NCAA Basketball NewsFriday, Mar 20, 2026

UConn men's basketball is chasing its third NCAA Tournament title in four years under Dan Hurley. This time, it will start with the Huskies' defense.

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Brayden Burries hit four 3-pointers while scoring 18 points, Koa Peat added 15 points and top-seeded Arizona opened its NCAA Tournament run with a 92-58 victory over Long Island on Friday. Ivan Kharchenkov had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Big 12 regular-season and tournament champion Wildcats (33-2), who quickly showed why they’re the tournament’s second overall seed behind Duke. Pushing the pace on offense and stifling the Sharks with defense, Arizona went up by double digits in the ope...

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Nick Sirianni was sitting courtside for Tennessee's first-round NCAA men's basketball tournament matchup against Miami (Ohio) in Philadelphia

Labaron Philon Jr. scored 29 points and No. 4 seed Alabama rallied from an early double-digit deficit to beat 13th-seeded Hofstra 90-70 in a first-round game in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The Crimson Tide (24-9) advanced to a second-round matchup against fifth-seeded Texas Tech (23-10), a 20-point winner over 12th-seeded Akron in the earlier first-round game at Benchmark International Arena. Alabama ended the opening half on a 19-7 run to wipe out a 10-point deficit,...

Arizona Wildcats follow pizza night in San Diego with easy win in NCAA Tournament first round. Just don't call it that to this freshmen-led team.

The odds of a picking perfect NCAA Tournament bracket are astronomical for a reason. The number of unblemished entries in ESPN's bracket challenge dropped to fewer than 4,500 by midafternoon Friday, despite chalky early results as Kentucky and Virginia avoided upsets at the hands of double-digit seeds. Things were off to a slightly better start for those who gave ESPN's women's bracket challenge a shot.

The second half of the first round of the NCAA men's tournament takes place Friday with 16 games. We ranked and analyzed all the matchups.

For the first time in seven years, Virginia basketball has won a March Madness game. Jacari White helped the Cavaliers hold off an upset to Wright State.