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Miami (OH) punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday after beating SMU, 89-79, in the First Four at UD Arena. It was a tight contest throughout, but the RedHawks did enough in the closing minutes to claim the victory and enter March Madness for the first time since 2007. After the game, Miami […]

Tyrese Haliburton is ready for March Madness and shares the boldest pick in his bracket. The Indiana Pacers star is partnering with Reese’s for their March Madness bracket challenge, where everyone is a winner, even if you don’t have the perfect team matchups. “I think everybody’s bracket is gonna bust. The odds of you having […]

Arizona basketball brings an astonishing 32-2 record to March Madness 2026. It helps the Wildcats landed in one of the easier regionals in the NCAA Tournament. ‘Zona will be a heavy favorite to win it all under head coach Tommy Lloyd. Arizona even survived the toughest basketball conference with sustaining only two losses. Lloyd may […]

Miami (OH) just barely got into the NCAA Tournament after a 31-1 campaign, but the RedHawks still had to earn their spot in the Round of 64 in the First Four. It’s almost as if, after scrutiny about Miami’s schedule and its margin of victory against some inferior opponents, the selection committee wanted Travis Steele […]

Even the supporters of 11-seed Miami (OH) RedHawks made a splash during Wednesday night’s First Four matchup at UD Arena in Dayton, against the 11-seed SMU Mustangs. With 13:37 remaining in the second half, SMU senior forward Corey Washington went to the free-throw line for a couple of freebies, with the Mustangs behind by a […]

March Madness is unlike any other sporting event because anything can happen in a one-and-done format. On Wednesday, Prairie View A&M notched its first-ever tournament win in the First Four against Lehigh, 67-55. In the process, they secured a first-round matchup with the defending national champion Florida Gators on Thursday. Afterward, head coach Byron Smith […]

Breanna Stewart is ready for March Madness. The national tournament is underway, and the four-time NCAA champion is partnering with Reese’s to ensure that even if her bracket doesn’t make the final round, she’ll be awarded with a Reese’s to ease the pain. “The partnership with Reese’s is really cool because it’s a bracket challenge […]

UConn basketball hit a thud before the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies must clean up the debris and mistakes from the St. John’s loss on Saturday. But the 72-52 defeat doesn’t lessen UConn’s championship probability ahead of March Madness. Teams in the 68-team field will take Dan Hurley and company seriously. Foes especially in the East […]

Prairie View A&M cruised to a decisive victory over Lehigh, 67-55, in the First Four tournament on Wednesday night. They now join Howard University—which won its First Four matchup against UMBC on Tuesday night—and Tennessee State as the only HBCUs represented in the official field of 64. The Panthers secure their first-ever win in the […]

On Thursday, March Madness begins. One of the first round games to be on the lookout for is No. 3 Gonzaga taking on No. 14 Kennesaw State in the West Region in Portland, Oregon. Some are anticipating that the Bulldogs will be upset by the Owls. As a result, Kennesaw State is trying its hardest […]

Troy sophomore Kerrington Kiel might have just exposed the secret to his team’s Sun Belt Championship. While few expect the Trojans to pull off the upset against Nebraska in March Madness, Kiel promised they would at least make life difficult for Fred Hoiberg’s team in the first round. Troy might not be the most talented […]

The 11th-seeded SMU Mustangs will be without one of their key players for Wednesday night’s First Four showdown in the NCAA Tournament against fellow 11-seed Miami (Ohio) RedHawks. The Mustangs will be without the services of senior guard BJ Edwards on the floor against Miami (Ohio) due to a lower-body injury. “NEWS: BJ Edwards won’t play tonight for SMU […]

Houston basketball guard Emanuel Sharp recalls the final seconds in last year’s national title game. That Florida loss inspires him to shed a different kind of tears in 2026 March Madness as he described. While he’s downplaying feeling effected by the final seconds of that 65-63 defeat, Sharp dropped his motivation before this NCAA Tournament […]

The theme of March Madness is always upsets, and that will be no different this season. Despite a college basketball season that was dominated by the top teams and their excellence, chaos is always just around the corner when the best postseason tournament in sports gets underway. While the dominance of the top 10 teams […]

Florida basketball enters 2026 March Madness ready to defend the national title. Head coach Todd Golden and the Gators have a chance to repeat history on campus: Winning consecutive crowns for the first time since 2006 to 2007. But Florida’s road is one of the hardest before facing the winner of Lehigh and Prairie View […]

The Houston Cougars will take on the Idaho Vandals in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, with head coach Kelvin Sampson still looking for his first national championship. While he has come extremely close on multiple occasions, as recently as 2025, Idaho head coach Alex Pribble dropped the ultimate praise, per […]

Barack Obama might not be in office anymore, but that does not mean he has stopped filling out NCAA Tournament brackets. The former United States president continued the tradition in 2026, picking Arizona to come out on top of his March Madness bracket. Obama was one of many celebrities who sent their brackets to the […]

Houston basketball left 2025 March Madness with a sour taste in its mouth. Emanuel Sharp avoided the double dribble, but time melted and Florida won the national title. Now UH earns a big chance to erase the memories of last season’s missed championship attempt starting with Idaho. The Cougars are at an immense advantage on […]

Penn’s upset bid for its first-round matchup with Illinois could take a significant hit before the teams grace the Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Thursday. The Quakers are in danger of playing without star forward TJ Power, their second-leading scorer and potential March Madness darling. Power just carried Penn to its first March Madness appearance […]

Superstars are made in March. With 64 teams in the NCAA Tournament field, there will be nonstop basketball action over the coming weeks, and every team and player in the big dance will be giving it their all in the hopes of being crowned champions. Every year, big-name players prove their talent in March Madness, […]

Duke will open their NCAA Tournament run on Thursday as they face Siena. While some analysts are putting Duke on upset alert later in the tournament, they are one of the favorites to win it all in March Madness. While Duke is expected to easily defeat Siena, they will likely be without a star player […]

Executives, scouts, and NBA personnel have been preparing for the 2026 NCAA Tournament for quite some time. All eyes are on the 2026 NBA Draft, which could just go down as the best draft class in NBA history, especially given the amount of star potential that exists. From Darryn Peterson to AJ Dybantsa to Cameron […]

Louisville will be significantly shorthanded to begin the 2026 NCAA Tournament, with star point guard Mikel Brown Jr.’s back injury set to cost him the team’s first two games. Brown, who has not played since Feb. 28, will miss the Cardinals’ opening-round matchup against South Florida, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported. He will also sit out […]

After winning its final West Coast Conference Tournament, Gonzaga enters the 2026 March Madness field as a three-seed. The Bulldogs’ seeding pits them against No. 14-seed Kennesaw State, with a potential second-round game with either BYU or Texas. Gonzaga’s weak conference schedule has always made it a difficult team to trust in the NCAA Tournament, […]

Few players in recent college basketball history have embodied sustained excellence and winning quite like University of Connecticut men’s basketball star Alex Karaban. Over the course of four seasons in Storrs, the UConn forward has not only been a cornerstone of one of the sport’s modern dynasties but has also carved out a legacy that […]

Despite having the highest-scoring offense in college basketball, Alabama finds itself in a potential danger spot against Hofstra in the first round of March Madness. While the Crimson Tide have the firepower to beat anybody in the country, the Coastal Athletic Association champions are arguably the hottest teams in the country. Alabama enters March Madness […]

North Carolina Basketball will be a six seed in the NCAA Tournament. UNC has a date with the A-10 Champion, VCU, on Thursday night, and is on upset alert in the first round. It was a solid season for the Tar Heels in 2025-26. They opened up 6-0 before a 74-58 loss ot Michigan State. […]

Texas will be moving on to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. They will have a date with BYU on Thursday, but to get to that point, Texas had to defeat NC State. The Longhorns led most of the game, but nearly collapsed until Tramon Mark bailed the team out late in the game. […]

With the game clock winding down and the pressure mounting rapidly, Texas guard Tramon Mark said: I got this. Mark sank a long jumper with only 1.1 seconds left to lift the Longhorns over NC State, 68-66, at UD Arena on Tuesday to advance to the 68-team field of the NCAA Tournament. Texas almost suffered […]

Tramon Mark has experienced plenty of memorable moments during his six-year college career (redshirt and COVID). As a freshman, he helped Houston reach the Final Four for the first time in almost 40 seasons. He posted 26 points and nine rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game two years later. He dropped 35 and nailed the […]

NC State looked utterly dejected exiting the floor at UD Arena after absorbing a painful loss to Texas, 68-66, in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday. The Wolfpack saw their chance of earning a ticket to March Madness disappear, as Tramon Mark nailed the game-winning jumper with only 1.1 seconds left. NC State […]

Zuby Ejiofor was pumped up as he cut down the net at Madison Square Garden after leading St. John’s to the title in the Big East Tournament. It was a culmination of a challenging journey, and Ejiofor had every reason to celebrate. The Red Storm routed Connecticut, 72-52, on Sunday, with Ejiofor tallying 18 points, […]

The 16th-seeded Howard Bison have done it. At last, the program has a March Madness win under its belt after defeating No. 16-seed UMBC Retrievers in the First Four round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Howard basketball outlasted the Retrievers for an 86-83 victory and a ticket to the first round of the Big Dance. […]

For most of Tuesday night’s First Four game between Texas and NC State, two of the final at-large teams in the March Madness field, the Longhorns looked the stronger of the two. However, a late-game collapse allowed the Wolfpack to come all the way back and tie the game on a Tre Holloman free throw. […]

For the Queen City, the March Madness stakes extend far beyond the tournament brackets. Sure, the college basketball world descends into its annual frenzy of buzzer-beaters and Cinderella stories. However, the Charlotte Hornets’ front office is quietly sharpening its focus on the future. The 2026 NBA Draft is already being hailed as a generational goldmine. […]

The Atlanta Hawks have spent much of the 2025-26 season navigating a landscape of transition and transformation. Following the monumental January trade that sent franchise icon Trae Young to the Washington Wizards, the team initially struggled to find its footing. However, under the steady hand of Quin Snyder, Atlanta has ignited a spectacular ten-game winning […]

March is the month when legends are forged under college basketball’s brightest lights. For the Milwaukee Bucks, it is the ultimate scouting ground. As the 2026 NCAA Tournament kicks off, the eyes of the basketball world are on the young phenoms who will soon affect the fate of NBA contenders. The atmosphere is electric, and […]

Even though they are a No.1 seed, Duke will have their work cut out for them in the NCAA Tournament. In the meantime, head coach and former player Jon Scheyer is looking to go for his first National Championship as head coach. After winning the ACC Tournament, legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski offered a hopeful message […]

As expected, Arizona was named one of the top seeds in the NCAA Tournament, a reward for the team’s dominant run in the Big 12, which aptly ended with a championship trophy. The Wildcats tallied a 32-2 record, including 16-2 in conference play, and they are looking very much like a national champion by the […]