents the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi. Representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, pi is approximately equal to 3.14159 — but its d Burt Jones was the inevitable Republican nominee for Georgia governor. Then Rick Jackson showed up 03/14/2026 12:04pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Burt Jones seemed like the inevitable Republican nominee for governor in Georgia. He is the current lieutenant governor, he has lots of family money and perhaps most important, he has President Donald Trump's endorsement. But that certainty crumbled after health care tycoon Rick Jac