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What men’s college basketball teams are ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament?
The Knights’ victory resulted in Jacksonville State — a team which was defeated in the tournament semifinals — advancing to the NCAA tournament. Two years ago, Merrimack won both the Northeast Conference’s regular season and tournament titles.
How to pick your NCAA tournament bracket based on team mascots
In an alternate universe, the NCAA tournament is decided trial-by-combat style, with each school's mascot serving as its champion. Mascot basketball, as we all know, is the sport at its purest form. Exhibit A: Until that becomes acceptable in this universe,
The Magic Eight: Teams That Can Win the 2025 Men’s NCAA Tournament
The calendar has flipped to March, which means it’s time for an annual Sports Illustrated tradition: the Magic Eight. We’re less than two weeks from getting our hands on this year’s bracket, but the Magic Eight aims to predict the eight teams capable of winning the men’s basketball national title before ever seeing the matchups.
Where to watch college basketball: Live stream NCAA conference tournaments
As the college basketball regular season comes to a close for both men's and women's teams, the postseason conference tournaments have begun to play out. Games are spread across s
Tracking all 31 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2025
Follow along here for the brackets, schedules, automatic qualifiers and more for all 31 DI men's basketball conference tournaments.
College basketball scores, NCAA top 25 rankings, Bracketology: Oklahoma, Indiana win big bubble games
The last Saturday of the college basketball season was loaded with highlights and teams moving on the projected bracket ...
With SEC tournament bracket set, Texas is the team of clear desperation
As is, the SEC looks solid with 12 bids, which would beat the Big East record of 11 set in 2011. Arkansas locked itself in — ...
Bubble games for NCAA Tournament: SEC, Big Ten teams fight for spot in March Madness
Ohio State and Texas are currently projected to make the NCAA men's tournament, but Indiana and Oklahoma will try to take their spots when facing them.
Hot streak or cold spell? NCAA Tournament temperature check for 12 bubble teams as conference tournaments loom
A cursory glance at Xavier's NCAA Tournament resume exemplifies the problem with putting too much stock in the quad system.
2025 Men's NCAA Tournament odds: 4 teams to wager now to win March Madness
Madness is on the horizon. Find out which four squads have title futures that J-Mac thinks are worth wagering on right now.
March Madness watch: Mountain West teams fighting for spots on NCAA Tournament bubble
Here's a look at the NCAA Tournament resumes for Mountain West men's basketball teams in the last legs of the race for March ...
Bubble watch: Georgia is in position to end 10-year NCAA Tournament drought after beating Vanderbilt
Georgia may have ended its 10-year NCAA Tournament drought by beating Vanderbilt 79-68. In one of several games on Saturday ...
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Bubble Watch 2025: Conference locks for men's March Madness
Selection Sunday is now just over a week away, and some conference tournaments are already underway, so we will get some teams officially heading for the men's NCAA tournament field of 68 soon.
Which Bay Area teams have the best shot at NCAA Tournament berths? We evaluate the chances of all 12
Several of the region’s teams have at least a chance of reaching the NCAAs without winning their conference tourneys.
No. 4 Gophers women’s hockey team falls to No. 1 Wisconsin in WCHA Frozen Faceoff final
The Badgers broke a tie with 25 seconds remaining. The Gophers still will be among the teams invited to the NCAA tournament ...