Be sure to follow USA TODAY Sports’ live updates keeping track of all of NCAA Tournament’s Friday first round games. PHILADELPHIA, PA — Virginia basketball coach Ryan Odom did not mention the elephant in the room with his team heading into Friday’s Men’s NCAA Tournament First-Round game against No. 14 seed Wright State. Advertisement “We never talked about it,” Odom said following …

It’s official: No. 7 Kentucky Basketball will face No. 2 Iowa State in the Round of 32 on Sunday after surviving an overtime thriller against Santa Clara, while the Cyclones cruised past Tennessee State 104-78 in the first round. While the win was a big one for Iowa State, they did receive some bad news with All-American forward Joshua Jefferson. …

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Labaron Philon Jr. scored 29 points and No. 4 seed Alabama rallied from an early double-digit deficit to beat 13th-seeded Hofstra 90-70 in a first-round game in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The Crimson Tide (24-9) advanced to a second-round matchup against fifth-seeded Texas Tech (23-10), a 20-point winner over 12th-seeded Akron …

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Santa Clara thought it had knocked Kentucky out of the NCAA Tournament when freshman Allen Graves answered a tying basket by Wildcats star Otega Oweh with a 3-pointer in front of his own bench with 2.4 seconds left in regulation. The problem for the Broncos: There were still 2.4 seconds left in regulation. Advertisement As coach …

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Rick Barnes and Travis Steele weren’t the only coaches on the court for Tennessee’s matchup against Miami (Ohio) in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni was sitting courtside for the meeting between the Volunteers and RedHawks on Friday, March 20. REQUIRED READING: March Madness scores: See the big shots, moments, highlights in …

Otega Oweh just helped Kentucky Basketball do something we’ve not seen in over two decades, which came thanks to his miracle buzzer-beater in the Wildcats’ 89-84 overtime win over Santa Clara. With just 2.4 seconds remaining in regulation, the senior guard launched a prayer of a 3-pointer that banked in and sent the game into overtime with both teams tied …

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Avery Howell had 30 points and nine rebounds to lead Washington to its first women’s NCAA Tournament victory since 2017, beating South Dakota State 72-54 on Friday. South Dakota State jumped out to a 13-3 lead in the first five minutes, but the game was tied at 15 when Howell made a 3-pointer with 50 …

Perfect brackets are disappearing fast. After a great first day of the men’s NCAA tournament on Thursday, plenty more Yahoo Sports users had their perfect brackets eliminated early on Friday as the opening round of the event continued. Just four games in, only 227 users were still undefeated. Advertisement The first game of the day did the most damage, which is …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jacari White hit six 3-pointers and scored 26 points, and third-seeded Virginia avoided yet another early NCAA Tournament exit, beating a resolute Wright State 82-73 in the first round on Friday. The Cavaliers (30-5) will face sixth-seeded Tennessee or No. 11 seed Miami (Ohio) in the second round in the Midwest Region on Sunday. Advertisement Virginia won …

As No. 9 seed Iowa basketball (21-12, 10-10 Big Ten) opens its 2026 NCAA Tournament journey this evening with a first-round matchup against No. 8 seed Clemson (24-10, 12-6 ACC), the Hawkeyes will be facing a Tigers squad without their second-leading scorer, junior forward Carter Welling. Welling, who averages 10.2 points per game on 49.3% shooting, suffered a torn ACL …

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brayden Burries hit four 3-pointers while scoring 18 points, Koa Peat added 15 points and top-seeded Arizona opened its NCAA Tournament run with a 92-58 victory over Long Island on Friday. Ivan Kharchenkov had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Big 12 regular-season and tournament champion Wildcats (33-2), who quickly showed why they’re the tournament’s …

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising games in perhaps the last season before a labor shutdown. Much has transpired in the 4 1/2 months since the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied in World …

Iowa State vs. Tennessee State box score: Full stats from 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Iowa State meets a tough No. 15-seeded opponent in Tennessee State on Friday. This marks the third Men’s NCAA Tournament appearance for the Tigers (23-9), who have won …

The No. 7 Kentucky Wildcats and No. 10 Santa Clara Broncos were locked in one of the 2026 NCAA tournament’s most exciting games on Friday afternoon, which was coming down to the wire. With under 30 seconds remaining in regulation, Santa Clara — a 3.5-point underdog coming into the game — led 70-68 and Kentucky had the ball. Any bettor …

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ST. LOUIS — The standout game of the morning session needed five more minutes to finish Friday, as No. 7 Kentucky fended off No. 10 Santa Clara, 89-84, in an overtime classic extended into the extra period by Otega Oweh’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer. A game that delivered perhaps the moment of the first round of this year’s NCAA Tournament set a …

Michigan State basketball and Louisville have a long and storied history, especially around the NCAA Tournament. From the 2015 Elite Eight, to the 2012 Sweet 16, and the 2009 Elite Eight, the games, Tom Izzo and his long-time friend and adversary, Rick Pitino, would go head-to-head to make some of the most memorable and dramatic match-ups in modern NCAA Tournament …

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We have a jam-packed episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones start the show discussing the absurd run Luka Doncic has been on over the past 24 hours — 100 points across two games?! They talk about what makes him so tough to deal with, and dabble in some “Best In The World” talk. …

Your Georgetown Hoyas have officially entered the offseason following a hard-fought run in the Big East Tournament. The campaign concluded last Friday night at Madison Square Garden with a 67-51 loss to second-seeded UConn in the semifinals, leaving the Hoyas with a 16-18 overall record. For fans who enjoy following the transfer portal market, the offseason fun will begin soon. …