The men’s NCAA Tournament will not have a No 1 seed in the Elite Eight for the first time since seeding began in 1979. The four teams deemed by the NCAA to be the best in the country combined to win five tournament games this year.
ANNOUNCER Kevin Harlan was on the call for the remarkable Gonzaga Bulldogs' 79-76 Sweet 16 win over the UCLA Bruins in the NCAA Tournament on friday. The broadcasting great, 62, made a call deemed a masterclass in Gonzaga's win in the Sweet 16.
The official March Madness bracket includes the latest schedule, scores, livestreams and TV info for the 2023 NCAA DI men's basketball championship. You can see the schedule for the women's tournament here.
The men's NCAA Tournament returns to action with the start of the Sweet 16. The first of four games in the West and East regions tips off Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET when Michigan State plays Kansas State. A heavyweight showdown between UCLA and Gonzaga will conclude the night.
Associated Press Antoine Davis has ended his pursuit of "Pistol" Pete Maravich's NCAA scoring record. He held out hope until Monday that he would get another chance to play, possibly in an inaugural College Hoops postseason 8.
The 2023 men’s tournament could easily crack the top 10. A 10-seed win over a 7-seed doesn’t make the list of upsets. The tournament has already seen two double-digit upsets in the tournament.
South Carolina women's basketball is headed back to the Sweet 16 for the ninth time in the past 10 NCAA Tournaments. The gamecocks beat 8-seed south Florida 76-45 at Colonial Life Arena on sunday. They face the winner of Monday's second-round game between 4-seed UCLA and 5-seed Oklahoma.
Darling Furman had 13 points, Lamont Butler added 12 and leading scorer Matt Bradley finished with 10. The Aztecs have won 11 of their past 13 games and will play either Alabama or Maryland next week in the south region semifinals in Louisville, Kentucky.
A few players pulled up the end of the Baylor-UC Santa Barbra on their phones to see if another top-ranked team would lose in the South region. The Bears remain the highest-possible seed Alabama could play after no. 15 Princeton beat no. 2 Arizona and no. 13 Furman knocked off no. 4 Virginia.
Purdue take on no. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson on friday night. The game will air on TNT and start at 6:50 p.m. ET. Purdua have the best chance of ending the Big Ten's 23-year title drought.
Cameras found material to add to the March Sadness memes. They focused on one cheerleader, cut to another camera angle, and then went right back to the cheerleader showing her crying. If directed, cameras found four or five more fans unaware their misery was being broadcast to millions of people.
The first round of the 2023 tournament got off to an incredible start. It followed 13-seed Furman's win over 4-seed Virginia. The other 4-13 matchup of the day went down to the wire.
16 first-round games are wrapping up on friday. No. 2 seed UCLA and no. 15 seed UNC Asheville finished their game after midnight. The tournament has already had two massive upsets in the tournament.
No. 13 Furman went on an improbable run late to upset no. 4 Virginia, 68-67. The Paladins went on a 19-4 run to take a 3-point lead. A wild, errant Cavalier pass was intercepted by Garrett Hien.
Former point guards Bobby Hurley and Steve Alford will lead their squads into a battle of no. 11 seeds who just barely made the 68-team field. The women's tournament begins with the first of its two first four games. Both games will be televised on truTV.
The Tide earned the no. 1 overall seed in the 2023 March Madness bracket. The idea of Alabama sidestepping the incident was met with immediate feedback on social media.
Sixty-eight teams selected for the “Big Dance” begin duking it out Tuesday with the First Four, followed by 16 games on Thursday and Friday. This year’s no. 1 seeds, Alabama, Houston, Kansas and Purdue, are hoping to make it deep into the tournament, but the early rounds are the most ripe for upsets.
The top 10 most likely first-round upsets according to our statistical model. AdvertisementSpeaking of Slingshot, we’ve spiffed it up this March. This article from 2021 does a good job explaining how we look for upsets and what teams are more likely to pull them.
A total of 26 No. 11 seeds have reached the Sweet 16 and five have made the Final Four. No. 11 seed is best equipped for a run in 2023, but they face the most-talented opponent in Kentucky.
68 teams in the tournament aren't paying attention to odds, so go crazy with your brackets. Only five times in the past 36 tournaments has a 12-seed failed to advance past the first round. Pick the favorites and ride their success all the way to the bank.
Power conferences give us two groups of teams to present. The first group is suspect giants: big programs that are likely to land top-tier seeds yet in danger of losing early. Second group is teams that bracketologists expect to get low seeds but our statistical model sees as strong underdogs.
If UNC misses out on the march Madness, it will become the first AP preseason no. 1 to miss it since NC State in 1974/75. If the team loses to the Virginia Cavaliers, they will face the clemson Tigers in the semifinals.
