NCAA, Madness and Sweet 16
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Two rounds down. Sixty-eight teams have been whittled to sixteen, and the bracket looks nothing like what most people had on their sheets. The first weekend of the 2026 NCAA Tournament delivered what March always promises: chaos wrapped in a buzzworthy highlight reel.
Following a madness-promising first day of upsets, the NCAA Tournament has turned into a high-major affair. The Sweet 16 invite is for power-conference programs only. Advocates for fewer automatic qualifiers and bracket expansion will have a field day with this one.
The Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's tournament is set and there were some surprises and disappointments. We break down the winners and losers.
Iowa basketball pulled off a thrilling upset over Florida to reach the program's first Sweet 16 since 1999. Here are the stories that made it happen.
Last November, 364 Division I men’s college basketball teams started the season with dreams of advancing to the NCAA tournament’s second week. The 16 that remain all have one thing in common: They each hail from a power conference. Seven are from the ...
The Maryland exodus highlighted by coach Kevin Willard leaving his Sweet 16 program for Villanova has trickled down to the roster. Ja’Kobi Gillespie, a 6-foot-1 guard now headed to Tennessee, is the latest Terrapin to bolt the program in the transfer portal.