Plenty of college basketball analysts voiced their belief in No. 8 seed Mississippi State basketball when bracket matchups were unveiled Sunday, suggesting the Bulldogs can beat No. 9 seed Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. But ESPN’s Tom Crean took it much further. The former head coach of Marquette, Indiana and Georgia has Mississippi State (21-13) …
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Why UNC will, and won’t reach Final Four in our 2024 March Madness predictions
A year after missing the NCAA Tournament, UNC basketball is a No. 1 seed entering March Madness in 2024. Despite their loss to NC State in the ACC Tournament championship game, the Tar Heels (27-7) had a resume that helped them snag the No. 1 slot in the West Region. North Carolina tips things off against No. 16 Howard (18-16) …
Read More »2024 NCAA Tournament: Utah State Basketball-A First Look at the TCU Horned Frogs
2024 NCAA Tournament: Utah State Basketball-A First Look at the TCU Horned Frogs Who are the Horned Toads? Contact/Follow @HardwoodTalk & @MWCwire MWC Regular Season Champion Utah State draw battle hardened TCU in First Round matchup in Indy. First year Head Coach Danny Sprinkle has led Utah State to the NCAA Tournament. With an at-large ticket punched, thanks to one …
Read More »Big Ten Notebook: Illinois men’s basketball wins fourth Big Ten title
For the fourth time in program history, the Illinois Fighting Illini are Big Ten Tournament champions. On Sunday, they defeated Wisconsin 93-87 in a hard-fought championship game battle that went down to the wire. They were led by the talented duo of Terrence Shannon Jr. and Marcus Domask. As Illinois pulled away in the second half, Shannon Jr. set the …
Read More »Purdue women’s basketball continues onto March Madness, accepts WNIT bid
WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue women’s basketball is going dancing after all in March Madness. The Boilermakers had their 2024 season extended after accepting in an invite to the 26th annual Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Purdue (13-18) joins Wisconsin (13-16) and Minnesota (16-15) as one of three teams representing the Big Ten Conference as at-large qualifiers. More: How Purdue women’s basketball …
Read More »Cincinnati basketball vs San Francisco prediction: Who has edge in 2024 NIT
It’s win or hang up the sneakers from here on out for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. Denied an NCAA bid despite an NCAA NET rating better than many teams in the field, UC will now host a first-round NIT game for the second consecutive season under Wes Miller. The Bearcats will take on the San Francisco Dons from the …
Read More »New Mexico men’s basketball earns No. 11 seed in return to NCAA Tournament
Mar. 17—ALBUQUERQUE — A decade’s wait is finally over. Memphis, the Lobos are on their way. The University of New Mexico’s men’s basketball team will play its first game in the NCAA Tournament since 2014 on Friday against the Clemson Tigers of the vaunted Atlantic Coast Conference at 1:10 p.m. in the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn. {p class=”p1″}Amid the …
Read More »2024 March Madness odds for every tournament team after Selection Sunday bracket reveal
The 2024 March Madness bracket has been revealed. With the 68 competing teams announced, which one will win a national championship? BetMGM has released its updated odds for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship after the Selection Sunday bracket reveal on March 17. As of Sunday night, the UConn Huskies are favorites to win the title after winning it …
Read More »Kansas State women vs Portland in March Madness: Prediction for 2024 NCAA Tournament opener
MANHATTAN — The Kansas State women’s basketball team got its wish, and so did its fans. By claiming the No. 4 seed in the second Albany, New York, regional, the Wildcats (25-7) open the 2024 NCAA Tournament on their home court at Bramlage Coliseum against No. 13 seed Portland (21-12). The top 16 overall seeds — four in each region …
Read More »NCAA Tournament 2024 winners, losers: St. John’s leads notable snubs from bracket on Selection Sunday
The 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed on Sunday, setting the stage for the best month in all of sports. All across the country, teams learned their seeds and bracket placement for March Madness, allowing the college basketball community to react to the selection committee’s decisions in real time. This tournament is set up well with storylines and stakes in …
Read More »NCAA bracket 2024: Printable March Madness bracket, tournament seeds determined on Selection Sunday
The best time of the year in sports is here! With 68 teams spread across 14 sites over the next three weeks, March Madness is upon us with the 2024 NCAA Tournament set to begin. You’re ready, we’re ready, and we know you want an NCAA bracket to print out now that all the teams have been selected. Good news: …
Read More »2024 NCAA Tournament bracket: College basketball scores, March Madness TV schedule, live stream by region
The 2024 NCAA Tournament gets underway on Tuesday with First Four action followed by first- and second-round games on Thursday and Friday as part of a rollercoaster opening week that will see the 68-team field quickly shrink to a Sweet 16 in the span of six days. So consider yourself warned: A basketball bonanza is upon us. As the home …
Read More »March Madness 2024 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions from college basketball model
Houston, Purdue, UConn, and North Carolina are the No. 1 seeds in the 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket. Of the 38 national champions since 1985, 24 have been a No. 1 seed. A No. 2 seed has cut down the net five times, while a No. 3 seed has won the NCAA basketball bracket four times, accounting for nine of the …
Read More »Game time set for Marquette men’s basketball vs Western Kentucky in 2024 NCAA Tournament opener
Marquette fans who were hoping for a night game Friday are out of luck. Those who were hoping to travel to Indianapolis on the same day to watch the second-seeded Golden Eagles (25-9) face No. 15 seed Western Kentucky (22-11) in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament will have to get going before the sun comes up. Marquette plays …
Read More »NCAA Tournament 2024 bracket: Computer simulation predicts surprising upsets, March Madness picks, sleepers
There have been over a dozen upsets involving unranked teams toppling top-5 ranked squads entering the 2024 NCAA Tournament and the No. 1 overall ranking has been fluid all year. Kansas, Purdue, Arizona, UConn and Houston have all held the top spot, and you’d have to go back before the COVID-19 pandemic to find a year in which more programs …
Read More »March Madness: UConn opens as the favorite to win back-to-back national titles
Can UConn conquer March Madness for the second straight season? (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) The defending national champions are the favorites to win the 2024 NCAA tournament. Connecticut is +400 at BetMGM to win back-to-back national championships after the brackets were revealed on Selection Sunday. The Huskies got the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA men’s tournament after …
Read More »2024 NCAA Tournament: Why North Carolina earned final No. 1 seed over Iowa State in March Madness bracket
Iowa State made an impressive late surge into contention for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but even an authoritative victory over Houston in the Big 12 Tournament Championship Game wasn’t enough for the Cyclones. In the end, North Carolina claimed the fourth No. 1 seed despite falling short in the ACC Championship Game against NC State on …
Read More »2024 NCAA Tournament bracket: Ranking every team playing in March Madness from No. 1 to 68
1 A locomotive screaming down the tracks. The 31-3 reigning national champions enter this NCAA Tournament as the strongest team with the best chance to repeat of any squad since Florida in 2007. Dan Hurley’s Huskies are led by All-American guard Tristen Newton (15.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 6.0 apg), who holds the school record for triple-doubles. In the middle is …
Read More »March Madness 2024: Every team that has earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
USASTI The final automatic bids for the 2024 NCAA Tournament were distributed Sunday in the hours leading up to the Selection Show. With No. 1 seeds going down across the country in their conference tournaments, the Big Dance is going to include some surprise participants. Among them is Duquesne, which won the A-10 Tournament as the No. 6 seed by …
Read More »2024 Selection Sunday show: March Madness bracket revealed for NCAA Tournament, watch live stream online, time
USATSI There are only a few conference tournaments still in action Sunday, so it’s time to gear up and prepare for the official start of March Madness, where things will begin in earnest with the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Selection Show on CBS. The bracket will come to life at 6 p.m. ET Sunday on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ …
Read More »NCAA Tournament 2024 bracket picks, upsets, Cinderella teams: Model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
UConn will try to become the first team to win back-to-back NCAA Tournament titles since Florida in 2006 and 2007 when March Madness 2024 begins on Thursday. The Huskies are coming off a strong regular season and Big East Tournament title that earned them the No. 1 overall seed in the 2024 March Madness bracket. They were a No. 4 seed …
Read More »NCAA bracket predictions: Model reveals surprising March Madness 2024 tournament picks
The 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket is set and fans will feverishly fill out their 2024 NCAA bracket in the coming days. The Tennessee Volunteers have been one of the most consistent teams in college basketball all season and are led by superstar transfer Dalton Knecht. The Volunteers are coming off their ninth all-time appearance in the Sweet 16 last season …
Read More »Auburn basketball’s March Madness opponent is Yale to open 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket
NASHVILLE — Auburn basketball is back in March Madness for the fifth time in the last seven years. The Tigers were named a No. 4 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Sunday, and they’ll play No. 12 Yale in the first round Friday. Auburn, which is in the East Region, will play the winner of a matchup between No. …
Read More »March Madness: Follow Selection Sunday live as brackets are revealed
Selection Sunday is here. The final few conference championship games are in the books and the brackets are on their way. Who is the No. 1 overall seed? Does it even matter this season? Who will get the final No. 1 seed? What will the committee value most when evaluating bubble teams? The selection show will provide answers to all …
Read More »Kevin Harlan loses his mind as confetti falls prematurely during Atlantic-10 title game
March Madness was March Madness-ing on Sunday during the Atlantic-10 championship game. A little more than two minutes into the second half of the battle between Duquesne and Virginia Commonwealth, streams of red and blue confetti began raining down from the Barclays Center rafters. Commentator Kevin Harlan summarized the shock of the moment on the CBS broadcast. “Confetti falling right …
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