Five days until the field is named

Ticket punched:

Boise State handled Wyoming, 68-51.

More results:

ASUN semifinals

Big Sky semifinals

Big West quarterfinals

MAC quarterfinals

MEAC quarterfinals

WAC quarterfinals

Sun Belt second round

C-USA first round

CAA first round

NCAA tourney news:

Printable NCAA Tournament bracket

How much did winning a conference tournament help last year's teams going into the tourney?

College team news:

MAC Tournament preview.

What impact will the Pac-12 Tournament final loss have on Oregon's seeding?

What are Penn's chances of an at-large bid?

College player news:

With Katie Lou Samuelson set to return, here's how her injury could benefit UConn.

Fanny Wadling gets it done for UMaine.

Delicia Washington is leaving Florida.

Award finalists:

Ann Meyers Drysdale Award

Cheryl Miller Award

College coach news:

The WBCA assistant coaches of the year.

Shea Ralph is making the most out of assistant coaching at UConn while balancing motherhood.

Gonzaga coach Lisa Fortier's brother died from Muscular Dystrophy complications.

Michigan State coach Suzy Merchant will coach the USA in this summer's Pan American Games, and Felisha Legette-Jack and Vic Schaefer will be assistants.

Deb and Rick Insell on having son Matt on the MTSU coaching staff.

Arkansas State won't renew the contract of coach Brian Boyer.

High school news:

Jaden Newman isn't your ordinary high school freshman.

WNBA news:

The Lynx will have an opportunity in the upcoming draft that they haven't had in a while.

Chinese center Han Xu is ready for the WNBA draft.

Kristi Toliver podcast.

Kia Nurse podcast.

Upsets on the way to titles

Crown 'em/whoa:

BYU knocked off Gonzaga, 82-68, to claim the WCC 'chip.

DePaul stunned Marquette, 74-73, for the Big East title.

Wright State nipped Green Bay, 55-52, for the Horizon League crown.

South Dakota State ran past South Dakota, 83-71, to take the Summit League Championship.

More results:

Mountain West semifinals

Big Sky quarterfinals

SWAC quarterfinals

Big South first round

Big West first round

MEAC first round

College team news:

Iowa State is excited about what's next after the Big 12 Tournament.

Princeton are the Ivy League regular-season champions.

Iowa isn't done yet.

South Dakota awaits their fate after losing the Summit League Championship game.

College player news:

DiJonai Carrington podcast.

Forward Princess Aghayere is breaking out as Penn's silent warrior.

College coach news:

Coaching turnover season has begun.......

Rhode Island has fired coach Daynia La-Force after five seasons.

Portland has let Cheryl Sorenson go after five years.

Incarnate Word will not renew Christy Smith's contract.

Oklahoma has parted ways with longtime assistant coaches Pam DeCosta and Chad Thrailkill.

Appalachian State coach Angel Elderkin says basketball saved her life during her cancer battle.

Gonzaga coach Lisa Fortier left the WCC final game midway through after being told of a family emergency......apparently it was her brother in dire straits.

Naismith finalists:

Defensive player of the year finalists.

Coach of the year semifinalists.

High school news:

Azzi Fudd was named the national Gatorade POY today.

Haley Jones is the No. 1 recruit, and she stays in control on court.

The hoops dreams of a 16-year-old named Fourstar.

Bonus:

Q&A with Chamique Holdsclaw.

Crowning and gearing

Crown 'em:

UConn beat UCF, 66-45, for their sixth straight AAC title.

Baylor used a strong fourth quarter to run past Iowa State, 67-49, for the Big 12 'chip.

Quinnipiac took their third straight MAAC Championship with an 81-51 blasting of Marist.

More results:

Big East semifinals sends Marquette and DePaul to a showdown

The Summit League semifinals means South Dakota and South Dakota State will again have a rubber match

The WCC semifinals were wild......Gonzaga won in double OT and will take on BYU for the crown

The Horizon semifinals means Green Bay and Wright State will face off

Mountain West quarterfinal results

NEC quarterfinal results

Patriot League quarterfinal results

Big Sky first round results

MAC first round results

MEAC first round results

Sun Belt first round results

College team news:

Oregon got a lesson instead of a trophy yesterday.

The Lady Vols have an anxious wait ahead after an up and down season.

The Division II tourney bracket.

College player news:

Central Michigan senior Reyna Frost has WNBA and astronaut dreams.

Freshman Shaylee Gonzalez has already proven her coach right, but wants more for BYU.

Princeton: Bella the Baller.

Oklahoma sophomore guard Shaina Pellington will transfer.

More on that.

Nancy Lieberman Award finalists:

What a group: Tiana Mangakahia, Tyasha Harris, Sabrina Ionescu, Destiny Slocum and Crystal Dangerfield.

College coach news:

Jeff Walz isn't worried about Louisville's seeding after yesterday's loss.

North Dakota State and coach Maren Walseth have agreed to mutually part ways.

More on that.

AP top 25 poll:

Why are we doing the poll this week?

High school news:

WBCA All-America team.

Bonus:

The long fight for pay equity in sports.

Nike celebrates Women's History Month with the first-ever hyper court for her.

Punching tickets

ACC Tournament final:

Notre Dame routed Louisville, 99-79.

SEC Tournament final:

Mississippi State blew by Arkansas, 101-70.

Big Ten Tournament final:

Iowa overwhelmed Maryland, 90-76.

Pac-12 Tournament final:

Stanford stopped Oregon, 64-57.

Atlantic-10 Tournament final:

Fordham defeated VCU, 62-47.

Southern Conference final:

Mercer edged Furman, 66-63.

Big 12 semifinal scores

America East semifinal scores

AAC semifinal scores

MAAC semifinal scores

Big East quarterfinal scores

Summit League quarterfinal scores

Mountain West first round scores

College team news:

Utah turned down a WNIT bid, and it's not a loss for the program.

Oregon State is hoping their stunning loss in the Pac-12 Tournament doesn't cost them.

What next for Arizona?

UCF set a wins record and moved into the AAC title game for the first time.

Senior day was emotional but not final for Central Michigan.

Wyoming seeks a breakthrough at the Mountain West tourney.

FAMU is looking for the improbable in the MEAC tourney.

Duke's season came to a close behind the same weaknesses.

College player news:

Bridget Carleton became Iowa State's single-season scoring leader today.

Sara Hamson is crucial to BYU's success as they prepare to take on Pepperdine.

College coach news:

Michael Shafer won't return as Richmond's coach after 14 seasons.

Xavier coach Brian Neal has resigned.

Georgia Southern and coach Kip Drown have parted ways.

Stress ball-gripping Madness

SEC semifinals:

Arkansas upset Texas A&M, 58-51. They will face Mississippi State in tomorrow's final. They defeated Missouri, 71-56.

So Mike Neighbors is doing something with those Razorbacks, and he beat mentor Gary Blair to face off with former co-assistant coach Vic Schaefer.

ACC semifinals:

Notre Dame 91, Syracuse 6

Louisville 78, NC State 68

Pac-12 semifinals:

Oregon 88, UCLA 83 (OT)

Stanford 72, Washington 61

Big Ten semifinals:

Maryland 73, Michigan 72

Iowa 72, Rutgers 67

Atlantic-10 semifinals:

VCU 61, Dayton 52

Fordham 76, Duquesne 34

Big 12 quarterfinals:

Baylor 100, Texas Tech 61

Iowa State 75, Kansas 58

Texas 66, TCU 64

Kansas State 72, West Virginia 59

OVC final:

Belmont notched their fourth straight title with a 59-53 win over UT Martin.

AAC quarterfinals:

UConn 92, East Carolina 65

South Florida 72, Houston 55

UCF 66, Tulsa 54

Cincinnati 68, Memphis 48

MAAC quarterfinal results

Summit League quarterfinal results

WCC quarterfinal results

Big East first round results

Patriot League first round results

All Division I scores

Tomorrow's games

Tomorrow's game schedule:

Louisville and Notre Dame will meet in tomorrow's ACC final with high stakes.

Vic Schaefer's message to his team before tomorrow's SEC title game.

College team news:

Central Michigan took the MAC title today.

Marquette wants to honor an injured teammate with a Big East title.

College player news:

Sophie Cunningham became Missouri's program scoring leader in their loss today.

College coach news:

Lipscomb has fired coach Greg Brown.

Wooden Award finalists

The Wooden Award finalists list.

My vote: instead of Shepard, Cunningham and Samuelson, I had Mangakahia, Frost and Leslie.

My, oh my

Some shockers today........

ACC quarterfinals:

Louisville 75, Clemson 67

Notre Dame 95, North Carolina 77

NC State 69, Florida State 62

Syracuse 92, Miami 85

Big 12 first round:

Texas Tech 104, Oklahoma 84

Kansas 76, Oklahoma State 66

Big Ten quarterfinals:

Maryland 71, Michigan State 55

Iowa 70, Indiana 61

Michigan 73, Wisconsin 65 (2OT)

Rutgers 64, Purdue 49

SEC quarterfinal results:

Mississippi State 83, Tennessee 68

Arkansas 95, South Carolina 89

Missouri 70, Kentucky 68

Texas A&M 64, Auburn 62

Pac-12 quarterfinal results:

UCLA 73, Arizona State 69

Oregon 77, Arizona 63

Stanford 72, Cal 64

Washington 68, Oregon State 67

SO to recap: South Carolina out, Oregon State out, Miami out, several close games and challenges.......March Madness!!!!

More results:

Atlantic-10 quarterfinals results

ASUN quarterfinal results

AAC first round results

MAAC quarterfinal results

OVC semifinal results

SoCon semifinal results

West Coast Conference second round results

NCAA Tournament news:

Tennessee's NCAA Tournament hopes took a hit with today's loss to Mississippi State.

Michigan advances to its first Big Ten Tourney semifinal since 2001.

Three MAC teams could make the NCAA Tournament.

The DII bracket will be revealed Sunday.

College team news:

Missouri is finding different ways to win when it matters.

Worn-down Utah will halt their season, as they turned down a WNIT bid.

Georgia is sad about falling short of the program legacy, but is happy about their fight all season. Where do the Bulldogs stand after their early exit?

A look into the emotions after Ohio's 70-66 win over Miami.

Gonzaga embraces the journey that led to their regular-season title.

It's time for Purdue to show real progress.

Why one November loss looms over West Virginia's Tournament hopes.

Iowa State is at its highest seed in the Big 12 Tourney since 2013.

College player news:

UConn's Katie Lou Samuelson will miss the AAC Tournament with an injured back.

Janelle Bailey was a bright spot in North Carolina's loss to Notre Dame today.

Sidelined Wisconsin players are OK after a traffic accident.

College coach news:

Jeff Mittie called a team meeting, and Kansas State started winning.

Penn State has let coach Coquese Washington go after 12 seasons.

Briann January continues to find passion in coaching at Arizona State.

Bonus:

Beth Goetz and Jill Shields have been appointed to the Division I Women's Basketball Committee.

WNBA news:

Nicki Collen was her husband's assistant coach before being named WNBA coach of the year in 2018.

After a state of limbo, faith and a clear mind is fueling Ruth Hamblin's possible WNBA return.

March Madness in effect

ACC second round:

Syracuse 67, Virginia 57

North Carolina 80, Georgia Tech 73

Clemson 80, Virginia Tech 79

Florida State 51, Duke 41

SEC second round:

Tennessee 69, LSU 66

Arkansas 86, Georgia 76

Auburn 53, Alabama 52

Missouri 87, Florida 56

Big Ten second round:

Michigan State 68, Northwestern 52

Wisconsin 73, Ohio State 63

Indiana 66, Minnesota 58

Purdue 75, Nebraska 71

Pac-12 first round:

Arizona State 66, Colorado 49

Arizona 76, USC 48

Cal 77, Washington State 58

Still in progress right now: Washington vs. Utah

All scores

Tomorrow's game schedule

College team news:

Chasing their fifth straight SEC title, the Gamecocks feel no pressure.

Why the SEC Tournament means more for Mississippi State.

Mission for Iowa: cut down nets.

UCLA carries their momentum into the Pac-12 Tournament.

How did Louisville only get one player on the all-ACC team?

With their first regular-season title in hand, VCU begins Atlantic-10 Conference play Friday.

College player news:

Sophie Cunningham is much more than a basketball player.

One-on-one with NCAA all-time steals leader Chastadie Barrs.

Jordan Moore is just the second TCU player to be named to the All-Big-12 team.

Standout Mary Persons is leaving her mark at Mercer.

South Carolina will lean on stable Doniyah Cliney in the SEC Tourney.

LaTashia Jones waited her turn and made the most of her opportunity with Oklahoma State.

It's been a senior season to celebrate for three at Gonzaga.

Katie Lou Samuelson and Napheesa Collier are inseparable on and off the court.

Aleah Goodman embraces her chance to provide a spark off the bench for Oregon State.

For Ali Patberg and Brenna Wise, each Indiana win is a little sweeter, as "it could be your last game."

Two players are driving Oklahoma's hope of a magic run in the Big 12 Tourney.

The Vegas lights are shining bright on Arizona State freshman Jayde Van Hyfte.

College coach news:

Bob Boldon has become the winningest coach in Ohio program history.

Clemson is no longer an ACC doormat under first-year coach Amanda Butler.

Georgia Tech coach Mark Simons backs MaChelle Joseph.

A book of Pat Summitt's best quotes will be released tomorrow.

International news:

How Liz Cambage was pushed to the limit.

Some tournaments underway

SEC Tournament, round one:

Florida 64, Ole Miss 57

Alabama 74, Vanderbilt 57

ACC Tournament, round one:

Virginia 77, Boston College 61

Virginia Tech 85, Wake Forest 63

Big Ten Tournament, round one:

Purdue 72, Illinois 60

Duke 86, Pitt 64

All scores

Tomorrow's game schedule

College team news:

Predicting who will win the Power 5 conference tournaments.

ACC: will a wild ride lead to an unforeseen ending?

Breaking down the SEC Tournament.

The Utes are excited for new life in the Pac-12 Tournament, while Arizona State has a tough road there.

The Pac-12 tourney could be one of the toughest to date.

Indiana Hoosier podcast.

Penn is on the brink of an Ivy League title.

Southern has clinched a share of the SWAC title.

Siena isn't discouraged by their poor regular-season finish.

BYU is on the tournament bubble as they enter the WCC Tournament.

Is Arizona the favorite to win the WNIT?

College player news:

Georgia's Caliya Robinson has a young superfan.

Maryland's Stephanie Jones carves out her own legacy as the team prepares for the postseason.

For Minnesota's Destiny Pitts, fearlessness is in her nature.

Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah has etched her name into the history books at Northwestern.

North Texas guard Brittany Smith helped lead her team to a near-milestone.

The emergence of Indiana's Grace Berger.

For Fairfield's Sam Kramer, her dad's love pushes her forward.

The NCAA's starting five for the week.

College coach news:

Are Tennessee fans pulling against them so coach Holly Warlick will get fired?

30 under 30 honorees

Awards:

All Big-12 awards.

All Big East awards.

Asia Durr repeats as the ACC player of the year.

Amanda Butler is the ACC coach of the year.

Super bonus:

The rise and fall of NCAA Tournament dynasties.

WNBA news:

The Washington state senate voted to create a Seattle Storm license plate.

Liz Cambage speaks on the double standards for women in sports.

It's conference tournament week

A-10 Tournament day one results

All scores

Tomorrow's game schedule

College games news:

List of conference tournament dates.

What Champ week games will have the most impact om the Tournament bracket?

Notre Dame and Louisville lead the ACC into the league tournament.

After a stellar year, who will win the Big Ten Tournament?

Maryland and Iowa are on a possible collision course in the Big Ten Tourney.

The Hawkeyes will get a challenge immediately.

College team news:

With their NCAA Tournament fate in limbo, the Lady Vols are focused on LSU.

The SEC tourney will determine Tennessee's NCAA tourney fate.

Mercer hasn't lost a Southern Conference game in two years, and now they look for a repeat title.

UCLA has adapted to different playing styles.

Nebraska is looking for a Cinderella story.

UMaine is seeking another tourney berth.

Mississippi State is the NCAA's team of the week.

College player news:

Texas A&M's Chennedy Carter will miss the SEC Tournament with a finger injury.

Tee Tee Starks has changed her mind and will return to Arizona for one more year.

Taja Cole sets the tone with her passing and defensive prowess for Georgia.

Colorado freshman guard Emma Clarke brings her unique experience to the court.

Syracuse guard Emily Engstler is expected to return for the NCAA Tournament.

College coach news:

A Step Up assistant coaches hall of fame inaugural class.

Q&A with Georgia coach Joni Taylor.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma was happy to allow USF senior Laura Ferreira an uncontested bucket last night.

Why Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly nearly retired.

MaChelle Joseph is still suspended as Georgia Tech clings to NCAA hopes.

Drexel coach Denise Dillon has found success with international recruits.

Former UConn guard Carla Berube has built a Division III powerhouse.

All-conference teams and awards:

Pac-12.

SEC.

Big Ten.

ACC.

WNBA news:

Get to know new Fever president Allison Barber.

Tamika Catchings could be an NBA general manager in the future.

Natalie Achonwa is home in Canada for the launch of her new camp.

Noelle Quinn on her transition to coaching.

Bonus:

Q&A with Chamique Holdsclaw.

American's basketball pipeline is changing, and Allison Feaster is involved.