NCAA Basketball NewsSunday, Mar 8, 2026

Mercyhurst will play for the NEC championship, but Long Island will go to March Madness thanks to an NCAA rule.

CBS Sports' college basketball writers kicked around a hypothetical: If the bracket were set today, which bubble team would deserve the final NCAA Tournament at-large bid?

Here's the full rundown of where the Bracketology picture stands with a week until the field is announced

The Badgers continue their climb in the Top 25 And 1, where they are ranked No. 23, and could be trouble in the Big Ten tourney

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Tariq Francis and Lino Mark combined for 34 points to lead Rutgers to a 74-62 victory over Penn State on Sunday in a Big Ten Conference regular-season finale. Rutgers (13-18, 6-14) swept the season series against the Nittany Lions, and has won two of its last three games. Penn State (12-19, 3-17) has lost five of its last six. Francis made three 3-pointers and scored 18 points. Mark finished with 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting overall. Darren Buchanan Jr. grabbed 12 reb...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Rob Martin scored 24 points, Cam’Ron Fletcher added 17 with 19 rebounds, and top-seeded High Point beat No. 2 seed Winthrop 91-76 on Sunday for the Panthers' second straight Big South Conference Championship title. High Point (30-4) set a program and Big South record with its 30th victory of the season. It is also coach Flynn Clayman's first year at the helm with the Panthers. Martin shot 6 of 19 from the floor and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line to go with seven ...

The CBS Sports 2026 NCAA Men's and Women's Games have returned for March Madness 2026 office pools.

Conference tournaments are set to begin. Check out the odds for the major conferences.

David Mirkovic had 22 points and 11 rebounds as No. 11 Illinois held off Maryland 78-72 on Sunday. The Terrapins (11-20, 4-16 Big Ten) have had a desultory season under first-year coach Buzz Williams, losing 20 games for the first time since 1988-89, but they gave the Illini (24-7, 15-5) a battle. Illinois led 63-62 before Ben Humrichous made a 3-pointer that started a 7-0 run for the Illini.

Yaxel Lendeborg scored 19 of his 27 points in the first half and Morez Johnson Jr. finished with 18 points, leading No. 3 Michigan in a 90-80 win over No. 8 Michigan State on Sunday to give the Big Ten champions a 15th straight conference win. Lendeborg, a preseason All-America selection, was the best player on the court for the second time in the series. After Jeremy Fears Jr. made a jumper to pull Michigan State within three points with 3:47 left, Lendeborg made a 3-pointer on the ensuing p...

Penn State men's basketball hired former Denver Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth as a consultant, sources told Jon Sauber of Centre Daily Times. Booth was fired by the Nugget s less than a year ago, partly due to rising tensions between him and coach Michael Malone (Malone was also fired by the team). Booth released a statement clarifying that he is currently running an independent consulting agency. "Due to confidentiality and competitive reasons, I can't confirm or deny this," Booth sai...

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