Four-time Miami runner-up Maria Sharapova rolled to a straight-set victory in Friday's second round, while two-time champion Victoria Azarenka aggravated a right ankle injury and was forced to pull out of the Sony Open tennis event.
Damyean Dotson scored 17 points to lead four Oregon players in double-figures and Arsalan Kazemi donated 11 points to go along with a game-high 17 rebounds as Oregon eased past Oklahoma State, 68-55, on Thursday in Midwest Region second round action.
Tyrone Garland led four players in double figures with 22 points on 9-of-11 from the field, as La Salle used a hot- shooting performance to dispatch Boise State, 80-71, in first-round action of the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday.
The Wisconsin Badgers and Ole Miss Rebels get an early morning wake-up call on Friday, as they hit the floor at the Sprint Center as part of the West Region's second-round action of the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
Emerging from the highly-competitive Big Ten Conference, the seventh-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes now find themselves pitted against the Iona Gaels in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament at Dayton Arena on Friday night.
Chasing history, Rick Pitino guides his Louisville Cardinals into the Georgia Dome on Monday to take on John Beilein's Michigan Wolverines for the 2013 NCAA Championship.