BERLIN (AP) — Serhou Guirassy scored late for Borussia Dortmund to cut Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga lead to three points on Saturday with a 2-1 win at Wolfsburg.
Wolfsburg dominated the second half with Mohamed Amoura missing several good chances and Maximilian Arnold striking the crossbar.
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Dortmund's Julian Ryerson, right, and Wolfsburg's Jeanuel Belocian fight for the ball during their German Bundesliga soccer match in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Dortmund's Julian Ryerson, left, and Julian Brand celebrate after their team's first goal during their German Bundesliga soccer match against Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Wolfsburg's players celebrate after scoring during their German Bundesliga soccer match against Borussia Dortmund in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy, left, and Wolfsburg's Jan Buerger fight for the ball during their German Bundesliga soccer match in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy celebrates after scoring their side's second goal of the game during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund, in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Dortmund’s Maximilian Beier hit the underside of the bar with a deflected shot in the first half, when Julian Brandt opened the scoring with a header from Julian Ryerson’s corner in the 38th for the visitors.
Konstantinos Koulierakis replied in similar fashion after the break with a header from Arnold’s free kick, but Wolfsburg was to rue not taking its chances to score more.
Guirassy pounced for the winner in the 87th after good play between Fábio Silva and Felix Nmecha.
“That’s part of football,” Dortmund coach Niko Kovač said of his team’s scrappy win. “But then to decide it with one action is also a quality.”
Eighteen-year-old Italian defender Luca Reggiani went on late for Dortmund for his Bundesliga debut.
American winger Kevin Paredes made his first Wolfsburg start since April 25 after recovering from two operations on his right foot.
Bayern, which failed to win its last two games, can restore its six-point lead with a win over high-flying Hoffenheim on Sunday.
Borussia Mönchengladbach held Bayer Leverkusen to a 1-1 draw, ending the visitor's four-game winning run across all competitions and dealing a blow to its Champions League qualification hopes.
Leverkusen moved to fifth, ahead of Leipzig on goal difference before the latter visits Cologne on Sunday.
Werder Bremen’s coaching change did little to alter its fortunes as the team lost 1-0 in Freiburg on Daniel Thioune’s debut.
Jan-Niklas Beste let fly and found the top far corner in the 13th for Freiburg, which had Johan Manzambi sent off early in the second half for a foul on Bremen’s Olivier Deman.
Thioune’s team was unable to capitalize on the extra player and is now 11 league games without a win. Bremen faces a visit from Bayern next weekend.
St. Pauli boosted its survival hopes with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Stuttgart.
The Hamburg-based team remained second-from-bottom, but it opened a four-point gap on bottom side Heidenheim, which lost 2-0 at home to Hamburger SV. Bremen's defeat means St. Pauli is just two points from the relegation playoff place.
Nadiem Amiri scored two penalties, one in each half, for Mainz to beat Augsburg 2-0 for its third straight win.
Amiri ripped off his distinctive carnival-inspired jersey as he celebrated the second one to seal the win. The thoughtful Lee Jae-sung picked it up so he could resume when the celebrations died down.
Mainz next visits Dortmund.
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Dortmund's Julian Ryerson, right, and Wolfsburg's Jeanuel Belocian fight for the ball during their German Bundesliga soccer match in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Dortmund's Julian Ryerson, left, and Julian Brand celebrate after their team's first goal during their German Bundesliga soccer match against Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Wolfsburg's players celebrate after scoring during their German Bundesliga soccer match against Borussia Dortmund in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy, left, and Wolfsburg's Jan Buerger fight for the ball during their German Bundesliga soccer match in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy celebrates after scoring their side's second goal of the game during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund, in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than 24 hours before the first shot flew at a Final Four that really feels like a five-team affair, Arizona already had a win.
The Wildcats kept their coach from bolting to that fifth team — North Carolina.
Tommy Lloyd dropped the news of the contract extension that will keep him in Tucson through 2031 at Friday's news conference in advance of a titanic matchup against Michigan.
The meandering coaching search at one of the country's most storied programs has shared headlines with Saturday night's much-anticipated national semifinal that happens to feature two of Carolina's reported coaching targets.
"We’ve been able to get some things done the past couple days," Lloyd said.
Like Lloyd, Michigan coach Dusty May has spent most of this tournament batting down speculation that he might be the replacement for Hubert Davis, who was fired after the Tar Heels blew a 19-point lead in a loss to VCU in the first round of the tournament last month.
Not surprisingly, May was asked about it again the day before the big game.
“Yeah, I love it at Michigan, but you’ll never hear me comment on any other job unless Michigan lets me go and then I’ll comment on every job,” he said.
It's no big surprise that these two coaches are among the hottest commodities in hoops. Just look at the teams they brought to Indy.
There are no fewer than nine potential NBA stars sprinkled across the two rosters, which is why the winner of this, the second of Saturday night's semifinals, will almost certainly be a favorite against the UConn-Illinois winner in the undercard.
“It's the Final Four for a reason. It's the best teams, the best four," Arizona freshman Brayden Burries said. "UConn, Illinois, they're great teams. If we do win Saturday, we know we have a great shot at it. But no, we're not thinking about that now.”
Depending on which mock draft you check, Arizona's top NBA pick will either be Koa Peat (14 points, 5.5 rebounds) or Burries, a 16-point-a-game, McDonalds All-American who is shooting 68% from 3 over the tournament.
It's a striking stat for a team that attempted the third-lowest percentage of 3s in the country, if only because of all the tall, lanky talent it has across the court.
“We're doubling down on what we're good at, and we're believing in Coach Lloyd," said Arizona guard Jaden Bradley, a senior who has spent three years in Tucson after transferring from Alabama. “I like to get in the paint and get fouled. And when teams take that away, we're capable from 3 and we can knock those down, as well.”
Michigan is a 1 1/2-point favorite, according to the BetMGM Sportsbook, in a matchup of the top two teams in the KenPom rankings.
Michigan's best — but hardly its only — NBA prospect is Yaxel Lendeborg, who has scored 25, 23 and 27 in three straight blowout wins in the tournament.
Lendeborg came to Michigan last offseason from UAB. He was part of a quick rebuild, the likes of which are made possible in the era of the rapid-fire transfer portal. The architect is May, who himself arrived in Ann Arbor two seasons ago, just a year removed from a Final Four appearance with Florida A&M.
Michigan's four top scorers — Lendeborg, Morez Johnson Jr., Aday Mara and Elliot Cadeau — played at different colleges last season.
May conceded to feeling some relief now that the transfer portal is considered a legit way to build a roster. Gone are the days of spending hundreds of hours recruiting high schoolers, only to learn that they've chosen someplace else.
“When I say we’re saving time, we don’t waste time with all the other things,” May said. “We still have to do our research. We still have the intel. We still have to spend an inordinate amount of time. We just don’t have to spend it the way we used to.”
As this Final Four is showing, it's not just the players whose every move is under a microscope.
“I didn’t want to make this entire Final Four about that because I’m just a small part of something much bigger,” Lloyd said of his contract extension. “But on that same note, I’d also like to let you know that North Carolina is an amazing place. I mean, it’s a one of one. It’s an honor to even be considered for that job.”
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Arizona guard Brayden Burries smiles after a win over Purdue in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Kelley L Cox)
Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg passes during practice ahead of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against Arizona at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Michigan head coach Dusty May watches during practice ahead of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against Arizona at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd watches during practice ahead of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against against Michigan at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
