Jorge Sierra: FWIW: In terms of regular-season point differential, the Hornets are the best team ever not to make the Eastern Conference playoffs. Also the first team to finish in the Top 8 in point differential and not make the playoffs since 1982.x.comThis article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: 2025-26 Hornets may be the best Eastern team ever not to make the playoffs

The Orlando Magic built a 35-point lead in the first half on the way to a 121-90 rout of the Charlotte Hornets in a play-in tournament game Friday night and advanced to a first-round playoff matchup against the Detroit Pistons.

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Heading into another high-profile SEC series against the No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide, Jim Schlossnagle was adamant that moving sophomore left-hander Dylan Volantis into the Friday start was only about his missed start last Sunday in College Station when a lengthy weather delay resulted in the cancellation of the series finale against the Texas A&M Aggies.But after Volantis struck out a career-high 12 batters in a dominant six-inning performance to enable a decisive 10-2 win by the No. 4 Texas Longhorns on Friday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, Schlossnagle changed his mind, indicating that Volantis will remain in that role after the best outing of his superlative young career, allowing two runs on four hits with one walk.Friday night filth #HookEm | @DylanVolantispic.twitter.com/37wTHV0ZaS Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) April 18, 2026The elite curveball for Volantis was working, but he also flashed a fastball with good tilt that typically sat around 93 miles per hour, a cutter against right-handed batters, and the changeup he debuted this season.this pitch is just unfair #HookEm | @DylanVolantispic.twitter.com/4UY114gR9u Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) April 18, 2026Freshman right-hander Sam Cozart picked up his fifth save of the season by pitching three scoreless, hitless innings to finish the game, striking out five and walking one.Texas jumped out to an early lead in front of big home crowd as Schlossnagle moved junior center fielder into the leadoff spot in place of junior second baseman Ethan Mendoza with the return of sophomore shortstop Adrian Rodriguez, who batted third in front of freshman left fielder Anthony Pack.After Robbins doubled down the right-field line, junior catcher Carson Tinney launched his seventh home run in the last seven games, letting a breaking ball get deep before taking a short, powerful swing to send the ball over the home bullpen in right field.back, back, back, backgone #HookEm | @carson_tinneypic.twitter.com/x6Zs2YbPxS Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) April 17, 2026Mendoza drove on Rodriguez on an RBI single to finish the scoring in the first before the Longhorns added one run in the third and another in the fifth on productive outs, then blew the game open with three runs in the sixth on RBI doubles by Robbins and Tinney and a run-scoring single by Pack and two runs in the eight on a double by Pack and a sacrifice fly by Mendoza.The top four batters in the order produced 11 of the 16 hits by Texas as Robbins went 2-for-3 with three runs, Tinney had three hits in four at bats, scoring four times while driving in three runs, Rodriguez went 2-for-5 in his return, and Pack notched four hits, setting his career high.With the possibility of thunderstorms late Saturday afternoon, first pitch was moved up from 2 p.m. Central to noon Central.

Kennedy Wesley recorded her first international goal to lead the United States to a 3-0 friendly win over Japan on Friday night in Commerce City, Colorado.

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