GLENDALE, Ariz. — The final result showed UConn winning its 11th straight NCAA Tournament game by at least 13 points. The reality: The Huskies were tested unlike any…
Read more Led by Castle and Clingan, defending champ UConn returns to NCAA title game, beating Alabama 86-72LOS ANGELES — Every time Clemson tried to cut down its deficit, Alabama fired up a 3-pointer. Over and over and in such quick succession that the Crimson…
Read more Alabama rides tidal wave of 3-pointers to beat Clemson 89-82 and reach 1st Final Four everThe Cinderellas certainly had their moments in this March Madness. Morethanafew, actually. In the end, it was a familiar face that won the NCAA Tournament. UConn — a…
Read more UConn emerges victorious after March Madness full of upsetsHOUSTON — Thirty years ago, a group of disrupters with baggy shorts and black socks changed college basketball as we know it, and took a good slice of…
Read more A San Diego St-UConn title game brings Fab Five memoriesHOUSTON (AP) — It wasn’t so much that social media was criticizing his son. That happens sometimes — especially after a loss like THAT. But when a post…
Read more A different March Madness: Online hate for the athletesNEW YORK — Alijah Martin, Vlad Goldin and ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic became the first and lowest-seeded team to reach this year’s Final Four as the Owls withstood another…
Read more FAU holds off Nowell and K-State to reach 1st Final FourMarkquis Nowell broke the NCAA Tournament record for assists in a game with 19, his last two on spectacular passes in the final minute of overtime, and Kansas…
Read more Nowell breaks NCAA assist record, KSU beats MSU 98-93 in OTKelvin Sampson has been around college basketball long enough to remember when preseason practices started in October following a true offseason, teams remained largely intact for multiple seasons…
Read more College hoops staffs specialize to meet roster, NIL demandsThe Sweet 16 features a new format and a bit of history when it begins later this week. The NCAA changed its setup for the women’s tournament this…
Read more Women’s Sweet 16 features new format and historic fieldSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Sobbing as she received hugs from friends, family and administrators, Mississippi coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin tried to grasp the magnitude of her team’s stunning win…
Read more Ole Miss stuns Stanford, reaches first Sweet 16 in 16 yearsDENVER (AP) — Drew Timme added something new to his twisting, turning, head-faking, mustachioed repertoire — a 3-pointer to help Gonzaga get over the hump and back to…
Read more Gonzaga, Timme move to Sweet 16 with 84-81 win over TCUCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tom Izzo leaned on star guard and native New Yorker Tyson Walker to get Michigan State to Madison Square Garden for the Sweet 16.…
Read more Michigan State outlasts Marquette; Izzo back to Sweet 16STANFORD, Calif. — Sobbing as she received hugs from friends, family and administrators, Mississippi coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin tried to grasp the magnitude of her team’s stunning win against…
Read more Ole Miss stuns Stanford, reaches first Sweet 16 in 16 yearsCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Aliyah Boston showed once more she’s far from a one-dimensional superstar. While South Carolina All-American collected her 81st career double double with 11 points and…
Read more March Madness: Top-seeded SC moves on after topping USFKansas’ national title defense ended in the second round of NCAA Tournament when Arkansas’ Ricky Council IV made five free throws in the closing seconds and the eighth-seeded…
Read more Arkansas ousts defending champ Kansas from March MadnessSTORRS, Conn. — I’ve always been a fan of March Madness. Growing up I remember watching UConn own it. Sure, I remember Stewie (Breanna Stewart) winning four in…
Read more Paige Bueckers’s AP Diary: getting ready for March MadnessCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Fairleigh Dickinson brought down a giant. Pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, the undersized, underdog Knights stunned top-seeded Purdue 63-58…
Read more Fairleigh Dickinson stuns No. 1 seed Purdue in March MadnessNCAA Tournament brackets were busted early Thursday ByMARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer From No. 13 seed Furman beating fourth-seeded Virginia to No. 15 Princeton defeating second-seeded Arizona, most…
Read more Most March Madness brackets bust before sundown on Day 1COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Holy Cross found out Sunday it would face second-seeded Maryland in the women’s NCAA Tournament. Then the more immediate challenge began — figuring out…
Read more Travel logistics can be tricky amid March Madness whirlwindKansas and Alabama are no strangers to playing for national championships. For the Jayhawks, another high-expectations trip to March Madness is a rite of spring. For the Crimson…
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