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NCAA Boots 3 Players Who Bet on Their Own Games

2 basketball players 'manipulated performances' to ensure bets were won, NCAA says

(Newser) - Three Division I college basketball players have had their eligibility permanently revoked after the NCAA found that they bet on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State. The NCAA Committee on Infractions on Wednesday released findings from an enforcement investigation that uncovered violations by Mykell Robinson, Steven...

2 People Came Within One Game of a Perfect Bracket

ESPN and CBS each had one bracket with only one mistake on the women's side

(Newser) - Filling out a perfect bracket in the NCAA men's or women's tournament is all but impossible, with the odds somewhere around 1 in 9.2 quintillion, according to the AP . This year, two people came within one game of perfection on the women's side:
  • ESPN reports that
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Florida Beats Houston to Win March Madness

Florida gets 3rd national title, denying Houston its first

(Newser) - Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston's spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton's own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer, the AP reports. Clayton finished with 11 points,...

March Madness May Need a New Name
March Madness
May Need
a New Name
Mar 31, 2025 5:53 AM CDT

March Madness May Need a New Name

Four No. 1 seeds make finals, suggesting a new era of predictability thanks to rule changes

(Newser) - Sometimes, the four teams left standing in the Final Four are notable for historic upsets that got them there. Sometimes, like this year, it's just the opposite. For only the second time in history, all the No. 1 seeds from their respective brackets reached the men's semifinals—Auburn,...

NCAA Women's Tournament Suffers a Huge Blow

USC's JuJu Watkins is out for the season after knee injury during March Madness game

(Newser) - USC's Trojans celebrated a big March Madness win this week, defeating Mississippi State's Bulldogs 96-59, but that victory came with a price. Per USA Today , JuJu Watkins, a guard for the Trojans and one of the game's biggest stars, hurt her knee during the Monday night matchup,...

Somebody Is Missing From the Sweet 16
Somebody Is Missing
From the Sweet 16
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Mar 24, 2025 7:51 AM CDT

Somebody Is Missing From the Sweet 16

It's Cinderella: No men's seeds worse than No. 11 make the cut for first time in 18 years

(Newser) - After a busy week of March Madness basketball, the men's Sweet 16 is set—and it's a not-too-surprising set of teams. For the first time since 2007, no team seeded No. 11 or worse has made the cut, reports USA Today . In other words, "no Cinderella story...

March Madness Has Its First Upset
March Madness
Has Its First Upset
Mar 21, 2025 12:01 AM CDT

March Madness Has Its First Upset

No. 12 McNeese State defeats Clemson

(Newser) - McNeese coach Will Wade and his boombox-toting manager gave March Madness its first bracket buster. The 12th-seeded Cowboys used a stifling first half to open a 24-point lead, and then held off late-charging No. 5 seed Clemson for the program's first NCAA Tournament victory, a 69-67 win in the...

NCAA Brackets Reveal Nears
March Madness
Brackets Announced
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Mar 17, 2025 12:00 AM CDT

March Madness Brackets Announced

Men's, women's contenders revealed, with play starting Tuesday

(Newser) - This year's March Madness brackets have been revealed. Auburn is the top overall seed in the men's NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston, and Florida also on the No. 1 line, the AP reports. In the women's tournament, the No. 1 seeds are UCLA, South Carolina, USC, and...

Arizona Apologizes for Chant Against BYU

Chant targeting Mormons erupted following Cougars' stunning win

(Newser) - Having watched Brigham Young University sneak a win over their beloved Wildcats on Saturday, Arizona basketball fans took out their frustrations on ... Mormons. A chorus of fans shouted "F--- the Mormons" as the team from BYU, which is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left...

6 Former Florida State Players Sue Coach

Basketball players are torqued about the $250K NIL money that never happened

(Newser) - Six former Florida State basketball players sued Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton on Monday, alleging he failed to make good on a promise to get each of them $250,000 in name, image, and likeness compensation. The plaintiffs—Darin Green Jr., De'Ante Green, Cam'Ron Fletcher, Josh Nickelberry, Primo Spears,...

In TV Ratings for NCAA Finals, an Upset

Women outdraw the men on TV

(Newser) - Two stats from the NCAA finals tell an interesting story about the state of men's and women's college basketball. More:
  • Women win: For the first time ever, the women's championship game outdrew the men's game in TV viewers, per the Hollywood Reporter . The women's contest
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UConn Joins Elite Group With 2nd Straight NCAA Title

Not many other teams have consecutive repeat wins

(Newser) - UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships, the AP reports. Tristen Newton scored 20 points for the Huskies, who won their 12th straight March Madness game—not a...

LSU's Angel Reese Tells of a Miserable Year Since Their Win

NCAA basketball star says she hasn't been happy since becoming a national champion

(Newser) - LSU women's basketball forward Angel Reese would've liked a repeat of last year's NCAA basketball title, but not of the abuse she suffered in the aftermath of that historic win. After her team was eliminated by Caitlin Clark and Iowa from the Elite Eight in a rematch...

Reporter Apologizes After Kim Mulkey Calls Him Out

LSU coach said 'LA Times' columnist Ben Bolch's piece was sexist

(Newser) - A Los Angeles Times columnist has apologized after the star head coach for LSU's women's basketball team, Kim Mulkey, criticized his column previewing one of LSU's games. Ben Bolch painted the UCLA-LSU game as a battle between good and evil, due in part to Mulkey's status...

At NCAA Tourney, 'Racial Hate Crimes,' Says Utah Coach

Lynne Roberts says her team had to change hotels after incidents in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

(Newser) - Utah's women's basketball team had a more miserable experience at this year's NCAA Tournament than just their second-round loss to Gonzaga. "We had several instances of some kind of racial hate crimes towards our program," coach Lynne Roberts tells the Salt Lake Tribune . The team...

NFL Star Is One of the Few With a Perfect Bracket Left

Bijan Robinson navigated the day one NCAA upsets

(Newser) - Is your bracket busted? If you're one of the millions who filled out an NCAA men's bracket, the probable answer is yes. The NCAA estimates that a mere .00038% perfect entries remain after some upsets on day one, reports USA Today .
  • Bragging rights: One of those in the
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March Madness Is Here
March Madness
Brackets Are Here
Mar 18, 2024 12:30 AM CDT

March Madness Brackets Are Here

South Carolina, Iowa are No. 1 seeds in women's bracket

(Newser) - Undefeated South Carolina is the top overall seed in the women's NCAA Tournament as the bracket was announced Sunday night, the AP reports. The Gamecocks are looking to become the 10th women's basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season. They had a chance last season before...

March Madness Men's Bracket Includes Some 'Head-Scratchers'

UConn, Houston, Purdue, North Carolina are No. 1 seeds

(Newser) - Defending champion UConn earned the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, joined by Houston, Purdue, and North Carolina as No. 1 seeds in a bracket that started going haywire even before the pairings were announced Sunday evening, the AP reports. Of those top teams, only UConn heads into the tournament...

Senator Breaks Leg at NCAA Championship Victory Parade

Fellow paradegoer fell on Richard Blumenthal

(Newser) - Sen. Richard Blumenthal was at the victory parade celebrating the University of Connecticut men's basketball team winning the NCAA championship when a fellow parade attendee tripped and fell on the Connecticut Democrat. Blumenthal broke his leg in the Saturday incident, tweeting, "What can I say, I love a...

'One of Most Impressive March Madness Runs in History' Is Complete

UConn beats SDSU to win

(Newser) - UConn topped off one of the most impressive March Madness runs in history Monday night, clamping down early and breaking it open late to bring home its fifth national title with a 76-59 victory over San Diego State, the AP reports. Adama Sanogo had 17 points and 10 rebounds and...

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