March 2006 in Sports - March 16, 2006 (Thursday)

March 16, 2006 (Thursday)

• Football: 2005–06 UEFA Cup – Round of 16, second leg, progressing teams shown in bold.
  • Strasbourg 2–2 FC Basel
  • Real Betis 0–3 Steaua Bucharest
  • Schalke 04 3–0 Palermo
  • Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 Marseille
  • Levski Sofia 2–1 Udinese (UEFA.com)
• World Baseball Classic, Second round
  • Pool 1:
    • Mexico defeats USA, 2–1.
  • Japan advances to the semifinals on a tiebreaker with the USA and Mexico.
• 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, First round:
  • Washington, D.C. Region
    • At Greensboro, North Carolina:
      • (7) Wichita State 86, (10) Seton Hall 66
      • (2) Tennessee 63, (15) Winthrop 61
    • At San Diego:
      • (4) Illinois 78, (13) Air Force 69
      • (5) Washington 75, (12) Utah State 61
  • Minneapolis Region
    • At Jacksonville, Florida:
      • (11) Milwaukee 82, (6) Oklahoma 74
      • (3) Florida 76, (14) South Alabama 50
    • At Salt Lake City:
      • (4) Boston College 88, (13) Pacific 76 (2 OT)
      • (12) Montana 87, (5) Nevada 79
  • Atlanta Region
    • At Greensboro:
      • (8) George Washington 88, (9) UNC-Wilmington 85 (OT)
      • (1) Duke 70, (16) Southern 54
    • At Jacksonville:
      • (4) LSU 80, (13) Iona 64
      • (12) Texas A&M 66, (5) Syracuse 58
  • Oakland Region
    • At San Diego:
      • (10) Alabama 90, (7) Marquette 85
      • (2) UCLA 78, (15) Belmont 44
    • At Salt Lake City:
      • (3) Gonzaga 79, (14) Xavier (OH) 75
      • (6) Indiana 87, (11) San Diego State 83
    • NOTE: Games in San Diego were delayed by an hour due to a bomb threat inside Cox Arena.