Duke is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season. The Blue Devils received 50 first-place votes from a 57-person media panel in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll released Monday, a day after they were named the top overall seed in … Read more
Which teams make it out of the first weekend? Which ones advance to the Final Four, and who will win it all? The field of 68 is set, we know which teams will play in the 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and which region of the Big Dance they will be playing in. What you … Read more
March Madness is here, Selection Sunday is in the books and the field for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is set. Who will advance out of the first weekend? Which teams will end up in the Final Four? We can’t predict the future, but we’re providing answers and insight on each team. You have … Read more
The race for the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 seeds is nearly settled — with one spot still very much in play. In his latest bracket projections, FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy projects Michigan, Duke, Arizona and Florida on the top line as conference tournaments are underway across the country. Michigan, Duke and Arizona have separated … Read more
The final regular-season rankings are in, just in time for the best stretch of the college basketball calendar. It’s time for conference championship week, with Selection Sunday right around the corner. My top three teams remain unchanged, but UConn’s shocking loss to Marquette could shake up the 1-seed picture and open the door for Florida, … Read more
The 2026 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, the largest in conference history, is fast approaching. This year, for the first time, all 18 teams in the conference will compete for the postseason title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Due to the expansion to 18 teams, the top four seeds will have three … Read more
The Big Ten Tournament champion on the women’s side will be decided. There could still be an outright regular-season champion in the Big East and there’s a rematch of the Tobacco Road rivalry, as Duke seeks its revenge. The big college basketball games this weekend will impact conference standings and NCAA Tournament seeding. There are … Read more
The top conference races are coming to a clear end: Duke flexed its muscle on Virginia, Michigan dominated Illinois in Champaign, Florida beat Arkansas by a million points, and Arizona blew out Kansas to pretty much seal regular-season titles. The Big East and West Coast Conference are still up for grabs, though! And there is … Read more
STATE FARM CENTER (Champaign, Ill.) — It had been five years since Michigan won the outright Big Ten regular-season title. It had been 20 years since Michigan and Illinois matched up as top-10 teams. And, most importantly for Dusty May’s squad, it had been 2,605 days since Michigan had beaten Illinois. On Friday night on … Read more
No. 3 Michigan went into Champaign on Friday night and had its way with No. 10 Illinois, and Fighting Illini head coach Brad Underwood knows it. “Demand it in practice. This group wants to win. They care a lot, and, so, that’s not going to be a problem. But the lesson was learned. They [Michigan] … Read more