Sports Connections Hints: Mar 23, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Mar 23, 2025 (2025-03-23). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #358

Puzzle #358 · 2025-03-23 · sports

Step through today’s Connections hints

Start with broad themes, then reveal more detail about the groups and tiles only when you need it. The final button shows today's full group breakdown.

Puzzle reference: Connections #358 for 2025-03-23, edition sports, with a standard four-group board. Spoiler categories and tiles stay collapsed until you open the hint layers below.

Hint 1 – overall theme

There are 4 groups in today’s puzzle.

Themes include: FIRST WORDS IN BASKETBALL POSITIONS, BAY AREA TEAMS, IN SINGULAR FORM, SEC CITIES and 1 more.

Hint 2 – group titles

Here are the category names for each group. Try matching the tiles in the official game to these themes before you reveal any tiles.

FIRST WORDS IN BASKETBALL POSITIONS
BAY AREA TEAMS, IN SINGULAR FORM
SEC CITIES
DAVID _____

Hint 3 – group tiles

Reveal the tiles for each group. If you only want a partial nudge, stop after reading one or two groups and go back to the official puzzle.

FIRST WORDS IN BASKETBALL POSITIONS

SHOOTING

SMALL

POINT

POWER

BAY AREA TEAMS, IN SINGULAR FORM

GIANT

SHARK

WARRIOR

VALKYRIE

SEC CITIES

AUBURN

AUSTIN

NORMAN

TUSCALOOSA

DAVID _____

BECKHAM

MONTGOMERY

ORTIZ

ROBINSON

Reveal full answer

This is the full breakdown of today's Connections puzzle: group titles and all tiles, grouped together.