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UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame are No.

1 seeded teams in first NCAA Tournament reveal UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame would be the No.

1 seeds in the womens NCAA Tournament if it began now.

The NCAA basketball selection committee on Sunday did its first reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds.

The top 16 seeds in the 68-team field will host first- and second-round games, with the regional rounds being played at two neutral sites for the third straight year.

Spokane, Washington, will host half of the Sweet 16 and Birmingham, Alabama, will host the other eight teams.

UCLA and Notre Dame were projected as the top seeds in the Spokane Regional, with South Carolina and Texas in Birmingham.

Mac McClung pulls off the first NBA dunk contest three-peat SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Mac McClung pulled off four perfect dunks for an unprecedented NBA dunk contest three-peat.

The G League star and dunk maven put on a remarkable show at NBA All-Star Saturday night by recording perfect scores of 50 on all four of his jaw-dropping, creative dunks to become the first player to win three straight dunk contests.

Nate Robinson is the only other player to win the dunk contest three times, taking it in 2006 and then repeating in 2009-10.

The new NBA All-Star format is here, and Sunday night will show whether it works SAN FRANCISCO (AP) This will be an actual All-Star matchup.

On one side, theres a team with 86 combined All-Star selections, $2.7 billion in on-court earnings and where every single player on the team is either an NBA champion, an Olympic gold medalist, or both.

On the other, theres a bunch of young guys without much in the way of resumes yet.

Welcome to the reimagined NBA All-Star Game, a single-elimination mini-tournament: four teams of eight players, three games, first to 40 points wins and a David vs.

Goliath element thrown in there for good measure.

It happens Sunday night in San Francisco, the NBAs latest way of trying to make the midseason showcase event competitive again.

It's not just Shiffrin and Vonn.

The US Ski Team has multiple medal contenders for the Olympics SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) A year before the Winter Olympics the U.S.

Ski Team just had a performance to remember.

The womens squad won medals in four out of five events at the world championships in Austria and also had two fourth places.

The Americans finished fourth in the mixed team parallel and the men just missed the podium with a fourth in the new team combined race.

The only event the women did not win a medal in was the slalom when Mikaela Shiffrin placed fifth just behind teammate Paula Moltzan in fourth.

With Lindsey Vonn expecting to be more competitive come the Milan-Cortina Olympics the U.S.

women have multiple medal contenders in every event.

And Ryan Cochran-Siegle likes the course in Bormio.

Trump is heading to NASCAR's Daytona 500 for the second time as president WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.

(AP) Donald Trump is on his way to NASCAR's Daytona 500 to make his second appearance as president.

Trump attended the race in 2020 while running for a second term.

He was given the honor of being grand marshal and delivering the order for drivers to start their engines.

Trump also thrilled fans with a flyover of Air Force One and later rode the presidential limousine onto the racetrack.

Last weekend, he made history by becoming the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl.

Salah penalty seals victory for Premier League leader Liverpool against Wolverhampton Liverpool restores its seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win against Wolverhampton.

But Arne Slots team had to hold off a fightback from relegation-threatened Wolves at Anfield, which included a brilliant long-range goal from Matheus Cunha.

First-half strikes from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah secured the win for Liverpool and kept its advantage over second-placed Arsenal.

Diaz bundled the ball over from close range in the 15th minute to give the home team the lead.

And Salah doubled the advantage from the penalty spot in the 37th after Diaz was brought down.

Liverpool failed to register a single shot on target after the break as Wolves dominated chances.

Tottenham hosts Manchester United later Sunday.

No.

1 Auburn edges No.

2 Alabama in a showdown of top-ranked teams; a rematch is set for March 8 TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

(AP) Auburn and Alabama had never played as top-10 teams.

On Saturday, the Tigers and Crimson Tide squared off as the top teams in the country and didnt disappoint.

No.

1 Auburn went on the road and beat No.

2 Alabama 94-85 in the historic matchup of in-state rivals.

And a rematch of the top-rated teams might be coming shortly, because they meet again at Auburn on March 8.

And, they might not be done then they could face off in the Southeastern Conference and NCAA tournaments.

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo passes Bob Knight for most Big Ten conference wins CHAMPAIGN, Ill.

(AP) Michigan States Tom Izzo followed one of the most disappointing losses of his coaching career with a record-setting victory.

The No.

11 Spartans came from behind to beat Illinois 79-65 for Izzos 354th career Big Ten victory, breaking former Indiana coach Bob Knights record of 353 conference wins.

Izzo tied Knight on Feb.

8 when Michigan State rallied in the second half to defeat Oregon 86-74.

Izzo, who celebrated his 70th birthday on Jan.

30, is now 354-173 in Big Ten play in 30 seasons as coach.

Hes 727-300 overall since replacing Jud Heathcote in 1995.

Patrick Rodgers takes the lead at Torrey Pines as Scheffler and McIlroy falter SAN DIEGO (AP) Patrick Rodgers has a chance for his first PGA Tour victory after a wild day at the Genesis Invitational.

Rodgers was at his best on the back nine and shot 68.

That includes a bogey on the 18th hole when a wedge found the water.

He's one shot ahead of Denny McCarthy, another player who has never won on tour.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy started the third round right in the mix.

They finished five shots behind.

Scheffler had a 76 for his worst score in nearly three years.

McIlroy shot a 74 with a three-putt double bogey.

Adam Silver was surprised about the Doncic-Davis trade, urges angry Mavs fans to keep faith SAN FRANCISCO (AP) NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has a message to those Dallas Mavericks fans who are still angry, two weeks later: He feels your pain.

That said, hes also sure that the Mavericks believe that their decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis was in their minds, at least the best possible move for the franchise.

Silver, in his annual address at All-Star weekend on Saturday, said he had no advance word that the trade was looming and that he was surprised like everyone else.

He also said he wasnt going to second-guess Dallas decision..

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