NCAA TOURNAMENT

Judging head coaches after half a season is not fair. But it’s obvious who is off to a tremendous start so far this season.

FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy released his latest bracket, which has some movement near the top.

FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy released his latest bracket, which has some movement near the top.

UConn, Purdue, Arizona and Kansas held onto their spots in the latest men's NCAA Tournament projections.

North Carolina, which was No. 1 in the AP's preseason Top 25 poll, is an eight-seed in FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy's projections after stumbling to a 9-4 record.

The Wisconsin women's volleyball team earned the No. 1 seed and a Big Ten championship over the weekend as they continue to put the photo-leak scandal behind them.

Doug Edert, who starred for Saint Peter's before transferring to Bryant, was involved in an altercation with Syracuse's Judah Mintz on Saturday.

The Tar Heels are returning four of five starters after losing to the Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA Tournament last season.

Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim made clear what the barometer is for success in the sport, and it's not how many bids you get into the Big Dance.

FAU plays its season-opener against Lynn University on Aug. 28 at 6 p.m.

As Sister Jean turns 103, here’s a look at Tribune coverage of the Loyola basketball team chaplain.

The bobbleheads feature Sister Jean smiling, holding a basketball and wearing a Loyola Ramblers jacket along with a scarf and shoes in school colors, maroon and gold.

Carril led Princeton to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances.

Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a star-studded cast of coaches that will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November.

The Gamecocks ended the Huskies' undefeated streak in championship games with their 64-49 victory and capped a wire-to-wire run as the No. 1 team in the country in The Associated Press poll.

North Carolina has an effective inside/outside combo in Armando Bacot and Caleb Love.

The Miami Hurricanes men’s basketball team traveled to Chicago, Illinois this past weekend for the NCAA Tournament regional playoffs. On Friday, the Hurricanes took on Iowa State in the Sweet 16. Behind Kameron McGusty’s 27 points and four steals, the Canes came through with a 70-56 victory which propelled the program to its first ever Elite Eight. The Canes went on to face the No. Here are some of the best photos from the weekend taken by photo editor Josh Halper.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint.

Everyone, it seems, is angry at the Academy Awards, and amid this maelstrom our film critic offers his predictions for this year's award-winners, and why he believes this might be the most freakishly riveting Oscar ceremony yet.

The run by tiny Saint Peter's to the cusp of the Final Four has been riveting.

There are only eight teams left in the NCAA Tournament and the Miami Hurricanes are one of them, despite being projected to finish 12th in the Atlantic Coast Conference. For such an occurrence, key takeaways exist from Miami’s third Sweet 16 appearance under 11th-year coach Jim Larrañaga, as the team moves into its first-ever Elite Eight:1. Such was the case on Friday night, too, as McGusty scored 27 points, Moore added nine assists, and Waardenburg collected eight rebounds. In their most recent win, the Canes forced Iowa State to turn it over 18 times. The Hurricanes will face the top-seeded team in the Midwest region on Sunday when they compete with the Kansas Jayhawks.

Although your favorite team may or may not still be dancing, the NCAA Tournament continues on, with Sweet 16 games running through the weekend.

Michigan and Kentucky stood out in a study examining the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, academic success and diversity in the head coaching ranks.

Find out how you can catch all 67 NCAA tournament games for March Madness 2022.

LSU is filling its men’s basketball coaching vacancy with Murray State's Matt McMahon.

LSU is filling its men's basketball coaching vacancy with Murray State's Matt McMahon, the university announced Monday night. The hiring came two days after Murray State's season ended with a loss to Saint Peter's in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. McMahon, 43, has coached Murray State for seven seasons, during which the Ohio Valley Conference school located in Murray, Kentucky, has had two first-round victories in the NCAA Tournament.

Some people were not pleased with how the Arizona Wildcats basketball players handled the team's postgame celebration.

Kevin Willard is taking over as Maryland’s basketball coach after a dozen seasons at Seton Hall.

Bennedict Mathurin made a 3-pointer to force overtime and scored six more points in the extra session, and top-seeded Arizona outlasted ninth-seeded TCU 85-80 on Sunday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

March Madness is finally part of the women’s NCAA Tournament vernacular and the first round has so far aptly fit that phrase.

Paige Bueckers was back in the starting lineup and No. 2 seed UConn once again dominated its opposition in an NCAA Tournament opener. Bueckers scored 12 points as UConn began its run toward a 12th NCAA Tournament title with an 83-38 first-round rout of No. 15 seed Mercer on Saturday in the Bridgeport Regional. Bueckers said she's getting more and more confident in her game.

North Carolina’s Brady Manek ejected for elbow as Tar Heels hold off No. 1 Baylor in overtime.

This March Madness, players can monetize their one shining moments.

North Carolina's Brady Manek was ejected for elbowing Baylor's Jeremy Sochan in the face in their NCAA Tournament second-round game on Saturday. Manek had a season-high 26 points when he was ejected in the second half. Manek threw the elbow while blocking out Sochan for a rebound.

Aliyah Boston scored 10 points and had 12 rebounds while top-seeded South Carolina’s stifling defense held Howard to the fewest points ever in a women’s NCAA Tournament game in a 79-21 victory.

Vermont drops 75-71 decision to Arkansas in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at Buffalo, New York.

Both Miami (23-10) and USC were defeated in the semifinals of their respective conference tournaments. “[USC is] the fourth-tallest team in college basketball,” Larrañaga said in a Miami Athletics release. “At the defensive end of the floor, we felt like we had to force more and more turnovers because we weren’t a big, physical team,” Larrañaga said. This approach has been preached by Larrañaga to his players, many of whom are preparing for their respective tournament debuts. “You have to play really, really well and you can’t play really well if you’re uptight.

The 15th-seeded Peacocks took down college basketball royalty in an 85-79 overtime victory over the second-seeded Wildcats.

Tiny Saint Peter’s took down basketball royalty, getting 27 points from Daryl Banks III in an 85-79 overtime victory over second-seeded Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Miami’s women’s basketball team will open the NCAA Tournament with a battle against the South Florida Bulls on Friday. Guards Kelsey Marshall and Mykea Gray have represented Miami in the NCAA Tournament twice, while forward Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi went to the Big Dance twice during her time with Syracuse. Both teams, as well as four other ACC squads, are suiting up for the NCAA Tournament. “We usually scrimmage with [South Florida], so we are pretty familiar with them,” Meier said. “Our run in the ACC Tournament showed that we can compete with any team in the country, no matter their rankings, and we want to continue that in the NCAA Tournament,” Meier said.

The NCAA Tournament's South Carolina site for opening-round games is filled with postseason-tested coaches.

Loyola-Chicago plays Ohio State in one of the top matchups on the second full day of the NCAA Tournament.

Jacob Gilyard scored 24 points and 12th-seeded Richmond leaned on its experienced lineup to defeat Big Ten champion Iowa 67-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Florida Gulf Coast is a No. 12 seed in the women's NCAA Tournament, something some outside of the committee that put the bracket together seems to understand.

Here's a look at what's happening on day one of the NCAA tournament.

Here's a look at what's happening on day one of the NCAA tournament.

Find out how you can catch all 67 NCAA tournament games for March Madness 2022.

Paul Atkinson Jr.’s putback layup with 1.4 seconds left in the second overtime gave Notre Dame an 89-87 win over Rutgers in a wild First Four game.

Tanner Holden had 37 points and 11 rebounds and Wright State beat Bryant 93-82 on Wednesday night for its first NCAA Tournament victory.

In case you've ever looked at an NCAA Tournament bracket and wondered, "Where the heck is that school located?," we have just the quiz for you.

Brady sent his tweet on a Sunday afternoon, stealing the spotlight from the 2022 NCAA Tournament’s Selection Sunday. After all, Jordan had resumed practicing with the Bulls in the weeks before his fax, and there had been rumblings about a possible comeback. Like Brady, Jordan found it difficult to remain retired. Tom Brady’s comeback was probably more shocking than Michael Jordan’s. Few individuals have the ability to completely reverse a team’s fortunes, but Jordan and Brady are obviously on that short list.

Gonzaga will head into the NCAA Tournament exactly where it ended up in the final AP Top 25 — right on top.

It’s tournament time, which, for college basketball fans, is the best time of the year.

Find out how you can catch all 67 NCAA tournament games for March Madness 2022.

South Carolina has expectedly earned the No. 1 overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

We finally have a March featuring NCAA Tournament games with no crowd restrictions at sites across the country.

It's been years since Colorado State advanced out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The March Madness bracket is out.

The NCAA Tournament has some very interesting potential matchups in the second round, especially in the West Region.

NCAA's March Madness basketball tournaments are working to get back to a pre-pandemic sense of normalcy.

No. 7 Duke faces Virginia Tech in the title game of the ACC Tournament.

Tyrece Radford scored 19 points and Quenton Jackson made five throws in the final minute as Texas A&M beat fourth-ranked Auburn 67-62 in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 21 points, including three free throws in the closing seconds, and Indiana beat top-seeded and 16th-ranked Illinois 65-63 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

Michigan coach Juwan Howard returns from a five-game suspension as the Wolverines face Indiana at Indianapolis in a Big Ten Tournament game with major ramifications for both teams.

The Big Ten is deep and talented again in 2022, but the lack of NCAA Tournament success will be a lingering narrative in the postseason.

Wake Forest meets Boston College in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament looking for another win on its NCAA Tournament resume.

After months of anticipation, the Miami Hurricanes will finally take the field as they kick off a four-game series at home against Towson on Friday night at 7 p.m. Miami will play in its first non-intersquad contest since being eliminated in the regional round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Since last season, the Hurricanes have seen a notable roster shift and against Towson, they will get a chance to show off the newest members of the young team. Last season, Miami finished fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference in team ERA at 4.4, allowing only 158 walks and held opponents to a batting average of .245. Towson fields 41 players on the roster, and many of those players have college playing experience as there are only eight freshmen. Last season, however, the team from Maryland was not as competitive as many others, finishing with a record of 21-36.

The knock on Penny Hardaway early in the season was that he could recruit talent to Memphis, just not win with it.

South Carolina, Stanford, North Carolina State and Tennessee would be the top seeds if the women’s NCAA Tournament began today.

After a magical run to the NCAA Tournament that saw Miami head coach Jose “Keno” Gandara’s team dominate the Atlantic Coast Conference, Miami was swept by Florida Friday night in Gainesville, bringing an end to a dominant season. Miami’s 2021 appearance in the tournament was the program’s first since 2018, when the team made it to the second round with a 22-6 overall record. This season, the Hurricanes finished 25-5 with a record of 15-3 in conference play, tied for second in the conference with No. The sweep over Miami gave the Hurricanes their second shutout match loss of the season; the first came to No. We faced a good opponent that was ready to play.”On the night, Miami was outscored 75-51, with the narrowest set loss being decided by a 25-20 score.

South Florida posted the biggest upset on the first day of the NCAA baseball tournament.

1 regional seed and No. 15 national seed Florida, No. 3 regional seed South Alabama and No. 4 regional seed South Florida. 4 national seed Vanderbilt while also getting swept by top national seed Arkansas in the final month of the regular season.

Scott Drew uttered the far-fetched idea of Baylor being national champion when he was introduced as coach nearly 18 years ago.

The fresh-as-can-be Baylor Bears obliterated wobbly-legged Gonzaga’s march to perfection in an 86-70 runaway in the national title game.

Luke Ratliff, a 23-year-old Alabama student, died after a brief illness, his father said.

Stanford holds off Arizona to win the women's NCAA Tournament, giving coach Tara VanDerveer her first title since 1992.

Stanford holds off Arizona to win the women's NCAA Tournament, giving coach Tara VanDerveer her first title since 1992.

Aari McDonald scored 26 points and led a smothering defensive effort for Arizona as the Wildcats beat UConn 69-59 Friday night to advance to the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game for the first time in school history.

Haley Jones scored 24 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 32 seconds left, to help Stanford beat South Carolina 66-65 and advance to the national championship game.

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has agreed to a new contract that will keep him with the Jayhawks until he retires.

North Carolina Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring.

(AP Photo/Eric Gay)Arizona has been having fun and playing good basketball, all the way to its first women's NCAA Final Four. The 11-time national champions are making their 13th consecutive Final Four appearance and 21st overall for coach Geno Auriemma. The Cardinal's first Final Four since 2017 is their 14th overall, trailing only to UConn and Tennessee's 18. The Wildcats hadn't even been in the women's NCAA Tournament since 2005, though they would have made it last year with a 24-7 record before the tourney was canceled because of the pandemic. Stanford is in its 34th consecutive women's NCAA Tournament, with Tara VanDerveer in her record 35th overall as a coach.

Gonzaga (30-0) has been an offensive juggernaut rarely seen in college basketball. Ad“Everyone wants us to keep moving forward, but that’s not how we roll,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. That doesn’t lessen our desire to win this game, the next game or win two more games.”The next one won't be easy. The Bears were embroiled in one of the darkest scandals in college basketball history, when Patrick Dennehy was murdered by teammate Carlton Dotson in 2003. They played in the Final Four.”___More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/College-basketball and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25

(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS – Marcus Zegarowski scored 20 points to help Creighton beat Ohio 72-58 on Monday in the NCAA Tournament, securing the program's first trip to the round of 16 in 47 years. The last time Creighton made it to the regional semifinals, it was 1974 and the tournament field had 25 teams. He also came up with some key late plays to keep Creighton in control after Ohio clawed back within 65-56. AdBIG PICTUREOhio: This was the Bobcats' first NCAA Tournament trip since 2012, when they made a surprise run to the Sweet 16 before losing to No. Creighton: The Bluejays had never won back-to-back games in the same NCAA Tournament.

Women's NCAA Tournament underway as 64 teams return to compete for national title The Women's NCAA Tournament is underway in San Antonio after the coronavirus pandemic canceled last year's tournament. CBS Sports writer Chip Patterson joins CBSN's Nikki Battiste with more.

(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The Latest on the second round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):___7:45 p.m.Florida guard Tyree Appleby has been cleared to play and was in the starting lineup for No. 1 seed in the second round for a third time, joining the 2000 team against Arizona and the 2017 squad against Villanova. Sister Jean Delores Schmidt gave an inspirational pregame prayer to her Loyola Chicago team before the eighth-seeded Ramblers met top-seeded Illinois in Sunday’s second round. UCLA and Abilene Christian face off Monday, assuring that at least one double-digit seed will reach the Sweet 16. This is the first time four teams seeded 13th or worse made it to the second round.

In the most pressure-packed moment of his college career, the Abilene Christian junior forward was perfect on two free throws from a spot where he'd struggled in the past. Another double-digit seed is moving on in the NCAA Tournament, and this one at the expense of the flagship school in Abilene Christian's home state. Jones hit two free throws with 56 seconds left and his 3-pointer with 14 seconds remaining put the Longhorns in front 52-51. Reggie Miller made one of two free throws to push the lead to four. Really disappointed, everybody is.”Texas was rolling coming into the NCAA Tournament after winning the Big 12 Tournament for the first time in school history.

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)INDIANAPOLIS – Corey Kispert scored 15 of his 23 points by halftime and No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga rolled in its NCAA Tournament opener, beating Norfolk State 98-55 on Saturday night. 1 seed in tournament history. Kispert knocked down five 3s in the opening half, while Watson offered some immediate interior production off the bench. AdGonzaga: There’s history on the line for Gonzaga in this tournament run as the top overall seed for the first time in program history.

7 seed Oregon and No. 10 seed VCU in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament has been declared a no-contest with the Ducks advancing on to the second round because of COVID-19 issues within the VCU program. "The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee has declared the VCU-Oregon game scheduled for Saturday night at Indiana Farmers Coliseum a no-contest because of COVID-19 protocols," the NCAA said in a statement. The cancellation marks a bitter end for VCU after the Rams made the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team following a 19-7 season. Although NCAA officials previously said a team could compete with just five players, officials determined in this case that that VCU's situation might "look like it's spreading," Norlander reported.

In 2016, 2013 and 1991, seed lines 1-15 all had a team reach the second round. UMBC in 2018 is still the only 16 seed to make the round of 32, but no 15 seed won that year. Ad___8:00 p.m.Don’t expect a track meet when Villanova and North Texas play in the second round of the South Region on Sunday. The matchup between the fifth-seeded Wildcats and 13th-seeded Mean Green features two of the most deliberately paced teams in the NCAA Tournament. UNC Wilmington’s John Goldsberry holds the record for most 3-point attempts without a miss in an NCAA Tournament game.

FILE - New York Knicks' Patrick Ewing encourages fans to cheer in the final seconds of their playoff game against the Charlotte Hornets in New York, in this Saturday, April 26, 1997, file photo. Patrick Ewing and Georgetown are back in the NCAA Tournament. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel, File)The Latest on the first round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):___The second full day of the NCAA Tournament is underway and Georgetown started it by kneeling down. The Hoyas locked arms and took a knee during the national anthem ahead of their game against Colorado. Coached by its former star, Patrick Ewing, Georgetown is a 12 seed after making March Madness with a four-win-in-four-day streak through the Big East Tournament.

The best COVID-19 vaccine shots in America just might be the two that went into Sister Jean’s arm. The breakout star and model for the most coveted bobblehead of the 2018 NCAA Tournament is now eight months beyond her 101st birthday and still serving as chaplain for the Loyola Chicago basketball team. 1 seed Illinois, is bound to provide a much stiffer test of Sister Jean’s faith. AdYet her celebratory fist bump at the buzzer was one of the signature moments of the first full day of an NCAA Tournament canceled a year ago due the pandemic. 8 North Carolina hardly qualified as an upset, unless you count Tar Heels coach Roy Williams’ first-ever loss in a tournament opener.

Due to COVID restrictions, the NCAA and the city of Indianapolis plan to hold the entire 2021 NCAA Tournament in central Indiana, allowing teams to avoid traveling across the country during a pandemic. The NCAA plans to utilize six venues for tournament games. Teams will practice at the Indiana Convention Center and stay at hotels in Indianapolis. Check out the six venues that will host games for the 2021 men’s division I basketball tournament.

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)INDIANAPOLIS – Oregon State opened the season picked to finish 12th in its conference but instead won its first Pac-12 Tournament title. Roman Silva scored 16 points and Oregon State took advantage of Tennessee's icy perimeter shooting to become the latest No. 12 seed to win its opening NCAA Tournament game, beating the fifth-seeded Vols 70-56 in the Midwest Region Friday night. “We know there was some doubt and we had to ignore all that,” Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said. Oregon State was picked to finish last in the Pac-12 and exceeded expectations by finishing sixth in the regular season.

As a 13-year-old who trekked 1,600 miles from his family in Puerto Rico to lonely, unfamiliar New York in pursuit of his basketball dreams, the message was as much written on his shoes as it was imprinted on his soul. The Illinois freshman point guard’s journey is especially poignant this week as he prepares for Friday’s NCAA Tournament first-round game in Indianapolis. Para leer en español, haga clic aquí.

Due to COVID restrictions, the NCAA and the city of Indianapolis plan to hold the entire 2021 NCAA Tournament in central Indiana, allowing teams to avoid traveling across the country during a pandemic. The NCAA plans to utilize six venues for tournament games. Teams will practice at the Indiana Convention Center and stay at hotels in Indianapolis. Check out the six venues that will host games for the 2021 men’s division I basketball tournament.

Due to COVID restrictions, the NCAA and the city of Indianapolis plan to hold the entire 2021 NCAA Tournament in central Indiana, allowing teams to avoid traveling across the country during a pandemic. The NCAA plans to utilize six venues for tournament games. Teams will practice at the Indiana Convention Center and stay at hotels in Indianapolis. Check out the six venues that will host games for the 2021 men’s division I basketball tournament.

Due to COVID restrictions, the NCAA and the city of Indianapolis plan to hold the entire 2021 NCAA Tournament in central Indiana, allowing teams to avoid traveling across the country during a pandemic. The NCAA plans to utilize six venues for tournament games. Teams will practice at the Indiana Convention Center and stay at hotels in Indianapolis. Check out the six venues that will host games for the 2021 men’s division I basketball tournament.

Loyola University Chicago's beloved 101-year-old chaplain and favorite fan, Sister Jean, has been cleared to attend the NCAA Tournament and support her team. Sister Jean will cheer on the Loyola Chicago Ramblers in Indianapolis and hopes to recapture their NCAA Tournament success from 2018. Sister Jean became a household name during the team's NCAA Tournament run in 2018. 11 seed reached the Final Four and Sister Jean became a national sensation. 🚨Just Unveiled!🚨 Pre-order your 2021 Sister Jean Bobblehead now.

Due to COVID restrictions, the NCAA and the city of Indianapolis plan to hold the entire 2021 NCAA Tournament in central Indiana, allowing teams to avoid traveling across the country during a pandemic. The NCAA plans to utilize six venues for tournament games. Teams will practice at the Indiana Convention Center and stay at hotels in Indianapolis. Check out the six venues that will host games for the 2021 men’s division I basketball tournament.