#ncaa-tournament

#ncaa-tournament

Coppin State has been outscored by 9.3 points per game (scoring 58.3 per game to rank 311th in college basketball while allowing 67.6 per outing to rank 265th in college basketball) and has a -287 scoring differential overall.

Quinnipiac averages 75.4 points per game (190th in college basketball) while giving up 71.8 per contest (120th in college basketball). It has a +110 scoring differential overall and outscores opponents by 3.6 points per game. The 75.4 points the Bobcats average are 11.7 more than the Red Foxes concede.

UMass-Lowell has a 4-3 record against the spread when favored by 2.5 points or more this season. Albany (NY) has a 7-9 record against the spread in games it was an underdog by 2.5 points or more this season.

Winthrop is outscoring opponents by 9.3 points per game with a +286 scoring differential overall. It puts up 84.2 points per game (25th in college basketball) and gives up 74.9 per contest (216th in college basketball).

The No. 9 seed Trojans let a second-round tournament contest against No. 8 seed Washington get out of hand in the third quarter, stumbling to a 76-64 loss at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. USC's conference run ended quickly after the Trojans delivered one of their worst offensive outings of the season.

Cornell is thrilled to welcome all of these incredible student-athletes to Ithaca. The NCAA basketball tournaments are cultural institutions and lots of fun. I'm excited and proud, both as a fan and as the university's president, to host our terrific Ivy athletes, coaches and fans.

We're nearing conference tournament time, which means we're also nearing the time when coaches and players are paying attention to their NPI ranking - and hoping to be part of the NCAA tournament. The good news is it appears the Blackhawks' prospects playing in the college ranks right now are as healthy as they have been in a while.

So when he bounced around the Allen Fieldhouse court after Kansas upset then-No. 1 Arizona on Feb. 9, embracing his players as if the clock had just struck midnight on New Year's Eve, it shocked them. "That's three hugs in my career," sophomore Flory Bidunga said after the game. "He's giving hugs now? We've got to cut him off." Rare as it is, Self's celebration matched the moment: The Jayhawks had just handed the 23-0 Wildcats their first loss of the season.

The NCAA selection committee revealed its top 16 teams on Saturday and I've never been so happy. My happiness doesn't come from the results displayed; it comes from the fact that committee chairman Keith Gill gave us what I've always been asking for. Clear, concise and logical reasoning behind why each team was seeded where it ended up being seeded. Ultimately, I would love to get a similar breakdown after the actual 68-team bracket is revealed - nothing beats transparency!

Michigan began the day atop the college basketball hierarchy, enshrined during the March Madness bracket preview as the No. 1 overall seed. By day's end, the picture looked a little different, as No. 3 Duke's thrilling 68-63 win over the No. 1 Wolverines muddied up the race for the top spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket yet again. No. 4 Arizona threw its name into the hat with a 73-66 win at No. 2 Houston while playing without star forward Koa Peat.

Michigan was the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament men's basketball selection committee's bracket preview, revealed on Saturday, followed by Duke and Arizona in what the committee chair called a consensus top three. The Wolverines rank No. 1 in six of the seven metrics on the NCAA teamsheets, also leading the country in combined Quadrant 1 and 2 wins.

A little more than midway through the 2025-26 regular season in women's college basketball, UConn and sophomore Sarah Strong remain the favorites to win the NCAA title and national player of the year award -- just as they were before the season tipped off in early November. As great as Bueckers was at UConn, the Huskies are still lethal. The star combination of Strong and guard Azzi Fudd leads a deep squad that has a good chance at the program's seventh perfect season.