Game RecapsSaturday, Mar 21, 2026

Philadelphia 76ers (38-32, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (21-49, 14th in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia 76ers take on the Utah Jazz in non-conference play. The Jazz are 13-22 in home games. Utah ranks third in the Western Conference with 16.3 fast break points per game led by Lauri Markkanen averaging 3.3. The 76ers are 18-16 on the road. Philadelphia is ninth in the Eastern Conference allowing only 116.1 points w...

LIU walk-on Eddie Munyak scored his first-ever basket against Arizona in the NCAA Tournament, and his team erupted despite being down over 30 points:

Flau'jae Johnson scored 20 points, Mikaylah Williams had 18 points and 10 assists, and No. 2 seed LSU easily surpassed it's nation-leading scoring average with a 116-58 victory over 15th seed Jacksonville on Friday night in the first round of March Madness. LSU (28-5), entered the game averaging 94.5 points per game, scored 100 or more for the 15th time this season. The Tigers also had a season-high 18 steals and finished with a 38-13 advantage in points off of turnovers.

UCLA forward Tyler Bilodeau was ruled out just before the No. 7 seeded Bruins’ first-round matchup against No. 10 seed UCF.

Mila Holloway and Syla Swords each had seven points in a dominant opening quarter and combined to score 33 points, leading second-seeded Michigan to an 83-48 win over 15th-seeded Holy Cross in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament on Friday. Holloway finished with 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to show she's a talented sophomore on the team along with third-team All-American Olivia Olson and Swords, an All-Big Ten guard. “Mila is a great player,” said Swords, who scored ...

Expect the Knicks to be terrible houseguests.

Delve in for twelve?

Zuby Ejiofor had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Bryce Hopkins added 13 points and fifth-seeded St. John's beat Northern Iowa 79-53 on Friday night for its second NCAA Tournament victory since 2000. Oziyah Sellers scored 11 points for Rick Pitino's gathering Red Storm (29-6), who have won 20 of 21 since early January in increasingly impressive fashion. With a fluid, balanced offensive effort against the nation's stingiest scoring defense, St. John's jumped to a huge early lead at Viejas Arena and ...

Bennett Stirtz scored 16 points and No. 9 seed Iowa weathered his erratic shooting to hold off eighth-seeded Clemson 67-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night. Stirtz made two free throws with 10.9 seconds remaining help put the game away after Clemson (24-11) rallied to within 61-57 in the closing minutes. Kael Combs kept the Hawkeyes stay afloat with 15 points and Alvaro Foigueiras came off the bench to score 14.

The full injury report for Friday night’s game.

VanSlooten added 10 rebounds for Michigan State (23-8), the fifth seed in the Sacramento Region. The Spartans will play either No. 4 seed Oklahoma or No. 13 seed Idaho in the second round on Sunday.

The Bruins (24-11) play the winner of the game between No. 2 seed UConn and Furman on Sunday. Jordan Burks scored 22 points and hit six 3-pointers — including one that made it 72-69 with 10 seconds left — to almost single-handedly carry UCF (21-12) into the second round. Under comical and combustible coach Mick Cronin, the Bruins are back in the second round — with one player minus a tooth — for the second straight tournament after missing out in 2024.

Can They Win This One At Home Against The Soaring Hawks?

Bailey Maupin scored seven of her 17 points in the final three minutes, and No. 7 seed Texas Tech held on to defeat 10th seed Villanova 57-52 on Friday night in the first round of March Madness. Denae Fritz scored 13 points for Texas Tech (26-7), which went 7 of 15 from 3-point range, outshot Villanova, 44% (18 of 41) to 37% (20 of 54) and made 14 of 15 foul shots. Fritz and Maupin both hit 3-pointers in the final 4:22 to help Tech carry a 53-47 lead into the final two minutes.

Following the Knicks' narrow win over the Nets on Friday night, coach Mike Brown and the players spoke about the physicality of the game and more.

Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, Luka Garza added a season-high 22 points and the Boston Celtics used a fourth-quarter rally to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 117-112 on Friday night. Payton Pritchard added 19 points for the Celtics, who have won four straight. The win kept Boston in second place in the East, 1 1/2 games ahead of the New York Knicks who held on for a 93-92 victory over Brooklyn earlier Friday night.

Not very pretty.

'It was the worst year of my professional career'

Conference loyalty has never been more of a talking point than it is in the NCAA now. Here's a look at how each conference fared in the first round.

Brooklyn Nets (17-53, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (18-53, 15th in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn looks to stop its six-game slide with a win against Sacramento. The Kings are 12-25 on their home court. Sacramento is 6-35 in games decided by at least 10 points. The Nets are 8-27 on the road. Brooklyn has a 2-3 record in games decided by less than 4 points. The Kings score 110.8 points per game, 4.5 fewer points ...

FOX Sports' Michael Cohen offers up his biggest takeaways from the opening round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

With an NCAA Tournament first-round win vs. Missouri, Miami tied a Division I record for the largest single-season swing in win-loss differential.

An up-and-down season continues as the Wolves desperately missed Anthony Edwards in another tough home loss.

Assessing every Golden State player’s performance in the team’s 115-101 loss to Detroit.

Jalen Brunson and the Knicks were a misfiring mess all game. But apparently it’s never too late to get off the struggle bus against the pathetic Nets.

A familiar foe visits Dallas for the final time this season.

San Antonio faces a beat-up Pacers squad.

From High Point's upset to Saint Louis' dominance, here's a look at our top five moments after the first round of March Madness in 2026:

The first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament is complete. Here were our five worst moments so far in March Madness.

With Luka playing like this, there's no way to fully dismiss the Lakers as a contender