With the end of March approaching quickly, the college hockey season is coming to an end, and the NCAA tournament begins on Thursday on the networks of ESPN. The Frozen Four takes place the second weekend in April, with the national championship on April 12.

With the six conference tournament champs earning automatic berths in the NCAA field, the top 10 at-large teams (based on the PairWise rankings) round out the 16-team bracket. Those teams, listed with their PairWise rankings, are:

They have covered college basketball all season. Which team does the ESPN crew think will cut down the nets in San Antonio?

The Frozen Four of the 2025 NCAA women's hockey tournament is set, with the top four seeds moving on to play for the national championship. Wisconsin, the No. 1 overall seed, entered the tournament with a gaudy 35-1-2 record,

Whether you missed or want to relive the action, here's what to know about the final games of opening weekend.

March is here, and with it weeks of excellent women's college basketball. Teams across the country battled during Championship Week for one of 31 automatic bids to the 2025 women's NCAA tournament. Champ Week ran all the way to Selection Sunday on March 16, when the final four automatic bids were decided.

The Blue Devils had success in the NCAA tournament before then, but it wasn't until Duke hired Mike Krzyzewski as head coach on March 18, 1980, that the school became a mainstay in the tournament ...

The brackets are set, and March Madness is here, with the buzz of upsets and Cinderella teams already in the air. So what are the best values out there to bet on during the round of 64 for the men's NCAA tournament?

Unlike the men's side, where players can enter the NBA draft at 19 or after just one collegiate season, women's players must either graduate or turn 22 before heading to the WNBA -- a rule that gives women's superstars more opportunities to chase a national title. Enter, UConn Huskies star Paige Bueckers.

Filling out a bracket is like playing with pawns in chess -- where you must commit to a forward path with little flexibility -- while sports betting is like controlling the queen. With betting, you have multiple paths to success, the ability to move in different directions and the opportunity to adapt to new circumstances as the tournament unfolds.