Dan Hurley couldn’t help but laugh on Monday night when he was asked about the officials during their loss in the national championship game. 

“Is there a fine?” Hurley turned to ask when the topic was brought up in the interview room at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, clearly joking around.

Hurley was plenty animated on the sidelines throughout UConn’s 69-63 loss to Michigan on Monday night in the national title game, which actually marked the program’s first ever loss in the championship game. 

That’s been pretty normal for the Huskies head coach, however, and it’s been a recurring trend throughout the NCAA tournament. Hurley went head-to-head with a referee without penalty at the tail end of their wild win over Duke in the Elite Eight, and he was booed hard by Illinois fans after their win over the Illini in the semifinals on Saturday.

UConn was called for 22 fouls on Monday night, compared to just the 13 that Michigan was called for. Three key UConn players — Silas Demary, Tarris Reed and Solo Ball — all had two fouls each in the first half. Demary ended up fouling out, too.

“I just thought the two fouls on those three guys in the first half, I thought we had a real good chance to go into the half with the lead … [that] really put us down at the half,” Hurley said on TBS after the game. “We just had to make more shots. We had great opportunities, I thought, from three. If you make three or four more, you have a great chance to win it. But how are you disappointed at all in your group?”

Michigan led the entire second half and held on late to grab the six-point win behind 19 points from Elliot Cadeau, who was named the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player. Alex Karaban led UConn with 17 points and 11 rebounds, but the Huskies went just 9-of-33 from behind the arc as a group. They did out-rebound Michigan 46-39 and had 22 offensive rebounds.  

But despite the foul discrepancy, Hurley didn’t place any blame on the officiating. The crew that worked the game, he said, was an “all-star group.”

“It’s such a physical game. Michigan is so physical,” Hurley said. “I just thought, again, it’s not the reason that we lost the game.”

Jason Day has plenty of sympathy for everything that Tiger Woods has gone through in his career, and his struggles off the course. 

But there is one thing that Day called “a little bit selfish” when he was asked about Woods on Monday ahead of the Masters. 

“When I look at [Woods], I look at it and go, he’s just a human being like everyone else and we have struggles,” Day said from Augusta National. “It’s unfortunate. The only thing that I don’t understand is that it’s a little bit selfish of him to drive and put other people in harm’s way, as well.

“But when you’re the player that he was and how strong-willed he is, he thinks he can do almost anything, and that’s probably why he’s probably driving and a little bit under the influence.”

Woods is not in the field this week at the Masters after he was involved in a rollover crash and arrested late last month in Florida. Woods collided with a pickup truck and rolled his Range Rover, and was arrested and charged with DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test. 

Woods has since pleaded not guilty, and has stepped away from golf for an undetermined period of time to seek treatment. Woods, officials said, had two hydrocodone pills in his pocket at the time of his arrest.

Woods was already recovering from a ruptured Achilles he suffered in March 2025. He also underwent surgery for a lumbar disc replacement in October, which marked the seventh back surgery he’s undergone in his career. He’s dealt with plenty of other injuries over the years, too, including a recovery after he nearly lost his leg in a separate car accident in Southern California in 2021.

“It just shows the human element and the human side of someone that is struggling with some sort of an addiction,” Day said. “He’s not immune to it just because he can hit a golf ball really well. 

“He's had 25 to 30-something surgeries, and when you're going through that many procedures, it's painful coming out of those procedures. I've had procedures done and I typically try and stay away from all that stuff because I just know that [with] painkillers, there can potentially be a downfall to it.”

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Day, who like Woods also reached No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings earlier in his career, has won 13 times on the PGA Tour. His last victory came at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson. He finished T6 two weeks ago at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, which marked his best finish since his runner-up outing at The American Express back in January. Day will enter the Masters, an event he finished T8 in last year, at No. 41 in the OWGR. 

While Day clearly isn’t excusing Woods’ actions, he is quick to understand the pressure that the 15-time major champion winner has been under throughout his career as the face of the sport. Though it’s unclear what’s on the other side of this for Woods, both on and off the course, Day is hopeful.

“He was my hero growing up. The reason why I play golf is because of this tournament and Tiger,” Day said. “It's hard to see him go through what he's going through, and especially under the microscope that — it must be hard to be who he is and have everything, everyone look on, kind of down on him.

“Some people want him to fail. Some people obviously want him to succeed. It's really difficult for me to go through that and watch him, and I know that he's getting the help now, which is good. I'm just hoping he comes out on the other side and is better.”

Stephen Curry appears to be back to normal. 

After missing 27 games with a lingering knee injury, Curry made his return on Sunday night and immediately looked back to his old self. It just wasn’t quite enough to lift the Golden State Warriors past the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets, after letting Golden State back in front in the final seconds, picked up a 117-116 win over the Warriors on a game-winner from Alperen Sengun.

Curry finished with 29 points off the bench after he went 11-of-21 from the field and 5-of-10 from the 3-point line. He played just 26 minutes, and had a look at a buzzer-beater from the top of the key, but it was just off the mark.

It was the first regular season game that Curry came off the bench for since the 2011-12 campaign. He last came off the bench in the first round of the playoffs in 2022. It was also the first time that Curry had shared the court with his brother, Seth Curry, while playing on the same team.

Stephen Curry takes off in return

Curry entered the game just under the five minute mark of the first quarter, and he received a standing ovation from fans at the Chase Center. Immediately, Curry found a cutting Charles Bassey for an easy dunk to pick up an assist on his first possession of the night. Then a few moments later, he drained a quick, deep 3-pointer through a pair of Rockets defenders in true Curry fashion.

He entered halftime with 10 points after shooting 4-of-10 from the field and 2-of-5 from behind the arc to keep the Warriors within just two points of the Rockets.

If his first half outing wasn’t enough, Curry proved himself in the third quarter. He dropped 11 points in the period and helped spark an 11-0 run to get the Warriors back in the contest, which included a deep 3-pointer and a wild and-one floater. 

Curry got the Warriors within a single point of Houston with about 60 seconds left in the contest, too, after he hit a huge 3-pointer between Sengun and Amen Thompson.

Gary Payton then got a layup on a goaltending call to put the Warriors up by one, which set up one final look for the Rockets. That’s when Sengun made his layup to seal the win for Houston.

Brandin Podziemski had 18 points to go with Curry’s 29 for the Warriors. Gui Santos finished with 15 points, too. The loss was the fourth straight for the Warriors, who now sit at 36-42 on the season and are in 10th in the Western Conference standings.

All five of the Rockets’ starters hit double figures in their win, led by 31 points, eight rebounds and eight assists from Kevin Durant. Sengun added 24 points and seven assists, too. The Rockets, at fifth in the West, have won six straight.

Stephen Curry working with ‘new normal’

Curry missed 27 games due to a right knee injury he first sustained back in January, though Curry wasn’t supposed to be out as long as he was. Eventually, after initially thinking it was a non-major injury, the Warriors described it as patella-femoral pain syndrome and bone bruising. 

Curry revealed on Saturday that there was no structural damage in his knee, but he’s trying to get to his “new normal” with his leg.

“It was more of a mental thing at first, meaning I didn’t know enough about it. I thought I was going to be out a week. Ten days max, let it calm down,” he said. “Every time I got on the court or tried to push it in that first month, there was always — I wouldn’t call it a reaction, it just wasn’t healing as fast as you thought.

“The patience then was tough just because it’s one of those injuries you really have to let rest. There’s nothing you can push through or be on the court while it’s healing. It’s just a different experience than most injuries that I’ve had, that had a very defined timeline and a very defined process.”

Curry entered Sunday night’s game averaging 27.2 points and 4.8 assists per game this season. The 38-year-old was on a minutes restriction and played in shorter bursts than usual. The goal, head coach Steve Kerr said before the game, was to allow Curry to ramp up to full strength for the play-in tournament. The Warriors have just four games left in the regular season, starting with the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday.

While he’s still on a restriction, Curry looking back like his old self already is sure to help the Warriors in the final stretch of the regular season. His return, even though Golden State didn’t get the win on Sunday night, seems to have come just in time.

Remy Scheffler may just be the youngest person to ever make it onto the grounds at Augusta National.

Scottie Scheffler rolled into the iconic Georgia golf course on Sunday, days ahead of this year’s Masters tournament, with his entire family by his side. That included Remy, who was only born nine days ago. 

“We just liked it,” Scheffler said about his new son’s name, via The Associated Press. 

“We didn’t have very many good boy names, to be honest with you.”

Scheffler, the top-ranked golfer in the world, withdrew from the Houston Open two weeks ago. He revealed on Sunday that his wife, Meredith, gave birth to their second child on March 27. 

While Remy is just nine days old, he was spotted being pushed in a stroller by Meredith near the clubhouse on Sunday — a day when past champions of the tournament get to play the course with a guest of their choosing, and the annual Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals took place. Scheffler opted to play the round with his longtime manager, Blake Smith.

Scheffler’s first son, Bennett, was born in 2024 ahead of the PGA Championship. Scheffler finished T8 that week in Louisville, which also came after an incident in which he was arrested outside of the course. 

Scheffler opened this season with a win at The American Express in January, and he backed it up with two top five finishes in his next two starts. Scheffler hasn’t finished worse than T24 this season, though he’s not played since The Players Championship almost a month ago. 

Scheffler, though, is the early betting favorite on BetMGM to win the Masters. He was listed as a +550 favorite on Sunday, well ahead of Bryson DeChambeau at +1000. 

While he’s had some time off, Scheffler is still confident about his game entering the first major championship of the season. 

“I’ve been practicing,” he said. “I’ve been able to do a good amount at home.”