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SI:AM | A Different Kind of Cinderella for NCAA Tournament

NIL and the transfer portal are slowly leaving behind the dreams of the traditional mid-major.

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Sophomore Slump? Not for Michigan’s Band of Young Stars

Dek: Olivia Olson, Syla Swords and Mila Holloway have been the Wolverines’ ragtag trio of guards. But they’re not the only second-year players powering this team’s NCAA tournament run.

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Flau’jae Johnson Knows Her Value, Which Is Why She Stuck Around at LSU

The senior has become the epitome of an NIL superstar, but her decision to play a fourth year for the program she helped build shows she’s actually pretty old-school, too.

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Texas’s Jordan Pope Says He Played Sweet 16 Against Purdue on Broken Foot

The Longhorns guard and his team gritted out a tough loss to the Boilermakers.

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Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn Delivers Split-Second March Madness Classic

With less than a second left, the senior forward beat everyone to the miss and sent the Boilermakers to the brink of another Final Four.

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March Madness Sweet 16 Recap: Iowa Rallies, Purdue Hits Game-Winner, Illinois Overcomes Slow Start, Arizona Rolls

The first day of the Sweet 16 had two thrillers, a rock fight and a team that steamrolled its opponent. Here’s everything we saw in those four games.

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Ranking All Eight Men’s March Madness Sweet 16 Games

From sleeper showdowns to Final Four previews, here’s how every Sweet 16 game stacks up.

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Men’s NCAA Tournament Regional Breakdowns Heading Into the Sweet 16

The Sweet 16 is set to deliver some absolutely fantastic basketball.

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Reseeding the Sweet 16: Ranking Every Team Left in Men’s March Madness

After a chaotic opening weekend, here’s how the remaining 16 teams stack up based on their tournament performance so far.

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March Madness 2026: Game Times, TV Channels for Sweet 16 of the Men’s NCAA Tournament

The full schedule for the Sweet 16 at the 2026 men’s NCAA tournament is set. Here are full details, matchups and broadcast information.

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Is This the End of Cinderella in Men’s March Madness?

As power-conference programs get stronger, the path for mid-majors to shock the bracket is disappearing.

Sports Illustrated

Purdue’s Matt Painter Explains Why There’s No Easy Fix to the Mid-Majors Scheduling Problem

Just over two decades ago, Purdue coach Matt Painter was the young, newly promoted coach of Southern Illinois. His team ripped off a 25-5 record, but lacked in

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Ranking All 16 Men’s March Madness Second-Round Games

Thursday and Friday delivered rather chalky results and only a handful of upsets, but with the field trimmed in half, the entertainment is bound to ramp up.

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Purdue’s Braden Smith Surpasses Bobby Hurley, Sets NCAA’s All-Time Assists Record

Smith handed out the historic assist in the first half of the Boilermakers’ NCAA men’s tournament first-round win over 15-seed Queens.

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Where Is Queens University Located? What to Know About No. 15 Seed Playing Purdue

The Royals also have an unofficial mascot named “Buddy the Dog.”

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Big Ten Record in March Madness 2026 After Thursday’s First Round NCAA Tournament Games

The Big Ten matched a conference record with nine teams in this year’s men’s NCAA tournament.

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From Cinderella to Contender: The Complicated Aftermath of a Final Four Run

March Magic can lead to conference upgrades, more money and higher expectations. But sustaining that success is far more difficult.

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I asked ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude vs Perplexity to predict 2026 March Madness — here are the winners

I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude which team they predict will emerge as the champions from the 2026 March Madness bracket

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Men’s March Madness Expert Predictions: Dark Horses, Vulnerable No. 1 Seeds, Title Winner

What will we see over the three weeks of the NCAA tournament? Here are Sports Illustrated’s picks for player of the year, best mid-major team to watch and Final Four projections.

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March Madness Rankings: Every Men’s NCAA Tournament Team From No. 1 to 68

How accurate are the seeds? We examine each team’s strengths, weaknesses and everything in between.

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Ranking All 32 Men’s March Madness First-Round Games

Here’s your guide to a jam-packed slate on Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament.

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Dane Miller’s NCAA Bracket Analysis for Teams in the West

With 11 teams from the West, or aligned with conferences in the region, making the Big Dance, there’s plenty to discuss.

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March Madness 2026: Game Times, TV Channels and Full NCAA Tournament Schedule

Here is the full television schedule for the men’s NCAA tournament with the 68-team bracket officially set.

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Men’s Tournament Regional Breakdowns: East, Midwest, South, West

Here's how the men's NCAA tournament regions look in the bracket.

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Forde Minutes: Everything You Need to Know About Men’s March Madness

Prolific freshmen, veteran-led teams, Big Ten’s title drought, coaches who need a good NCAA tournament run and mid-major wagons … here’s your guide to the best three weeks of the year.

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