Bruce Pearl says Auburn being left out of NCAA Tournament ignored 'toughest schedule'
Bruce Pearl says Auburn's "toughest schedule in the country" wasn't rewarded after the Tigers missed the NCAA Tournament bracket in 2026:
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Bruce Pearl says Auburn's "toughest schedule in the country" wasn't rewarded after the Tigers missed the NCAA Tournament bracket in 2026:
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The men's bracket has been revealed. Here's what you need to know about every competitor for the national title.
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They had the resumes to be in the bracket, but these squads fell just short of making the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
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Duke heads into the men's NCAA tournament as the top overall seed with Arizona, Michigan and Florida rounding out the top four.
Michigan was selected as the No. 1 seed of the Midwest Region in the 2026 men's NCAA tournament bracket. Watch the full Midwest Region reveal here from the 2026 March Madness selection show.
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Arizona was selected as the No. 1 seed of the West Region in the 2026 men's NCAA tournament bracket. Watch the full West Region reveal here from the 2026 March Madness selection show.
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
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Here are the latest men's USA TODAY Sports Coaches and AP Top 25 polls.
Oscar Cluff scored 21 points as Purdue, which lost four of its last six regular-season games, topped No. 3 Michigan to win its first Big Ten tournament since 2023.
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Duke will enter the NCAA Tournament men's as the No. 1 team in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll, while conference tournaments shuffled the top 10.
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The 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed on Selection Sunday, where a handful of bubble teams will anxiously await their names being called – or not.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nyk Lewis finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds and No. 2 seed VCU beat fourth-seeded Dayton 70-62 on Sunday to win a second straight Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament and clinch a spot in the NCAA Tournament. VCU (27-7) will make its 21st March Madness appearance. The Rams made it all the way to the Final Four before losing in 2011. Lewis hit 4 of 5 shots from beyond the 3-point line but just 1 of 5 inside it for VCU. Reserves Terrence Hill Jr. and Michael Belle scored 14...
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Darius Acuff Jr. had 30 points as No. 17 Arkansas beat No. 22 Vanderbilt to win its first SEC tournament crown and first automatic NCAA tournament berth since 2000.
TJ Power scored an Ivy Madness-record 44 points and Cam Thrower hit five clutch points in overtime, lifting Pennsylvania to an 88-84 victory over Yale to win the Ivy Legue championship on Sunday. Thrower's 3-pointer with two minutes left in overtime gave the Quakers an 82-78 lead. After Yale answered with a 3, Thrower rebounded his own miss in the paint and followed up in traffic for an 84-81 lead.
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Follow along here for brackets, schedules, automatic qualifiers and more for all 31 DI men's basketball conference tournaments ahead of the NCAA tournament for March Madness.
Fran McCaffery and Penn are going dancing. The first-year coach fired by Iowa last season led his alma mater to the Ivy League title on March 15:
In the long history of the men's NCAA tournament, a field that has now grown to 68 teams, there are still a number of programs waiting to participate in their first March Madness.
Wes Enis scored 19 points on Sunday to help top-seeded South Florida beat No. 2 seed Wichita State 70-55 to win the American Athletic Conference Tournament and clinch a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012.
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FOX Sports' bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy offers up his latest men's NCAA Tournament projections.
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All the metrics, analytics and number crunching in the world cannot erase the most important statistic attached to the team that has captured college basketball's imagination and its curiosity leading into March Madness. Miami of Ohio's record is 31-1. The Redhawks were the first college basketball team in five years to enter their conference tournament with an undefeated record.
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