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El entrenador de béisbol de LSU, Jay Johnson, ha manifestado su total confianza en Derek Curiel para desempeñar el rol de cuarto bate (cleanup) en la alineación, asegurando que no hay nadie que esté ejecutando mejor el turno en esa posición.
Curiel, quien se desempeña como jardinero central y ha sido bateador abridor durante gran parte de sus dos temporadas con LSU, fue movido al cuarto lugar en el orden al bate hace poco más de una semana. Según Jay Johnson, Curiel representa lo que él define como un «jugador de ataque equilibrado», un perfil de bateador de cleanup «no tradicional» capaz de aprovechar las situaciones sin importar si hay corredores en base o no.
El cambio de posición ha dado resultados inmediatos. Curiel conectó dos grand slams en sus últimos dos compromisos, incluyendo uno el viernes por la noche contra Tennessee que otorgó a los Tigers una ventaja de 5-4 en la octava entrada, camino a una victoria final de 7-5 en el estadio Lindsey Nelson. El otro grand slam fue registrado el martes pasado frente a Southern.

Con este desempeño, Curiel se convirtió en el primer jugador de LSU en lograr grand slams en juegos consecutivos desde que Sean Ochinko realizara la hazaña el 4 y 5 de marzo de 2009.
A pesar de su físico esbelto y su velocidad, Curiel ha demostrado poder y consistencia en el plato. Sus números actuales y pasados respaldan la decisión de Johnson:
Tras la victoria sobre Tennessee, LSU mejoró su récord general a 21-10 y a 5-5 en la SEC. El equipo ha sumado cuatro victorias consecutivas, destacando que en las últimas tres ha logrado remontar déficits de tres o más carreras.
Actualizado el 25 de marzo de 2026, 12:43 p.m. CT
AUBURN — Con una victoria más, el equipo de baloncesto de Auburn regresará a una Final Four, técnicamente.
No es la más importante, la joya de la corona del Torneo de la NCAA, pero los Tigers están a un partido de las semifinales del NIT, y pueden llegar allí con una victoria contra el segundo cabeza de serie, Nevada, el miércoles 25 de marzo (8 p.m. CT, ESPN2) en el Neville Arena.
Antes del partido de esta noche, aquí tiene todo lo que necesita para sintonizar, incluyendo radio, streaming y más.
VEA EL PARTIDO DE BALONCESTO DE AUBURN CONTRA NEVADA AQUÍ
El partido del miércoles se transmitirá en vivo por WLWI-FM (92.3) en Montgomery y WGZZ-FM (94.3) en Auburn. La transmisión de radio también se puede escuchar en línea. Estos son los comentaristas:
Récord: 19-16 (7-11 SEC)
Todos los horarios son hora central. Los asteriscos denotan partidos en sede neutral.
Updated March 23, 2026, 11:07 p.m. ET
Tammi Reiss will leave the University of Rhode Island to become the next women’s basketball coach at Florida.
A source confirmed multiple reports Monday afternoon just a couple of days after the Rams ended their season with a first NCAA Tournament berth in 30 years. Reiss will replace Kelly Rae Finley, who was fired in early March by the Gators after missing March Madness for the fourth straight season.
Reiss finished 138-73 in seven years with URI, setting the program record for wins in a campaign on two different occasions. She captured a pair of regular season titles and a tournament crown in the Atlantic 10, and she was named the league’s Coach of the Year three times. Reiss is currently one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith National Coach of the Year honor and the lone mid-major leader remaining on the list.
«Tammi showed what is possible for the women’s basketball program at URI,» URI athletic director Pat Lyons said in a statement. «Her body of work speaks for herself, and to say she is leaving the program in a significantly better place would be an understatement.»
Reiss suffered a Saturday defeat in her last game with the Rams, a 68-55 loss to Alabama in Regional 3 action in Louisville. URI closed 28-5 overall after a setback at the KFC Yum! Center and fell to 0-8 all-time against SEC foes. It was a first appearance for the Rams on that stage since earning an at-large selection to the field in 1996.
“I’ve never been prouder of a group of young women than I am of this team,” Reiss said Saturday. “Although we didn’t get the result we wanted today it doesn’t take anything away from what they’ve accomplished all season long together.”
Reiss was hired off the Syracuse staff ahead of the 2019-20 season and went 13-16 in her debut. That was the only time she finished below the .500 mark at URI. The Rams went 26-7 in her fourth season and reached the Round of 16 in the WNIT, recording their first pair of postseason wins in school history.
URI advanced to a conference tournament title game in 2023-24 and won on its second trip earlier this month, a 53-51 victory over George Mason. The Rams and Patriots shared the regular season crown with identical 16-2 marks, and URI earned the No. 1 seed thanks to a head-to-head win. The Rams downed Loyola Chicago and Davidson on their way back to the championship round at Henrico Sports & Events Center in Virginia.
“Morality, integrity, character – they’re incredible student-athletes and young women,” Reiss said. “When you get 12, 13, 14 of them together, great things happen.”
Reiss triggered three one-year extensions with URI by winning at least 20 games in a single season. That was a clause in the 10-year deal she signed at the close of 2021-22 – that contract eventually stretched through the 2034-25 season. The Rams are due to receive a buyout of $900,000 for losing Reiss – $100,000 for each of the nine remaining years.
URI also saw a potential internal successor depart when associate head coach Adeniyi Amadou agreed to become the next head coach at New Mexico State. His hire was announced early this month, ending a 10-year professional partnership with Reiss. Amadou left the Orange to become the top Rams assistant under Reiss and helped establish their international recruiting pipeline as a Paris native.
“With him, he’s one of a kind,” Reiss said. “I can’t imagine looking to my left and not seeing him.”

Reiss was presented with an unspecified offer to stay at URI for the long term, per one athletic department source. Florida countered with superior resources and a chance to operate in what was far and away the nation’s top conference in 2025-26 according to the NET rankings. The SEC put 10 teams into the NCAA Tournament field, including five of the top 16 overall seeds.
«I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to coach at the highest level, and it doesn’t get any better than the SEC in terms of women’s basketball,» Reiss said in a Florida statement. «Between Florida’s academic reputation, which is very important to me, and the resources available to the program, I believe we have all the pieces necessary to build a championship-caliber team that the university and community will be proud of and excited to support.»
Reiss also joins a league with multiple personal ties among their respective coaching staffs. Dawn Staley has won three national championships at South Carolina and was a college teammate at Virginia. Yolett McPhee-McCuin is a URI alum who just finished her eighth season at Mississippi and qualified for a fifth straight NCAA Tournament.
Florida has finished 5-11 in four straight SEC campaigns and missed March Madness each year. The Gators have made a lone appearance since 2015-16, and that came in Finley’s debut in 2021-22. Her last game in charge was an 82-64 defeat against Oklahoma in the conference tournament second round.
«Tammi Reiss is a proven winner and an outstanding leader whose experience as both a player and coach stood out throughout this process,» Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said in a statement. «She brings tremendous enthusiasm, an unbelievable competitive spirit, and a relentless work ethic that will resonate with our student-athletes and our entire program.»
Finley had one year remaining on the extension she signed at the close of that first campaign. Florida owes her the $740,000 guaranteed annual base in the deal, the last of the minimum $3.7 million she was due to collect. That amount included an annual base salary of $425,000 – equal to what Reiss brought home with the Rams – and superior earnings with respect to allowances and incentives.
URI graduates starters Ines Debroise, Brooklyn Gray and Palmire Mbu off a team that enjoyed a 17-game winning streak to set a new program record. Ta’Viyanna Habib and Valentina Ojeda have also exhausted their eligibility after playing one season as transfers. Sophia Vital, Albina Syla and Vanessa Harris are among the headliners who could return to Kingston in 2026-27.
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Florida Aplasta a Prairie View en el NCAA: Próximo Rival Iowa
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21 de marzo de 2026, 00:59 a.m. ET
La historia estaba presente en la mente del equipo de baloncesto de Florida el viernes por la noche.
Los Gators demolieron a Prairie View A&M 114-55 en Tampa en la Ronda de 64 del Torneo de Baloncesto Masculino de la NCAA. Fue la victoria más grande de Florida en la historia del torneo y la mayor cantidad de puntos anotados en un solo juego.
Fue la segunda victoria más amplia en la historia de March Madness, solo superada por la victoria de 69 puntos de Loyola Chicago sobre Tennessee Tech en 1963. Es la victoria más amplia para un equipo número uno sobre un número dieciséis.
Prairie View, que derrotó a Lehigh en la Primera Cuatro, comenzó con un 5 de 7 en tiros de tres puntos e incluso empató el juego a 15 antes de que UF impusiera su dominio con una racha de 18-0.
El entrenador en jefe de los Panthers, Bryon Smith, dijo cuando UF lideraba 33-15 que PVAM “necesitaba ayuda del Señor”.
Todd Golden y los Gators se aseguraron de que la intervención divina no fuera una opción. La ventaja se amplió a 60-21 al medio tiempo, y Golden pudo vaciar su banquillo en la segunda mitad.
UF terminó con un porcentaje de tiro de campo del 64% y un 46% en tiros de tres puntos. Los cinco titulares anotaron en doble dígito, liderados por los 16 puntos de Boogie Fland con un perfecto 6 de 6 en tiros de campo. Incluso Oliver Rioux entró en juego y se convirtió en el jugador más alto en anotar en un partido de March Madness.
Los Gators jugarán contra Iowa a continuación. Los Hawkeyes, novenos clasificados, derrotaron a Clemson 67-61 en el partido previo a Florida a pesar de tener un porcentaje de tiro de campo del 38%.
UF e Iowa nunca se han enfrentado en baloncesto. Los Hawkeyes no han llegado a la Dulce Dieciséis desde 1999.
Florida jugará contra Iowa a las 7:10 p.m. ET del domingo 22 de marzo en Tampa, en el Benchmark International Arena. El segundo partido de Tampa (Texas Tech No. 5 vs. Alabama No. 4) seguirá inmediatamente al partido de UF a las 9:45 p.m.
Comprar entradas para el Torneo de la NCAA de baloncesto de Florida
Florida contra Iowa se televisará en TBS con Tom McCarthy y Dan Bonner en la narración, con AJ Ross proporcionando informes desde la banda. Sean Kelley y el ex Gator Lee Humphrey también tendrán la transmisión de radio en la Red de Deportes de los Gators.
El partido también se puede transmitir en vivo en Sling, que ofrece un pase de un día para aquellos que no son suscriptores.
Ver el partido de baloncesto de Florida contra Iowa en el torneo de la NCAA en Sling
Noah Ram cubre los deportes de los Florida Gators y las escuelas secundarias del área de Gainesville para The Gainesville Sun, GatorSports.com y la Red USA TODAY. Contáctalo en nram@usatodayco.com. Síguelo en X @Noah_ram1 y en Instagram @Ramreporter. Lee su cobertura de la temporada de baloncesto de campeonato nacional de los Gators en “CHOMP-IONS!” — un libro de mesa de café de tapa dura de The Sun. Detalles en Florida.ChampsBook.com.
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Actualizado el 15 de marzo de 2026, 14:33 CT
El torneo de la NCAA se acerca y la emoción está en su punto más alto. El domingo 15 de marzo se revelará el bracket oficial, dando inicio a la March Madness. Se espera que al menos 10 equipos de la SEC, incluyendo a Vanderbilt y Tennessee, formen parte de los 68 equipos seleccionados.
Además, Tennessee State hará su primera aparición en el torneo de la NCAA desde 1994, un logro histórico para el equipo.
La ceremonia de selección se transmitirá a nivel nacional por CBS y estará disponible en streaming a través de la aplicación CBS Sports y Fubo, que ofrece una prueba gratuita a nuevos suscriptores.
El evento comenzará a las 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT.
A continuación, las fechas y sedes del torneo:
Updated March 15, 2026, 9:52 a.m. MT
Does the season continue?
The Colorado State men’s basketball team knows it won’t be picked for the 2026 NCAA Tournament, but the Rams have said they want to keep playing.
That chance would most likely come via NIT. Here’s what to know about the NIT selection process and timing and if the Rams might be in.
The 32-team tournament is by invite from a committee.
Sixteen «exempt» teams make up half of the field. Four spots are taken up by top teams from the ACC and SEC not selected for the NCAA tournament field, while the remaining 12 «exempt» spots go to the top team in the top 12 conferences, based on the KenPom Rankings.
The remaining 16 spots are automatic bids for conference regular season champions that have a «KNIT» score of 125 or better and at-large teams of the best available teams that did not make it into the tournament.
All that said, there are other factors, too. Some teams in recent years have opted out of non-NCAA Tournament postseason invites. Belmont, for instance, has said it will not take part this year.
CSU coach Ali Farokhmanesh and players have said the Rams want to continue playing, if possible.
The 32-team field will be announced at 7:30 p.m. Mountain March 15, according to the NIT’s social media channels.
There is no TV selection show, but the selections will be announced on the NIT’s social media pages.
CSU is No. 86 in KenPom. The Rams are seventh in the MW in KenPom, so there could be some competition from within the league for NIT spots.
A bracketology projection from DRatings has CSU as a «last four in» to the NIT.
In addition to several MW teams in NIT contention, rival Colorado is as well. Niko Medved-led Minnesota could be in the mix, too.
If CSU does make it in the NIT, it will come quickly. First-round games begin March 17.
In addition to the NIT, there is an eight-team College Basketball Crown tournament held in early April in Las Vegas.
Sports reporter Kevin Lytle can be found on social media on X, Instagram and Threads @Kevin_Lytle and on Bluesky.
