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From the Big Ten to the Big West, we get you ready for the final week of conference tournament action with analysis and predictions.

With COVID-19 creating massive scheduling and logistical issues for college sports, we present our plan for men's and women's hoops.

In 2005 No. 13 Vermont beat No. 4-seed Syracuse, and No. 14 Bucknell beat No. 3 Kansas within a couple of hours of each other.

Seth Davis makes his picks for Saturday's top college basketball games.

EMPORIUM, Pa. — There’s no easy way to get here, to this steadily shrinking town that time forgot in the Allegheny Mountains, and certainly not from the biggest stage in college basketball at the University of Kentucky. And vice versa. But since Nate Sestina is about to become the first person...

A few minor things have happened since the selection committee released its midseason top 16 seeds last Saturday. Duke won at Virginia and completed a miracle comeback at Louisville. Marquette beat Villanova. Kentucky lost at home to LSU. Wisconsin dropped two games. Michigan got upset at Penn...

Reactions to last week’s Bracket Watch debut were dominated by two discussion threads: 1. “Michigan deserves a No. 1 seed over Michigan State!” “No, the Spartans are better than the Wolverines!” “You’re stupid, UM rules!” “You’re ugly, Sparty’s the best!” 2. “Indiana’s in...

Welcome to the first edition of The Athletic’s 2019 Bracket Watch! I’m taking over this year for Stewart Mandel, and I realize those are some serious high-tops to fill. What qualifications do I have for such an important task? Hardly any, other than a lifelong obsession with college basketball...

Using his ratings sytem, Ken Pomeroy breaks down each conference race and identifies the favorites and possible contenders.

DETROIT — In preparing for last year’s NCAA Tournament, Bucknell coach Nathan Davis had one wish going into Selection Sunday: Please don’t give us West Virginia. Lo and behold, the Bison drew the Mountaineers. Bucknell held its own, but lost 86-80. This year, he told people that the two teams...

The first full day of the tournament is under way, and there are 16 more games lined up for our viewing pleasure on Friday. Your fearless forecaster has come early to bestow more of my precious prescience. As always, these picks should be used for entertainment purposes only. Any similarities...

The NCAA Tournament is a beautiful event. It gives spectators drama, excitement, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. In equal amounts though, it gives us terrific, competitive matchups between NBA Draft prospects. This NCAA Tournament field did not disappoint, as the first round has given...

When the dust settled on the 2018 NCAA Tournament field, only 11 teams that were ranked in the final mid-major top 25 qualified for the Big Dance. Now it’s time to get to know the 25 teams hoping to become this year’s Cinderella story. The following teams are organized not by seeding,...

You know who’s in and who’s disappointed. But do you know who’s going to win? Which Cinderella will emerge? Which favorite will fall first? We can help. Here are our expert selections — and reasoning — courtesy of Seth Davis, Dana O’Neil, Sam Vecenie, C.L. Brown...

An annual topic of debate heading into Selection Sunday is usually over which teams will get the four No. 1 seeds. This year, that debate is … unexciting. My four No. 1 seeds – Virginia (30-2), Villanova (29-4), Kansas (26-7) and Xavier (28-5) – have remained unchanged for several weeks.