College Basketball

Will Mississippi State reach Final Four in 2024 NCAA Tournament? Tom Crean thinks so

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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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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+ …

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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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