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31 March 2007 (Saturday)
- Baseball Spring training finale
- "Civil Rights Game": St. Louis Cardinals 5, Cleveland Indians 1, AutoZone Park, Memphis, Tennessee.
- Basketball:
- NCAA Final Four at the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia:
- National Semifinals:
- (South #1) Ohio State 67, (East #2) Georgetown 60
- (Midwest #1) Florida 76, (West #2) UCLA 66
- National Semifinals:
- NCAA Final Four at the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia:
- Cricket
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
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- 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
29 March 2007 (Thursday)
- Basketball:
- NCAA NIT Final at Madison Square Garden: West Virginia 78, Clemson 73
- Football (soccer): Former Argentina striker Diego Maradona was rushed to the hospital due to alcohol and cigarette abuse.
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
28 March 2007 (Wednesday)
- Football (soccer) 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
- Group A:
- Group A:
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- Group B:
- Group B:
- Group B:
- Group C:
- Group C:
- Group C:
- Group D:
- Group D:
- Group D:
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- Group G:
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- Group A:
- Former Major League Baseball pitcher Ugueth Urbina was sentenced by a Venezuelan court to 14 years in prison for the attempted murders of five workers on his family farm in 2005. www.usatoday.com
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
- Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga becomes the first player to take four wickets in four balls in an ODI.
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
- Basketball: Chinese Basketball Association 2006–07 Finals:
- The Bayi Rockets defeat the Guangdong Southern Tigers 88–83 to win the best-of-seven championship series, 4–1.
27 March 2007 (Tuesday)
- Basketball:
- NCAA Women's Tournament Elite Eight:
- Dayton Final:
- (1) Tennessee 98, (7) Mississippi 62
- The 36-point margin of victory is the largest in a Regional Finals in Women's tournament history.
- Dallas Final:
- (1) North Carolina 84, (2) Purdue 72
- Dayton Final:
- NCAA Women's Tournament Elite Eight:
26 March 2007 (Monday)
- Basketball:
- NCAA Women's Tournament Elite Eight:
- Greensboro Final:
- (4) Rutgers 64, (3) Arizona State 45
- Fresno Final:
- (3) LSU 73, (1) Connecticut 50
- Greensboro Final:
- NCAA Women's Tournament Elite Eight:
25 March 2007 (Sunday)
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup:
- (1) Kyle Busch (2) Jeff Burton (3) Jeff Gordon
- Race extended by four laps because of green-white-checkers finish in the first Car of Tomorrow race. Kyle Busch's win gives Chevrolet their 600th Cup victory.
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup:
- Basketball:
- NCAA Women's Tournament Sweet 16:
- Dayton Regional:
- (1) Tennessee 65, (13) Marist 46
- (7) Mississippi 90, (3) Oklahoma 82
- Dallas Regional:
- (2) Purdue 78, (3) Georgia 65
- (1) North Carolina 70, (5) George Washington 56
- Dayton Regional:
- NCAA Men's Tournament Regional Finals:
- Midwest Regional Final at St. Louis, Missouri:
- Lee Humphrey sinks seven three-pointers and frustrates his Oregon counterpart Tajuan Porter all game. The Gators become the first defending champion to reach the Final Four since Michigan State in 2001.
- East Regional Final at East Rutherford, New Jersey:
- (2) Georgetown 96, (1) North Carolina 84 (OT)
- North Carolina takes a 10-point lead with 6 minutes left in regulation. But the Tar Heels go stone cold shooting just as Jeff Green and the Hoyas catch fire. UNC goes 1-for-23 from the floor over a nearly 15-minute period that ends in the closing seconds of overtime, when the team hits its only basket of the extra period.
- Midwest Regional Final at St. Louis, Missouri:
- NCAA Women's Tournament Sweet 16:
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group B:
- Group B:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
24 March 2007 (Saturday)
- Football (soccer) 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
- Group A:
- Group A:
- Group A:
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- Group B:
- Group B:
- Group B:
- Group C:
- Group C:
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- Group D:
- Group D:
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- Group E:
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- Group F:
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- Group G:
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- Group A:
- US College basketball:
- NCAA Women's Tournament Sweet 16
- Greensboro Regional:
- (3) Arizona State 67, (7) Bowling Green 49
- (4) Rutgers 53, (1) Duke 52
- Lindsay Harding missed two free throws with :00.1 remaining to allow the Scarlet Knights to meet Arizona State in Monday's regional final.
- Fresno Regional:
- (1) Connecticut 78, (4) North Carolina State 71
- (3) LSU 55, (10) Florida State 43
- Greensboro Regional:
- NCAA Men's Tournament Regional Finals:
- South Regional Final at San Antonio, Texas:
- (1) Ohio State 92, (2) Memphis 76
- Ohio State falls behind after center Greg Oden is forced to the bench after picking up his third foul early in the second half. Oden's return to the floor sparks the Buckeyes to a 20–8 run that puts them ahead for good. The Tigers' winning streak ends at 25 games; the Buckeyes' 21-game streak is now the nation's longest.
- West Regional Final at San Jose, California:
- The Bruins advance to the Final Four for the 17th time. Arron Afflalo leads UCLA with 24 points, while Darren Collison adds another 14, including a key three-pointer to beat the shotclock late in the game. The two defensive powers combine for a tournament-record 32 steals.
- South Regional Final at San Antonio, Texas:
- In the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship Final in Springfield, Massachusetts, Barton (North Carolina) stuns defending champions Winona State (Minnesota), which had been on a Division II-record 57-game winning streak, 77–75. After Winona State had taken a 74–67 lead with 45 seconds left, Barton's Anthony Atkinson scores 10 points in the last 39 seconds, including the game-winning layup at the buzzer. (AP via Sports Illustrated)
- NCAA Women's Tournament Sweet 16
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group A:
- Group C:
- Group A:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Rugby union:
- 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying:
- 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying:
23 March 2007 (Friday)
- US Men's College basketball:
- NCAA Men's Tournament Sweet 16:
- Midwest Regional in St. Louis, Missouri:
- East Regional in East Rutherford, New Jersey:
- (2) Georgetown 66, (6) Vanderbilt 65
- (1) North Carolina 74, (5) Southern California 64
- NCAA Men's Tournament Sweet 16:
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group B:
- Group D:
- Group B:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
22 March 2007 (Thursday)
- Basketball:
- US Men's college basketball:
- NCAA Men's Tournament Sweet 16:
- West Regional in San Jose, California:
- (1) Kansas 61, (4) Southern Illinois 58
- (2) UCLA 64, (3) Pittsburgh 55
- South Regional in San Antonio, Texas:
- (2) Memphis 65, (3) Texas A&M 64
- (1) Ohio State 85, (5) Tennessee 84
- West Regional in San Jose, California:
- Away from the Madness of March, Tubby Smith resigns as head coach at Kentucky and accepts the same job at Minnesota.
- NCAA Men's Tournament Sweet 16:
- NBA: Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 60 points against the Memphis Grizzlies away from home. Scoring 50 or more for three consecutive games, Bryant tied the record set by Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and Michael Jordan.
- Euroleague: Final day of Top 16 play in Group D and Group E. Teams qualifying for the quarterfinals are in bold.
- Group D:
- TAU Cerámica
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
- TAU Cerámica
- Group E:
- Olympiacos
- CSKA Moscow
- Olympiacos
- Group D:
- US Men's college basketball:
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group A:
- Group C:
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- The death of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer has been ruled as "asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation" by Jamaican police.
- Group A:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
21 March 2007 (Wednesday)
- European Basketball:
- Euroleague: Final day of Top 16 play in Group F and Group G. Teams qualifying for the quarterfinals are in bold.
- Group F:
- Winterthur FCB
- Efes Pilsen
- Winterthur FCB
- Group G:
- In a winner-take-all showdown in Moscow for second place in the group and a quarterfinal berth, Dynamo Moscow
- Aris TT Bank
- In a winner-take-all showdown in Moscow for second place in the group and a quarterfinal berth, Dynamo Moscow
- Group F:
- Euroleague: Final day of Top 16 play in Group F and Group G. Teams qualifying for the quarterfinals are in bold.
- Cricket
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group B:
- Group D:
- Group B:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
20 March 2007 (Tuesday)
- Basketball:
- The completion of the second round of the NCAA Women's Tournament.
- Greensboro 7th seed Bowling Green stunned the second seed in that region, Vanderbilt, 60–59, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
- Dayton 7th seed Ole Miss eliminated defending champions Maryland in another major upset, 89–78.
- The completion of the second round of the NCAA Women's Tournament.
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group A:
- Group C:
- Group A:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
19 March 2007 (Monday)
- Basketball:
- Second round of NCAA Women's Tournament begins.
- Marist continued their Cinderella story as the 13 seed in the Dayton Region, upsetting fifth seed Middle Tennessee, 73–59. The Red Foxes tied Liberty (2005) and Texas A&M (1994) as the lowest seed to go into the "Sweet Sixteen".
- Tenth-seeded Florida State upset second-seed Stanford on their home floor, 68–63 in the Fresno Region.
- In an NAIA Semi-Final game in Kansas City, Concordia (Cal.) ended the quest for Robert Morris (Ill.) and their unbeaten season, 124–119 in quadruple overtime. The combined score of 243 points by both teams is an all-time NAIA Tournament record.
- Second round of NCAA Women's Tournament begins.
- Football (soccer):
- 2006–07 FA Cup, sixth round proper (quarterfinal) replays:
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group B:
- It is the largest win margin in the World Cup
- Bermuda's 156 is their largest score in the World Cup
- India's 413/5 is the largest score any team has achieved in the World Cup
- Group D:
- Group B:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
18 March 2007 (Sunday)
- Auto racing:
- Formula One
- (1) Kimi Räikkönen
- Ferrari's Räikkönen wins the first race of the season. McLaren-Mercedes teammates Alonso and rookie F1-driver Hamilton take the next two spots.
- (1) Kimi Räikkönen
- NASCAR Nextel Cup:
- (1) Jimmie Johnson (2) Tony Stewart (3) Matt Kenseth
- Formula One
- Basketball:
- Final day of second round play in the NCAA Men's Tournament
- The day's biggest surprise came when UNLV, the #7 seed in the Midwest Regional, upset #2 seed Wisconsin, 74–68.
- In the East Regional, #5 Southern California whips #4 Texas, 87–68, potentially ending Kevin Durant's collegiate career.
- Other winners were Florida, Oregon, Kansas, Southern Illinois, Tennessee and Memphis.
- Completion of the first round of the NCAA Women's Tournament
- Final day of second round play in the NCAA Men's Tournament
- Cricket
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group A:
- Group C:
- Andrew Flintoff was left out of the England's team for this match and stripped of his vice-captaincy for breaching team discipline, after being caught heavy drinking and needed rescuing when he fell off a pedalo.
- Group A:
- Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach died in the team hotel hours after Pakistan's elimination from the World Cup at the age of 58.
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
17 March 2007 (Saturday)
- Auto racing:
- American Le Mans Series
- 2007 12 Hours of Sebring – Audi takes their 8th straight overall victory for Marco Werner, Frank Biela, and Emanuele Pirro. Acura takes victory in the LMP2 class in their debut with Andretti Green Racing, while Corvette Racing takes GT1. Risi Competizione's Ferrari takes GT2 victory by .202 seconds over Flying Lizard's Porsche.
- American Le Mans Series
- Basketball:
- Second round of NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament:
- In the East Region, sixth seed Vanderbilt tops third seed Washington State, 78–74, in double overtime; Derrick Byars sinks five three-pointers and scores 27 points for the Commodores.
- Virginia Commonwealth, seeded 11th in the West Region, erases a 19-point deficit against third seed Pittsburgh but falls in overtime, 84–79.
- Midwest Region fifth seed Butler beats fourth seed Maryland, 62–59, thanks to tight defense that forces 17 turnovers.
- South Region No. 9 Xavier nearly knocks off regional and national No. 1 Ohio State, which requires a three-pointer from Ron Lewis to send the game into overtime. The Buckeyes win the battle of Ohio, 78–71.
- UCLA, Georgetown, North Carolina and Texas A&M also advance to the Sweet 16.
- Opening round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
- The biggest upset of Day One saw Marist, the 13th seed in the Dayton Region, shock 4th-seeded Ohio State in a subregional at Palo Alto, California, 67–63. The Red Foxes, a member of the MAAC, gave their conference their first tourney win in 22 attempts.
- Second round of NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament:
- Boxing – at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas:
- WBC Super-Featherweight Championship:
- USBA Junior Welterweight Championship:
- WBO and IBA Junior Featherweight Championship:
- WBC Super-Featherweight Championship:
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group B:
- Group D:
Pakistan are out of the tournament and Ireland is almost assured a place in the super eights. This is the first world cup victory for Ireland.
- Group B:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Football (soccer):
- In a historic first, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Paul Robinson scored a goal in a Premier League match against Watford on an 80-yard free kick, as the ball took a bad hop past Ben Foster, the Hornets' keeper and Robinson's English national teammate as the Spurs won the match, 3–1. The other goalkeepers who scored in an Premier League game – Peter Schmeichel for Aston Villa in 2001 and Brad Friedel for Blackburn Rovers in 2004 – lost their matches.
- Rugby union:
- 2007 Six Nations
The 2007 Six Nations Championship is settled by extra-time tries by Italy and France, which deprived Ireland of the title in favour of France because of points difference. England could still have won the title if they had beaten Wales by 57 clear points – but Wales were determined not to be whitewashed for the second time in three years.
- 2007 Six Nations
- Tennis
- 2007 WTA Tour:
- Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California:
Final: (14) Daniela Hantuchová
- Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California:
- 2007 WTA Tour:
16 March 2007 (Friday)
- Basketball:
- The completion of the NCAA Men's Tournament first round.
- In what many considered an upset, Winthrop, the 11th seed in the Midwest region, defeated sixth-seeded Notre Dame 74–64 in Spokane, Washington.
- NBA:
- Kobe Bryant scores 61 points, the third time he has scored 60 points or more in a game, as the Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Portland Trail Blazers, 116–111 in overtime.
- The completion of the NCAA Men's Tournament first round.
- Cricket
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group C:
- Group A:
- Herschelle Gibbs is the first ever batsman to hit six sixes in an over in International Cricket
- Mark Boucher hit the fastest fifty in World Cup history in 21 balls
- Group C:
- Bangladesh's Manjural Islam dies at 22 in a road accident in Bangladesh after the end of a days play at a first class match. He is now the youngest Test cricketer to die. He is also the first Bangladeshi bowler to take a wicket in his first international over by getting the wicket of Michael Vaughan with his 3rd ball.
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
15 March 2007 (Thursday)
- Baseball:
- Bowie Kuhn, commissioner of baseball from 1969 to 1984, died from complications of pneumonia at age 80.
- Basketball:
- College Basketball: 2007 NCAA Men's Tournament begins.
- In the first upset of the tournament, Virginia Commonwealth, seeded 11th in the West Region, beats sixth-seeded Duke, 79–77, on Eric Maynor's last-second shot. It is the Blue Devils' earliest exit since 1996.
- College Basketball: 2007 NCAA Men's Tournament begins.
- Football (soccer):
- 2006–07 UEFA Cup Round of 16, second leg (aggregate score in parentheses, winners in bold).
- 2006–07 UEFA Cup Round of 16, second leg (aggregate score in parentheses, winners in bold).
- Cricket
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group B:
- Group D:
- Group B:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
14 March 2007 (Wednesday)
- Basketball:
- The NBA's Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Terry Stotts and replaced him for the remainder of the season with assistant coach Larry Krystkowiak, known as "Special K" in his playing days at the University of Montana, effective with the March 15 contest against the San Antonio Spurs.
- Football (Soccer)
- 2006–07 UEFA Cup Round of 16, second leg (first leg in parentheses, winners in bold).
- Valenica and Inter Milan were fined €106,000 for their fracas following their second leg in the Champions League match. Valencia's David Navarro, whose punch started the brawl, was suspended for seven months, which could also include La Liga and FIFA matches as well. Three others from Valencia and two from Inter Milan were also suspended from between two and six UEFA sanctioned matches.
- 2006–07 UEFA Cup Round of 16, second leg (first leg in parentheses, winners in bold).
- Cricket
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group A:
- Group C:
- James Anderson of the English cricket team has injured his pinky finger on his left hand two days before England's first match. Actions by the ECB will be decided later in the week.
- Group A:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
13 March 2007 (Tuesday)
- Ice hockey:
- The Dallas Stars' Mike Modano scores his 500th NHL goal against the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3–2 win.
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh Penguins agree to build a new arena in Pittsburgh with $270 million (US) from casino revenues, thus ending speculation of the franchise leaving following the season.
- Basketball:
- NCAA Men's Tournament Play-In Game:
- Niagara 77, Florida A&M 69 (at Dayton, Ohio)
- NBA:
- The Charlotte Bobcats announce that Bernie Bickerstaff will be relieved of head coaching duties following this season.
- NCAA Men's Tournament Play-In Game:
- Cricket:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Group D:
- Group D:
- 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
- Dogsled racing:
- Iditarod XXXV:
- Iditarod XXXV:
12 March 2007 (Monday)
- College Basketball:
- The top seeds for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament are Duke (Greensboro), Connecticut (Fresno), North Carolina (Dallas) and Tennessee (Dayton).
11 March 2007 (Sunday)
- Football (soccer):
- 2006–07 FA Cup, quarterfinals:
- Rugby union:
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup:
- Basketball:
- College Basketball:
- The top seeds for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament are defending champion Florida (Midwest), North Carolina (East), Ohio State (South) and Kansas (West).
- NCAA men's conference finals:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- ACC: (8) North Carolina 89, NC State 80 at Tampa, Florida
- Big 10: (1) Ohio State 66, (3) Wisconsin 49 at Chicago, Illinois
- Big 12: (2) Kansas 88, (15) Texas 84 (OT) at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- SEC: (6) Florida 77, Arkansas 56 at Atlanta, Georgia
- Southland: Texas A&M-CC 81, Northwestern State 78 at Houston, Texas
- NCAA women's conference finals:
- America East: UMBC 48, Hartford 46 at Vestal, New York
- Colonial: Old Dominion 78, James Madison 70 at Newark, Delaware
- Horizon: (22) Wisconsin–Green Bay 91, Butler 64
- Missouri Valley: Drake 65, Creighton 64 (OT)
- College Basketball:
10 March 2007 (Saturday)
- Football (soccer):
- 2006–07 FA Cup, quarterfinals:
- Rugby union:
- Basketball:
- NCAA men's college basketball
- Conference Tournament Finals:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- America East: Albany 60, Vermont 59
- Atlantic 10: George Washington 78, Rhode Island 69 at Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Big East: (9) Georgetown 65, (13) Pittsburgh 42 at New York City
- Big West: Long Beach State 94, Cal Poly 83 at Anaheim, California
- Conference USA: (5) Memphis 71, Houston 59
- MAC: Miami (OH) 53, Akron 52 at Cleveland, Ohio
- MEAC: Florida A&M 58, Delaware State 56 at Raleigh, North Carolina
- Mountain West: (25) UNLV 78, (23) Brigham Young 70
- Pacific-10: (16) Oregon 81, Southern California 57 at Los Angeles, California
- SWAC: Jackson State 81, Mississippi Valley State 71 at Birmingham, Alabama
- WAC: New Mexico State 72, Utah State 70
- Conference Tournament Semis:
- ACC at Tampa, Florida:
- (8) North Carolina 71, Boston College 56
- NC State 72, Virginia Tech 64
- Big 10 at Chicago:
- (1) Ohio State 63, Purdue 52
- (3) Wisconsin 53, Illinois 41
- Big 12 Tournament at Oklahoma City:
- (2) Kansas 67, Kansas State 61
- (15) Texas 69, Oklahoma State 64
- SEC at Atlanta:
- (6) Florida 80 Mississippi 59
- Arkansas 81, Mississippi State 72
- ACC at Tampa, Florida:
- Winona State sets an all-time record for NCAA Division II with its 53rd straight win, a 100–73 rout of St. Cloud State in the first round of the Division II national tournament. (AP via ESPN)
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- NCAA women's college basketball
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- Atlantic Sun: Belmont 69, East Tennessee State 57 at Dothan, Alabama
- Big 12: (11) Oklahoma 67, Iowa State 60 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Big Sky: Idaho State 84, Northern Arizona 78 at Missoula, Montana
- Big South: UNC Asheville 67, Radford 57
- Big West: UC Riverside 70, UCSB 67 at Anaheim, California
- MAC: (20) Bowling Green 67, Ball State 53 at Cleveland, Ohio
- MEAC: Delaware State 55, Morgan State 42 at Raleigh, North Carolina
- Mountain West: New Mexico 63, Brigham Young 49 at Las Vegas, Nevada
- Northeast: Robert Morris 68, Sacred Heart 66
- Southland: UT Arlington 68, Stephen F. Austin 47 at Houston, Texas
- SWAC: Prairie View A&M 68, Jackson State 62 at Birmingham, Alabama
- WAC: Boise State 49, New Mexico State 46
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- NCAA men's college basketball
9 March 2007 (Friday)
- Basketball:
- NCAA men's conference tournaments:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- Patriot League, Final at Worcester, Massachusetts:
- Holy Cross 74, Bucknell 66.
- Big 10, quarterfinals at Chicago:
- (1) Ohio State 72, Michigan 62
- (3) Wisconsin 70, Michigan State 57
- Big 12, quarterfinals at Oklahoma City:
- Conference USA, semifinals at Memphis:
- SEC, quarterfinals at Atlanta:
- ACC, quarterfinals at Tampa, Florida:
- (8) North Carolina 73, Florida State 58
- Big East, semifinals at New York City:
- (9) Georgetown 84, (20) Notre Dame 82
- (13) Pittsburgh 65, (12) Louisville 59
- WAC, semifinals at Las Cruces, New Mexico:
- Utah State 79, (10) Nevada 77
- Pacific-10, semifinals at Los Angeles:
- Southern California 70, (11) Washington State 61
- (16) Oregon 81, California 63
- Mountain West, semifinals at Las Vegas, Nevada:
- (23) Brigham Young 96, Wyoming 84
- (25) UNLV 88, Colorado State 72
- Patriot League, Final at Worcester, Massachusetts:
- NCAA men's conference tournaments:
- Ice hockey:
- The National Hockey League suspends Chris Simon of the New York Islanders indefinitely for a violent hit on Ryan Hollweg of the New York Rangers. Two days later, the suspension became 25 games (in essence, the remainder of the Islanders' regular season games). (New York Times)
- Cricket:
- World Cup warm-up matches:
- World Cup warm-up matches:
8 March 2007 (Thursday)
- Football (soccer):
- 2006–07 UEFA Cup Round of 16, first leg.
- 2006–07 UEFA Cup Round of 16, first leg.
- Cricket:
- World Cup warm-up matches:
- World Cup warm-up matches:
- Basketball:
- Euroleague:
- In Top 16 Group F, Panathinaikos
- In Top 16 Group G, Dynamo Moscow
- In Top 16 Group F, Panathinaikos
- Israel women's state cup final:
- Elitzur Ramla 73, Anda Ramat Hasharon 68.
- NCAA men's conference tournaments:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- Pacific-10, quarterfinals at Los Angeles:
- California 76, (4) UCLA 69 (OT).
- (11) Washington State 74, Washington 64.
- (16) Oregon 69, Arizona 50.
- Conference USA, quarterfinals at Memphis:
- Big East, quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden, New York City:
- (9) Georgetown 62, Villanova 57.
- (12) Louisville 82, West Virginia 71 (2 OT).
- (13) Pittsburgh 89, (18) Marquette 79
- (20) Notre Dame 89, Syracuse 83.
- WAC, quarterfinals at Las Cruces, New Mexico:
- ACC, 1st round at Tampa, Florida:
- Miami (Florida) 67, (17) Maryland 62.
- North Carolina State 85, (21) Duke 80.
- SEC, 1st round at Atlanta:
- Mountain West, quarterfinals at Las Vegas:
- (23) Brigham Young 77, TCU 64.
- (25) UNLV 80, Utah 54.
- Pacific-10, quarterfinals at Los Angeles:
- Euroleague:
- Dogsled racing
- Iditarod XXXV:
- Iditarod XXXV:
7 March 2007 (Wednesday)
- Football (soccer):
- 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, Last-16 stage, second leg:
(aggregate score in parentheses)- A.C. Milan
- Arsenal
- Manchester United
- Bayern Munich
- A.C. Milan
- 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, Last-16 stage, second leg:
Bayern Munich's Roy Makaay scores the fastest UCL goal in history – 11 seconds into the match – leading the way into the quarterfinals.
- AFC Champions League 2007, Group stage, round 1:
- Group A: Al Rayyan
- Group A: Al Arabi Kuwait
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- Group B: Al-Hilal
- Group C: Al Najaf
- Group C: Al Karama
- Group D: Sepahan
- Group D: Al Ain FC
- Group E: Urawa Reds
- Group E: Shanghai Shenhua
- Group F: Bangkok University FC
- Group F: Arema Malang
- Group G: Adelaide United
- Group G: Ilhwa Chunma
- Group A: Al Rayyan
- AFC Champions League 2007, Group stage, round 1:
- Basketball:
- NCAA men's college basketball:
- Conference Tournament Finals:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- Big Sky: Weber State 88, Northern Arizona 80.
- Northeast: Central Connecticut 74, Sacred Heart 70.
- (18) Marquette 76, St. John's 67 (Big East tournament 1st round at New York City).
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- NCAA women's college basketball:
- Pokey Chatman resigns unexpectedly as head coach at LSU. Allegations later surface of an inappropriate sexual relationship between her and a former player. The resignation had originally been effective upon the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament, but instead took effect on March 8.(ESPN)
- Conference Tournament Final:
- Patriot League: Holy Cross 56, American 48.
- Euroleague:
- TAU Cerámica
- CSKA Moscow
- TAU Cerámica
- NCAA men's college basketball:
6 March 2007 (Tuesday)
- Football (soccer):
- 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, Last-16 stage, second leg:
(aggregate score in parenethesis)
- 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, Last-16 stage, second leg:
Following the match, both teams rioted on the pitch. UEFA will investigate into this.
- Basketball:
- 2006-07 NBA season: The Dallas Mavericks, with a 51–9 record, become the first team to qualify for the 2007 NBA Playoffs with a 102–89 win over the New Jersey Nets.
- NCAA men's college basketball:
- Conference Tournament Finals:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- Horizon: Wright State 60, (19) Butler 55.
- Mid-Continent: Oral Roberts 71, Oakland 67.
- Sun Belt: North Texas 83, Arkansas State 75, at Lafayette, Louisiana
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- NCAA women's college basketball:
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- Big East: (19) Rutgers 55, (2) UConn 47 at Hartford, Connecticut
- Mid-Continent: Oral Roberts 72, Oakland 55.
- Sun Belt: (16) Middle Tennessee 77, Louisiana-Lafayette 67.
- Texas coach Jody Conradt became the second women's coach to win 900 games (joining Tennessee's Pat Summitt) as her Longhorns beat Missouri, 70–53 in the opening round of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament in Oklahoma City.
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- Cricket:
- World Cup warm-up matches:
- World Cup warm-up matches:
5 March 2007 (Monday)
- Basketball:
- NBA: Sacramento Kings star Ron Artest is arrested on domestic violence charges. The Kings respond immediately, suspending Artest indefinitely. (ESPN)
- NCAA men's college basketball:
- Conference Tournament Finals:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- MAAC: Niagara 83, Siena 79 at Bridgeport, Connecticut
- CAA: Virginia Commonwealth 65, George Mason 59, at Richmond, Virginia
- West Coast: Gonzaga 77, Santa Clara 68 at Portland, Oregon
- Winthrop enters the AP Poll Top-25 for the first time at #24.
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- NCAA women's college basketball:
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- Atlantic 10: Xavier 65, Saint Joseph's 59.
- Big 10: (12) Purdue 64, (5) Ohio State 52, at Indianapolis.
- Pacific-10: (6) Stanford 62, (8) Arizona State 55 at San Jose, California.
- (2) UConn 76, (23) Louisville 50.
- (19) Rutgers 63, (21) Marquette 55
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- Cricket:
- World Cup warm-up matches:
- World Cup warm-up matches:
4 March 2007 (Sunday)
- Auto racing:
- Colombia-born Juan Pablo Montoya becomes the first driver not born in North America to win a NASCAR Busch Series race winning the Telcel Motorola 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.
- Basketball:
- NCAA Men's college basketball:
- Conference Tournament Finals:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- Missouri Valley: Creighton 67, (11) Southern Illinois 61 at St. Louis, Missouri
- (5) Florida 85, Kentucky 72. Florida becomes the first SEC team ever to win six consecutive games against the Wildcats, the conference's traditional basketball superpower.
- (8) North Carolina 86, (14) Duke 72
- Clemson 75, (21) Virginia Tech 74. The Hokies loss, combined with the Tar Heels victory, clinches the ACC regular season title for North Carolina.
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- NCAA Women's college basketball:
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- ACC: (4) North Carolina 60, (24) NC State 54, at Greensboro, North Carolina.
- SEC: (13) Vanderbilt 51, (11) LSU 45, at Duluth, Georgia.
- Conference USA: East Carolina 79, Rice 70, at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- MAAC: Marist 64, Iona 57 (OT) at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- WCC: Gonzaga 64, Loyola Marymount 47 at Portland, Oregon.
- (3) UConn 74, South Florida 54.
- (5) Ohio State 73, Penn State 71 (OT).
- (7) Stanford 67, Southern California 52.
- Saint Joseph's 57, (8) George Washington 55.
- (9) Arizona State 60, (25) Cal 53.
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- Philippine Basketball Association 2007 Fiesta Conference Opening Day at the Cuneta Astrodome
- Red Bull Barako 98, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 88
- Coca-Cola Tigers 81, Welcoat Dragons 79
- NCAA Men's college basketball:
- Tennis:
- 2007 ATP Tour:
- Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, Nevada:
Final: (2) Lleyton Hewitt
- Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, Nevada:
- 2007 ATP Tour:
- Dogsled racing: The Iditarod XXXV restarts in Willow. This marks the beginning of the competitive portion of the race.
3 March 2007 (Saturday)
- Basketball:
- NCAA men's college basketball:
- Conference Tournament Finals:
(home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface)- Atlantic Sun: Belmont 92, East Tennessee State 67.
- Big South: Winthrop 84, VMI 81.
- Ohio Valley: Eastern Kentucky 63, Austin Peay 62 at Nashville, Tennessee.
- Southern: Davidson 72, College of Charleston 65 at North Charleston, South Carolina.
- (1) Ohio State 65, Michigan 61.
- Washington 61, (2) UCLA 51.
- (3) Kansas 90, (15) Texas 86
- (4) Wisconsin 52, Michigan State 50.
- (6) Memphis 64, SMU 61.
- (7) Texas A&M 94, Missouri 78.
- (9) Georgetown 59, Connecticut 46.
- (10) Nevada 69, New Mexico State 63.
- (11) Southern Illinois 53, Bradley 51.
- (20) Marquette 75, (12) Pittsburgh 71.
- (13) Washington State 88, (23) Southern California 86 (2 OT).
- (18) Butler 67, Loyola Chicago 61 (OT).
- Arkansas 82, (19) Vanderbilt 67.
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- NCAA women's college basketball:
- The top two teams in the AP poll fell in their conference tournaments. Top-ranked Duke lost for the first time this season, going down 70–65 to NC State in the ACC tournament semifinals, while second-ranked Tennessee fell in the SEC semis to LSU 63–54.
- (4) North Carolina 78, (6) Maryland 72.
- (7) Stanford 65, Arizona 55.
- (8) George Washington 61, Dayton 45.
- (9) Arizona State 74, UCLA 64.
- (13) Vanderbilt 81, (10) Georgia 56.
- Conference Tournament Finals:
- Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri 62, Murray State 60 at Nashville, Tennessee.
- Southern: Chattanooga 84, Western Carolina 66 at North Charleston, South Carolina.
- NCAA men's college basketball:
- Tennis:
- 2007 ATP Tour:
- Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, UAE:
Final: (1) Roger Federer
- Abierto Mexicano TELCEL in Acapulco, Mexico:
Final: (4) Juan Ignacio Chela
- Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, UAE:
- 2007 WTA Tour:
- Qatar Total Open in Doha, Qatar:
Final: (1) Justine Henin - Abierto Mexicano TELCEL in Acapulco, Mexico:
Final: Émilie Loit
- Qatar Total Open in Doha, Qatar:
- 2007 ATP Tour:
- Cycling:
- Omloop "Het Volk":
- Filippo Pozzato
- Filippo Pozzato
- Omloop "Het Volk":
- Dogsled racing: The ceremonial start the Iditarod XXXV begins in Anchorage, Alaska. Eighty-two mushers and their teams of dogs are competing. The race runs more than 1,049 mi (1,600+ km) to Nome, across the United States state of Alaska.
2 March 2007 (Friday)
- Football (soccer):
- Basketball:
- Men's college basketball:
- Penn 86, Yale 58. The Quakers officially clinch the first berth in the NCAA Men's Tournament clinching the Ivy League championship, the only conference without a season-ending conference tournament.
- (11) Southern Illinois 71, Drake 59.
- Women's college basketball:
- Men's college basketball:
- Ice hockey:
- NHL: Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores a goal against the Carolina Hurricanes to become the youngest player to record 200 points. (Yahoo sports)
1 March 2007 (Thursday)
- Basketball
- NBA: Steve Patterson resigns as president of the Portland Trail Blazers. He will be replaced temporarily by Seattle Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke. Both franchises are owned by Paul Allen.
- US men's college basketball:
- (2) UCLA 53, (13) Washington State 45
- (6) Memphis 78, UTEP 76
- Georgia Tech 84, (8) North Carolina 77
- Utah State 79, (10) Nevada 77 (OT)
- Virginia 69, (21) Virginia Tech 56
- Washington 85, (23) Southern California 70
gollark: I mean, yggdrasil is go.
gollark: Ah yes, fair.
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gollark: Hmm, `df -h` says 2.4GB used, `du -xhd 1 /` says 1.5GB used?
gollark: I'm surprised I have so many extra packages I guess.
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