March 2006 in Sports - March 13, 2006 (Monday)

March 13, 2006 (Monday)

  • World Baseball Classic, Second round
    • Pool 1:
      • Korea defeats USA, 7–3.
    • Pool 2:
      • Dominican Republic defeats Cuba, 7–3.
      • Venezuela defeats Puerto Rico, 6–0.
  • College Basketball
    • John Chaney retires after 24 years as head coach of Temple University's men's basketball team; Dan Leibovitz will serve as interim acting head coach.
    • North Carolina, Duke, Ohio State and LSU are named the top seeds for the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
  • Cricket:
    • English cricket team in India in 2005-06
      • India defeats England by nine wickets in the Second Test at Mohali, Chandigarh. India leads the three-Test series 1–0.
    • West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06
      • New Zealand defeats West Indies by 27 runs in the First Test in Auckland. New Zealand leads the three-Test series 1–0.

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