NCAA Basketball NewsSunday, Mar 15, 2026

The men's bracket has been revealed. Here's what you need to know about every competitor for the national title.

North Carolina star freshman Caleb Wilson will miss the remainder of the season after breaking his right thumb during Thursday's practice, the school announced Friday.

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.

Duke was selected as the No. 1 seed of the East Region in the 2026 men's NCAA tournament bracket. Watch the full East Region reveal here from the 2026 March Madness selection show.

Duke heads into the men's NCAA tournament as the top overall seed with Arizona, Michigan and Florida rounding out the top four.

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.

Here is the schedule for March Madness 2026, which begins with Selection Sunday on March 15 and continues through the Final Four and the national championship game on April 4 and 6 in Indianapolis.

Arizona will head into the NCAA tournament with a nine-game winning streak after holding off Houston 79-74 in Saturday's Big 12 tournament final, avenging its loss to the Cougars in last season's conference title game.

No. 1 Duke defeated No. 10 Virginia on Saturday night for its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship under coach Jon Scheyer and its third title in the past four years.

Isaac Johnson scored 19 points and Harry Rouhliadeff added a double-double to propel Hawaii to a 78-63 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Friday night in a Big West Conference Tournament semifinal. No. 2 seed Hawaii (23-8) will play No. 1 seed UC Irvine in the championship game on Saturday with a berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line. Johnson made 6 of 15 shots with a 3-pointer and all six of his free throws for the Rainbow Warriors.

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.

Darius Acuff Jr. scored five of his 24 points in overtime and No. 17 Arkansas held off Mississippi 93-90 Saturday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the eighth time and first since winning the 2020 title. The third-seeded Razorbacks (25-8) will play No. 22 Vanderbilt, which routed No. 4 Florida earlier Saturday. Acuff, the SEC’s scoring leader and league’s player and freshman of the year, also had seven assists.