Latest NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship News

UConn, San Diego State set for title game rematch in Sweet 16; Iowa State, Illinois target Elite 8

Mar. 27, 2024 17:51 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Connecticut coach Dan Hurley won’t shy away from the notion that his team has consistently been the best in college basketball this season. The Huskies’ 33-3 record and the dominant manner in which they’ve won along the way have proven that. He...

Caleb Love leads Arizona into Sweet 16 with team-first approach

Mar. 27, 2024 16:29 PM EDT

Arizona's Caleb Love arrived from North Carolina with a reputation. He was selfish, a bad teammate, took too many bad shots. As is the case with most social media hyperbole, perception didn't meet reality once Love put on a Wildcats uniform. “Everybody had these...

Here are some numbers that will help you get your March Madness fix for the Sweet 16

Mar. 27, 2024 08:12 AM EDT

Sixteen may be sweet, but it isn’t the only relevant number as the NCAA Tournament heads into the regional semifinals. Here are some other numbers worth knowing for each team. These statistics will help you learn more about each of the remaining teams and could explain how some of...

Dutcher's Aztecs face UConn in the Sweet 16 in a rematch of their painful national title game loss

Mar. 26, 2024 19:19 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The UConn Huskies pretty much wrecked every team they faced in the NCAA Tournament on the way to last year’s championship and the first two games this March Madness look awfully familiar. Up next is a wrinkle: A rematch with a San Diego State team that was...

AP Sports Week in Pictures

Mar. 26, 2024 08:11 AM EDT

The ongoing drama of college basketball’s March Madness in the United States. An incident-packed trip to South Korea for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani. A match-winning goal at iconic Wembley Stadium in London that thrust Brazil teenager Endrick into the global consciousness. ...

March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16

Mar. 26, 2024 06:10 AM EDT

March Madness is on. The beloved annual tradition that is the NCAA Tournament opened with bracket busters and overnight stars — Oakland's Jack Gohlke and Oregon's Jermaine Couisnard, anyone? — emerging out of nowhere. Who will win it all? UConn is the No. 1...

The NCAA Tournament wants to expand without losing its soul. It will be a delicate needle to thread

Mar. 25, 2024 19:50 PM EDT

Kevin Keatts and North Carolina State reached the NCAA Tournament the old-fashioned way. The way that existed before the bubble. Before bracketology. Before NET rankings, KenPom, the transfer portal, name, image and likeness and all the rest. Before the tournament field grew (and...

UConn's efficiency data on both sides of the ball looks worthy of another March Madness title

Mar. 25, 2024 17:17 PM EDT

Connecticut romped through the NCAA Tournament's opening weekend in such fashion that coach Dan Hurley is using one word to describe the reigning national champions' vulnerability. “We're bulletproof,” Hurley said after UConn routed Northwestern in the second round. “Again,...

Bracket not busted: All top 8 seeds advance to Sweet 16 in chalky March Madness

Mar. 25, 2024 11:43 AM EDT

March Madness arrived with visions of chaos. Based on last year's bracket, there was little reason to doubt it. The only surprise so far has been the lack of pandemonium. The top two seeds from each region are headed to the Sweet 16 for just the fifth time. One...

Top-seeded Houston needs OT to avoid March Madness exit, gets by No. 9 Texas A&M 100-95

Mar. 25, 2024 01:40 AM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Houston Cougars breathed a sigh of relief celebrating their latest Sweet 16 berth. What looked like a victory in hand turned into an overtime thriller in the span of two minutes. Emanuel Sharp started overtime with a 3-pointer that put...