College Basketball

March Madness is finally here and the stage is set for this season’s superstars to etch their names into NCAA tournament lore. Does this year’s tourney have an Ali Farokhmanesh or a Harold Arceneaux in its midst? How about a Bryce Drew or even, dare we say … a Stephen Curry? All it takes is one freak performance or a …

North Carolina opens NCAA Tournament play in the South Region on Thursday, and unlike past years when it came in as a No. 6 seed or lower, the Tar Heels draw a dangerous first-round matchup with No. 11 seed VCU. The Rams have reached the NCAA Tournament 15 times since 2004. In those 15 appearances, they have advanced out of …

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Louisville will open the NCAA Tournament without star freshman Mikel Brown Jr. because of a nagging back injury, the school announced Wednesday. Besides Brown missing Louisville’s first-round game against South Florida on Thursday, the Cardinals announced the guard would not be available if the team advances to play on Saturday. He has missed the past four …

To say the Red Storm received a brutal draw in March Madness would be an understatement. Fresh off obliterating UConn to win its second consecutive Big East Tournament title, St. John’s could only muster a 5-seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Awaiting them in the East Region is the number-one overall seed Duke, multiple future NBA lottery picks, and a …

After months of waiting, March Madness is finally here. The First Four is already providing plenty of drama for college basketball fans, but that’s merely an appetizer to the main course that picks up on Thursday when the NCAA tournament will be in full swing. Advertisement So what can we expect over the next three weeks? Our experts weigh in …

You’ve called out sick from work. You’ve filled out 17 different brackets. You’ve ordered enough pizzas and chicken wings to feed the Denver Broncos’ starting offensive line. That can only mean one thing: The best two days of the sporting calendar have finally arrived. Advertisement Over the course of 48 action-packed hours on Thursday and Friday, CBS and Turner Sports …

Welcome to our coverage of the 2025 NCAA Tournament! The best event in sports is here and we will be as well, providing step-by-step previews of each region and breaking down what to watch for and who to keep an eye on during the basketball feast that is the NCAA Tournament. Who the metrics love: #9 Utah State The Aggies …

Gonzaga opens the 2026 NCAA Tournament on Thursday night in Portland, and the No. 14 seed waiting for them has had a season worth knowing about before tipoff. Kennesaw State arrives as the Conference USA champion, though the road to that title ran through just about everything a basketball program can face in a single year. The Owls lost their …

CHICAGO — The program that dethroned a historic Michigan team on Sunday is a reminder that the Big Ten tournament is hardly a forecast of NCAA tournament success. “Winning it our freshman year, we thought it was pretty cool,” said Fletcher Loyer, Purdue’s all-time leading 3-point shooter, “but then obviously we lost to a 16 seed.” Advertisement It’s obvious because …

EAST LANSING – Coen Carr believed he could fly. And then he did. Baskets have been quaking in his wake since. “The first time I dunked?” the Michigan State basketball junior said Monday, March 16, repeating the question asked of him shortly after a practice filled with rim attacks inside the Spartans’ practice facility. A few months after exploding a …

The North Carolina Tar Heels will open up their NCAA Tournament run on Thursday night in Greenville, matched up against No. 11 VCU in the first round. After a season in which UNC went 24-8 and 12-6 in the ACC, UNC earned a No. 6 seed in the South Region. It’s a tough region to be in for UNC especially …

The Big 12 is one of the best, if not the best, basketball conferences in America this year. Eight teams made the NCAA Tournament, with five landing on the 5 line or better. It’s deep, loaded, and as good as any league in the country, but can it actually produce a national champion this season? The last time the Big …

PEORIA — The Bradley Braves star guard has grabbed another accolade as college basketball moves into its postseason. Sophomore point guard Jaquan Johnson was a second-team selection Tuesday to the 2025-26 NABC Division I All-District Team. Advertisement Johnson was among the Missouri Valley Conference scoring leaders all season, at 17.1 points per game. He has 85 steals, tied for third-most …

March Madness is here. While the Women’s NCAA Tournament is traditionally more chalky than the men’s things could still get unpredictable and spicy. Are we sure UConn is going to win it all? Will every No. 1 seed make the Final Four? Will we have any double-digit seeds make the Sweet 16? Advertisement Let’s fire off some hot takes and …

The Big Ten is one of the two wealthiest and most powerful entities in college sports, an 18-school, coast-to-coast colossus that features many of the biggest universities and most recognizable brands in American higher education. For all its money and influence, though, there’s something quite notable that the conference is missing: a men’s college basketball national championship in the past …

Tempo could go a long way in determining how St. John’s opening-round NCAA Tournament game goes Friday against No. 12 seed Northern Iowa. The Missouri Valley Conference champions, who finished sixth in the quality mid-major league during the regular season, play at one of the slowest paces in the nation. Advertisement They don’t go after offensive rebounds, and they lead …

The chances for Florida basketball repeating as national champions didn’t look promising in early December. From a 5-4 start, the No. 4 Florida Gators (26-7) have won 21 of their last 24 games, earning an SEC regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the South Region of the Men’s NCAA Tournament. Advertisement UF failed to repeat as SEC …

NC State basketball’s March Madness stay proved shorter than hoped, the Wolfpack losing a hard-fought 68-66 matchup with Texas in the First Four play-in game of the 2026 NCAA men’s tournament. Tramon Mark’s mid-range shot with a second left earned the No. 11 Longhorns a first-round date with West Region 6-seed BYU on Thursday, March 19, in Portland, Oregon. Advertisement …

Assistant coach Ryan Anderson followed Sean Miller from Xavier to Texas when Miller left the Musketeers last March to become the Longhorns’ head coach. With about one second remaining in the Longhorns’ NCAA Tournament First Four game against North Carolina State at University of Dayton Arena, Tramon Mark made a shot to give Texas a two-point lead. Advertisement Anderson ran …

DAYTON, Ohio — Tramon Mark hit a fadeaway jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 1.1 seconds left, and Texas survived a late rally to beat N.C. State 68-66 on Tuesday night in a First Four matchup of power conference teams that limped into March Madness. Mark scored 17 points to lead the Longhorns (19-14), who had lost five …

Assistant coach Ryan Anderson followed Sean Miller from Xavier to Texas when Miller left the Musketeers last March to become the Longhorns’ head coach. With about one second remaining in the Longhorns’ NCAA Tournament First Four game against North Carolina State at University of Dayton Arena, Tramon Mark made a shot to give Texas a two-point lead. Advertisement Anderson ran …

Texas nearly blew a 9-point lead in the final two minutes versus NC State, but Tramon Mark hit the go-ahead basket with 1 second left as Texas held on to advance. The Longhorns now travel from Dayton, Ohio to Portland, Oregon where they will play BYU Thursday at 4:25 PT. BYU arrived to Portland on Tuesday. Advertisement Texas and BYU …

March Madness is the greatest scouting event of the year. It’s an opportunity for NBA teams to see prospects under the brightest lights of their lives, either rising to the moment or wilting under it. Here’s who and what to watch through a draft lens with the NCAA tournament tipping off this week. Advertisement [Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem: Make your …

Howard picks up historic NCAA Tournament win over giant slayers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It’s a game of inches. In their return to the NCAA Tournament in nearly a decade, the former giant-slayer, UMBC, attempted to create their history as they took on the Howard University Bisons …

Gonzaga Bulldogs graduate forward Graham Ike is named one of the top 15 players in the country this 2025-26 season, per the Associated Press. Here are the four other players listed alongside Ike on the All-American Third Team: Advertisement Houston freshman guard Kingston FlemingsAlabama Crimson Tide sophomore guard Labaron PhilonFlorida Gators junior forward Thomas HaughTexas Tech Red Raiders sophomore guard …