March Sadness: No brackets and no knowing what might’ve been

There has been no slowing down No. 19 San Diego State of late, with the Aztecs on a 10-game winning streak as they head into their final regular-season game on Wednesday night against UNLV in Las Vegas. The Aztecs (19-4 overall, 13-3 Mountain West Conference) are a win away from their second straight regular-season conference championship, which they can claim with a win over UNLV. San Diego State edged Boise State on Saturday, 62-58, led by guard Jordan Schakel’s 17 points in 18 minutes of action.

Conor McGregor has courted racism controversy again with a social media post comparing Floyd Mayweather and Japanese kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasukawa to Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Mayweather shocked the fighting world on Monday by announcing that he will take on Nasukawa, a 20-year-old undefeated kickboxing and karate specialist, in a fight with as yet unconfirmed rules in the Japanese city of Saitama on New Year’s Eve. McGregor, who had been talked about as an option for Mayweather’s comeback fight, mocked the American’s choice of opponent in a foul-mouthed Instagram post – but in doing so he compared the 41-year-old boxing great to comedian Tucker and Nasukawa to legendary Hong Kong martial artist and actor Chan, in a reference to the pair’s collaboration in the ‘Rush Hour’ film franchise.