March 2007 in sports

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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in March of 2007. Deaths

24: Ed Bailey 24: Jun Bernardino 18: Bob Woolmer 16: Manjural Islam Rana 15: Bowie Kuhn 11: Cec Anstey 2: Clem Labine

Sporting seasons

Auto racing 2007: Formula One A1 Grand Prix NASCAR NEXTEL Cup NASCAR Busch Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series World Rally Championship IRL V8 Supercar Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series FIA GT Le Mans Series

Baseball 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan)

Basketball 2007: Australian National Basketball League Euroleague National Basketball Association NCAA Men's Basketball NCAA men's tournament NCAA women's basketball tournament PBA Fiesta Conference ULEB Cup

Cricket 2006–07: Australia South Africa

Cycling UCI ProTour

Football (soccer) 2006–07: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League 2006–07 UEFA Cup England (general) Premier League 2006-07 Scotland (general) Scottish Premier League 2006-07 Argentina

Golf: 2007 PGA Tour 2007 European Tour 2007 LPGA Tour

Ice hockey 2006–07: National Hockey League

Lacrosse 2007: National Lacrosse League

Motorcycle racing 2007: Motorcycle GP

Rugby league 2007: Super League XII

Rugby union 2007: 2007 Super 14 season 2006–07 Heineken Cup English Premiership 2006–07 Top 14 2006–07 Celtic League 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying 2006–07 IRB Sevens

Speedway: Speedway Grand Prix

Volleyball 2007: Men's CEV Champions League 2006-07 Women's CEV Champions League 2006-07

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 Cricket 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights 106/0 (13.5/22 ov.) beat 104/6 (22/22 ov.) by 10 wickets (D/L)

30 March 2007 (Friday)

Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights 266/7 (50 ov.) beat 218 (48.1 ov.) by 48 runs

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 179/3 (39.2 ov.) beat 177 (44.4 ov.) by 7 wickets

28 March 2007 (Wednesday)

Football (soccer) 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group A: 1–0 Group A: 1–0 Group A: 1–1 Group B: 3–1 Group B: 2–0 Group B: 1–0 Group C: 2–0 Group C: 0–1 Group C: 2–2 Group D: 1–0 Group D: 1–0 Group D: 3–0 Group E: 0–3 Group E: 4–0 Group F: 1–0 Group F: 2–1 Group F: 1–0 Group G: 0–0 Group G: 3–0 Group G: 0–1 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 212/9 (48.2 ov.) beat 209 (49.3 ov.) by 1 wicket. Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga becomes the first player to take four wickets in four balls in an ODI. 322/6 (50 ov.) beat 219 (45.3 ov) by 103 runs. 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

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

25 March 2007 (Sunday)

Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup: Food City 500 at Bristol, Tennessee: (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. 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 NCAA men's tournament Regional Finals: Midwest Regional Final at St. Louis, Missouri: (1) Florida 85, (3) Oregon 77 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. Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage Group B: Bangladesh defeated Bermuda by 7 wickets (D/L Method) to qualify for the Super Eights and knock India out of the World Cup

24 March 2007 (Saturday)

Football (soccer) 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group A: 2–1 Group A: 5–0 Group A: 4–0 Group B: 0–1 Group B: 0–2 Group B: 2–1 Group C: 1–4 Group C: 1–1 Group C: 1–2 Group D: 1–2 Group D: 1–3 Group D: 1–0 Group E: 2–1 Group E: 0–2 Group E: 0–0 Group F: 1–4 Group F: 2–1 Group G: 0–0 Group G: 1–2 Group G: 0–0 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 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: (2) UCLA 68, (1) Kansas 55 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. 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) Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage Group A: 377/6 (50 ov.) beat 294 (48 ov.) by 83 runs Group C: 178/3 (33/43 ov.) beat 177 (43/43 ov.) by 7 wickets Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying: qualify for the 2007 World Cup in France later this year after winning a two-match series against . Despite losing 18–12 in Montevideo, Portugal win on a 25–24 aggregate thanks to their win in Lisbon two weeks earlier. Qualifying first started in September 2004 with over 90 nations, Portugal's entry completes the 2007 World Cup pools – 4 groups of 5. This ends Uruguay's streak at the World Cup since 1999. It marks Portugal's debut.

23 March 2007 (Friday) US Men's College basketball: NCAA men's tournament Sweet 16: Midwest Regional in St. Louis, Missouri: (1) Florida 65, (5) Butler 57 (3) Oregon 76, (7) UNLV 72 East Regional in East Rutherford, New Jersey: (2) Georgetown 66, (6) Vanderbilt 65 (1) North Carolina 74, (5) Southern California 64 Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage Group B: 254/6 (50 ov.) beat 185 (43.3 ov.) by 69 runs Group D: 190/2 (38.1/48 ov.) beat 183/8 (48 ov.) by 8 wickets under D/L method

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 Away from the Madness of March, Tubby Smith resigns as head coach at Kentucky and accepts the same job at Minnesota. 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 , which had clinched first place in the group two weeks ago, complete an unbeaten Top 16 phase by defeating Pau-Orthez 93–74 at home. (Euroleague) Maccabi Tel Aviv , already assured of second place, defeat Lottomatica Roma 79–72 at home. (Euroleague) Group E: Olympiacos secure second place and a quarterfinal berth by defeating DKV Joventut 81–65 at home. (Euroleague) CSKA Moscow , already assured of topping the group, complete an unbeaten Top 16 phase with an 86–55 road annihilation of Partizan . (Euroleague) Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage Group A: 140/2 (23.5 ov.) beat 136 (34.1 ov.) by 8 wickets Group C: 363/5 (50 ov.) beat 249 (49.2 ov.) by 114 runs The death of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer has been ruled as "asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation" by Jamaican police.

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 defeat Panathinaikos 87–66 at home. Panathinaikos went into the game assured of first place in the group, and Barça entered assured of second. (Euroleague) Efes Pilsen defeat Prokom Trefl Sopot 72–64 away. (Euroleague) Group G: In a winner-take-all showdown in Moscow for second place in the group and a quarterfinal berth, Dynamo Moscow defeat Benetton Treviso 68–65 in overtime. For Dynamo, Antonis Fotsis has 22 points and a Euroleague-record 24 rebounds, and Lazaros Papadopoulos adds 24 points and 11 rebounds. (Euroleague) Aris TT Bank win their first game of the Top 16 phase 83–65 at home over group winners Unicaja Málaga . (Euroleague) Cricket 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage Group B: 318/4 (50 ov.) beat 112 (37/46 ov.) by 198 runs under D/L method Group D: 349 (49.5 ov.) beat 99 (19.1/20 ov.) by 93 runs under D/L method

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. Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage Group A: 188/3 (23.2 ov.) beat 186/8 (50 ov.) by 7 wickets Group C: 331/7 (50 ov.) beat 183 (49.2 ov.) by 148 runs

March 2007 in sports

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