5 Top Stories From The Weekend In Sports
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- The Final Four is set: Wisconsin, Duke, Kentucky, and Michigan State just as you predicted. We know the winners, but what about some of the viral stories for this weekend's games?
Here are five stories from the weekend of March 27-29 in sports.
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5. Flyers vs. Penguins at Beaver Stadium
Talks are heating up! This is a game that has been dreamed about forever, it seems like, but over the weekend the wheels were put in motion.
4. Nerlens Noel for NBA Rookie of the Year
Noel continued his dominant month of March. On Friday, Noel finished with 30 points (12-17 FG), 14 rebounds, and two steals against the Clippers. Then, the next night against LeBron and the Cavs, Noel went for eight points, 11 rebounds, and two steals.
With one game remaining in March, Noel has totaled 224 points, 176 rebounds, 40 steals, and 34 blocks this month. The last player to record at least 200 points, 160 rebounds, 40 steals, and 40 blocks in one month was Hakeem Olajuwon in 1985-86. While Noel will likely fall just short of the 40 blocks, he has reached all three of the other milestones, putting into perspective how impressive he's been.
3. Michael Jordan, Tom Brady play pick up hoops
It was Tom Brady's close friend, Will McDonough's bachelor party over the weekend. So Brady, Michael Jordan, Mike Vrabel, a couple pro golfers and other celebrities were out golfing and playing hoops in the Bahamas.
You can watch clips of Jordan and Brady playing basketball on Instagram here.
2. Aaron Rodgers destroys media member
Rodgers and his girlfriend Olivia Munn were once again at Wisconsin's game. College sports writer Dennis Dodd didn't appreciate Rodgers not speaking to the media after the Badgers advanced to the Final Four.
Rodgers crushed Dodd via Twitter.
1. Late foul call in Duke vs. Utah swings millions
Duke was a five-point, or five and a half point favorite against Utah on Friday night. Approximately 80-percent of the money was on Duke, which seemed to make Vegas a big winner, after Duke and Utah began walking off the floor following a 62-57 Duke win. However, the referees went to the monitors to review a meaningless Utah foul at the buzzer, and awarded Duke two-foul shots with 0.7 seconds remaining.
Duke's Quinn Cook hit the second, and Duke covered the spread, winning 63-57 swinging millions of dollars.