Survive and advance. The 8th-seeded UConn men’s basketball team (24-10, 14-6 Big East) did exactly that in a gritty 8-9 game in a Friday nightcap win over 9th-seeded Oklahoma (20-14, 6-12 SEC) ...

A wider disparity between major conferences and lesser-known conferences has lent itself to fewer close games in the early ...