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2 People Came Within One Game of a Perfect Bracket

ESPN and CBS each had one bracket with only one mistake on the women's side

(Newser) - Filling out a perfect bracket in the NCAA men's or women's tournament is all but impossible, with the odds somewhere around 1 in 9.2 quintillion, according to the AP . This year, two people came within one game of perfection on the women's side:
  • ESPN reports that
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Florida Beats Houston to Win March Madness

Florida gets 3rd national title, denying Houston its first

(Newser) - Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston's spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton's own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer, the AP reports. Clayton finished with 11 points,...

After 'Storybook' Finale, What's Next for Women's Game?

With Paige Bueckers leaving and Juju Watkins injured, college needs a new star to emerge

(Newser) - "Truly storybook" is how former player and current TV analyst Rebecca Lobo describes the women's NCAA championship win of Paige Bueckers and UConn on Sunday. The Huskies defeated South Carolina 82-59 thanks in large part to Bueckers, whose career at UConn had been beset by injuries and heartbreak...

$1M Human vs AI Wager Will Rest on Duke-Houston Game

4C Predictions chose Houston, Sean Perry backs Duke

(Newser) - As the NCAA March Madness reaches its fever pitch, a dramatic $1 million wager between a seasoned gambler and a savvy AI site will boil down to the clash between Duke and Houston in the Final Four. Who will have the final slam dunk in this high-stakes matchup of...

March Madness May Need a New Name
March Madness
May Need
a New Name
Mar 31, 2025 5:53 AM CDT

March Madness May Need a New Name

Four No. 1 seeds make finals, suggesting a new era of predictability thanks to rule changes

(Newser) - Sometimes, the four teams left standing in the Final Four are notable for historic upsets that got them there. Sometimes, like this year, it's just the opposite. For only the second time in history, all the No. 1 seeds from their respective brackets reached the men's semifinals—Auburn,...

NCAA Women's Tournament Suffers a Huge Blow

USC's JuJu Watkins is out for the season after knee injury during March Madness game

(Newser) - USC's Trojans celebrated a big March Madness win this week, defeating Mississippi State's Bulldogs 96-59, but that victory came with a price. Per USA Today , JuJu Watkins, a guard for the Trojans and one of the game's biggest stars, hurt her knee during the Monday night matchup,...

Somebody Is Missing From the Sweet 16
Somebody Is Missing
From the Sweet 16
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Mar 24, 2025 7:51 AM CDT

Somebody Is Missing From the Sweet 16

It's Cinderella: No men's seeds worse than No. 11 make the cut for first time in 18 years

(Newser) - After a busy week of March Madness basketball, the men's Sweet 16 is set—and it's a not-too-surprising set of teams. For the first time since 2007, no team seeded No. 11 or worse has made the cut, reports USA Today . In other words, "no Cinderella story...

March Madness Has Its First Upset
March Madness
Has Its First Upset
Mar 21, 2025 12:01 AM CDT

March Madness Has Its First Upset

No. 12 McNeese State defeats Clemson

(Newser) - McNeese coach Will Wade and his boombox-toting manager gave March Madness its first bracket buster. The 12th-seeded Cowboys used a stifling first half to open a 24-point lead, and then held off late-charging No. 5 seed Clemson for the program's first NCAA Tournament victory, a 69-67 win in the...

NCAA Brackets Reveal Nears
March Madness
Brackets Announced
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Mar 17, 2025 12:00 AM CDT

March Madness Brackets Announced

Men's, women's contenders revealed, with play starting Tuesday

(Newser) - This year's March Madness brackets have been revealed. Auburn is the top overall seed in the men's NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston, and Florida also on the No. 1 line, the AP reports. In the women's tournament, the No. 1 seeds are UCLA, South Carolina, USC, and...

In TV Ratings for NCAA Finals, an Upset

Women outdraw the men on TV

(Newser) - Two stats from the NCAA finals tell an interesting story about the state of men's and women's college basketball. More:
  • Women win: For the first time ever, the women's championship game outdrew the men's game in TV viewers, per the Hollywood Reporter . The women's contest
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UConn Joins Elite Group With 2nd Straight NCAA Title

Not many other teams have consecutive repeat wins

(Newser) - UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships, the AP reports. Tristen Newton scored 20 points for the Huskies, who won their 12th straight March Madness game—not a...

LSU's Angel Reese Tells of a Miserable Year Since Their Win

NCAA basketball star says she hasn't been happy since becoming a national champion

(Newser) - LSU women's basketball forward Angel Reese would've liked a repeat of last year's NCAA basketball title, but not of the abuse she suffered in the aftermath of that historic win. After her team was eliminated by Caitlin Clark and Iowa from the Elite Eight in a rematch...

Reporter Apologizes After Kim Mulkey Calls Him Out

LSU coach said 'LA Times' columnist Ben Bolch's piece was sexist

(Newser) - A Los Angeles Times columnist has apologized after the star head coach for LSU's women's basketball team, Kim Mulkey, criticized his column previewing one of LSU's games. Ben Bolch painted the UCLA-LSU game as a battle between good and evil, due in part to Mulkey's status...

Caitlin Clark Ties a Record in Iowa's Elite Eight Victory Over LSU

Clark matches March Madness 3-point record with 9

(Newser) - Iowa's Caitlin Clark tied a women's NCAA Tournament record Monday night by hitting nine 3-pointers, many from well beyond the arc, in Iowa's 94-87 win over LSU in the Elite Eight, the AP reports. Clark made her ninth 3 midway through the fourth quarter, tying the mark...

NCAA Women's Court Had an Unusual Problem

The 3-point lines were at different lengths in Portland, and nobody noticed for 4 games

(Newser) - The 3-point line for the women's NCAA Tournament at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, had a discrepancy in distance at each end of the court that went unnoticed through four games over two days. Someone figured it out before Texas and North Carolina State played their Elite Eight...

A Year After Infamous Trash Talk, an Iowa-LSU Rematch

Winner of the Elite Eight matchup will head to Final Four

(Newser) - It's been nearly a year since LSU beat Iowa to win the 2023 women's college basketball championship, a victory that was followed by drama over LSU player Angel Reese taunting Iowa player Caitlin Clark , and many people disagreeing with Jill Biden's suggestion that both teams come visit...

They Flew In for NCAA Tourney, Got Accused of Being 'Invaders'

Michigan GOP state Rep. Matt Maddock said college basketball players were 'illegal' immigrants

(Newser) - March Madness' Sweet 16 tourney kicked off Thursday, and four teams traveled this week to Detroit in preparation for their weekend games. A Republican lawmaker in Michigan didn't see them as NCAA basketball players, however, when their planes landed Wednesday night, reports FOX 2 . "Happening right now. Three...

Six Days After Getting Fired, Coach Makes NCAA Tourney
Coach Gets Fired, Makes
NCAA Tournament Days Later
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Mar 23, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

Coach Gets Fired, Makes NCAA Tournament Days Later

Dan Monson of Long Beach State is in a strange spot

(Newser) - If you're filling out this year's NCAA brackets and looking for a Cinderella pick, Long Beach State might fit the bill. For one thing, they weren't expected to make the tournament. For another, their coach is coaching, but he also got fired last week. It takes a...

NFL Star Is One of the Few With a Perfect Bracket Left

Bijan Robinson navigated the day one NCAA upsets

(Newser) - Is your bracket busted? If you're one of the millions who filled out an NCAA men's bracket, the probable answer is yes. The NCAA estimates that a mere .00038% perfect entries remain after some upsets on day one, reports USA Today .
  • Bragging rights: One of those in the
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March Madness Is Here
March Madness
Brackets Are Here
Mar 18, 2024 12:30 AM CDT

March Madness Brackets Are Here

South Carolina, Iowa are No. 1 seeds in women's bracket

(Newser) - Undefeated South Carolina is the top overall seed in the women's NCAA Tournament as the bracket was announced Sunday night, the AP reports. The Gamecocks are looking to become the 10th women's basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season. They had a chance last season before...

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