This Day in Sports History

March 27

1939— Oregon beats Ohio State 46-33 in the NCAA’s first national basketball tournament. 1942— Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden to retain his world heavyweight title.

1945— Oklahoma A&M beats New York University 49-45 for the NCAA basketball championship.

1951— Bill Spivey scores 22 points to lead Kentucky to a 68-58 win over Kansas State for the NCAA title.

1971— UCLA defeats Villanova 68-62 for its fifth NCAA crown.

1978— Jack Givens scores 41 points to lead Kentucky to a 94-88 victory over Duke for the NCAA championship.

1983— Larry Holmes wins a unanimous 12-round decision over Lucien Rodriguez to keep his world heavyweight title in his hometown of Scranton, Pa.

1998— Michael Jordan scores 34 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to an 89-74 victory over the Atlanta Hawks before 62,046 at the Georgia Dome—the largest crowd in NBA history.

2005— Annika Sorenstam shoots a final-round 68 to finish at 15-under to win the Nabisco Championship by eight shots over Rosie Jones. It’s Sorenstam’s fifth win in a row over two seasons, tying a record set by Nancy Lopez in 1978.

2011— Jamie Skeen scores 26 points and Virginia Commonwealth delivers the biggest upset of the NCAA Tournament, a 71-61 win over No. 1 seed Kansas in the Southwest Regional final. The Rams are the third 11th seed to make the Final Four.

2013— The Heat’s 27-game winning streak ends with a 101-97 loss to the Chicago Bulls. A furious Miami comeback led by LeBron James falls short.