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Florida swamps Houston, winning 3rd NCAA men's basketball national championship

11:15pm April 07, 2025

The Florida Gators downed Houston, denying the Cougars their first-ever title. Florida, one of a record 14 Southeastern Conference teams to make the men's tournament, won its third NCAA championship.

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Cooper Flagg sends Duke into Elite Eight while Texas Tech wins an overtime thriller

5:00am March 28, 2025

The Sweet 16 weekend began Thursday night with dramatic late-night games as both men and women roll into action on Friday.

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Dreams of a three-peat come crashing at the NCAA basketball tournament

5:00am March 24, 2025

Florida ends UConn's bid to repeat — again — in Sunday action that saw a memorable buzzer-beater. Meanwhile, South Carolina advances in the women's tournament, which rounds out its Sweet 16 on Monday.

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Survive and advance: First-day upsets set the table for March Madness

5:00am March 21, 2025

McNeese and Drake universities stun their heavily favored opponents as the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments roll into their first weekend of play.

UConn players celebrate after the NCAA college Final Four championship basketball game against Purdue, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz.

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The UConn men's basketball team has won back-to-back NCAA championships

5:44am April 09, 2024

by Ayana Archie

The men's Huskies team is the first to win the NCAA basketball tournament back-to-back since the University of Florida in 2006 and 2007.

Casey Morsell and DJ Burns Jr. of the North Carolina State Wolfpack celebrate during their win over 14-seed Oakland in the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

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Looking for Cinderella? Here's the biggest underdog left in March Madness

5:00am March 29, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

North Carolina State isn't a prototypical Cinderella — they're from a major conference, and they won it all in the 1970s and '80s — but they're the only double-digit seed left. Learn to love them.

Connecticut guard Jordan Hawkins celebrates after the men's national championship college basketball game against San Diego State in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Houston.

The UConn Huskies beat San Diego State to claim its 5th men's basketball championship

1:24am April 04, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The University of Connecticut Huskies defeated the San Diego State Aztecs 76-59 Monday night to claim the school's fifth men's college basketball title.

Investor Warren Buffett in 2017 gestures on stage at a national conference sponsored by the Purpose Built Communities group that Buffett supports in Omaha, Neb. Buffet says any Berkshire Hathaway employee who correctly predicts all Sweet 16 teams in the m

Does Your Office NCAA Tournament Pool Offer $1 Million For Life?

7:55am March 13, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Billionaire CEO Warren Buffett told CNBC that any Berkshire Hathaway employee who accurately predicts all Sweet 16 teams will receive $1 million per year for the rest of his or her life.

Villanova celebrates after an NCAA basketball game win over Providence in the Big East men's tournament final Saturday in New York. Villanova won in overtime 76-66. Villanova along with Virginia, Kansas and Xavier are the No. 1 seeds in the men's NCAA bas

Brackets For Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament Are Released

10:10am March 12, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Virginia, Villanova, Kansas and Xavier are the tournament's No. 1 seeds. The opening-round games begin on Tuesday with Final Four action set for March 31 and April 2.

LiAngelo Ball, seen during an exhibition game in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, is one of three UCLA players to have been detained by Chinese authorities, along with Jalen Hill and Cody Riley. Ball is a younger brother of NBA rookie Lonzo Ball.

3 UCLA Basketball Players Headed Home After Brief Detainment In China

1:31pm November 14, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

President Trump said he spoke with China's president about the players, who were detained on suspicion of shoplifting. "The matter has been resolved," according to Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott.