The Mountain West was granted an automatic tournament bid in 2001. That meant to keep a tidy 64-team bracket, one of the small-fry conferences had to lose their automatic in, or one of the at-large bids would have to be sacrificed, which would mean that somebody such as Michigan or Syracuse might have to play in the NIT.
More than $1 million is up for grabs in two NCAA Tournament contests in Las Vegas. Of course, it’s far from easy to win the money.
Tournament time has become Michigan’s time, especially those last few drama-packed seconds. They’ve finally figured out how to handle them.
Robert Champion scored 19 points, including a key 3-pointer in the final minute, to help Holy Cross beat Southern University 59-55 Wednesday night for their first tournament victory in 63 years.
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview Thursday’s first-round games.
As the city braces for an onslaught of visitors, restaurants and casinos are preparing for partiers, bettors and basketball fans alike with scheduled viewings for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
President Barack Obama has made his final NCAA Tournament call in office: Rock Chalk, champions.
A capsule look what to expect and who to watch during Thursday’s first round games of the NCAA Tournament.
Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker led a surge at the start of the second half that put the Wichita State on pace for a 70-50 victory over Vanderbilt on Tuesday night, making the big shots in a game with very few uncontested ones.
It wasn’t the same “Dunk City” gang that captured the nation’s attention during an improbable Sweet 16 run in 2013, but Florida Gulf Coast controlled the boards and blew past overmatched Fairleigh Dickinson 96-65 in a First Four game Tuesday night.
Three UNLV coaches — Todd Simon, Stacey Augmon and Ryan Miller — interviewed Monday to become the Rebels’ head basketball coach, sources said. The school is looking for a replacement for Dave Rice, who was fired Jan. 10.
The moment college basketball fans wait for all year has finally arrived. The NCAA Tournament — aka March Madness — tips off today with the First Four games, kicks into full gear with First Round games Thursday.
If those who would crack wise at the Vegas 16’s expense will do the math, they will discover Las Vegas’ inaugural postseason college basketball tournament for teams with directions and ampersands in their name has the highest average power rating of the three non-NCAA supported tournaments.
With all the conference tournaments wrapped up and Selection Sunday over and done with, the moment college basketball fans wait all year for can begin — the NCAA Tournament games.
The Rebels are searching for a new coach and hoping they can keep the core of the current roster together as well as the four-player recruiting class that signed in November.
