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Of the No. 1 seeds fighting for a spot in the National Championship, Brad Thomas and Vaughn Dalzell make their cases for Duke and Auburn as best bets to cut the nets.

The Dan Le Batard show discusses how the future of college basketball could be "heavily tilted" towards the Big East amid changes to revenue share and if there's a scenario where the ACC could merge with the conference.

Fittingly for an NCAA Tournament in which big schools from big conferences took record numbers of spots in the first week, then hogged them all for the Sweet 16, the last week will bring a collection of all four teams seeded No. 1 to the sport’s biggest stage to play for the title.

This year’s Final Four in San Antonio will be the second since seeding began in 1979 to have all four No. 1 seeds, joining the 2008 bracket.

The cold-shooting Spartans fell behind by 15 points in the opening minutes and never could fight all the way back against the top overall seed in the tournament.

Duke men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer joins Dan Patrick to break down his team's performance during the 2025 NCAA Tournament, his national championship run as a player in 2010 and more.

Houston Cougars vs. Duke Blue Devils Game Preview

Florida Gators vs. Auburn Tigers Game Preview

Johni Broome had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Auburn took command with 17 unanswered points in the first half to beat Michigan State 70-64 on Sunday and complete a sweep of No. 1 seeds advancing to the Final Four.

Houston’s relentless defense confused and harassed Tennessee and carried the Cougars into their first national semifinal since 2021.

The coach had a 65-39 overall record in three seasons at Maryland, with two March Madness appearances.

Duke’s stream of long, tall NBA-ready standouts smothered Alabama and papered over Cooper Flagg’s rough shooting night to lift the Blue Devils to the program’s 18th Final Four with an 85-65 victory over Alabama.

Dent was the Mountain West Conference player of the year after averaging 20.4 points and 6.5 assists per game. The 6-foot-2 guard is expected to fill the hole left at UCLA by Dylan Andrews, who also is in the transfer portal.

Walter Clayton Jr. rescued top-seeded Florida with two late 3-pointers, and the Gators rallied from nine points down late to reach the Final Four with an 84-79 victory over Texas Tech.

This was the second national championship for the top-seeded Sharks (36-1) in the past three seasons under head coach Jim Crutchfield.