Braden Smith

The Huskies elected to have Donovan Clingan go one-on-one with Zach Edey and limit Purdue's shooters. It worked to perfection.

UConn is favored, but Purdue has been on a mission all season long. Which one cuts down the nets Monday?

Smith almost went scoreless and had five turnovers against NC State. That Purdue won 63-50 anyway says a lot about these Boilermakers.

The Final Four features just one McDonald's All-American but several three- and four-star recruits who have stuck around and developed.

"They're like the Golden State Warriors." Coaches who've faced UConn, Alabama, Purdue and NC State give their scouting reports for Saturday.

Matt Painter and the Boilermakers made all the right chess moves, and now they're going to the Final Four.

Teams have tried everything to slow down Edey. One thing that definitely doesn't work: making him angry.

Can Duke keep up its competitive level? Does Gonzaga have an answer for Zach Edey? That and more questions for the regional semifinals.

The Boilermakers lost to a No. 16 seed last year. We had all access with them as they started their next tournament run.

We don’t have many rules of thumb —what with only four total thumbs between us — for picking an NCAA Tournament bracket. But there’s one we believe in wholeheartedly: Don’t overthink it. To that end, there’s something simple to keep in mind (yet again) when choosing your Final Four and national champion. After Connecticut won it all last year, 18 of the last 21 champs ranked among the top six at KenPom.com before the NCAA Tournament. (Tell us again why Ken Pomeroy isn’t just selecting the field every year?) So, yeah, the top six would be a useful place to start if you were, say,...

Wisconsin closed the regular season 3-8 over its last 11 but now looks like the team that reached No. 6 in the AP poll earlier in the year.

Smith, the Boilermakers' indispensable guard, left Friday's game with a knee injury that sent Purdue fans into a temporary panic.

Houston hangs onto the top spot, Florida checks in and High Point is the mid-major spotlight team in the final power rankings of the season.

In this week's edition: Jamal Shead and Zakai Zeigler are running the show, Kentucky goes all in on shooting and Kansas tries new rotations.

With a little more than a month before Selection Sunday, a pecking order has emerged. UConn and Purdue are on the first tier; then what?

UConn maintains its grip on the top spot, while a surging WCC power debuts.

The Big 12, SEC, Big East and Big Ten dominate this week's power rankings — and gifs.

Duke and Michigan State were the top vote-getters in the preseason. Now, we've got some new ideas.