This NCAA tournament makes clear the folly of expansion

The last time the NCAA wanted to expand the tournament, I had an argument with Gary Williams, Maryland’s Hall of ... hours and hours of commercials and post-10 p.m. tip-offs. Read More

Latest bracket, schedule and scores for 2024 NCAA men's tournament

First/Second Brooklyn. N.Y. Barclays Center March 22 -24 Atlantic 10 Conference First/Second Charlotte, N.C. Spectrum Center March 21 - 23 University of North Carolina at Charlotte First/Second ... Read More

The NCAA Tournament wants to expand without losing its soul. It will be a delicate needle to thread

Kevin Keatts and North Carolina State reached the NCAA Tournament the old-fashioned way. The way that existed before the bubble. Before bracketology. Before NET rankings, KenPom, the transfer ... Read More

NCAA Tournament: UConn’s repeat try might be the last for a while

The Illini have supplemented a team that lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last year and hasn’t been to a regional final since making it to the 2005 championship game. Forward ... Read More

NCAA women’s tournament games played on court with incorrect three-point line

(Steph Chambers/Getty Images) PORTLAND, Ore. — Five NCAA women’s basketball tournament games — all at Moda Center in Portland — were played with different-length three-point arcs on either ... Read More

In women’s basketball, ‘the NCAA regrets the error’ all too often

The NCAA acknowledged that the three-point arcs were of different lengths during five women's tournament games. (Soobum Im/Getty Images) Even now, the women’s NCAA basketball tournament ... Read More

The ACC keeps winning in March Madness. It wants to convert that into more future NCAA bids

No one expected North Carolina State to be in the Final Four after needing a miracle run through the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament to even make the NCAA Tournament. It’s no surprise ... Read More

The women’s NCAA Tournament is having a big moment that has also been marred by missteps

A huge disparity between the men’s and women’s weight rooms drew attention to the women’s NCAA Tournament for all ... opening-round games in Spokane, Washington. While in Coeur d’Alene ... Read More

Court for women's NCAA Tournament in Portland has 3-point lines with different distances

The 3-point line for the women's NCAA Tournament at Moda Center had a discrepancy in distance at each end of the court that went unnoticed through four games over two days before Texas and North ... Read More

March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four

The beloved annual tradition that is the NCAA Tournament opened with bracket busters and overnight stars — Oakland’s Jack Gohlke and Oregon’s Jermaine Couisnard, anyone? — emerging out of ... Read More