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The field for the 2025 NCAA Division I men’s national championship is set with very few surprises. Boston College, Michigan State, Maine and Western Michigan are the four regional top seeds, while Bentley and Connecticut and both making the first appearances in their program’s history.
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Top-seed Boston College will face Bentley in the opening game in Manchester, N.H., on Friday at 2:00 p.m. ET. Providence and defending national champion Denver will meet in the other semifinal at 5:30 p.m. ET, setting up a potential rematch of last year’s national title game between BC and Denver.
The tournament will begin in Toledo, Ohio, which is hosting its second NCAA regional. Boston University and Ohio State will square off on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. ET. Big Ten champion Michigan State will take on ECAC tournament champ Cornell at 5:30 p.m.
The other Thursday/Saturday region in Fargo, N.D., features NCHC champion Western Michigan as its top seed. They will face CCHA champion Minnesota State at 5:00 p.m. ET while Minnesota and Massachusetts square off in the nightcap at 8:30 p.m.
The final region to get underway will play Friday-Sunday in Allentown, Pa. Connecticut and regional host Penn State play in the early semifinal at 5:00 p.m. ET, while Maine and Quinnipiac will battle at 8:30 p.m.
The four regional champions will advance to the Frozen Four in St. Louis on April 10 and 12. Game times for the Frozen Four will be announced at a later date.
Multiple people remain in the hospital Wednesday after being hit by a box truck that apparently went out of control in Boston’s Chinatown on Tuesday afternoon.
An investigation is ongoing Wednesday.
The crash happened on the corner of Kneeland Street and Harrison Avenue, with the truck ending up wedged between Tora Ramen and a telephone pole.
Six people were injured, and four were transported to the hospital — including the driver of the Penske truck that lost control and crashed.
One of those patients is in critical condition at last check.
Four people, including the driver, were hospitalized after a crash in Chinatown.
Investigators tell us they’re looking into the possibility that the driver may have had a medical issue, as they believe he had a previously diagnosed medical condition.
Surveillance video shows the truck — that was rented out to a commercial trucking company – heading westbound on Kneeland Street moments before the accident.
Witnesses say they tried to help the driver who was trapped in the truck, and the others who were injured, as soon as they heard the crash.
“Preliminary investigation seems to indicate that this seems to be more of a tragic accident,” Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said.
Building inspectors are expected to check on the structural integrity of the building that was hit.
The Boston Celtics listed Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday as “questionable” ahead of their Wednesday night matchup against the Miami Heat. Al Horford is listed as “doubtful.”
Brown, averaging 22.4 points for the season, is dealing with right knee posterior impingement. Porzingis, who averages 19 points and seven rebounds, is dealing with “return from illness reconditioning.” Two-time champion Jrue Holiday is dealing with a right shoulder impingement. Five-time All-Star Al Horford is dealing with a big toe sprain.
The Heat remain without Andrew Wiggins, Duncan Robinson, Kevin Love and Nikola Jovic.
Here’s the rest of the injury report and game preview:
HEAT
Alec Burks: Available – Back
Andrew Wiggins: Out – Hamstring
Duncan Robinson: Out – Back
Kevin Love: Out – Personal Reasons
Nikola Jovic: Out – Hand
Dru Smith: Out – Achilles
CELTICS
Jaylen Brown: Questionable – Knee
Kristaps Porzingis: Questionable – Return from illness
Jrue Holiday: Questionable – Shoulder
Al Horford: Doubtful – Toe
Game time: 7:30 p.m., TD Garden, Boston
Betting line: N/A
VITALS: : The Heat and Celtics meet for the fourth and final regular season matchup this season. The Heat lost all three matchups, (89-108 in Dec., 85-103 in February and 91-103 in mid-March). The Heat lost all three to the Celtics last season before their eventual first round elimination in the same season. The Heat are 53-86 all-time versus the Celtics during the regular season, including 30-42 in home games and 22-44 in road games.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Tyler Herro
G Alec Burks
C Kel’el Ware
F Pelle Larsson
F Bam Adebayo
CELTICS
G Payton Pritchard
G Derrick White
C Xavier Tillman Sr.
F Sam Hauser
F Jayson Tatum
QUOTABLE
Heat guard Tyler Herro: “I feel like since I’ve been on the Heat, that’s how we’ve always been at our best, just the ball popping. We used to say the ball has magic to it when it’s moving and finding the energy, finding open guys, open spots. I thought we came out really intentional, sharing the ball and just letting the ball find open guys.”
Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at toledoalexander22@gmail.com. Twitter: @tropicalblanket
The retrial of Karen Read begins Tuesday, April 1 with jury selection.
Court is scheduled to get underway at 9:30 a.m., and NBC10 Boston will carry the start of the proceedings live in the video player above.
The jury selection process itself will not be livestreamed, but you can follow along with the latest developments by subscribing to NBC10 Boston’s YouTube channel, on our streaming channel, on NBC10Boston.com, in the NBC10 Boston app, and on our social platforms, including TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.
Once opening statements get underway and testimony begins, you’ll be able to watch a livestream of the proceedings every day for the duration of the trial on our YouTube channel, on NECN and our streaming channel. We’ll also be livestreaming and live blogging the trial on our website and app.
Once the trial starts, you can also watch new episodes of Canton Confidential each night at 7 on air on NBC10 Boston, on our YouTube channel, on our streaming channel or on our website and app. And don’t forget to to subscribe to our Canton Confidential podcast for a daily recap of everything that happened in court.
Read is accused of hitting and killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV in front of a home in Canton, Massachusetts, in January 2022. Her defense team has claimed that she is the victim of a massive coverup involving law enforcement corruption and is being framed for the murder.
Her first trial ended in a mistrial last July.
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