NCAA Basketball NewsFriday, Mar 20, 2026

Freshman star AJ Dybantsa has carried No. 6 seed BYI against No. 11 Texas during the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Terrence Hill Jr. buried a stepback three-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime Thursday night, capping the largest NCAA Tournament comeback since 2018 as 11-seed VCU defeated sixth-seed North Carolina 82-78 in the first round. The Rams erased a 19-point second-half deficit to earn their first tournament victory since 2016. Hill finished 7-for-10 from three-point range and scored 20 of his 34 points after halftime. Over the final 15 minutes of game time, he outscored the entire Tar Heels t...

Duke barely avoided a shocking upset to open the NCAA tournament, with the No. 1 overall seed having to rally from 13 points down and going ahead for good in the final 5 minutes to beat 16th-seeded Siena 71-65 on Thursday.

A few college basketball fanatics were looking for a local team to root for in 2023. They landed on the LIU Sharks -- and turned rooting for them into a passion.

Here's a look back at the top Cinderella stories of March Madness through the years.

A hollowed-out replica of a German Shepherd dog has become Queens University's unofficial mascot in its first NCAA tournament.

Western Michigan is expected to hire UTRGV's Kahil Fennell to be its next head coach, sources told ESPN.

Cal State Bakersfield is working toward hiring USC assistant Todd Lee as its next head coach, sources told ESPN's Jeff Borzello. Coach Rod Barnes left in September and an assistant faces pimping charges.

Duke center Patrick Ngongba II could return from a foot injury for the Blue Devils' second-round game vs. TCU, coach Jon Scheyer said.

Ball State named former SMU associate head coach Chris Capko as its head coach Friday, just two days after the Mustangs were eliminated in March...

What were the coolest, weirdest and most notable things to happen in the men's NCAA tournament's first round? We've got some of the best right here.

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