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Louisiana State University (LSU) gymnast Elena Arenas posted a Tiktok video of her performing two perfect back flips on the spot, as the team gears up for the NCAA regional finals.

Those who stay will be champions has been a Michigan football mantra for generations, dating to Bo Schembechler saying those six words to his first team in 1969.

After children and teachers were shot and killed at an elementary school in Texas, author and columnist John Feinstein urged the NCAA to relocate the men's and women's Final Four.

The Florida Atlantic Owls are an underdog team with zero NCAA Tournament wins before 2023. Head coach Dusty May has pulled off an unbelievable run to get them within an inch of history.

As the highest-ranked team left standing, it's up to No. 4 seed UConn to restore order in a tournament that's been marked by wild upsets. But it's not the only team with a strong resume.

The legendary broadcaster has called a staggering 37 NCAA Tournaments.

After advancing to a second straight Elite Eight for the first time in program history, Jim Larrañaga just had to dance.

By Jeff Borzello(Source ESPN Staff Writer):NEW YORK — The 2023 Final Four is poised to be the land of the unknown. Prior to last Friday, Florida Atlantic had never even won an NCAA tournament game as a program. Only six teams seeded lower than the Owls have ever played in a national semifinal, so they’re in pretty rare company. Here are the 10 unlikeliest Final Four runs since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1985. (One quick note: 1985 Villanova was the unlikeliest national champion, but this isn’t the unlikeliest NCAA tournament runs, it’s the unlikeliest Final Four r

Iowa's Caitlin Clark is The Associated Press college women’s basketball Player of the Year.

Students and fans gave the Miami Hurricanes men’s basketball team their final send-off Wednesday morning before the team headed to Houston for the Final Four.

March Madness is getting down to the Final Four games. Here's what you need to know about the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

The NCAA has gotten mostly positive reviews for its new women's Sweet 16 format during March Madness.

On this day in history, Michael Jordan, a 19-year-old freshman, hit the winning shot in the 1982 NCAA final, lifting North Carolina to a 63-62 win over Georgetown and launching his legend.

For the first time since 1985, the semifinals will feature none of the sport's most decorated programs. "This is a new history that we're venturing into," said South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.

For three of the teams, it is the first time in school history their men's basketball teams have been to the Final Four.

Jordan Miller led Miami with 27 points as the Hurricanes stormed back to beat Texas and clinch the last spot in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four.

After advancing to a second straight Elite Eight for the first time in program history, Jim Larrañaga just had to dance.

Riley Gaines on Sunday blasted ESPN for its segment honoring Lia Thomas during Women's History Month. Thomas was the first transgender female to win an NCAA championship.

Students at Florida Atlantic University are sharing videos of their ecstatic celebrations following the Owls win on Saturday that sent them to the Final Four.

Miami coach Jim Larrañaga wants to know how much money athletes at other schools are making through name, image and likeness deals.

Miami coach Jim Larrañaga wants to know how much money athletes at other schools are making through name, image and likeness deals. It's only fair, he said, since no school has had the values of its athletes' deals publicized more than Miami. Larrañaga said full disclosure is important for competitive reasons and also so the NCAA or Congress can have more information at their disposal when, and if, they bring clarity and uniformity to NIL rules.

March has gone from madness to unprecedented.

Here's what you need to know about watching tonight's Houston vs. Miami game.

Here's what you need to know about watching tonight's Texas vs. Xavier game.

Florida Atlantic, playing in just its second NCAA Tournament, moved within a victory of the Final Four by using a second-half push led by Michael Forrest to beat fourth-seeded Tennessee 62-55.

Tony Annese will serve a one-game playoff suspension after two Ferris State players lit cigars in a smoke-free area following their national title victory in December.

Any team that can put together a four-game winning streak will become the next champions. Only two No. 1 seeds are alive in the tournament, and the highest-profile schools have already gone home.

Women’s college basketball believes it has the makings for a hit reality TV show.

Brian Dutcher will always be known as the guy who spent all those years at Steve Fisher's side, winning the NCAA title at Michigan in 1989 and recruiting the Fab Five before helping to build San Diego State into a West Coast power. Dutcher has added to it with his first two March Madness wins in his six seasons as head coach and hopes there's more to come for SDSU. Awaiting the Aztecs is a Sweet 16 matchup with overall No. 1 seed Alabama in Louisville in the South Region on Friday, with the No. 5 seed Aztecs looking for their first-ever trip to the Elite Eight.

Women comprised less than half the head coaching positions and just over half of the assistant coaching spots for women's college sports teams in the 2021-22 school year.

An estimated 68 million Americans are expected to place bets on this years NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Texas Longhorns in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament Monday, and star Hailey Van Lith had a tense moment after the game.

St. John’s introduced 70-year-old Rick Pitino as its new men's basketball coach with a news conference at Madison Square Garden.

The team won its first home match earlier this month while the university became the first HBCU to host an NCAA gymnastics competition.

The 2023 men's tournament is wide open: to find a recent champion in the Sweet 16 field, you have to go all the way back to 2014 winners UConn.

The women’s college basketball Sweet 16 features a new format and a bit of history when it begins later this week.

The Sweet 16 features a new format and a bit of history when it begins later this week. The NCAA changed its setup for the women's tournament this season, trimming the traditional four regional sites to two. Seattle and Greenville — a city of 71,000 in South Carolina about halfway between Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina — will each host eight teams before sending the winners on to Dallas for the Final Four. It is also just the second time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994 that two of the No. 1 seeds didn't reach the regional semifinals after Mississippi and Miami knocked out Stanford and Indiana, respectively.

The University of Miami’s women’s swim and dive team officially wrapped up its season with stellar performances at the NCAA Championships, landing at 22nd in the nation and bringing home a third place finish by reigning NCAA champion Mia Vallée in the 1-meter.

Destiny Harden made a shot in the lane with 3.5 seconds left to send ninth-seeded Miami past top-seeded Indiana 70-68, lifting the Hurricanes to their first Sweet 16 since 1992.

An event that would have been unthinkable not even a decade ago is coming to Las Vegas this week.

Antoine Davis has ended his pursuit of the “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s NCAA scoring record.

Rick Pitino is back in the Big East Conference.

After nearly getting upset in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Miami had a point to prove. Indiana paid the price.

Ashlyn Whimpey, the Utah State cheerleader who went viral for crying during the Aggies' loss to Missouri, reacted to the virality of the moment.

No. 1 Houston was down 10 points at halftime, but it refused to become the third top seed to be knocked out of March Madness before the third round.

A bettor won big after placing a $33,000 bet on Fairleigh Dickinson to upset Purdue basketball in the NCAA tournament.

Sydney Parrish scored 19 points and had eight rebounds and Lilly Meister added seven points and three blocks in her first career start to lead the top-seeded Indiana Hoosiers past Tennessee Tech 77-47 in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament.

No. 4 Indiana was able to stave off No. 13 Kent State on Friday night to advance to the second round of the NCAA March Madness tournament.

Nicholas Boyd sent the Florida Atlantic Owls to the second round of the March Madness tournament with the game-winning layup over Memphis.

The fifth-seeded Miami Hurricanes pulled away late to avoid being upset by the 12th-seeded Drake Bulldogs in the first round of March Madness.

The left-handed batting utility player from Queens, New York, went to plate with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning.

The No. 3 Gonzaga Bulldogs are moving on with their victory over No. 14 Grand Canyon in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night.

Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, thanks to a relentless, hustling defense.

Fairleigh Dickinson became just the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game.

"It cannot be held against Edey that he is 7-4. If he takes illegal contact, it should be a foul," said Bo Boroski, who spent 20 years as a DI ref.

Pitt played in one of the First Four matchups, and the Panthers advanced to the Round of 32 after a dominant win over No. 6 Iowa State in the first round.

Sloane Matthews, Makenna Webster and Hadley Hartmetz each scored and defending champion Ohio State eased by Northeastern 3-0 on Friday in the NCAA women's Frozen Four. Top-seeded Ohio State (33-5-2) seeks its second championship in program history on Sunday against Wisconsin in an all-WCHA final. The Badgers (28-10-2) will play for their seventh championship.

The Washington State Cougars have adopted Shania Twain's “Man, I Feel Like A Woman” song as their official anthem on the way to March Madness.

Ratings for women's college basketball are at their highest levels in years.

Vice President Harris was booed when she was shown on the video board at the Wells Fargo Arena and then ridiculed on social media for her speech to Howard players.

From the First Four to the Final Four, the women's NCAA Tournament captivates sports fans for more than three weeks every year.

South Carolina's Furman University is projected to become the Cinderella story of the NCAA Tournament.

President Biden was likely just as shocked as any other bettor in the U.S. Thursday evening after Princeton upset Arizona and busted his bracket.

The annual list includes NCAA’s most talented Black head and assistant coaches as voted by their peers(Source Advancement of Black Sports):BALDWIN, N.Y. — Advancement of Blacks In Sports (ABIS), a non-profit organization with a mission to boldly advocate for a culture of equity and inclusion for Blacks in sports, announced the 2023 ABIS Black Coaches Watchlist. The list, which includes the NCAA’s top Black men’s and women’s head and assistant coaches from across the country, features 26 head coaches and 40 rising assistant coaches from mid level and major NCAA programs as recognized by their peers. Advancement of Blacks In Sports Announces 2023 Coaches Watchlist “As part of our mission to help advance Blacks in sports, it is important to recognize some of the best in the business as voted by their peers,” said ABIS founder Gary Charles. This ABIS Black Coaches Watchlist is shared annually with athletic administrators and executive search firms in efforts to highlight their contributions as the hiring cycle for men’s and women’s basketball begins. Those nominated are considered to be the year’s most deserving, qualified, and prepared Black coaches in the NCAA to elevate their careers to the next level.

Jessika Carter had 22 points, nine rebounds and four blocks, Anastasia Hayes added 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists and Mississippi State beat Illinois 70-56 to begin the NCAA Tournament in a First Four game.

Gaming group estimates that people will bet a total of $15.5 billion this year on the annual college basketball showcase.

Women’s basketball practice at Miami had been over for 30 minutes. The Cavinder twins were still working. Haley and Hanna Cavinder made their way around the 3-point arc, one shooting, then the other, over and over with a couple male practice players rebounding.

The 2023 NCAA Tournament continues on Friday with an exciting Round of 64 matchup between the No. 12 Drake Bulldogs and No. 5 Miami Hurricanes.

Jamarius Burton made a go-ahead jumper with 10 seconds left and Pitt edged Mississippi State 60-59 in a back-and-forth First Four game that featured 21 lead changes — most in the NCAA Tournament in five years.

Isaac Mushila had 15 points and 12 rebounds as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi held off Southeast Missouri State 75-71 to earn the first NCAA Tournament win in program history.

South Carolina has been at the top of their game all season long and on Sunday they were given the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

Alabama is No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll of the season Houston is No. 2 and Big Ten champion Purdue was third.

The North Carolina Tar Heels were not selected for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday and made dubious history in the process. They were No. 1 in the AP preseason poll.

Alabama rolls in as the top overall seed in an NCAA Tournament that feels both familiar and foreign this season.

March Madness isn’t just about filling out — and later trashing — brackets.

South Carolina is six wins away from becoming the 10th women’s basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season, and the Gamecocks will enter the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed.

Purdue and Marquette were far from the favorites in their own conferences going into the season.

Alabama is the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and headlining the South Region bracket.

Alabama is the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament after cruising through the end of a season clouded by a murder case.

Brandon Miller scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as fourth-ranked Alabama smothered No. 18 Texas A&AM 82-63 for its second Southeastern Conference Tournament championship in three seasons.

An Arizona fan yelled at UCLA coach Mick Cronin’s father, Hep, following the Pac-12 championship game, according to the Bruins radio broadcast.

Courtney Ramey made a 3-pointer with 16.7 seconds left to put Arizona in front and the eighth-ranked Wildcats beat No. 2 UCLA 61-59 in the Pac-12 championship game.

Tyler Kolek and No. 6 Marquette raced out to a hefty lead and never looked back, beating No. 15 Xavier 65-51 to win the Big East Tournament for the first time.

Dylan Disu overcame early foul trouble to score 18 points, Marcus Carr and Sir’Jabari Rice added 17 apiece, and seventh-ranked Texas silenced a heavily pro-Kansas crowd in a 76-56 romp over the third-ranked Jayhawks in the finals of the Big 12 Tournament.

Jamal Shead had 16 points and nine assists as top-ranked Houston advanced to its fifth American Athletic Conference championship game in a row with a 69-48 win over Cincinnati.

Kyle Filipowski had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jeremy Roach hit a huge 3-pointer at the 1:32 mark and No. 21 Duke held off No. 14 Miami 85-78 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday night.

Tyler Kolek and David Joplin each scored 17 points, and No. 6 Marquette moved into the Big East championship game for the first time by holding off No. 11 UConn 70-68.

Mason Gillis had 20 points on 7-for-8 shooting, and No. 5 Purdue held off Rutgers for a rugged 70-65 victory in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

The former Blue Devil believes Duke can still be a threat in the NCAA with John Scheyer.

More March Madness chaos in the women’s NCAA Tournament could be looming on the horizon if the past few months of upsets are any indication of what’s around the corner.

Patrick Ewing has been fired as men’s basketball coach at Georgetown after the latest in a series of rough seasons for the school he led to a national championship as a player in the 1980s.

The University of Iowa's president says a race discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Iowa by former football players will be settled using funds entirely from the school instead of having taxpayer money cover half of the $4.2 million deal.

California men’s basketball coach Mark Fox has been fired following the worst season in school history.

Jordan Miller had 18 points and nine rebounds for No. 14 Miami, which held off Wake Forest’s furious comeback for a 74-72 victory in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Thursday.

Cam Spencer and Derek Simpson scored 23 of their combined 31 points in the second half and Rutgers beat Michigan 62-50 on Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Drew Timme scored 18 points and became Gonzaga’s all-time leading scorer to lead the sharp-shooting No. 9 Bulldogs past No. 16 Saint Mary’s 77-51 in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship game.

UCLA has climbed to No. 2 behind Houston in the latest Associated Press men's college basketball poll.

The Ivy League men's and women's basketball tournaments will feature the top four teams in the conference. However, some want every team in the tournament.

Tennessee head baseball coach Tony Vitello was suspended by the school for the weekend series against the Dayton Flyers due to a "violation in the program."

Miami women’s basketball became the first collegiate program sanctioned by the NCAA on Friday in relation to a case concerning name, image and likeness. The Hurricanes have been placed on one year of probation after the NCAA determined head coach Katie Meier had impermissible contact with a booster, billionaire John Ruiz, during the recruitment process of twins Haley and Hanna Cavinder this past summer, according to statement released by the Division I Committee on Infractions.