NCAA tournament

The NCAA women’s basketball tournament will start using “March Madness” in marketing and branding beginning this season.

Haley Jones scored 17 points and Stanford beat Arizona 54-53, giving the Cardinal and coach Tara VanDerveer their first national championship in 29 years

Health officials in Indiana are investigating whether anyone was exposed to COVID-19 by Alabama residents.

Gonzaga has given fans the NCAA championship game they wanted with a shot for the ages.

Health officials in Indiana said Saturday they are investigating whether anyone was exposed to COVID-19 by Alabama residents following Friday night’s death of a Crimson Tide fan who was in Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament last weekend. Luke Ratliff, a 23-year-old Alabama student, died after a brief illness, his father, Bryan Ratliff, told The Tuscaloosa News. The newspaper, citing multiple...

It’s not easy to bury a team as good as USC, let alone in a half, no matter how easy Gonzaga made it look. Somehow, coach Mark Few called it in advance.

Official Bert Smith collapsed on the floor early in the Elite Eight game between Gonzaga and Southern California and had to be taken off the court on a stretcher

The NCAA Tournament still looks like the field versus Gonzaga.

The Loyola Ramblers were hoping that they had another March miracle in them, but their dreams were dashed on Saturday afternoon as they lost 65-58 to the Oregon State Beavers in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. Cameron Krutwig had 14 points and 10 rebounds, leading the Ramblers in both categories. Braden Norris and Lucas Williamson each had 10 points in…

Grand Canyon basketball player Oscar Frayer died from a car accident, three days after the Antelopes played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time.

Considering how everything else has gone this past year, March was bound to be mad. So far, it hasn’t disappointed.

Illinois big man Kofi Cockburn is the second player to face racist comments on social media following a loss in the NCAA Tournament

The Loyola Ramblers have had an interesting road through the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament so far, with wins over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Illinois Fighting Illini, and now we know when they will face their next test. The Ramblers, who are back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018, will try to move even further…

It’s not like anyone’s going to the office anyway

Add COVID-19 testing to the differences between the women’s and men’s tournaments that has coaches and players unhappy in Texas about what they say is a growing list of inequities.

The games during the first week of the NCAA Tournament have still brought madness.

Loyola came into Sunday’s game against the Illinois Fighting Illini with something to prove, and they made a massive statement in a 71-58 victory in Indianapolis. The win vaults Loyola into the Sweet 16, and it sends Illinois packing after being picked as one of the favorites to ultimately cut down the nets in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Here...

In only the third NCAA Tournament matchup of two teams from the state of Illinois, the Loyola Ramblers came out on top Sunday, beating the Illinois Fighting Illini in Indianapolis. The Ramblers will now head to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018, while Illinois sees a Big Ten-winning season come to an end at the hands of…

VCU was pulled from the NCAA Tournament on Saturday after what the school said were “multiple” positive COVID-19 tests within the past two days, ending the Rams’ run in college basketball’s annual showcase before it began. Last year’s entire tournament was called off because of the pandemic, and the NCAA moved this year’s event to Indiana and put teams...

Sister Jean Delores Schmidt, fully vaccinated and eight months past her 101st birthday, is back at the NCAA Tournament