march madness

The NCAA selection committee chose the 68 schools who advanced to the big dance — the 2017 NCAA men’s basketball tournament — Sunday evening.

In similar fashion to the NCAA football playoff selection committee, the NCAA basketball selection committee has released their top sixteen seeds a month before the NCAA tournament is announced. The NCAA football playoff selection committee releases their rankings mid way through the season and each week following...

The controversial House Bill 2, also known as the "Bathroom Law" in North Carolina, has inspired the NCAA to pull its most popular event, the NCAA men's basketball tournament, out of Greensboro this March. The reverberation of this decision may be felt here in the Capital Region as the Times Union Center in downtown Albany may be the beneficiary of the relocation...

The finish to Monday night's National Championship game between Villanova and North Carolina was certainly one for the ages. Kris Jenkins' buzzer beater to give the Wildcats the win puts him up with some of the greatest when it comes to tournament buzzer beaters...

What. A. Finish. Monday night's game will go down not only in NCAA history, but basketball history for the way it ended. Tied at 74 with 4.7 seconds remaining against the top seeded North Carolina Tar Heels and needing to go the length of the court, the #2 seed Villanova Wildcats turned to their best players...

The men's NCAA Tournament is down to four. Villanova, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Syracuse. Villanova, the south region champion after they knocked off #1 overall seed Kansas looks to continue their winning was as they get set to play Oklahoma and likely player of the year Buddy Hield...

Thursday's flurry of sweet 16 games weren't quite as exciting as the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. All the drama and crazy finishes seemed to seize to exist for now as all the top ranked teams advanced to the elite 8. The top seeded Kansas Jayhawks trounced the Maryland Terrapins 79-63, shutting down star-studded freshman and possible 1st-round NBA draft pick Diamond Stone, holding him

March Madness got off to a great start yesterday with a number of stunning upsets and some great games. There were a pair of 'David vs Goliath' matchups that gave us the types of games we love to watch during the tournament. Yale got the upsets kicked off as they were able to take down #5 seed Baylor in the West region ...

The MAAC tournament kicks off on Thursday night at the Times Union Center at 5 p.m.

The NCAA has done a lot of stupid things throughout the years. The one thing they really had going for them as far as basketball was concerned was the NCAA tournament. Then They Changed it, adding more teams and re-naming each round of the tournament, confusing many of the casual fans...

Tyus Jones scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half, and Duke rallied from a nine-point deficit to beat Wisconsin, 68-63, in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game in Indianapolis on Monday night.

Through 34 games in the Missouri Valley Conference, Wichita State hadn't played anyone.  In fact, they'd only played three other tournament teams - only one of which was a single digit seed.