How the men's 2024 NCAA championship game will play out - ESPN
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The UConn Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers.
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March Madness 2024: Predicting every Sweet 16 men's game - ESPN
Sweet 16. Second weekend. Regional semifinals. Whatever you call it, we've made it to this point. Just about one-quarter of the field is left, and we can all take a breath. Some of how we got here was expected: No. 1 seeds UConn and Purdue did UConn and Purdue things; North Carolina kept hammering home why it deserved that 1-seed, while Houston has us wondering if it is in fact the weakest of the top four teams. (This is the first time since 2019 that all four 1-seeds and all four 2-seeds made it out of the first weekend — just the fifth time since the field went to 64 teams in 1985.)
March Madness Cheat Sheet: Bracket picks, potential upsets - ESPN
It's fewer than 24 hours until the NCAA men's college basketball tournament tips off and March Madness begins in earnest, with the first game scheduled for 12:15 p.m. ET on Thursday. In the days since the bracket was revealed, ESPN's team of analysts — including Jeff Borzello, Myron Medcalf, Joe Lunardi, John Gasaway, Paul Hembekides and Keith Lipscomb — has been tirelessly dissecting the bracket and producing tens of thousands of words to help you be smarter and more informed about filling out yours. But as time gets short, do you have time to read it all? Probably not. But don't worry, that's why cheat sheets were invented.
What we learned: Teams that are hot, teams that are not - ESPN
The penultimate weekend before the NCAA tournament is always one of the most fun on the college basketball calendar. There's a mix of regular-season contests, conference tournament action, high-profile showdowns and automatic bids being handed out.
Picks, predictions for all 32 Champ Week men's tournaments - ESPN
Thirty-two men's Division I college basketball conferences will begin the process of crowning their tournament champions. The action of Champ Week begins Monday, March 4, with the first round of ASUN games. It will end March 17, with five conference tournament finals — the Ivy League, Atlantic 10, SEC, American and Big Ten — mere hours before the NCAA selection committee unveils the 68-team bracket for the 2024 NCAA tournament.
32 men's basketball players who could become breakout stars of the postseason - ESPN
At this time a year ago, few people outside the Big 12 knew about Markquis Nowell. The 5-foot-8 point guard was a key player for Kansas State, but he hadn't played particularly well in some of the team's biggest games and struggled in his team's first-round loss to TCU in the Big 12 tournament.
What we learned after Kansas, Marquette losses, Tennessee victory - ESPN
Saturday's slate began with the ultimate bubble battle: Villanova at Providence, which pit one team among the «first four out» against one clinging to a «last four in» spot. The schedule ended with a Gonzaga squad in need of a win to secure an at-large bid traveling to face a Saint Mary's looking to complete an unbeaten WCC season. In between, there were dozens of games with huge NCAA tournament implications.
What to do about court stormings in college basketball - ESPN
Following Duke' 83-79 loss at Wake Forest, a frustrated Jon Scheyer asked the question: «When are we going to ban court storming?» Minutes earlier, Kyle Filipowski was injured after he got caught in a sea of Wake Forest fans as they stormed the court at the final buzzer. Per video of the incident, a fan appeared to collide with the projected All-American and draft lottery pick as he tried to leave the floor. Filipowski's teammates and Duke staff surrounded him and had to carry him off the court.