Purdue, UConn lead men’s NCAA Tournament top 16 seed reveal: Surprises, snubs and full rankings
10 months, 1 week ago

Purdue, UConn lead men’s NCAA Tournament top 16 seed reveal: Surprises, snubs and full rankings

New York Times  

Purdue, UConn, Houston and Arizona were ranked as No. 1 seeds Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee in its top 16 preview, three weeks ahead of Selection Sunday. The top four seeds were voted in that order on every member’s ballot for the first time in selection committee history, chairman Charles McClelland said. 4 seeds Illinois and Wisconsin have stronger results metrics, while Auburn has much better predictive metrics and San Diego State has more wins in Quads 1 and 2. We just don’t usually see the committee reward non-power conference teams to this extent; San Diego State had all the numbers to be a No.

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Top Seeds Hold Their Ground as AP Top 25 Rankings Approach
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Top Seeds Hold Their Ground as AP Top 25 Rankings Approach

Associated Press  

Oregon, Georgia, Miami and BYU remain the top seeds in the AP Top 25 college football poll. Indiana's appearance in the top 10 is a significant milestone for the Big Ten and SEC, with four teams each from the conference making the field. Alabama returns to the bracket as the No. 11 seed, while Notre Dame and SMU advance to …

CFP Bracket Watch: Texas, Ohio State, Miami, Utah are top seeds as SEC hoards 1st-round home games
3 months ago

CFP Bracket Watch: Texas, Ohio State, Miami, Utah are top seeds as SEC hoards 1st-round home games

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The top four seeds remain locked into The Associated Press’ College Football Playoff bracket projection as Miami and Utah move up the Top 25. 1 seed as the projected Southeastern Conference champion, followed by Ohio State as the second seed out of the Big Ten. ___ …

Tennessee earns No. 1 national seed for NCAA baseball tournament after sweeping SEC titles
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tennessee earns No. 1 national seed for NCAA baseball tournament after sweeping SEC titles

Associated Press  

— Tennessee, the Southeastern Conference regular-season and conference tournament champion and the consensus No. 1 national seed to win the championship since Miami in 1999, the year the NCAA went to the current tournament structure. “That’s a good start because when you win or lose, it’s going to be fun to come to work every day, and you can probably …

Top seed Texas uses dominant defense to cruise past Gonzaga and into Elite Eight with 69-47 win
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Top seed Texas uses dominant defense to cruise past Gonzaga and into Elite Eight with 69-47 win

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Vic Schaefer took a moment in the aftermath of one his team’s more dominant performances this season to encapsulate what Texas has accomplished. Watching those kids play like that, are you kidding me?” Aaliyah Moore had 16 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, Shaylee Gonzales added 15 points, and the top-seeded Longhorns used a smothering defense to …

South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas top women’s AP Top 25; they are also 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament
9 months ago

South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas top women’s AP Top 25; they are also 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament

Associated Press  

South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top four teams in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll, a day after all four were chosen as the No. Iowa and USC also didn’t play last week after winning the Big Ten and Pac-12 tournaments, respectively. TOUGH REGION Iowa’s NCAA regional features five teams that spent time in the …

Led by No. 1 seed USC, the Pac-12 has 7 teams in the NCAA Tournament in its final run
9 months ago

Led by No. 1 seed USC, the Pac-12 has 7 teams in the NCAA Tournament in its final run

Associated Press  

The Pac-12 Conference could be poised for a strong showing in its final March Madness run. Led by Pac-12 tournament champion Southern California and regular-season champion Stanford, the conference got seven teams into the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, including the Trojans as a No. 3 seed, which plays Eastern Washington in the Albany 1 bracket; fifth-seeded Colorado takes on Drake …

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 …

March Madness is here. UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina get top seeding in NCAA Tournament
9 months, 1 week ago

March Madness is here. UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina get top seeding in NCAA Tournament

Associated Press  

Even before the brackets came out Sunday, March Madness was a muddled mess. Unexpected titles placed teams like Oregon, North Carolina State and even Duquesne, none of whom were projected to make the tournament, into the field of 68 via the automatic bid that goes to conference champions. “And I talked to some of the staff that’s been in that …

USC secures No. 1 seed and begins NCAA women’s tournament journey at home
9 months, 1 week ago

USC secures No. 1 seed and begins NCAA women’s tournament journey at home

LA Times  

USC freshman JuJu Watkins embraces a teammate as the Trojans celebrate defeating Stanford to win the Pac-12 tournament and earn an automatic NCAA tournament bid. USC surged back into the national spotlight behind freshman star JuJu Watkins to make back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances for the first time since 2004-06. After upsetting Pac-12 regular-season champion Stanford in the conference tournament final …

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 …

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 …

Houston, UConn, Purdue remain top AP Top 25 while bluebloods North Carolina, Kentucky on the rise
9 months, 1 week ago

Houston, UConn, Purdue remain top AP Top 25 while bluebloods North Carolina, Kentucky on the rise

Associated Press  

Houston remained atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third consecutive week Monday while a couple of the game’s traditional bluebloods made big jumps as they peak just in time for postseason play. I’m happy for everybody,” said Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson, whose team will be the top seed in the Big 12 tourney and open …

Women’s basketball Bracket Watch: South Carolina dominates. Who else deserves No. 1 seed?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Women’s basketball Bracket Watch: South Carolina dominates. Who else deserves No. 1 seed?

New York Times  

The full women’s NCAA Tournament bracket has been set with South Carolina as the No. First Four Columbia 16 Sacred Heart 16 UT Martin Corvallis 11 Marquette 11 Miami Los Angeles 16 Holy Cross 16 Presbyterian Baton Rouge 11 Arizona 11 Texas A&M Albany 1 Columbia 1 South Carolina 16 Sacred Heart UT Martin Columbia 8 Michigan State 9 Kansas …

Top 10 shuffle in women’s AP Top 25 as Stanford and Iowa move up behind No. 1 South Carolina
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Top 10 shuffle in women’s AP Top 25 as Stanford and Iowa move up behind No. 1 South Carolina

Associated Press  

Stanford and Iowa jumped up behind top-ranked South Carolina in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll as the top 10 got a shuffle on the eve of conference tournaments and Fairfield cracked the rankings for the first time in school history. MORE ON THE STAGS Fairfield became the fourth team from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to earn …

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 …

Purdue, reigning NCAA champion UConn headline the early list of top seeds for March Madness
10 months ago

Purdue, reigning NCAA champion UConn headline the early list of top seeds for March Madness

Associated Press  

Purdue and reigning national champion Connecticut have certainly appeared to separate themselves from the rest of the top teams in college basketball with only a month left until Selection Sunday. The Boilermakers claimed the top overall seed over the Huskies in Saturday’s first look at the selection committee’s potential top 16 seeds. 1 in KenPom’s efficiency rankings — and Arizona …

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 …

Ohio State climbs to No. 2, Stanford up to No. 3 behind unbeaten South Carolina in women’s AP Top 25
10 months, 1 week ago

Ohio State climbs to No. 2, Stanford up to No. 3 behind unbeaten South Carolina in women’s AP Top 25

Associated Press  

Ohio State is up to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll, matching the best ranking in school history. The Hawkeyes weren’t the only top five team to lose last week. Jeff Walz’s team split two games with the Orange sandwiched around a loss to N.C. State and victory over Notre Dame. CONFERENCE WATCH The Pac-12, …

Purdue jumps back to No. 1 in The AP Top 25 men’s poll; Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky into top 10
1 year ago

Purdue jumps back to No. 1 in The AP Top 25 men’s poll; Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky into top 10

Associated Press  

Purdue’s slide from No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll turned out to be brief. 1 after Purdue’s loss to Northwestern ended the Boilermakers’ stint at the top after one week. Purdue received 48 of 62 first-place votes in the latest poll to jump from third with the Arizona win, which marked the program’s first …

Purdue back at No. 1 in AP Top 25, Arizona up to No. 2; ‘Nova, BYU, Colorado State jump into top 20
1 year ago

Purdue back at No. 1 in AP Top 25, Arizona up to No. 2; ‘Nova, BYU, Colorado State jump into top 20

Associated Press  

Purdue is back atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, right where it spent so much of last season. “Our guys were resilient, I thought they hung in there, and I thought at times we didn’t play our best basketball in the three days, but I thought we played really hard,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said after …

UConn emerges victorious after March Madness full of upsets
1 year, 8 months ago

UConn emerges victorious after March Madness full of upsets

Associated Press  

The Cinderellas certainly had their moments in this March Madness. FDU lost the Northeast Conference Tournament title game 67-66 but still received the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA bracket because champion Merrimack remains ineligible for postseason play after moving up from Division II to Division I. PRINCETON, TOO Smart kids made it all the way to the Sweet 16 …

March Madness 2023: UConn not a top seed, but played like one
1 year, 8 months ago

March Madness 2023: UConn not a top seed, but played like one

Hindustan Times  

UConn was not a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. Alex Karaban #11 of the Connecticut Huskies places the UConn name in the national champion spot after defeating the San Diego State Aztecs 76-59 during the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship game at NRG Stadium on April 03, 2023 in Houston, Texas. UConn controlled the majority of the game, …

March Madness: UConn not a top seed, but played like one
1 year, 8 months ago

March Madness: UConn not a top seed, but played like one

Associated Press  

UConn was not a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. UConn controlled the majority of the game, though San Diego State pulled within six points late in the second half. San Diego State couldn’t complete a title run, but provided one of the best moments of the tournament Saturday when Lamont Butler hit a mid-range jumper at the buzzer to …

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 …

At Final Four, UConn in familiar territory as it faces Miami
1 year, 8 months ago

At Final Four, UConn in familiar territory as it faces Miami

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — All this buzz about how a wildly unpredictable March Madness led to a Final Four nobody could’ve possibly seen coming overlooked one small detail. “A lot of things happened,” coach Dan Hurley said in explaining how UConn’s profile went from world beater to middle of the pack in midseason. It was a dry spell that coincided, according to …

Final Four newcomers: Grab your name tag at the door
1 year, 8 months ago

Final Four newcomers: Grab your name tag at the door

Associated Press  

Everyone’s heard of UConn. When they travel to Houston next week to play for the national title, Florida Atlantic, San Diego State and Miami will be making their first appearances at college basketball’s grand finale, the first time since 1970 that three first-timers all showed up in the same year. If the unfamiliar names — to say nothing of the …

March Madness mayhem: Low seeds rise and brackets bust as Final Four approaches
1 year, 8 months ago

March Madness mayhem: Low seeds rise and brackets bust as Final Four approaches

Hindustan Times  

March Madness is in full swing, and the Elite Eight have been narrowed down. Florida Atlantic shocks Kansas State to become lowest seed ever in the Final Four Florida Atlantic has made history this year by becoming the lowest-ever seed to reach the Final Four after defeating Kansas State. Top seeds The top four seeds were given to Alabama, Houston, …

Crazy Eight: No top seeds among last 8 in March Madness
1 year, 8 months ago

Crazy Eight: No top seeds among last 8 in March Madness

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — March has gone from madness to unprecedented. With Miami’s win over Houston and San Diego State’s takedown of Alabama on Friday night, the men’s NCAA Tournament will not have a No. “There’s not a lot of difference between the best team in the country and the worst team in the country,” San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher …

16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson topples No. 1 seed Purdue
1 year, 9 months ago

16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson topples No. 1 seed Purdue

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. Jamarius Burton added 11 points and Greg Elliott had 10 for coach Jeff Capel’s Panthers, who stormed to a 22-2 lead after Iowa State missed its first 11 shots. INDIANA 71, KENT STATE 60 ALBANY, N.Y. — Trayce Jackson-Davis did it all with 24 points, 11 rebounds, five blocked shots and …

San Diego State tops Charleston 63-57 in NCAA tourney
1 year, 9 months ago

San Diego State tops Charleston 63-57 in NCAA tourney

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Matt Bradley’s last NCAA Tournament game essentially ended with him bobbling the ball out of bounds, a costly turnover against Creigton in an overtime loss last year. 5 seed San Diego State held on to beat 12th-seeded College of Charleston 63-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. “Everybody makes us aware of,” San …

Has a No. 16 seed ever won an NCAA tournament game? What about a No. 15 seed?
1 year, 9 months ago

Has a No. 16 seed ever won an NCAA tournament game? What about a No. 15 seed?

LA Times  

Fairleigh Dickinson guard Grant Singleton celebrates after a basket during a 63-58 win over top-seeded Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday. Thursday, March 16 marked the fifth anniversary of what used to be the only victory by a men’s 16 seed in a non-play-in NCAA tournament game. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson cemented its place in March …

Purdue, Marquette top 2 seeds in NCAA East with bluebloods
1 year, 9 months ago

Purdue, Marquette top 2 seeds in NCAA East with bluebloods

Associated Press  

Purdue and Marquette were far from the favorites in their own conferences going into the season. After spending last year as the coach-in-waiting for Mike Krzyzewski’s last Final Four run, Scheyer assembled the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class that’s already got its first tournament trophy. WILDCATS RECOVERY Considering Kentucky was teetering on the tournament bubble in January amid speculation of Hall …

Bracket Watch: Key questions before selection committee reveals its top 16 seeds
1 year, 10 months ago

Bracket Watch: Key questions before selection committee reveals its top 16 seeds

New York Times  

It’s almost Top 16 Selection Saturday. The selection committee convened this week and will reveal its current top 16 seeds for the NCAA Tournament at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on CBS. pic.twitter.com/pNLmuXNTkC — Jamie Pollard February 14, 2023 Last year, for example, 15 of the committee’s top 16 seeds remained there on Selection Sunday, while nine teams stayed on the same …

South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford, UConn projected as No. 1s
1 year, 10 months ago

South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford, UConn projected as No. 1s

Associated Press  

South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford and UConn would be the No. The NCAA women’s basketball selection committee did its first reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds, although none of Thursday night’s games were factored in, including No. “It was incredibly hard,” NCAA selection committee chair Lisa Peterson said in a phone interview. “The committee talked longer …

NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Who joins Purdue and Alabama as No. 1 seeds?
1 year, 10 months ago

NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Who joins Purdue and Alabama as No. 1 seeds?

New York Times  

The next time you’re feeling unlucky, pause and pour one out for Motoyuki Mabuchi. Fold ’em: A mere three Quad 1 wins are counterbalanced by two curious Quad 2 losses. Fold ’em: Arizona has lost to three non-tournament teams, including at home to Washington State, and its range of metrics don’t look like a No. Big 12 wild cards: Kansas …

Study: Michigan stands out in academics-based NCAA brackets
3 years, 8 months ago

Study: Michigan stands out in academics-based NCAA brackets

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan fell short of the Final Four, but the Wolverines stood out in a study that seeded the NCAA Tournament fields based on academics and diversity. Among the Final Four teams, Baylor and Houston were each 6-seeds while UCLA – which upset Michigan in Tuesday’s East Region final – was a No. The top NBA prospect failed to …

Busting brackets like never before, Pac-12 sets upset record with UCLA’s win
3 years, 8 months ago

Busting brackets like never before, Pac-12 sets upset record with UCLA’s win

LA Times  

UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. looks to pass over Michigan guard Mike Smith, left, during the first half of an Elite 8 game in the NCAA tournament on Tuesday in Indianapolis. With its 51-49 win over higher-seeded Michigan on Tuesday, UCLA scored the eighth Pac-12 upset in this year’s men’s NCAA basketball tournament, setting a record at March Madness. Since …

In terms of chaos, this year’s Sweet 16 field is historic
3 years, 9 months ago

In terms of chaos, this year’s Sweet 16 field is historic

Associated Press  

By at least one measure, this is the most chaotic Sweet 16 field to date. You give them enough time to game plan for stuff like this, they’re going to take away your strengths.” Here are the other seasons with the highest seed totals in the Sweet 16: 1986 In just the second year of the expanded 64-team tournament, the …

Illinois gets No. 1 seed in Midwest after Big Ten title
3 years, 9 months ago

Illinois gets No. 1 seed in Midwest after Big Ten title

Associated Press  

Illinois was still cutting down the nets in Indianapolis after a thrilling overtime victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament title game when the bracket was revealed for the NCAA Tournament. West Virginia was seeded third and Big 12 rival Oklahoma State fourth after making a run to the Big 12 Tournament title game, where Cade Cunningham and …

USC feels good about NCAA tournament seeding after COVID derailed promising 2020
3 years, 9 months ago

USC feels good about NCAA tournament seeding after COVID derailed promising 2020

LA Times  

USC coach Andy Enfield speaks with his players during a timeout against Utah on Thursday. In the four years since USC last qualified for the NCAA tournament, coach Andy Enfield has endured every manner of Selection Sunday drama. It was a day to reminisce about our season.” Sports March Madness: Breaking down each of the NCAA tournament regionals USC will …

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