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• Louisville overwhelms Arizona 103-64 (AP)
  Rick Pitino enjoyed watching Friday night's game almost as much as his Louisville players enjoyed celebrating. Fun-loving forward Terrence Williams danced on the sideline. Guard Edgar Sosa posed for the television camera. Even backup Kyle Kuric dunked. For the top-seeded team in the NCAA tournament, this was more fun than a team scrimmage or a pickup game.
• Top-seeded Tar Heels rout Gonzaga 98-77 (AP)
  Ty Lawson sat on the sideline with both feet propped up on a chair, shooting an occasional glance toward the court as his left ankle was re-taped. He went back in the game a few moments later, but there was no rush. North Carolina had this one well under control. Lawson scored 17 of his 19 points in the first half, and the top-seeded Tar Heels routed Gonzaga 98-77 in the South Regional on Friday...
• Spartans oust reigning NCAA champ Kansas (AP)
  Kalin Lucas couldn't shoot straight for 39 minutes. He made up for those misses in a hurry. Lucas scored seven points in the final 49 seconds, including 5-for-5 on free throws, to help Michigan State rally for a 67-62 win over defending national champion Kansas Friday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
• Gillispie out as Kentucky coach (AP)
  Billy Gillispie thought winning at Kentucky would be enough, that adding a Final Four banner to the rafters at Rupp Arena would endear him to one of college basketball's most ardent fan bases more than any handshake, autograph or toothy grin ever could. He won, but not enough. He shook hands, but not enough.
• Blake Griffin, Crocker lead OU by 'Cuse (AP)
  Blake Griffin saw 6-foot Jonny Flynn plant his feet near the basket, trying to draw a charge near the end of the first half. So Oklahoma's bullish power forward changed his plans. Oh, he still drove through Flynn, flattening the point guard. The change came as Griffin switched from another thundering dunk to a simple layup -- and when a blocking foul was called, he got the added bonus of a free...
• Chiefs' Johnson gets 2 years probation (AP)
  Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was sentenced to two years probation Friday after pleading guilty to two counts of disturbing the peace for separate incidents involving women at nightclubs last year. A Kansas City Municipal Court judge suspended imposition of the sentence and will remove the guilty plea from the public record if Johnson finishes the probation without further...
• Calhoun says mistakes may have been made (AP)
  Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has acknowledged that he or his staff may have made mistakes in recruiting basketball player Nate Miles. Calhoun said it's sometimes hard to determine what is or is not permissible under the NCAA's recruiting guidelines. "Do I know if any has been made? No, I'm not making judgment one way or the other," Calhoun said Friday, as the top-seeded Huskies prepared for the...
• Alabama hires Grant away from VCU (AP)
  Anthony Grant has been hired as Alabama's coach after three successful years with Virginia Commonwealth, leaving a school with no football program to take over one where the gridiron reigns. Grant and the Crimson Tide reached an "agreement in principle" on Friday and the coach will be formally introduced Sunday evening, athletic director Mal Moore said.
• Cavs win 11th straight, tie team record (AP)
  LeBron James has taken plenty of hard hits in his career, but didn't like the one he took from Minnesota's Jason Collins on Friday night. "It was borderline dirty," James said after scoring 25 points in Cleveland's 107-85 victory, the Cavaliers' 11th straight win. The play in question occurred in the third quarter when James broke through a double team at the top of the key and drove into the lane.
• Kansas ready for rematch with Spartans (AP)
  The Kansas Jayhawks say they've grown as a team since a double-digit loss in January at Michigan State. They'll find out how far they've come when they face the Spartans again in the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals on Friday. Michigan State defeated Kansas 75-62 on Jan. 10 in East Lansing, Mich., after the young Jayhawks fell behind 37-18 at halftime.