Everything to know about the women’s NCAA Tournament: Final Four contenders, Cinderellas and more
9 months, 1 week ago

Everything to know about the women’s NCAA Tournament: Final Four contenders, Cinderellas and more

New York Times  

After a season full of historic performances, thrilling finishes and record-breaking television viewership, the 2024 women’s NCAA Tournament field is set. Though the Stanford Cardinal won the conference’s regular-season title, the Trojans won the conference tournament, clinching a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. USC’s storied history includes consecutive NCAA Tournament championships in 1983 and 1984, but not since the mid-’80s has it advanced to the Final Four. Even before last year’s Final Four, the 2023 women’s NCAA Tournament featured several notable results. Iowa guard Molly Davis sustained a knee injury in Iowa’s regular-season finale that kept her out of the Big Ten tournament, but coach Lisa Bluder said the Hawkeyes looked forward to her return “at some point during the postseason.” Transfers and WNBA Draft decisions The length of an NCAA Tournament run can weigh on a player’s decision to enter the transfer portal, return to school or declare for the WNBA Draft.

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Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament is returning to Indianapolis for semifinals and title game
5 months ago

Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament is returning to Indianapolis for semifinals and title game

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The semifinals and championship game of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament will return to Indianapolis in 2025, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The NCAA created the 32-team WBIT as part of its response to an independent 2021 gender-equity report that found there were longstanding disparities between men’s and women’s postseason opportunities. “Indianapolis did an outstanding job hosting our inaugural …

NCAA women’s selection committee to reveal full seeding of tournament teams next season
5 months, 1 week ago

NCAA women’s selection committee to reveal full seeding of tournament teams next season

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The NCAA women’s selection committee will release the seeding for the entire tournament field for the first time next season. The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced the change on Friday after its summer meetings, meaning the full seed list for all 68 teams will be revealed on Selection Sunday as it has been with the …

Previews and predictions for NCAA men's final four
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Previews and predictions for NCAA men's final four

NPR  

Previews and predictions for NCAA men's final four MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The NCAA basketball tournament is heading into its last weekend. Last night on the show, we previewed the women's Final Four matchups. KATZ: Well, first of all, if memory serves, I think your son's bracket is still alive, because we talked about UConn and Purdue. Alabama has never …

Close encounters of the college kind
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Close encounters of the college kind

China Daily  

This season's NCAA women's tournament has been a huge ratings hit in North America thanks to breakout stars and increasing levels of competitiveness. Eleven lower seeds won in the first round of the men's tournament, with Middle Tennessee the lone first-round winner among lower seeds in the women's division. The underdogs The women's tournament doesn't have any Cinderella stories to …

Close encounters of the college kind
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Close encounters of the college kind

China Daily  

This season's NCAA women's tournament has been a huge ratings hit in North America thanks to breakout stars and increasing levels of competitiveness. Eleven lower seeds won in the first round of the men's tournament, with Middle Tennessee the lone first-round winner among lower seeds in the women's division. The underdogs The women's tournament doesn't have any Cinderella stories to …

March Madness: How to watch the women’s Final Four and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament
8 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Associated Press  

Women’s basketball is having itself a moment as March Madness heads to the Final Four on Friday night. A year ago, 9.9 million people tuned in to see Angel Reese and LSU beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in a national championship game made unforgettable by the two stars who backed up their talk with stellar play. Well, this season Clark …

NCAA has mixture of vets and newcomers in Final Four officiating crew
8 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA has mixture of vets and newcomers in Final Four officiating crew

Associated Press  

A year after having the first-ever all-female officiating crew at the Final Four, the NCAA has chosen four males and seven females to referee the national semifinals and championship game this weekend in Cleveland. “These experienced officials delivered consistent and elite performances throughout the series of tournament games this year,” national coordinator of women’s basketball officiating Penny Davis said. This …

This March Madness in women’s basketball is producing fewer upsets but closer games
8 months, 2 weeks ago

This March Madness in women’s basketball is producing fewer upsets but closer games

Associated Press  

This spotlight season for women’s college basketball isn’t merely creating brighter stars and bigger ratings. The top 16 women’s seeds play at home for the first two rounds while all men’s games are at neutral sites. Eleven lower seeds won in the first round of the men’s tournament, with Middle Tennessee the lone first-round winner among lower seeds in the …

NCAA investment in a second women’s basketball tournament emerges as a big hit in Indy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

NCAA investment in a second women’s basketball tournament emerges as a big hit in Indy

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — As the eagerly anticipated LSU-Iowa women’s rematch was about to tip off, Washington State coach Kamie Ethridge took a seat in Indianapolis, lamented her team’s season-ending loss and celebrated another milestone moment for the sport. Inside one of the sport’s venerable venues, Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse, Ethridge was one of many players and coaches gushing about the opportunities this …

Stanford, NC State women to get acquainted in March Madness before becoming ACC rivals next season
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Stanford, NC State women to get acquainted in March Madness before becoming ACC rivals next season

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — North Carolina State coach Wes Moore even joked about it: The Wolfpack’s Sweet 16 game against Stanford is bit of a harbinger of what’s to come. “I’m going to see if this can count as our game next year against Stanford and we’ll just count it double,” Moore laughed. “I just said as we end our Pac-12 …

NCAA men's tournament bracket reaches the Sweet 16 milestone
8 months, 4 weeks ago

NCAA men's tournament bracket reaches the Sweet 16 milestone

NPR  

NCAA men's tournament bracket reaches the Sweet 16 milestone March Madness basketball play reaches the Sweet 16 on the men's side — the women's will be solidified by the end of the day. The TVs at work switch to sports - the NCAA basketball tournament, men's and women's. We only have one double-digit seed making it all the way to …

Louisville women could get chance to again knock out Mulkey’s reigning champ in NCAA tourney
9 months ago

Louisville women could get chance to again knock out Mulkey’s reigning champ in NCAA tourney

Associated Press  

Coach Jeff Walz and Louisville have knocked a reigning national champion out of the women’s NCAA Tournament in the past. If both higher seeds win their games, Louisville would face defending champ LSU, coach Kim Mulkey and former Cardinals’ three-year starter Hailey Van Lith on the Tigers’ home court. Other intriguing potential second-round matchups include Ohio State standout guard Celeste …

Women's NCAA Tournament 2024 schedule: Date, time and where to watch March Madness games
9 months ago

Women's NCAA Tournament 2024 schedule: Date, time and where to watch March Madness games

Hindustan Times  

With the Selection Sunday's completion on March 17, the 2024 NCAA women's basketball tournament is officially set to begin this week. Here's when and where you can watch the March Madness games this year: South Dakota State guard Paige Meyer falls while driving between North Dakota State players during an NCAA college basketball game for the Summit League women's tournament …

South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament
9 months ago

South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament

Associated Press  

Dawn Staley and South Carolina could see some familiar faces on their path to trying to finish off an undefeated season. 1 overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament, are looking to become the 10th women’s basketball team to go unbeaten for an entire season. “What it came down to was Texas had to play three tournament teams to get …

Women's NCAA tournament slam dunks on the men this year
9 months ago

Women's NCAA tournament slam dunks on the men this year

LA Times  

The brackets for the two 2024 NCAA basketball tournaments have been announced and already there is one shining moment. “It’s March Madness, you have two Southern California women’s teams hosting the first two rounds of the tournament, get on board, let’s sell out both arenas, let’s go, it’s pretty tremendous!” Women’s college basketball these days is indeed pretty tremendous, with …

Who will make a Final Four run in March Madness? Our experts make their picks
9 months ago

Who will make a Final Four run in March Madness? Our experts make their picks

New York Times  

Follow live coverage of South Carolina, NC State and Iowa, UConn in women’s Final Four today Who’s in your Final Four? GO DEEPER NCAA Tournament bracket picks: CJ Moore picks UConn over Purdue for the title Dana O'Neil Region Team East UConn West North Carolina South Kentucky Midwest Purdue Runner-up UConn Champion Purdue There’s a reason no one has repeated …

The 2024 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament brackets
9 months, 1 week ago

The 2024 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament brackets

LA Times  

The 68-team bracket for the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament is set, with start times and TV channels finalized for each game. 10 Boise State — Wednesday, 6:10 p.m. | TruTV FIRST ROUND EAST REGION No. 15 South Dakota State, Thursday, 4:35 p.m. | TruTV SOUTH REGION No. 10 Boise State / Colorado, Friday, 1:30 p.m. | TBS No. 15 …

UCLA lands highest women’s NCAA tourney seed in its history, but falls short of No. 1
9 months, 1 week ago

UCLA lands highest women’s NCAA tourney seed in its history, but falls short of No. 1

LA Times  

Living up to her name this time of year has been agonizing for Cori Close. 1 seed and we didn’t,” said Close, whose team finished tied with USC for second in the Pac-12 standings before losing to the Trojans in a conference tournament semifinal, “so what has that taught us and will we be better moving forward? “I think we …

South Carolina nabs women’s NCAA Tournament top seed; Iowa, USC, Texas get other No. 1 seeds
9 months, 1 week ago

South Carolina nabs women’s NCAA Tournament top seed; Iowa, USC, Texas get other No. 1 seeds

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of UConn vs. USC in the women’s March Madness Elite 8. Cardoso, however, will miss South Carolina’s first NCAA Tournament game after being ejected for fighting late in its SEC tournament championship victory over LSU. Unlike the men’s NCAA Tournament, for the second consecutive year, the women’s tournament will use only two host cities for …

2024 Women’s NCAA Tournament bracket picks: Why Chantel Jennings has South Carolina winning it all
9 months, 1 week ago

2024 Women’s NCAA Tournament bracket picks: Why Chantel Jennings has South Carolina winning it all

New York Times  

There have been more than 5,000 regular-season games this season. Albany 1 The champ is here In the debate of “South Carolina versus the field,” I’ve gone with South Carolina since about halftime of the Notre Dame season opener. The season hasn’t quite gone the way anyone anticipated, and the Tigers’ path to the Final Four would be tough — …

March Madness: How to watch the women’s Final Four and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament
9 months, 1 week ago

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

Associated Press  

Women’s basketball is having itself a moment as March Madness heads to the Final Four. A year ago, 9.9 million people tuned in to see Angel Reese and LSU beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in a national championship game made unforgettable by the two stars who backed up their talk with stellar play. Clark’s scoring has been the talk of …

March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four
9 months, 1 week ago

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

Associated Press  

March Madness is racing toward the national championship game. 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? Last year’s Final Four, remember, included two 5 seeds, the fourth-seeded Huskies and 9 seed Florida Atlantic. The Final Four Utah State forward Great Osobor celebrates …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Race for the final No. 1, and a 2-bid Valley
9 months, 1 week ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Race for the final No. 1, and a 2-bid Valley

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. 1 seed — Blind resumes Team A Team B Team C NET 4 5 7 KenPom 6 5 8 BPI 4 5 11 SOR 11 5 4 KPI 6 3 5 Road 7-4 8-3 8-2 Q1 8-3 7-6 7-4 Q2 6-3 6-1 6-2 Noncon SOS …

South Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford and UCLA top seeds in second women’s NCAA Tournament reveal
9 months, 3 weeks ago

South Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford and UCLA top seeds in second women’s NCAA Tournament reveal

Associated Press  

South Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford and UCLA would be the No. The NCAA women’s basketball selection committee on Thursday did its second reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds. “That’s a testament to where college basketball is right now, it’s difficult night in and night out,” NCAA women’s basketball selection committee chair Lisa Peterson told The …

South Carolina, Stanford, Ohio State and Colorado top seeds in early women’s NCAA Tournament reveal
10 months, 1 week ago

South Carolina, Stanford, Ohio State and Colorado top seeds in early women’s NCAA Tournament reveal

Associated Press  

South Carolina, Stanford, Ohio State and Colorado would be the No. The NCAA women’s basketball selection committee on Thursday did its first reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds. “It was extremely challenging this year, but it needs to be remembered that this is just a snapshot,” NCAA women’s basketball selection committee chair Lisa Peterson said …

UConn, Iowa, Louisville and Tennessee to participate in Women’s Champions Classic
10 months, 1 week ago

UConn, Iowa, Louisville and Tennessee to participate in Women’s Champions Classic

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — UConn, Iowa, Louisville and Tennessee will take part in the inaugural Women’s Champions Classic on Dec. 7. “The Women’s Champions Classic is the next step in Fox Sports’ longstanding commitment to elevating women’s athletics, and we are eager to showcase these student-athletes at the highest level – in primetime on the Fox broadcast network,” said Executive Vice …

Content is still king: Landmark deal with ESPN to boost a broad range of NCAA sports
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Content is still king: Landmark deal with ESPN to boost a broad range of NCAA sports

LA Times  

LSU’s Angel Reese shoots during the second half of the NCAA Women’s Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa on April 2, 2023, in Dallas. The agreement is worth roughly three times the annual value of the current deal, and the NCAA said production and marketing costs assumed by ESPN would add another $25 million to $30 million per year. …

No. 9 Stanford women punish rival Cal 78-51 in Pac-12 opener
11 months, 3 weeks ago

No. 9 Stanford women punish rival Cal 78-51 in Pac-12 opener

Associated Press  

BERKELEY, Calif. — Talana Lepolo scored a career-high 20 points with six 3-pointers, Kiki Iriafen had 16 points and 10 rebounds and the No. 9 Stanford women won their third straight game by beating California 78-51 on Friday in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. “These two, playing the way they’re playing, it was awesome.” Lepolo got an early jump …

College basketball predictions: Virginia, TCU and more surprise teams
1 year, 1 month ago

College basketball predictions: Virginia, TCU and more surprise teams

New York Times  

Preseason rankings are fun, but with so much player movement in the transfer portal era, men’s college basketball is harder than ever to predict. — Brendan Quinn GO DEEPER Preseason Mid-Major Top 10: FAU, Saint Mary's and Boise State lead the way St. John’s Maybe you’ve heard of this Rick Pitino fellow? In came Jordan Dingle, the nation’s second-leading scorer …

After record season, women’s college basketball returns with stars Reese and Clark set for encore
1 year, 1 month ago

After record season, women’s college basketball returns with stars Reese and Clark set for encore

Associated Press  

Coming off a record year in terms of popularity and buzz, women’s college basketball is back with even more intrigue. Defending champion LSU has reloaded behind Angel Reese for a run at back-to-back national titles while Iowa’s Caitlin Clark returns with the NCAA scoring record in her reach. Clark, last season’s AP player of the year, is 810 points away …

Rule change gives top seed in NCAA women’s tourney most rest for Final Four after Staley’s criticism
1 year, 1 month ago

Rule change gives top seed in NCAA women’s tourney most rest for Final Four after Staley’s criticism

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — The overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tournament will get preferential treatment moving forward, a response to South Carolina coach Dawn Staley’s concerns and criticism. The Division I Women’s Basketball Committee voted unanimously Friday to place the tournament’s top seed in a regional pod with game days on Friday and Sunday, ensuring the most rest possible …

Eight storylines to know as the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season nears tipoff
1 year, 2 months ago

Eight storylines to know as the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season nears tipoff

New York Times  

Maybe you haven’t thought much about college basketball since the Final Four back in April. Purdue’s 7-foot-4 Zach Edey will try to do what Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe could not: become the first repeat national player of the year since Virginia’s Ralph Sampson three-peated in the early 1980s. GO DEEPER College basketball’s top 20 bigs for 2023-24: Zach Edey leads a …

2024 men’s college basketball national title odds: Duke, UConn, Kentucky early co-favorites
1 year, 8 months ago

2024 men’s college basketball national title odds: Duke, UConn, Kentucky early co-favorites

New York Times  

Connecticut just won its fifth national title since 1999 and already the Huskies are among the favorites to win the title in 2024. 2024 men’s college basketball national title odds All odds from BetMGM. Team Odds Duke +1200 Connecticut +1200 Kentucky +1200 Kansas +1600 Alabama +1600 Arizona +1800 Purdue +1800 Houston +1800 Kentucky had the worst season of the eight …

Women’s NCAA Tournament features plethora of March Madness
1 year, 8 months ago

Women’s NCAA Tournament features plethora of March Madness

Associated Press  

DALLAS — This year’s record-breaking women’s NCAA Tournament featured breakout stars, upsets and capped off with the flamboyant Kim Mulkey leading LSU to its first basketball championship. HISTORY DENIED South Carolina was trying to become the 10th women’s team to run through a season undefeated and the first school to win consecutive titles since UConn won four straight from 2013-16. …

Women’s hoops might rule UConn, but men vying for 5th title
1 year, 8 months ago

Women’s hoops might rule UConn, but men vying for 5th title

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Ask some college sports fans what they think of when the name “UConn” comes up and the first probably isn’t the men’s basketball program, despite being one win away from its fifth national title. “If you ever come to our practice facility, you see banners and trophies — the women have 11 — so it’s big shoes to …

March Madness: Final Four set with Miami, SDSU, FAU, UConn
1 year, 8 months ago

March Madness: Final Four set with Miami, SDSU, FAU, UConn

Associated Press  

March Madness has rounded toward the Final Four and No. Miami and San Diego State are in the Final Four for the first time. 4 UConn, Saturday, 8:49 p.m. EDT UConn has looked unstoppable since the NCAA Tournament began, winning its four March Madness games by at least 15 points. Jim Larrañaga’s Hurricanes have plenty of experience after playing in …

March Madness: South Carolina favored against Clark’s Iowa
1 year, 8 months ago

March Madness: South Carolina favored against Clark’s Iowa

Associated Press  

March Madness is down to the Women’s Final Four. 1 Virginia Tech, Friday, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN LSU has completed its rapid rise with Kim Mulkey, reaching the Final Four in its second season under the former Baylor coach. SHINING MOMENTS Clark had the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history to lead Iowa into its first Final Four appearance …

NCAA Tournament Day 1 takeaways: No. 15 Princeton upsets No. 2 Arizona
1 year, 9 months ago

NCAA Tournament Day 1 takeaways: No. 15 Princeton upsets No. 2 Arizona

New York Times  

Let the madness begin. Throw in a ream of missed perimeter shots by Utah State — one of the best perimeter shooting teams in the country went 4-of-24 from 3, with plenty of good looks in that mix — and Kobe Brown’s confident one-on-one scoring in the second half, and the Tigers had enough to advance. — Eamonn Brennan San …

USC women are back in NCAA tournament; UCLA to host two rounds
1 year, 9 months ago

USC women are back in NCAA tournament; UCLA to host two rounds

LA Times  

USC guard Okako Adika and Kayla Williams celebrate after a win over Stanford on Jan. 15. USC is back in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament for the first time since 2014. The Trojans were picked to finish ninth in the Pac-12’s preseason poll, but will dance into the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2014. USC earned an at-large …

Full coverage: 2023 NCAA basketball tournament
1 year, 9 months ago

Full coverage: 2023 NCAA basketball tournament

LA Times  

UCLA’s men’s and women’s teams saw their NCAA tournament runs end in Sweet 16 heartbreak. The UCLA men and Gonzaga had met three times on college basketball’s biggest stage, producing some of the event’s most iconic moments. Thursday night was no exception, as the Bruins lost a 13-point lead to Gonzaga early in the second half of their NCAA tournament …

Women’s March Madness could have more upsets due to parity
1 year, 9 months ago

Women’s March Madness could have more upsets due to parity

Associated Press  

More March Madness chaos in the women’s NCAA Tournament could be looming on the horizon if the past few months of upsets are any indication. The NCAA did its second reveal of the top 16 seeds for the tournament on Feb. 23 and since then only four teams — South Carolina, UConn, Virginia Tech and Iowa — didn’t lose games. …

Who’s women’s basketball Coach of the Year? The Athletic women’s basketball experts’ predictions
2 years, 1 month ago

Who’s women’s basketball Coach of the Year? The Athletic women’s basketball experts’ predictions

New York Times  

Nobody is arguing against one hard fact heading into the 2022-23 season: South Carolina will be tough to dethrone. They’ll be joined by nine newcomers — two freshmen and seven transfers, including Myah Taylor who led the SEC in assists last season for Mississippi State and landed on the Nancy Lieberman Award preseason watch list. McPhee-McCuin has just enough talent …

NCAA Women’s Tournament TV rights could have different look
2 years, 8 months ago

NCAA Women’s Tournament TV rights could have different look

Associated Press  

In the weeks before the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, the big focus was on improving the experience for players, including expanding the “March Madness” branding to the event for the first time. “Whether that’s splitting up sports, whether that’s keeping some of it together, we’ll have to determine that, and we’ll have to work with outside experts, as we always …

Staley wary equity strides for women’s tourney will continue
2 years, 8 months ago

Staley wary equity strides for women’s tourney will continue

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Putting women on the same level with men when it comes to swag bags and logos is a starting point, and for Dawn Staley that’s all it is. “I mean, the hotel is nice,” she added sitting at her downtown hotel two blocks from the Target Center, where the Gamecocks will play Louisville on Friday night in the …

2022 NCAA Tournament bracket: East Region analysis of No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 UCLA, No. 8 North Carolina and more
2 years, 9 months ago

2022 NCAA Tournament bracket: East Region analysis of No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 UCLA, No. 8 North Carolina and more

New York Times  

The East Region features last year’s national champion, Baylor, as the top seed, plus the two teams with most NCAA Tournament titles in history: No. 15 Saint Peter’s on Friday Record: 29-7 How they got here: Purdue secured early-season victories against ranked teams North Carolina and Villanova during the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament and kept winning. Spotlight on: Juzang …

Double-digit seeds continue winning in women’s NCAAs
2 years, 9 months ago

Double-digit seeds continue winning in women’s NCAAs

Associated Press  

Double-digit seeds are leaving their mark on the first weekend of the women’s NCAA Tournament and bouncing some of the top players and teams in the country, including Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith. If you’re counting, that’s eight wins by double-digit seeds in this tournament — tying the most ever in NCAA women’s basketball history through two rounds, …

2022 Women’s NCAA Tournament odds and picks: Lyndsey D’Arcangelo selects Friday’s first-round winners
2 years, 9 months ago

2022 Women’s NCAA Tournament odds and picks: Lyndsey D’Arcangelo selects Friday’s first-round winners

New York Times  

In gearing up for the Women’s NCAA Tournament, I searched high and low for betting lines for the individual games before I filled out my bracket. While there are many sporty type things to bet on these days on sites like FanDuel — including rugby, darts and golf — women’s college basketball game lines weren’t anywhere to be found on …

March Madness 2022: Expert picks for the men’s NCAA Final Four and national championship
2 years, 9 months ago

March Madness 2022: Expert picks for the men’s NCAA Final Four and national championship

New York Times  

The next national champion? — Brendan Quinn, national writer There are only so many years you can have the best team in the country, or one of the five best of them, and not win the national title. – Brian Bennett, senior editor Gonzaga lost the national championship game last season and a chance to become the first undefeated Division …

After scathing report, NCAA makes changes for March Madness
2 years, 9 months ago

After scathing report, NCAA makes changes for March Madness

Associated Press  

Nearly a year ago, Oregon forward Sedona Prince took to Twitter to expose some of the more glaring inequities between the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments — an unwelcome viral moment for the organization and one that it is still responding to. Many of the changes have been relatively easy to do, such as expanding the tournament to 68 teams …

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