Playing close to home can’t help Houston as Cougars are foiled by poor shooting in NCAA Tournament
HOUSTON (AP) — Playing in the NCAA Tournament just two miles from campus, the stage was set for…
Iowa knocks off Nebraska to reach first Elite Eight since 1987
HOUSTON (AP) — Alvaro Folgueiras converted a critical three-point play when Nebraska only had four defenders on the…
How do Sweet 16 men’s basketball programs compare financially? There’s a clear No. 1
PORTLAND, Ore. — John Calipari had, as usual, wandered off topic. Asked about mid-major basketball programs’ scheduling frustrations,…
Lunardi: Want Cinderella back? Set an NCAA tournament eligibility floor
Any worthy data analyst would say, “Don’t draw serious conclusions from a 52-game sample.” Yet here we are,…
2026 March Madness picks: Predictions against the spread, odds for Sweet 16 games Thursday
While the opening rounds of the 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket did not send a true Cinderella into the…
March Madness: Ranking the Top 16 Players in the Sweet 16
Brackets set the stage for March Madness, but the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is defined by its superstars.…
2026 NCAA Tournament: Ranking every Sweet 16 game as March Madness continues
The upshot of a chalky first weekend of NCAA Tournament action is that the Sweet 16 is packed…
March Madness 2026: Reseeding the Sweet 16, from Arizona to Texas
The 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket has been narrowed from 68 teams to just 16, with a loaded set…
4 Takeaways From the Second Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
The first No. 1 seed succumbed around 9:35 p.m. ET on Sunday, by which time a last-ditch possession…
March Madness Sweet 16 predictions: Matchups, picks after wild opening weekend
The Sweet 16 is set after a wild first weekend of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. If you wanted…
NCAA tournament Sweet 16: Re-ranking the men’s contenders by championship potential
Last November, 365 Division I men’s college basketball teams began the season with dreams of advancing to the…
2026 March Madness scores, winners, losers: Big Ten shines, ACC falls flat
The Big Ten has the target well within reach as the conference seeks its first national championship since…