March Madness will expand to 76 teams starting next season
The NCAA announced Thursday that it will expand its two March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season, a long-expected move that will drop more games into the first…
Report: NCAA nearing March Madness expansion to 76 teams
The wildest tournament in sports is set to get a major facelift next year. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Tuesday that the NCAA has put in motion the final steps toward…
‘Turns to madness’: Q&A with Dakota Mermis, Maple Leafs’ next man up
In the decade since the undrafted journeyman has spent in the pros since hoisting the 2015 Memorial Cup with the Oshawa Generals, he has worn the sweater of six farm-league…
All four No. 1 seeds advance to Final Four in men’s March Madness
If it’s gonna be chalky, it may as well be historically chalky. For the first time since 2008 and only the second time since the tournament expanded in 1985, all…
Women’s Sweet 16 Preview: Huskies look like team to beat at March Madness
Following a first round that saw only three lower-seeds win and a second round equally as chalky, the women’s March Madness field is heading into the Sweet 16 looking absolutely…
Iowa hires Ben McCollum from Drake after March Madness exit
Ben McCollum, who led Drake’s dominating run through the Missouri Valley Conference and a win in the NCAA Tournament in his only season with the Bulldogs, was named head coach…
Women’s March Madness Roundup: Kansas snaps 23-year drought
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Temira Poindexter hit a corner three-pointer with 56 seconds left in overtime — her eighth 3 of the game — and fifth-seeded Kansas State dodged four misses…
Canada’s Will Riley has ‘huge future as a big-time pro’ after March Madness loss
While Kitchener, Ont. native Will Riley might be feeling down in the dumps right now, the future is bright. The freshman forward and his No. 6 seed Illinois squad lost…
Purdue ends McNeese’s March Madness run to get back to Sweet 16
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Trey Kaufman-Renn had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the Purdue Boilermakers used a fast start to roll to a 76-62 win over McNeese in the second…
Missing madness: NCAA Tournament first round bereft of buzzer-beaters, major upsets
The calendar says it’s March. Most of the madness has been missing so far. There certainly have been upsets. Just ask the owners of the 99.9956 per cent of brackets…