Minn. St. caps dual D-II titles with men’s victory

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Rocket Watts scored 21 points and Aaron Henry had 18 to lead Michigan State to a 70-64 victory over No. 2 Michigan on Sunday that seems to seal coach Tom Izzo’s 23rd consecutive NCAA Tournament bid. The Spartans (15-11, 9-11 Big Ten) have won five of their last seven games, beating No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Illinois and their second-ranked rivals during the late-season surge. The Wolverines (19-3, 14-3) closed the regular season getting routed at home by the Fighting Illini, beating Michigan State handily to seal the Big Ten title and losing the rematch three days later.

The Arizona Wildcats lost four-star forward Shareef O’Neal to the UCLA Bruins in the wake of ESPN’s Sean Miller wiretap report, but it appears O’Neal might not suit up in Westwood, either. Tracy Pierson of Bruin Report Online is reporting that O’Neal “more than likely won’t qualify academically to enroll� at UCLA. He “has been making an effort to, indeed, become eligible, but recent information leads us to believe it’s unlikely,� Pierson wrote. O’Neal spent his first two years of high school at Windward School in Los Angeles before transferring to Crossroads School in Santa Monica. O’Neal decommitted from Arizona in February then quickly committed to UCLA, but hasn’t signed a National Letter