Author: NBC Sports

N.C. State has made it official: McNeese’s Will Wade is the Wolfpack’s new men’s basketball coach.

Florida (32-4), one of the favorites for this year’s title, survived a strong challenge from coach Dan Hurley’s Huskies (24-11), who came in with modest expectations as a No. 8 seed but led for most of the second half.

Illinois came into the NCAA Tournament on a four-game losing skid and hadn’t won a game since Feb. 16.

Gayle helped the Wolverines overcome a 10-point deficit to advance to Atlanta for a matchup with Auburn.

Bruce Pearl’s team was upset in the first round last year and he had not taken Auburn past the second round since it reached its only Final Four in 2019.

Wade’s second NCAA Tournament run in as many seasons with the Cowboys ended Saturday with a second-round loss to Purdue.

Arkansas HC John Calipari got the better of his old rival Rick Pitino once again to return to the Sweet 16.

The Huskies had runs of 22-0, 12-0 and 13-0 in the first half as UConn won its 31st consecutive first-round game.

The Purdue Boilermakers used a fast start to roll to a 76-62 win over McNeese in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.

Amir Khan and his sponsored boombox went viral heading into the tournament as the unlikely hype man for the even more unlikely tournament darlings from Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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