Final Four, NCAA and Madness
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For just the second-ever time (2008), the Final Four consists of all No. 1 seeds.
From Bleacher Report
South Carolina is back in the Final Four for a fifth straight season, but it didn’t come easy.
From The New York Times
The Gators booked their spot with a memorable Elite Eight comeback against No. 3 Texas Tech.
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Final Four, Auburn
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The men’s Final Four is complete after Houston and Auburn both won Sunday in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
From NBC News
Houston is headed to the Final Four for the second time in the past five seasons after imposing its will on No. 2 seed Tennessee for a 69-50 win in the Elite Eight on Sunday.
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After defeating No. 16 SIU Edwardsville, the Cougars beat No. 8 Gonzaga. Then, they upended No. 4 Purdue and No. 2 Tennessee to reach the Final Four. Houston became the first program since 2017 North Carolina to navigate the most difficult seed path possible for a No. 1 team.
Lauren Betts had 17 points and seven rebounds despite spending the entire second quarter on the bench, and top overall seed UCLA reached its first Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament with a 72-65 victory over LSU on Sunday.
Tennessee now holds the record for the fewest first-half points by a top-2 seed in any NCAA Tournament game. The 15 points are also the fewest by team in the Elite Eight, according to CBS Sports.
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USA TODAY College Sports Wire on MSNOT win sends Penn State to first NCAA Frozen Four in school historyThe two teams went into the second intermission knotted at 2-2, and the third period saw a stalemate once again to send the game into overtime. UConn took some of the momentum with aggressive play and outshot the Nittany Lions in the third period.
In 2011, the NCAA tournament expanded again, to 68 teams, and the First Four was created to trim the number of teams from 68 to 64 for the first round. As of the 2025 tournament, there are 31 ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Madison Booker scored 17 points and No. 1-seed Texas outlasted fifth-seeded Tennessee in a tight battle in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Taylor Jones added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns, who advanced to face TCU in the Elite Eight.
We are now entering the middle stretch of the USC baseball season. 27 games in, the Trojans sit at 16-11 overall and 6-6 in Big Ten play. Earlier this week, Baseball America released its early projected field for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Trojans narrowly missed the cut, being listed as one of the “first four teams out”.
Since 2011, the NCAA tournament welcomes 68 teams each year. But to get to 64, we first have to play the First Four. In those games, the last four automatic qualifiers and the last four at-large ...