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Expanding NCAA Tournament field to 76 games invites mediocrity to the Big Dance and ruins the bracket

There are only formalities now standing between the NCAA Tournament and a ruinous expansion plan advocated by a handful of ...

Winners (Big Ten) and losers (Gonzaga) from second round of NCAA tournament

The Big Ten won big in the second round of the NCAA tournament while not actually winning much of anything, while Gonzaga ...

Azzi Fudd WNBA mock draft profile: How the UConn guard projects with the Seattle Storm

Here's where UConn guard Azzi Fudd is projected to land in USA TODAY's latest 2026 WNBA mock draft ...

NCAA Tournament: Can Cinderella be revived? The financial and competitive challenges are daunting

In the past two years, teams seeded No. 13-to-16 are winless. The downturn coincides with the new era of player movement and compensation.
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Men’s NCAA tournament Sweet 16 missing Cinderella teams again

For a second year in a row, no mid-major programs reached the men’s NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 as a chasm widens between deep-pocket schools and everyone else.

NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament

Full USA TODAY news coverage, analysis and predictions of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament and its 64-team bracket.