SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland fully expected top outside shooter Chance McMillian to be available for the Red Raiders' Sweet 16 game against Arkansas.
But after moving around well during an earlier shootaround, McMillian arrived at Chase Center and ruled himself out for Thursday night's game, which Texas Tech rallied to win 85-83 in overtime.
“Maybe what happened in shootaround set him back a little bit,” McCasland said. “I trust him with everything. He's the other guy to me that has the greatest belief on our team that we're going to win and he'll do anything it takes to win. It just felt like he wasn't quite confident enough that he could help the team so he decided not to dress.”
McMillian is nursing an oblique injury sustained in the Big 12 Tournament earlier this month.
Now, McMillian has another opportunity to come back and play at home in the Bay Area if his body feels ready in time for Saturday's Elite Eight matchup with top-seeded Florida.
“We got to the arena and we had him plan to dress out and to be ready,” McCasland said after the comeback victory. “You don't know in these games, like what it was tonight, you may be somewhat limited but I thought there was a chance he could play. And we were planning on dressing him out and he got to the arena, he just came to me and said he couldn't do it.”
McMillian had expressed hope that he would be able to play in his homecoming but instead missed his fourth straight game. He grew up in San Francisco and went to high school in nearby Vallejo.
McMillian leads the Red Raiders with 69 3-pointers this season and is shooting a team-best 43.4% from long range. He is third on the team in scoring at 14.2 points per game.
Arkansas forward Adou Thiero returned for the first time since he injured his knee on Feb. 22. Thiero played just more than five minutes, missing his only shot but making a free throw to go with one rebound.
AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley contributed to this report.
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Arkansas forward Adou Thiero (3) defends against Texas Tech forward Darrion Williams (5) during the first half in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Texas Tech guard Elijah Hawkins, right, takes control of the ball from Arkansas forward Adou Thiero, center, while Texas Tech forward Federiko Federiko (33) defends during the first half in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Wall Street followed global markets lower early Monday ahead of the Trump administration's latest tariff rollout later this week.
Futures for the S&P 500 sank 1.2%, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.7%. Futures for the Nasdaq, where many of the biggest U.S. technology companies trade, tumbled 1.6%.
Tesla's woes continued as Elon Musk's electric car company slid 6.1%. Tesla is down 42% since Trump took office Jan. 20, with losses driven in part by the public perception of Musk's oversight of the new Department of Government Efficiency that’s slashing government spending.
Tesla sales in Europe and the U.S. have fallen, partly due to Musk’s political shift to the right. Protestors have targeted the automaker’s showrooms, vehicle lots and charging stations, with some resorting to vandalism, including burning privately owned vehicles.
Apple shares were down less than 1% after France’s antitrust watchdog fined the tech giant $162 million over the rollout of a privacy feature resulted in abuse of competition law.
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The price of gold hit a record high before inching back down to $3,149 an ounce. Investors continue to pull out of equities in search of traditional safe havens like gold.
Markets worldwide have been anxious over a potentially toxic mix of worsening inflation and a slowing U.S. economy because households are afraid to spend due to the deepening trade war, escalated U.S. by President Donald Trump.
Trump has dubbed Wednesday “Liberation Day,” when he will roll out tariffs tailored to each of the United States’ trading partners that he promises will free the the country from foreign goods.
The details of Trump’s next round of import taxes are still sketchy. Most economic analyses say average U.S. families would have to absorb the cost of his tariffs in the form of higher prices and lower incomes. That has contributed to significant decline in U.S. consumer confidence this year, which has alarmed investors.
On Friday, the S&P 500 fell 2% for one of its worst days in the last two years. It was its fifth losing week in the last six, helping to drive the index down 5% this year. The Dow sank 1.7% and the Nasdaq composite fell 2.7% and is down more than 10% in 2025.
Many of the countries that run trade surpluses with the U.S. and depend heavily on export manufacturing are in Asia, Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary.
“Asia is ground zero. Of the 21 countries under USTR (U.S. Trade Representative) scrutiny, nine are in Asia,” Innes noted.
Tokyo’s benchmark fell 4.1% to 35,617.56, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 1.3% to 23,119.58.
The Shanghai Composite index declined 0.5% to 3,335.75.
In South Korea, the Kospi fell 3% to 2,481.12, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 sank 1.7%, closing at 7,843.40.
Taiwan’s Taiex lost 4.2%.
European markets opened lower. Britain's FTSE 100 slid 1.4%, while France's CAC 40 and Germany's DAX each fell 2%.
Thailand’s SET lost 1.3% after a powerful earthquake centered in Myanmar rattled the region, causing widespread destruction in the country, also known as Burma, and less damage in places like Bangkok.
Shares in Italian Thai Development, developer of a partially built 30-story high-rise office building under construction that collapsed, tumbled 27%. Thai officials said they are investigating the cause of the disaster, which left dozens of construction workers missing.
A currency trader walks by the screens showing the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, left, and the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
The screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won and the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) are seen at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
An electronic stock board shows that Nikkei stock average dropped over 1,500 Japanese yen in Tokyo Monday, March 31, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)
A currency trader works under an electronic stock board at a foreign currency trading firm in Tokyo Monday, March 31, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)
