2026: Michigan 69, UConn 632025: Florida 65, Houston 632024: UConn 75, Purdue 602023: UConn 76, San Diego State 592022: Kansas 72, North Carolina 692021: Baylor 86, Gonzaga 702020: Canceled due to COVID 192019: Virginia 85, Texas Tech 77, ot2018: Villanova 79, Michigan 622017: North Carolina 71, Gonzaga 652016: Villanova 77,
By Woodrow Carroll You could see it coming as soon as the 2025 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament field was set. Basically, there were going to be few upsets and surprises along the way. Still, the favorites, and we are talking about the heavy favorites in this case, ended up reaching
By Woodrow Carroll Both the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament championship games played out last weekend and last Monday, April 3. Each offered plenty of excitement, and, with a plethora of story lines. South Carolina captured the women’s national championship last season with a 64-49 victory over Connecticut in
By Woodrow Carroll To understand the upsets in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament think of the number 23, is the combined seeding total of the four teams which made it to the Saturday, April 1 Final Four this season. To clarify, the four teams that were ranked No. 1 when
Tuesday, March 14 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio.)SE Missouri State vs. Texas A&M CC, 5:30 p.m., truTVPitt vs. Mississippi St., 8 p.m., truTV Wednesday, March 15 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio.)Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Texas Southern, 5:30 p.m., truTVNevada vs. Arizona State , 8 p.m., truTV Thursday, March 16 (Round of
March Madness! Generations, many years, expectations. All add up to what we call March Madness, first used as a term in Illinois high school basketball 85 years ago. The fruition of tournament triumph during culmination of basketball tournaments follows many aspects. Heartbreak, sudden joy or sudden deflation, culminate quickly. Benet
March Madness in sports started with high school boys basketball in Illinois. It reached the college men’s basketball with the frenetic pace, close scores, final-second, game-winning shots, and excellent play. March Madness has become larger than men’s college basketball. We add women’s and girls basketball, baseball Spring training with anticipation,
