A look at the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament, which resumes Thursday and ends with the championship game April 8 in Minneapolis.
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A look at the South Region of the NCAA Tournament, which resumes Thursday and ends with the championship game April 8 in Minneapolis.
A look at the East Region of the NCAA Tournament, which resumes Thursday and ends with the championship game April 8 in Minneapolis.
Final Four games and the national championship game will take place April 6 and 8 at U.S. Bank Stadium, so there is no better time to glance at the bracket and a few storylines that could play out.
Last Man Standing is a winner-take-all survivor pool — aka an eliminator, knockout or King of the Hill pool — with a minimum $50,000 prize guarantee for a $25 entry, or five for $100.
A total of $4.6 billion will be wagered on 149 million brackets by more than 40 million people, according to a survey released Monday by the American Gaming Association.
The Ducks — fresh off their Pac-12 conference tournament title run at T-Mobile Arena — quickly moved to 1-point favorites Sunday night over No. 5 seed Wisconsin after opening as 1½-point underdogs.
The Ducks opened the second half on a 20-7 run to seal a 68-48 win over the Huskies on Saturday and the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Trevelin Queen scored a season-high 27 points off the bench to help New Mexico State to an 89-57 win over Grand Canyon on Saturday in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament title game.
Utah State won its first league tournament title Saturday by defeating San Diego State 64-57 at the Thomas & Mack Center to clinch an automatic NCAA Tournament berth.
Freshman center Neemias Queta had 17 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots to help Utah State to a 64-57 victory over San Diego State on Saturday in the Mountain West Tournament final.
After going 10-22 in his first season and 15-18 in his second, Lew Hill guided the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to 19 wins in 2018-19.
Top-seeded Washington defeated Colorado 66-61 and Oregon edged Arizona State 79-75 in overtime Friday night to advance to the championship game of the Pac-12 Tournament.
Three of former San Diego State coach Steve Fisher’s assistants coached teams in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center. Two of them advanced to the semifinals.
The junior guard and former UNLV commit has 66 points through the Lopes’ first two games of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament at Orleans Arena.