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News Articles: NCAA basketball

Cooper Flagg, right, and Kon Knueppel of the Duke Blue Devils react after Flagg scored a three-point basket to end the first half against the Arizona Wildcats in the East Regional Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Prudential Center on March 27, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.

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  • Sports

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

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

March 28, 2025
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  • Greg Echlin
Liam McNeeley #30 of the Connecticut Huskies shoots the ball while defended by Mohamed Wague #5 of the Oklahoma Sooners during the first half in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lenovo Center on March 21, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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  • Sports

Where is the NCAA basketball tournament game-winning buzzer-beater?

A wider disparity between major conferences and lesser-known conferences has lent itself to fewer close games in the early rounds of both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments.

March 22, 2025
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  • Greg Echlin
From left: coach and former player, former player, current player.

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  • Sports

How well do you know your March Madness trivia? Take our quiz

Do you know your saint schools from state schools? Your legendary coaches from your little brothers? Find out if you're in the Final Four — or didn't even get seeded.

March 20, 2025
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
From left: Shohei Ohtani, Te-Hina Paopao, former U.S. President Donald J. Trump

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  • National

Would you qualify for the jury on a Trump trial? Find out in the quiz

Why is a famous elementary particle in the news? Where is Chechnya and what did it ban? Which prince is Andrew again? If you know these things, you'll get at least a 3 out of 11.

April 12, 2024
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  • Holly J. Morris
North Carolina State's DJ Burns Jr. (left) drives against Marquette's Oso Ighodaro during their Sweet 16 game in the men's NCAA Tournament in Dallas on Friday.

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  • Sports

N.C. State, March Madness' biggest underdog, advances to the Elite Eight

On Friday night, the 11-seed Wolfpack took down the No. 2 seed Marquette Golden Eagles — marking the first time that N.C. State has advanced to the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight since 1986.

March 31, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Alissa Pili #35 of the Utah Utes is introduced before the game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at McCarthey Athletic Center on March 25, 2024, in Spokane, Wash.

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  • Sports

Police investigating racial harassment of NCAA women's basketball team in Idaho

Police are investigating reported harassment of the University of Utah women's basketball team while staying in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, for the NCAA tournament in nearby Spokane, Wash.

March 27, 2024
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  • Troy Oppie
Much like your bracket, the trendy upset pick Drake did not beat the odds.

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  • Sports

So your NCAA bracket is busted. Should you have just chosen all the top seeds?

As the dust settles from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, we bid farewell to the would-be Cinderellas who couldn't pull off the upset and take stock of your tattered bracket.

March 23, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
The UConn Huskies are the No. 1 seed and are favored to win this year's NCAA March Madness tournament. But is Jonathan the Husky the cutest mascot in the competition?

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  • Sports

5 nonsensical ways to fill out your March Madness bracket

The deadline to fill out your March Madness bracket is coming up. If you want to participate but don't care or know anything about basketball, try these hairbrained rules for picking the winner.

March 20, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
JuJu Watkins, the star freshman who has helped lead the resurgence of USC's women's team.

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  • Sports

A 2024 March Madness vocabulary: How to sound like you know what you're talking about

The NCAA basketball tournaments can be onslaught of unfamiliar names and terms enough to make any casual viewer nervous. We're here to help. (Except for NET. We can't explain NET.)

March 20, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Caitlin Clark shoots the ball against the Purdue Boilermakers in January in West Lafayette, Indiana.

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  • Sports

Caitlin Clark — a 'tsunami of impact and influence' — breaks the NCAA scoring record

The Iowa senior now holds the NCAA women's points record. Here's how she got this far — and what it means for the sport.

February 16, 2024
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  • Jason Fuller
Iowa guard Caitlin Clark celebrates as she walks off the court after an NCAA college basketball game against Nebraska on Jan. 27.

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  • Sports

Why there's a basketball fan frenzy over Iowa's Caitlin Clark

The University of Iowa senior has been sparking long lines for her autograph, selling out arenas and skyrocketing the cost of tickets.

February 03, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Indiana University coach Bobby Knight, here in the 1987 semifinals, led his Hoosiers to the NCAA men's basketball championship that year.

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  • Obituaries

Hall of Fame basketball coach Bobby Knight has died at 83

Nicknamed "the General," Knight spent nearly three decades at Indiana University and several seasons at Texas Tech. His teams racked up wins, but he was controversial on and off the court.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Cheryl Corley and
  • Patrick Beane
Fans react to the game at the Kennesaw State University Convocation Center.

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  • Sports

Kennesaw State brings rags-to-riches story to 1st NCAA party

Kennesaw State is officially accepting bandwagon fans as the latest NCAA Tournament Cinderella team. Few teams have landed in March Madness with more compelling rags-to-riches credentials.

March 14, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A visitor looks up at the logo for the Women's Final Four in San Antonio, as the city prepares to host the Women's NCAA College Basketball Championship, in this March 18, 2021, file photo.

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  • Sports

A Report Found The NCAA Undervalues Women's Basketball, Prioritizes Men's Teams

Women's basketball teams have been snubbed and underfunded by the NCAA for years, according to an external review.

August 03, 2021
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By:
  • Josie Fischels
Gonzaga and Baylor two years ago during the second round of the tournament.

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  • Sports

Gonzaga To Battle Baylor For Men's College Hoops Title

The game should be two complete, deep basketball teams going at each other. Fans hope that's how it turns out.

April 06, 2021
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  • Tom Goldman
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