NCAA D1 Men's Basketball

March Madness Qualifiers

Big South: Longwood (first March Madness appearance) 

Missouri Valley: Loyola-Chicago (second straight)

*Loyola's quest for a third straight March Madness spot will be in a new conference, as they will be in the Atlantic-10 next season 

Ohio Valley: Murray State (eighteenth title)

Boxing on May 21st

Interim WBC Super Middleweight Title Fight: David Benavidez v. David Lemieux 

NBA Milestones

Jayson Tatum can become the first Boston Celtic with five career fifty-point games, as he has tied Larry Bird for most in team history with his fourth against Brooklyn 

UFC Columbus on March 26th

David Onama will replace Lerone Murphy against Nate Landwehr 

Combat Sports News

Khabib Nurmagomedov will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame Class of 2022. He retired in October 2020 with a 29-0 record, a 13-0 UFC record and three defenses of the lightweight title 

No longer on the UFC roster: Collin Anglin, Hunter Azure, Dakota Bush, Fabio Cherant, Andre Ewell, Dhiego Lima, Mallory Martin, Danilo Marques, Sean Soriano, Jordan Williams and David Zawada

Cruiserweight Boxing

Mairis Breidis' IBF title defense against Jai Opetaia will take place May 11th (originally set for June 6th)  

UFC next weekend

Claudio Silva is out of a bout against Gunnar Nelson 

Boxing on May 14th

Jermell Charlo v. Brian Castano undisputed title rematch

*If the matchup doesn't happen, the belt will be declared vacant 

*If Charlo withdraws, Castano must face Tim Tszyu-Terrell Gausha winner 

UFC this weekend

Terrance McKinney will replace Ricky Glenn against Drew Dober 

Boxing on March 26th

Miguel Berchelt's lightweight debut (moving up from super featherweight) v. Jeremiah Nakathila 

UFC on April 30th

Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert v. Krzysztof Jotko 

Boxing News

Tyson Fury's heavyweight title defense against Dillian Whyte will be the final one of his boxing career, but not of his combat sports career