The men's Sweet 16 tips off Thursday, as basketball fans enjoy a wild March
1 year, 9 months ago

The men's Sweet 16 tips off Thursday, as basketball fans enjoy a wild March

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The men's Sweet 16 tips off Thursday, as basketball fans enjoy a wild March Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images College basketball is delivering two electric NCAA tournaments, full of upsets: In both the men's and women's brackets, only half of the No. With the men resuming play Thursday, here's a quick look at tip-off times for the Sweet 16, and where the tournament stands. It's had a big impact on spreading talent: Last year, about 1,650 Division I men's college basketball players went into the portal. Thursday's games Four games each will be played on Thursday and Friday, with the first tipoff at 6:30 p.m. 3 Kansas State vs. No.

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Thanksgiving Week college hoops week brings new-look Players Era Festival to tournament lineup
4 weeks ago

Thanksgiving Week college hoops week brings new-look Players Era Festival to tournament lineup

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! The three-day Players Era Festival, tipping off Tuesday and organized by RedBird IMI-backed EverWonder Studios, is reimagining old-school holiday tournaments. “When we launched Players Era, we knew that it had the ability to drive a positive shift in the college basketball landscape, and we’re seeing …

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

NCAA men's tournament bracket reaches the Sweet 16 milestone

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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 …

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 …

Women’s Sweet 16 features new format and historic field
1 year, 9 months ago

Women’s Sweet 16 features new format and historic field

Associated Press  

The Sweet 16 features a new format and a bit of history when it begins later this week. It’s also the first time since the Big 12 was formed in 1996 that no teams from the conference reached the second weekend. Second-seeded Utah is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2006 after edging Princeton in the …

March Madness brackets are all busted, but the Sweet 16 beckons
1 year, 9 months ago

March Madness brackets are all busted, but the Sweet 16 beckons

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March Madness brackets are all busted, but the Sweet 16 beckons Enlarge this image toggle caption Andy Lyons/Getty Images Andy Lyons/Getty Images It takes alchemy to produce a strong March Madness bracket. Florida Atlantic University won its first-ever March Madness game over Memphis on Friday, and now it's the Owls who are still dancing, reaching their first Sweet 16 after …

Miami’s run to the Sweet 16 reflects college basketball’s new reality
1 year, 9 months ago

Miami’s run to the Sweet 16 reflects college basketball’s new reality

New York Times  

ALBANY, N.Y. — Tucked in the far corner of a locker room inside MVP Arena sits a 21-year-old college basketball player worth a reported $800,000. That’s what NIL was made to do, and that’s what they’re doing.’’ The child of Cuban immigrants who arrived in Florida just before he was born, Ruiz grew up near the dog track in northwest …

Sweet 16 primer: All eyes on Peacocks after wild 1st weekend
2 years, 9 months ago

Sweet 16 primer: All eyes on Peacocks after wild 1st weekend

Associated Press  

Top seeds Gonzaga, Kansas and Arizona are in. This time, it’s those lovable Saint Peter’s Peacocks, who knocked off Kentucky and Murray State and don’t have a single player that made the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference first team. The Red Raiders, with first-year coach Mark Adams, made it past the second round for the first time since their run to …

Analysis: More madness likely in NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16
3 years, 9 months ago

Analysis: More madness likely in NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Your bracket is shot. THE UPSTARTS Chicago Loyola — Sister Jean and the lovable Ramblers are back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since that 2018 Final Four run. STAR PLAYERS Corey Kispert, Gonzaga — All-American playing like one to put the Zags four games from the first perfect season since 1976. RISING STARS Max Abmas, …

Andy Enfield guides USC’s rise out of obscurity and into Sweet 16
3 years, 9 months ago

Andy Enfield guides USC’s rise out of obscurity and into Sweet 16

LA Times  

Highlights from USC’s blowout win over Kansas in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Monday. Eight years after his last trip to the Sweet 16 with Florida Gulf Coast had earned him the job with USC, the Trojans had clawed their way back to the tournament’s second weekend, where they’ll face Oregon, with a chance to go to …

NCAA Sweet 16 matchups: When do UCLA and USC play?
3 years, 9 months ago

NCAA Sweet 16 matchups: When do UCLA and USC play?

LA Times  

× Highlights from Oregon’s win over Iowa in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Monday. 2 seed Iowa 95-80 on Monday to reach the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in the past five NCAA tournaments. Virginia Commonwealth’s multiple positive coronavirus tests took care of that, leaving Oregon with a nine-day break since losing in the Pac-12 tournament …

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