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The 68-team NCAA Tournament field has now come to an end. Talks of a new 76-team format have circulated, and on Thursday, those conversations took another step closer to becoming a reality. The NCAA men’s and women’s selection committees …
The last frontier of March Madness upsets was crossed in 2018, when the No. 16-seed UMBC Retrievers stunned Tony Bennett’s No. 1-seed Virginia Cavaliers. Since then, fans have become even more daring with their bracket picks. A No. …
Purdue Boilermakers senior center Oscar Cluff is ready for the 2026 NCAA Tournament, but he still has some catching up to do on his team’s first-round opponent, the Queens University Royals. After helping Purdue beat the Michigan Wolverines in the …
College basketball expert Jay Bilas sounds convinced that Darius Acuff Jr. has what it takes to lead the Arkansas Razorbacks to the top of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. On Selection Sunday, Bilas named Acuff as the player he believes can completely take …
March is here, and that means NCAA Tournament time. With the 68-team field set to be revealed on March 15, some discussions have come about regarding potential expansion. However, former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, also known as Coach K, said that is …
Bruce Pearl doesn’t think that the only undefeated Division I team is worthy of an at-large berth in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. On Saturday, the former Auburn Tigers head coach said that despite the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks winning all of their …
The NCAA Tournament went from 64 teams to 68 teams in 2011. Now, 15 years later, the NCAA is considering another expansion. On Thursday, NCAA President Charlie Baker said, “I’d like to see the tournament expanded.” After those comments …
Charles Barkley just shared a big take on the Big Dance. Although March Madness is still several weeks away, the NBA legend already appears to have an idea of which team will be the last one standing in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. During …
The power brokers in the college football world are working on expanding the field for the College Football Playoff. ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is hoping to have expansion for another NCAA postseason event. Phillips spoke at an ACC basketball …
West Virginia coach Bob Huggins thinks college basketball’s power conferences need to embrace a controversial but financially rewarding idea. Speaking at Big 12 Media Day on Wednesday, Huggins advocated for the sport’s elite conferences …
The 2020 men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the next college basketball tournament we see may be the biggest one ever. A source from the ACC told Dan Wolken of USA Today on Wednesday that …
Many people (us included) were freaking out when reports throughout last year’s college basketball season suggested the NCAA tournament would expand to a 96-team field. It got to the point where the plans for expansion were said to be a done …
Almost every sports fan I know gets excited when they flip their calender from Feburary to March and realizes that March Madness is just a few weeks away. Even though this year’s tournament isn’t even over yet, the NCAA has already …
One aspect of this year’s tournament that immediately jumps out at you is how few upsets there were. For the first time ever, all top three seeds in each region advanced to the Sweet 16. As it has been under the pod system, many of the top …
I’m not a fan of conference tournaments for several reasons. For starters, it cheapens the regular season. Think about the smaller conferences that don’t get at-large bids — Weber State for instance goes 15-1 in the Big Sky but …
