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The Denver Post |
With wins by Houston and Auburn on Sunday, next weekend’s Final Four will have all four No. 1 seeds for the second time in NCAA Tournament history.
Bleacher Report |
Favorites are also 50-13 straight-up in the 2025 tournament.
ESPN |
Cinderella teams are often the most entertaining participants each year, with the likes of George Mason, Saint Peter's, Oakland, Mercer, Norfolk State and other underdogs creating lasting, grand memo...
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The Final Four field is set after this weekend's Elite Eight games and it looks like March Madness is heading toward a fantastic finish. Np/1 seeds Duke, Florida, Auburn and Houston are headed to San Antonio,
We are down to four teams in the men's NCAA Tournament. All No. 1 seeds will compete in the Final Four on Saturday. Which two teams will punch their ticket to the NCAA national championship game? Here's our predictions for NCAA Tournament's Final Four.
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CNET on MSNI Let AI Do My March Madness Bracket and Now I'm Leading My Pool Right Before the Final FourMadness is nearing a fever pitch as we're now gearing up for the Final Four games in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournament. Both brackets are done with the Elite Eight, and my own tournament picks are doing surprisingly well.
By bypassing the Blue Devils for the title, you can differentiate your entry. Duke’s prowess has made it the most popular title pick in ESPN’s bracket contest ( 25 percent of entries as of Tuesday) as well as CBS’s. Not going with Duke to win is a smart pool strategy Mock outlines here — while still collecting points by riding Duke to the finals.
Two tickets to the final weekend of the Big Dance in San Antonio for the 2025 Final Four will be punched on Saturday and nets will be cut down as the focus will be on the West Regional and the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament bracket.
The 2025 NCAA women's basketball tournament continued on Sunday, with two of the four Elite Eight matchups in the books. South Carolina took down Duke by the score of 54-50 in the first contest, as head coach Dawn Staley's squad clinched a spot in the Final Four for the fifth consecutive season.
And in the late game, No. 1 USC is as an underdog against No. 2 UConn, led by star guard Paige Bueckers. The Trojans, despite losing star JuJu Watkins to a season-ending injury earlier in the tournament, managed to survive their Sweet 16 matchup against Kansas State. But UConn will provide a much stiffer test.
Eight teams will compete in the Elite Eight on Sunday and Monday for four spots in the Final Four next weekend. Defending champion and No. 1 seed South Carolina took on No. 2 Duke, downing the Blue Devils for the second time this season to earn the first Final Four berth.
The tourney’s overall 1 seed, UCLA, knocked off LSU 72-65 to advance to its first women’s Final Four behind another big game by Lauren Betts. The 6-foot-7 All-American had 17 points, seven rebounds and six blocked shots despite sitting out the second quarter.