NCAA men's basketball tournament

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UConn Joins Elite Group With 2nd Straight NCAA Title

Not many other teams have consecutive repeat wins

(Newser) - UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships, the AP reports. Tristen Newton scored 20 points for the Huskies, who won their 12th straight March Madness game—not a...

UConn-Purdue Will Be Loud
UConn-Purdue Will Be Loud
opinion
Apr 7, 2024 4:05 PM CDT

UConn-Purdue Will Be Loud

Numbers don't much separate tournament's top two teams

(Newser) - In the NCAA men's tournament over the past two years, Connecticut has played 11 teams and beaten all of them by double digits, Dan Wolken points out in USA Today . The most recent victory was Saturday, when UConn topped Alabama to reach the final, to be played Monday night....

'One of Most Impressive March Madness Runs in History' Is Complete

UConn beats SDSU to win

(Newser) - UConn topped off one of the most impressive March Madness runs in history Monday night, clamping down early and breaking it open late to bring home its fifth national title with a 76-59 victory over San Diego State, the AP reports. Adama Sanogo had 17 points and 10 rebounds and...

Kansas Pulls Off Biggest-Ever NCAA Championship Comeback

Erases 16-point deficit to win the title

(Newser) - What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas. The Jayhawks brought their fourth NCAA title back to Allen Fieldhouse on Monday thanks to a second-half flurry that erased a 16-point deficit and eventually overcame North Carolina 72-69 in an epic battle of...

Tiny Saint Peter's Aims for History on Sunday

A No. 15 seed has never reached the Final Four

(Newser) - Coach K's farewell tour will end at his record-setting 13th Final Four. The Duke Blue Devils extended the career of Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski for one more weekend after beating Arkansas 78-69 on Saturday night in the West Region final, per the AP . Duke advanced to the...

Some Funny, Poignant March Madness Moments
'The Greatest Cinderella
in NCAA Tournament History'
the rundown
Mar 20, 2022 8:04 AM CDT

'The Greatest Cinderella in NCAA Tournament History'

The reference is to the Saint Peter's Peacocks; other moments from the first games

(Newser) - For those focused purely on the brackets, the big news out of Saturday's games was that the first No. 1 seed has fallen. Baylor was upset by the University of North Carolina, 93-86. ESPN has all the details.
  • Cinderella: Those who like underdog tales will be happy to learn
...

NCAA Answers Women on Unequal Weight Rooms

Discussion expands to different treatment for men's, women's tournaments

(Newser) - NCAA basketball administrators apologized to women's basketball players and coaches after inequities between the men's and women's tournaments went viral on social media and vowed to do better. NCAA Senior Vice President of Basketball Dan Gavitt vowed to do better during a Zoom call Friday, the AP...

NCAA Wants to Put Madness in Single Place

Environment would be less than a bubble, and the Final Four teams will spend a month in host city

(Newser) - There will be no NCAA men's basketball tournament games played in Dayton, Raleigh, or any of the 11 other sites expecting to host teams in 2021—and collect the revenue that comes with them. But there will be a tournament, the NCAA said Monday. All 68 tournament games instead...

Tips for Your March Madness Bracket

Some portion of everything you need to know!

(Newser) - Glance around your office, and odds are you'll see more than one person staring brow-furrowed at a March Madness bracket. Yes, the selection committee released its official bracket yesterday (you can download one here ), and that means it's time to identify Cinderellas, pick some 5-12 upsets, and/or...

Big East Loses Big in NCAA Tournament
 Big East Loses Big Time 
ncaa tournament
Mar 21, 2011 6:13 AM CDT

Big East Loses Big Time

Upsets include No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 1 Pittsburgh

(Newser) - The Big East is the Big Least so far in this year's NCAA tournament, reports the New York Times . After a record-setting 11 Big East Conference teams qualified for the men's basketball tournament, now only two remain. “The results obviously aren’t what we were hoping for,” said...

Butler Stuns Top-Seed Pitt
 Butler Stuns Top-Seed Pitt 
ncaa tournament
Mar 19, 2011 10:01 PM CDT

Butler Stuns Top-Seed Pitt

Late free throw ruins a lot of brackets

(Newser) - With plenty of help from Pittsburgh, Butler found another way to pull off a stunning upset in the NCAA tournament. Matt Howard made one free throw with 0.8 seconds left to cap a wild final sequence, and No. 8 Butler shocked the top-seeded Panthers 71-70 tonight to advance to...

How Nate Silver Fills Out His NCAA Bracket

 How Nate Silver Fills Out 
 His NCAA Bracket 
March Madness
Mar 14, 2011 3:54 PM CDT

How Nate Silver Fills Out His NCAA Bracket

Famed political, baseball analyst winds up picking all the 1-seeds

(Newser) - Nate Silver is a famed political number-cruncher, and was once a revered baseball statistician. So when he goes to fill out his March Madness bracket, he doesn’t just pick whichever names sound good. Instead, the New York Times writer has analyzed data from all the tournament games dating back...

March Madness Expands to 68 Teams

CBS re-ups with new 14-year contract

(Newser) - March Madness will be just a wee bit madder next year, expanding from 65 teams to 68, the NCAA announced today. Essentially there will be three extra early “play-in” games, ESPN explains. There had been talk of expanding the tournament to as many as 96 teams and engulfing the...

Jennifer Hudson Tarnishes One Shining Moment

Tournament-ending video montage disappoints

(Newser) - CBS dropped the ball on the most eagerly awaited part of its NCAA basketball tournament coverage, critics agree. Hiring Jennifer Hudson—who isn't even a CBS recording artist—to sing "One Shining Moment" was one thing, but turning the wildly popular annual highlight montage into a Jennifer Hudson video...

Duke Reclaims National Crown
 Duke Reclaims National Crown 
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Apr 6, 2010 5:33 AM CDT

Duke Reclaims National Crown

Blue Devils end Butler's run, win fourth title

(Newser) - Cinderella Butler took favored Duke to the wire tonight in the NCAA men's basketball championship game, but couldn't quite complete the voyage, with the Blue Devils holding on for a 61-59 victory after the Bulldogs' last chance clanged off the rim at the buzzer. It's the school's fourth title under...

President Schools Hoops Analyst in H-O-R-S-E

Retired Indiana Pacer Clark Kellogg of CBS lets down his guard

(Newser) - CBS basketball analyst Clark Kellogg knows pressure—he played for Ohio State and the Indiana Pacers before moving to the TV studio—but he appears to have let his guard down on the White House court. In a game of H-O-R-S-E—renamed P-O-T-U-S, a common abbreviation of "president of...

Duke Returns to Title Game
Duke Returns to Title Game 
ncaa tournament
Apr 3, 2010 10:34 PM CDT

Duke Returns to Title Game

Blue Devils' 78-57 victory sends West Virginia packing

(Newser) - Duke moved within 40 minutes of its first national title in 9 years tonight, getting 23 points from Jon Scheyer to pull away from West Virginia, 78-57. Kyle Singler had 21 and Nolan Smith 19 for the Blue Devils, who squashed West Virginia's feel-good story and will now try to...

No. 1 Seed Duke Advances
 No. 1 Seed Duke Advances 
ncaa tournament
Mar 28, 2010 6:51 PM CDT

No. 1 Seed Duke Advances

Blue Devils eliminate Baylor to gain Final Four

(Newser) - Nolan Smith scored a career-high 29 points and top-seeded Duke used a big run late in the game to beat Baylor, 78-71, today in Houston. Duke, the lone No. 1 seed remaining in the tournament, will play in the national semis for the first time since 2004, against East Regional...

Michigan State Returns to Final Four
 Michigan State Returns 
 to Final Four 
ncaa tournament
Mar 28, 2010 3:50 PM CDT

Michigan State Returns to Final Four

Tennessee heads home after Spartans pull out another squeaker, 70-69

(Newser) - Raymar Morgan made a free throw with 1.8 seconds left today in St. Louis, giving fifth-seeded Michigan State a 70-69 victory over sixth-seeded Tennessee and a spot in its second straight Final Four. The Vols' Scotty Hopson tied the game with a free throw with 11.2 seconds left,...

West Virginia Stuns Kentucky
 West Virginia 
 Stuns Kentucky 
ncaa tournament
Mar 27, 2010 9:32 PM CDT

West Virginia Stuns Kentucky

Backup point guard Joe Mazzulla leads Mountaineers into Final FOur

(Newser) - It's almost heaven, West Virginia. Da'Sean Butler and the Mountaineers are off to the Final Four for the first time since 1959. Injury replacement Joe Mazzulla scored a career-high 17 points in his first start this season and No. 2 seed West Virginia handled a cold-shooting, top-seeded Kentucky team stocked...

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