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No. 11 seed VCU erases 19-point deficit, stuns sixth-seeded North Carolina in overtime
Terrence Hill Jr. made a stepback 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime and 11th-seeded VCU erased from a 19-point second-half deficit to stun sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Marshall drops plans to eliminate women’s swimming and diving a week after student-led lawsuit
Marshall University dropped plans to eliminate its women's swimming and diving program on Wednesday, citing concerns raised in a lawsuit over compliance questions involving Title IX.
Howard gets its first NCAA Tournament win, holding off UMBC in First Four
Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history, 86-83 over UMBC in the First Four on Tuesday night.
March Madness wagering set to tip off with the games just 2 months after federal gambling charges
The NCAA basketball tournaments open this week and billions of dollars will run through a gambling market that has evolved from office bracket contests and illegal bookmaking operations into a booming industry where it's legal in most states to wager on outcomes or a seemingly endless menu of statistics-based predictions within the games.
Florida’s Rueben Chinyelu wants to be able to fix the teeth he could knock out in March Madness
Florida center Rueben Chinyelu is as much a force in the classroom as he is in the paint - a double major and a walking double-double.
With first-year coach in Odom, Virginia seeks to end NCAA Tournament win drought
The last time Virginia won an NCAA Tournament game, Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers celebrated by cutting down the nets after defeating Texas Tech 85-77 in an overtime thriller for the national championship.
March Madness has been in Martelli family business for years, and it is booming at VCU
When Philip Martelli Jr. and Jimmy Martelli told their father they wanted to go into coaching, Phil Sr. gave his blessing, albeit with one very important caveat.
Picking the NCAA men’s bracket: Michigan beats Duke for the national championship
There was a time when the NCAA men's college basketball tournament was wildly unpredictable.
No Maryland, American or Georgetown: 16th-seeded Howard to represent D.C. in March Madness
The District's March Madness dreams will rely on a Cinderella this year. Howard -- a No. 16 seed -- is the city's only representation on this year's NCAA men's basketball bracket after underwhelming seasons from Maryland, American, George Washington and Georgetown.
March Madness gives fans a celebration to relieve all the consternation in college sports
What college sports could use is a chance to press "Ctrl-Alt-Del."
Ben McCollum sparks another turnaround as Iowa returns to the NCAA Tournament, Clemson on deck
There were very few people outside Iowa who thought Ben McCollum could take Drake, a program with sporadic success throughout the years, to the NCAA Tournament last year in his first season moving up from Division II.
Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida lead title odds for March Madness, bettors expect chalky results
The No. 1 seeds had a clear separation over the rest of the field when last year's NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed and it played out that way with all those teams reaching the Final Four.
Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida claim No. 1 seeds in men’s NCAA bracket
The men's March Madness bracket is set, and Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida have claimed the four No. 1 seeds in the tournament.
The NCAA is warning schools about travel issues ahead of March Madness. It’s not the first time
Atlantic 10 commissioner Bernadette McGlade skimmed through the 12-page memo the NCAA sent out last month that highlighted potential travel issues ahead of the men's and women's basketball tournaments and couldn't help but feel a bit of deja vu.
Big Ten writes in letter to NCAA that tampering rules ‘cannot be credibly or equitably enforced’
The Big Ten says it wants the NCAA to stop its investigations related to athlete tampering because the Power Four conference believes the rules "cannot be credibly or equitably enforced."
Wolfpack’s Will Wade: ‘We’re going to win and we’re going to win big at NC State’
N.C. State coach Will Wade said Thursday he is determined to "win big" with the Wolfpack while shrugging off speculation that he might return to LSU if that job became open.
Syracuse hires Bryan Blair to take over as athletic director following 4 years at Toledo
Syracuse University hired Bryan Blair as its athletic director on Thursday, at a time the ACC school is searching to regain relevance and with its once-proud men's basketball program in transition.
Syracuse fires coach Adrian Autry following 3 unsuccessful seasons in post-Jim Boeheim era
Adrian Autry has been fired as head basketball coach at Syracuse after three largely unsuccessful seasons.
NIL enforcement czar: Third-party deals that blow past college $20.5M cap are not what they expected
The onset of $30 million football rosters funded mostly by companies providing third-party payments to players on behalf of their schools is within the rules, but "has not sort of matched" the system some of its founders intended, the head of the College Sports Commission said Tuesday.
Cameron Boozer of top-ranked Duke earns second AP player of the week honor this season
The Associated Press national player of the week in men's college basketball for Week 18 of the season:
