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06-05-2025
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Yahoo Sports AM: The Gators win their third title
In today's edition: Florida cuts down the nets, Masters roundup, NBA playoff picture, Champions League returns, Budweiser's brilliant marketing, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it every weekday morning. 🏆 Glory for Gators, heartbreak for Houston 68 teams entered, one team won it all. () Florida cut down the nets on Monday night in San Antonio after beating Houston, 65-63, in a game where they trailed almost the entire time. Time with lead: Florida: 1:04 Houston: 30:44 Back on top: The Cougars forced the Gators to play their game, but in the end they played it better, securing their third national championship and denying Houston its first. Houston falls to 0-3 in title games. () From Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg: Houston once again has failed to shed the unwanted label of men's college basketball's greatest program never to win a national title. The Cougars have now made seven Final Fours and three title games without experiencing the joy of cutting down nets. This time the heartbreak came at the hands of a Florida program that entered rarified air by winning a third national title. Only the bluest of blue bloods — UCLA (11), Kentucky (8), UConn (6), North Carolina (6), Duke (5), Indiana (5) and Kansas (4) — have more. That Florida rallied from a 12-point deficit early in the second half was a fitting way for the Gators to finish this memorable run. They trailed by six or more points in the second half in four of their six NCAA tournament victories. They fell behind by nine points against Auburn early in the second half of Saturday's Final Four matchup and by as many as 10 points against Texas Tech in the Elite Eight. "We didn't point fingers, didn't start to make hero plays, gambling defensively," said head coach Todd Golden. Added guard Alijah Martin, "We never blinked. Now we're national champs." 🎶 Watch: One Shining Moment 📊 By the numbers: Masters week Can Scottie repeat at Augusta? () ⛳️ +450 Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite (+450 at BetMGM) to win his third green jacket, which is something only eight men have accomplished. Rory McIlroy (+650) has the second-best odds and the most wagers (10.6%) of any golfer in the field. ⛳️ Eight lefties There are eight left-handed golfers in the 2025 Masters field, the most in the history of the tournament. They are: Phil Mickelson (3x winner), Bubba Watson (2x winner), Mike Weir (1x winner), Akshay Bhatia, Brian Harman, Joe Highsmith, Bob MacIntyre and Matt McCarty. Watch: Do lefties have an advantage at Augusta National? ⛳️ 41st start Two-time champion Bernhard Langer will make his 41st and final Masters start this week. Just how long has the 67-year-old been around? Gene Sarazen, born in 1902, was in the field when Langer played his first major (1976 Open); Tom Kim, born in 2002, will be in the field when he plays his last. ⛳️ $1.50 For the 23rd consecutive year, the Pimento Cheese sandwich at the Masters will cost $1.50. The popular menu item cost $1 back in 1997, but factoring for inflation, the sandwich is actually 50 cents cheaper today. 📸 Through the lens () Washington, D.C. — President Trump hosted the Dodgers at the White House on Monday to celebrate their World Series victory, and later met with Shohei Ohtani in the Oval Office. () Augusta, Georgia — The first practice round of Masters week was canceled due to rain. Fortunately, the forecast looks much better for the rest of the week, including plenty of sunshine for Sunday's finish. Grigor Dimitrov plays a shot at the Monte Carlo Masters. () Monte Carlo, Monaco — The men's clay court season began this week, and for the first time in 25 years, it did so without the "King of Clay," himself, Rafael Nadal. 🏀 NBA playoff race: The West is wild (Amy Monks/Yahoo Sports) With college hoops now in the rearview, we shift our attention to the NBA, where teams are jockeying for playoff positioning in the final week of the regular season. Where it stands: The East is set, with the playoff and play-in teams locked and only seeding yet to be determined. But in the West, nine teams' fates still hang in the balance. The Wild West: While the Thunder and Rockets have clinched and the bottom four teams have been eliminated, the rest of the conference is ripe for reshuffling. The Lakers, Nuggets, Clippers, Warriors, Timberwolves and Grizzlies are separated by just two games as they chase four guaranteed playoff spots. The two who come up short will enter the play-in tournament, where they'll be joined by two of the Kings, Mavericks and Suns. Coming up: Here are the remaining schedules for those nine teams in the Western Conference's messy middle: Lakers: at Thunder (Tue), at Mavericks (Wed), vs. Rockets (Fri), at Trail Blazers (Sun) Nuggets: at Kings (Wed), vs. Grizzlies (Fri), at Rockets (Sun) Clippers: vs. Spurs (Tue), vs. Rockets (Wed), at Kings (Fri), at Warriors (Sun) Warriors: at Suns (Tue), vs. Spurs (Wed), at Trail Blazers (Fri), vs. Clippers (Sun) Timberwolves: at Bucks (Tue), at Grizzlies (Thu), vs. Nets (Fri), vs. Jazz (Sun) Grizzlies: at Hornets (Tue), vs Timberwolves (Thu), at Nuggets (Fri), vs. Mavericks (Sun) Kings: vs. Nuggets (Wed), vs. Clippers (Fri), vs. Suns (Sun) Mavericks: vs. Lakers (Wed), vs. Raptors (Fri), at Grizzlies (Sun) Suns: vs. Warriors (Tue), vs. Thunder (Wed), vs. Spurs (Fri), at Kings (Sun) Looking ahead: The regular season ends on Sunday, and the play-in tournament tips off one week from today. 📺 Watchlist: The Final 8 Arsenal's Emirates Stadium at dusk on Monday. () The Champions League quarterfinals begin today with two first-leg matches: Bayern Munich vs. Inter Milan (3pm ET, Paramount+) and Arsenal vs. Real Madrid (3pm, Paramount+). The rich kid's table: All eight quarterfinalists are among the world's 20 richest clubs. Real Madrid (No. 1) sits at the top, followed by PSG (No. 3), Bayern (No. 5), Barcelona (No. 6), Arsenal (No. 7), Borussia Dortmund (No. 11), Inter (No. 14) and Aston Villa (No. 18). More to watch: 🏀 NBA: Celtics at Knicks (7:30pm, TNT); Warriors at Suns (10pm, TNT) … Phoenix (35-43) needs a win. 🏒 NHL: Maple Leafs at Panthers (7pm, ESPN); Golden Knights at Avalanche (9:30pm, ESPN) … All four teams have clinched playoff berths. ⚽️ Friendly: USWNT vs. Brazil (10:30pm, TBS) … At PayPal Park in San Jose, California, where the USWNT is 5-0. ⚾️ MLB: Phillies at Braves (7:15pm, TBS) … Philly (7-2) has the third-best record in MLB, Atlanta (1-8) has the worst. 🏀 G League Finals: Stockton Kings at Osceola Magic (8pm, ESPNU) … Players to watch in Game 1: Slam dunk king Mac McClung (Magic) and former SEC POY Mason Jones (Kings). Plus: Tigres host LA Galaxy in Mexico for a spot in the Champions Cup semifinals (9pm, FS1); "On The Range" at the Masters (12-2pm, CBSSN); Monte Carlo Masters (5am, Tennis). 🏆 Championship trivia () Florida is the second school* with exactly three D-I men's basketball titles. Who's the other? Hint: They won two this century. *Not counting Louisville, whose third championship (2013) has since been vacated. Answer at the bottom. 🍻 Brilliant marketing (Budweiser) Budweiser sent celebratory cans of Budweiser Zero to goalies who did not get scored on by Alex Ovechkin at any point during their careers. It's a short list! (Budweiser) Curtis Joseph (pictured above): "Congrats to the greatest goal-scorer of all time. Feeling very lucky to have not been a part of it! 2 shots, 0 goals." Trivia answer: Villanova (1985, 2016, 2018) We hope you enjoyed this edition of Yahoo Sports AM, our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning.
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08-04-2025
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Yahoo Sports AM: The Gators win their third title
Yahoo Sports AM: The Gators win their third title Yahoo Sports AM is our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it every weekday morning. 🏆 Glory for Gators, heartbreak for Houston 68 teams entered, one team won it all. () Florida cut down the nets on Monday night in San Antonio after beating Houston, 65-63, in a game where they trailed almost the entire time. Advertisement Time with lead: Florida: 1:04 Houston: 30:44 Back on top: The Cougars forced the Gators to play their game, but in the end they played it better, securing their third national championship and denying Houston its first. Houston falls to 0-3 in title games. () From Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg: Houston once again has failed to shed the unwanted label of men's college basketball's greatest program never to win a national title. The Cougars have now made seven Final Fours and three title games without experiencing the joy of cutting down nets. This time the heartbreak came at the hands of a Florida program that entered rarified air by winning a third national title. Only the bluest of blue bloods — UCLA (11), Kentucky (8), UConn (6), North Carolina (6), Duke (5), Indiana (5) and Kansas (4) — have more. Advertisement That Florida rallied from a 12-point deficit early in the second half was a fitting way for the Gators to finish this memorable run. They trailed by six or more points in the second half in four of their six NCAA tournament victories. They fell behind by nine points against Auburn early in the second half of Saturday's Final Four matchup and by as many as 10 points against Texas Tech in the Elite Eight. "We didn't point fingers, didn't start to make hero plays, gambling defensively," said head coach Todd Golden. Added guard Alijah Martin, "We never blinked. Now we're national champs." 🎶 Watch: One Shining Moment 📊 By the numbers: Masters week Can Scottie repeat at Augusta? () ⛳️ +450 Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite (+450 at BetMGM) to win his third green jacket, which is something only eight men have accomplished. Rory McIlroy (+650) has the second-best odds and the most wagers (10.6%) of any golfer in the field. Advertisement ⛳️ Eight lefties There are eight left-handed golfers in the 2025 Masters field, the most in the history of the tournament. They are: Phil Mickelson (3x winner), Bubba Watson (2x winner), Mike Weir (1x winner), Akshay Bhatia, Brian Harman, Joe Highsmith, Bob MacIntyre and Matt McCarty. Watch: Do lefties have an advantage at Augusta National? ⛳️ 41st start Two-time champion Bernhard Langer will make his 41st and final Masters start this week. Just how long has the 67-year-old been around? Gene Sarazen, born in 1902, was in the field when Langer played his first major (1976 Open); Tom Kim, born in 2002, will be in the field when he plays his last. Advertisement ⛳️ $1.50 For the 23rd consecutive year, the Pimento Cheese sandwich at the Masters will cost $1.50. The popular menu item cost $1 back in 1997, but factoring for inflation, the sandwich is actually 50 cents cheaper today. 📸 Through the lens () Washington, D.C. — President Trump hosted the Dodgers at the White House on Monday to celebrate their World Series victory, and later met with Shohei Ohtani in the Oval Office. () Augusta, Georgia — The first practice round of Masters week was canceled due to rain. Fortunately, the forecast looks much better for the rest of the week, including plenty of sunshine for Sunday's finish. Grigor Dimitrov plays a shot at the Monte Carlo Masters. () Monte Carlo, Monaco — The men's clay court season began this week, and for the first time in 25 years, it did so without the "King of Clay," himself, Rafael Nadal. 🏀 NBA playoff race: The West is wild (Amy Monks/Yahoo Sports) With college hoops now in the rearview, we shift our attention to the NBA, where teams are jockeying for playoff positioning in the final week of the regular season. Advertisement Where it stands: The East is set, with the playoff and play-in teams locked and only seeding yet to be determined. But in the West, nine teams' fates still hang in the balance. The Wild West: While the Thunder and Rockets have clinched and the bottom four teams have been eliminated, the rest of the conference is ripe for reshuffling. The Lakers, Nuggets, Clippers, Warriors, Timberwolves and Grizzlies are separated by just two games as they chase four guaranteed playoff spots. The two who come up short will enter the play-in tournament, where they'll be joined by two of the Kings, Mavericks and Suns. Coming up: Here are the remaining schedules for those nine teams in the Western Conference's messy middle: Lakers: at Thunder (Tue), at Mavericks (Wed), vs. Rockets (Fri), at Trail Blazers (Sun) Nuggets: at Kings (Wed), vs. Grizzlies (Fri), at Rockets (Sun) Clippers: vs. Spurs (Tue), vs. Rockets (Wed), at Kings (Fri), at Warriors (Sun) Warriors: at Suns (Tue), vs. Spurs (Wed), at Trail Blazers (Fri), vs. Clippers (Sun) Timberwolves: at Bucks (Tue), at Grizzlies (Thu), vs. Nets (Fri), vs. Jazz (Sun) Grizzlies: at Hornets (Tue), vs Timberwolves (Thu), at Nuggets (Fri), vs. Mavericks (Sun) Kings: vs. Nuggets (Wed), vs. Clippers (Fri), vs. Suns (Sun) Mavericks: vs. Lakers (Wed), vs. Raptors (Fri), at Grizzlies (Sun) Suns: vs. Warriors (Tue), vs. Thunder (Wed), vs. Spurs (Fri), at Kings (Sun) Looking ahead: The regular season ends on Sunday, and the play-in tournament tips off one week from today. 📺 Watchlist: The Final 8 Arsenal's Emirates Stadium at dusk on Monday. () The Champions League quarterfinals begin today with two first-leg matches: Bayern Munich vs. Inter Milan (3pm ET, Paramount+) and Arsenal vs. Real Madrid (3pm, Paramount+). Advertisement The rich kid's table: All eight quarterfinalists are among the world's 20 richest clubs. Real Madrid (No. 1) sits at the top, followed by PSG (No. 3), Bayern (No. 5), Barcelona (No. 6), Arsenal (No. 7), Borussia Dortmund (No. 11), Inter (No. 14) and Aston Villa (No. 18). More to watch: 🏀 NBA: Celtics at Knicks (7:30pm, TNT); Warriors at Suns (10pm, TNT) … Phoenix (35-43) needs a win. 🏒 NHL: Maple Leafs at Panthers (7pm, ESPN); Golden Knights at Avalanche (9:30pm, ESPN) … All four teams have clinched playoff berths. ⚽️ Friendly: USWNT vs. Brazil (10:30pm, TBS) … At PayPal Park in San Jose, California, where the USWNT is 5-0. ⚾️ MLB: Phillies at Braves (7:15pm, TBS) … Philly (7-2) has the third-best record in MLB, Atlanta (1-8) has the worst. 🏀 G League Finals: Stockton Kings at Osceola Magic (8pm, ESPNU) … Players to watch in Game 1: Slam dunk king Mac McClung (Magic) and former SEC POY Mason Jones (Kings). Plus: Tigres host LA Galaxy in Mexico for a spot in the Champions Cup semifinals (9pm, FS1); "On The Range" at the Masters (12-2pm, CBSSN); Monte Carlo Masters (5am, Tennis). 🏆 Championship trivia () Florida is the second school* with exactly three D-I men's basketball titles. Who's the other? Advertisement Hint: They won two this century. *Not counting Louisville, whose third championship (2013) has since been vacated. Answer at the bottom. 🍻 Brilliant marketing (Budweiser) Budweiser sent celebratory cans of Budweiser Zero to goalies who did not get scored on by Alex Ovechkin at any point during their careers. It's a short list! (Budweiser) Curtis Joseph (pictured above): "Congrats to the greatest goal-scorer of all time. Feeling very lucky to have not been a part of it! 2 shots, 0 goals." Trivia answer: Villanova (1985, 2016, 2018) We hope you enjoyed this edition of Yahoo Sports AM, our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning.
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20-03-2025
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2025 March Madness updates: NCAA tournament watch times, bracket news, first-round schedule, TV channels
March Madness is here, and the craziness started with the opening game of the NCAA men's tournament. The men's bracket is now set at 64 teams after Xavier rallied to beat Texas in the final of the First Four. Mount St. Mary's beat American in the earlier game. The First Four began Tuesday night with Alabama State stunning St. Francis on a layup with a second left following a football-style, length-of-the-court pass that was tipped. Alabama State will now take on overall No. 1 seed Auburn in the South region on Thursday. North Carolina ran past San Diego State, 95-68, in Tuesday's second First Four game and will now face No. 6 Ole Miss on Thursday. The women's First Four begins on Wednesday. [Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem is back: Enter for a shot to win up to $50K] Selection Sunday was full of surprises, celebration and heartbreak. The bracket reveals are complete with the full selections for the men and women listed below. Here's how the No. 1 seeds shook out for the men: Auburn (South Region) Duke (East Region) Houston (Midwest Region) Florida (West Region) The SEC won the day with a record 14 of 16 teams making the NCAA tournament. The Big Ten was next with eight teams, followed by the Big 12 with seven. Here's how the No. 1 seeds shook out for the women: UCLA (Spokane 1) South Carolina (Birmingham 2) Texas (Birmingham 3) USC (Spokane 4) So, what can we make of the men's committee's selections? Here were some takeaways from Yahoo Sports analyst Jeff Eisenberg: It was clear by Sunday morning that Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida had each separated themselves in the race for No. 1 seeds. Credit the committee for not messing that up — and for getting that in the right order. The same goes for the SEC getting 14 bids. You'll probably hear some complaints about it, but the truth is the SEC earned that respect. Where the selection committee stumbled a bit: selecting North Carolina over more deserving teams like West Virginia. The Tar Heels snared the final at-large spot in the field despite going 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and only defeating one at-large-caliber NCAA tournament team. Also wrong: The committee claims that conference tournament title games matter — even the ones on Sunday that bump right up to the selection show. That's undoubtedly true when there's a bid thief involved. It's a little more difficult to believe, however, when there is just a potential seed line bump or two at stake. Michigan being slotted in as a No. 5 seed while the team it just beat (Wisconsin) was given a No. 3 seed, despite comparable résumés, makes the claim seem dubious. On the women's side of the bracket, Ryan Young thinks the selection made at least one mistake. Going into Selection Sunday, it seemed as if South Carolina had the edge for the No. 1 overall seed. The reigning national champions were fresh off a blowout win in their conference championship game and looked strong closing out the year. The Gamecocks had won seven straight, all by double digits, and had clearly put a 29-point home loss to UConn behind them. But the committee opted to go with UCLA instead. And it shouldn't have. The Bruins absolutely earned a No. 1 seed in the tournament. That was never in doubt. They went 30-2 and won the Big Ten tournament title with a win over USC. They started the year on a 23-game win streak, too. So the committee gave UCLA the top overall seed for the first time in program history. The biggest reason for that, they said on ESPN, was two-fold. First, UCLA beat South Carolina by 15 points in November. While a head-to-head matchup usually does the trick, that was months ago. The second was South Carolina losing by nearly 30 points to UConn at home. UCLA didn't have a loss that bad. Here's what you need to know about March Madness: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets NCAA tournament bracket 101: How to make your picks Selection Sunday winners and losers 5 biggest men's tournament snubs of 2025 What the selection committee got right and wrong Cinderellas capable of making a deep tourney run Ranking every NCAA tournament team from 1 to 68 10 best NBA prospects in the NCAA tournament Predictions, odds, lines, schedule for every first-round game Why expanding the NCAA tournament is such a bad idea No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 16 Alabama State (Lexington, Thursday, 2:50 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 8 Louisville vs. No. 9 Creighton (Lexington, Thursday, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 12 UC San Diego (Denver, Thursday, 10 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 4 Texas A&M vs No. 13 Yale (Denver, Thursday, 7:25 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 North Carolina (Milwaukee, Friday, 4:05 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 14 Lipscomb (Milwaukee, Friday, 1:30 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 New Mexico (Cleveland, Friday, 7:25 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 15 Bryant (Cleveland, Friday, 10 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 Mount St. Mary's (Raleigh, Friday, 2:50 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Baylor (Raleigh, Friday, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Liberty (Seattle, Friday, 10:10 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Akron (Seattle, Friday, 7:35 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 VCU (Denver, Thursday, 4:05 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 14 Montana (Denver, Thursday, 1:30 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Vanderbilt (Cleveland, Friday, 3:15 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 15 Robert Morris (Cleveland, Friday, 12:40 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 SIU Edwardsville (Wichita, Thursday, 2 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 8 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Georgia, (Wichita, Thursday, 4:35 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 12 McNeese (Providence, Thursday, 3:15 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 High Point (Providence, Thursday, 12:40 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 6 Illinois vs. No. 11 Xavier (Milwaukee, Friday, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Troy (Milwaukee, Friday, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 7 UCLA vs. No. 10 Utah State (Lexington, Thursday, 9:25 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Wofford (Lexington, Thursday, 6:50 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 1 Florida vs. No. 16 Norfolk State (Raleigh, Friday, 6:50 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 8 UConn vs. No. 9 Oklahoma (Raleigh, Friday, 9:25 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 5 Memphis vs. No. 12 Colorado State (Seattle, Friday, 2 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Grand Canyon (Seattle, Friday, 4:35 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 6 Missouri vs. No. 11 Drake (Wichita, Thursday, 7:35 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 14 UNC Wilmington (Wichita, Thursday, 10:10 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 7 Kansas vs. No. 10 Arkansas (Providence, Thursday, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 2 St. John's vs. No. 15 Omaha (Providence, Thursday, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS) Here's what you need to know about this year's brackets: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets SEC sets March Madness record with 14 teams in the men's bracket UCLA, Texas, South Carolina and USC are top women's seeds 5 biggest tournament snubs All conference champions and automatic bids earned THE BRACKET 🙌#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2025 The Bracket.🔗 — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The March Madness tip times for the first round of the 2025 men's NCAA tournament are set. The tournament begins Tuesday with the first of four First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. The first round gets underway on Thursday with 16 games and then 16 games on Friday. Below are the start times for the First Four games and all 32 first-round games here. All times are Eastern. 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 St. Francis vs. No. 16 Alabama State 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 North Carolina vs. No. 11 San Diego State 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 Mount St. Mary's vs. No. 16 American 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 Xavier vs. No. 11 Texas Now that the March Madness brackets have been revealed for both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments, some teams fared better than others. After taking a look at each of the 68-team fields, here are the winners and losers from Selection Sunday as March Madness is officially ready to get underway this week. The SEC has a record 14 teams dancing in the men's tourney 🕺🏀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 16, 2025 Stanford will be watching the NCAA tournament from home for the first time in decades. The Cardinal officially did not receive a bid for the women's NCAA tournament on Sunday night after a rough campaign that resulted in a first-round exit from the ACC tournament earlier this month. It marks the first time since 1987 that Stanford has missed the NCAA tournament. That 36-season streak was the second longest in women's college basketball. Only Tennessee has been better with 42 straight tournament appearances. UConn has now made it 36 times to match Stanford. Baylor is the next-closest team with 21 consecutive appearances. USC-UConn Elite Eight rematch brewing? 👀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 4 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The Trojans lead the pack in Regional 4 as the one seed ✌️ — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 3 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 THREE (!) Ivy League teams officially make the women's NCAA Tournament. #3BidIvy — Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 17, 2025 Bit of a stunner that ND falls to a No. 3 seed, but recent play had to be a factor — Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) March 17, 2025 THE TEXAS LONGHORNS ARE THE REGIONAL 3 TOP SEED 🤘 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 2 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 They'll face No. 16 Tennessee Tech on Friday in Columbia The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 2 in Birmingham is South Carolina.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 Region 1 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 NC State will face No. 15 Vermont. Home sweet home 🏠For the fifth time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments, the Pack will host the first two rounds in Raleigh! — NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 17, 2025 LSU is a No. 3 seed in the Spokane 1 Regional! — LSU Women's Basketball (@LSUwbkb) March 17, 2025 UCLA will take on UC San Diego or Southern depending on who wins that First Four matchup. The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 1 in Spokane is UCLA.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The 31 Automatic Qualifiers are solidified ✅BRING. ON. THE. BRACKET. 🙌#NCAAWBB — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 16, 2025 There's a new favorite to win the 2025 men's NCAA tournament. Florida is now the team with the best odds to win the national title at BetMGM after the Gators beat Tennessee for the SEC tournament title on Sunday. Florida, the No. 1 seed in the West region, is now +350 to win it all. The Gators have won 12 of their last 13 games and enter the tournament with a 30-4 record. All four of those losses are to teams that made the NCAA tournament: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri. let the madness commence 😎we're heading to raleigh — Florida Gators Men's Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 16, 2025 It's the most predictable part of Selection Sunday. Every year, there are more teams convinced they deserve an NCAA men's tournament bid than there is room in the 68-team bracket. Three years ago, Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams distributed a nine-page manifesto arguing the Aggies were wronged and the selection process needed an overhaul. Last year, the Big East called itself 'understandably very disappointed' over the conference's historically low number of teams selected. This March, the bubble teams passed over in favor of North Carolina had the most reason to be fuming after the unveiling of the bracket Sunday evening. Many amateur bracketologists projected the Tar Heels to narrowly miss the field of 68 since they went 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and beat only one projected NCAA tournament team all year. The committee apparently felt otherwise, awarding one of the final at-large bids to the Tar Heels (22-13) by virtue of their top-40 metrics and strong strength of schedule. While North Carolina experienced the relief of hearing its name called, other bubble teams weren't so lucky. Here are this year's biggest NCAA tournament snubs. Here's what you need to know about this year's brackets: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets SEC sets March Madness record with 14 teams in the men's bracket UCLA, Texas, South Carolina and USC are top women's seeds 5 biggest tournament snubs All conference champions and automatic bids earned THE BRACKET 🙌#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2025 The Bracket.🔗 — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The March Madness tip times for the first round of the 2025 men's NCAA tournament are set. The tournament begins Tuesday with the first of four First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. The first round gets underway on Thursday with 16 games and then 16 games on Friday. Below are the start times for the First Four games and all 32 first-round games here. All times are Eastern. 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 St. Francis vs. No. 16 Alabama State 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 North Carolina vs. No. 11 San Diego State 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 Mount St. Mary's vs. No. 16 American 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 Xavier vs. No. 11 Texas Now that the March Madness brackets have been revealed for both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments, some teams fared better than others. After taking a look at each of the 68-team fields, here are the winners and losers from Selection Sunday as March Madness is officially ready to get underway this week. The SEC has a record 14 teams dancing in the men's tourney 🕺🏀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 16, 2025 Stanford will be watching the NCAA tournament from home for the first time in decades. The Cardinal officially did not receive a bid for the women's NCAA tournament on Sunday night after a rough campaign that resulted in a first-round exit from the ACC tournament earlier this month. It marks the first time since 1987 that Stanford has missed the NCAA tournament. That 36-season streak was the second longest in women's college basketball. Only Tennessee has been better with 42 straight tournament appearances. UConn has now made it 36 times to match Stanford. Baylor is the next-closest team with 21 consecutive appearances. USC-UConn Elite Eight rematch brewing? 👀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 4 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The Trojans lead the pack in Regional 4 as the one seed ✌️ — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 3 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 THREE (!) Ivy League teams officially make the women's NCAA Tournament. #3BidIvy — Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 17, 2025 Bit of a stunner that ND falls to a No. 3 seed, but recent play had to be a factor — Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) March 17, 2025 THE TEXAS LONGHORNS ARE THE REGIONAL 3 TOP SEED 🤘 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 2 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 They'll face No. 16 Tennessee Tech on Friday in Columbia The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 2 in Birmingham is South Carolina.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 Region 1 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 NC State will face No. 15 Vermont. Home sweet home 🏠For the fifth time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments, the Pack will host the first two rounds in Raleigh! — NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 17, 2025 LSU is a No. 3 seed in the Spokane 1 Regional! — LSU Women's Basketball (@LSUwbkb) March 17, 2025 UCLA will take on UC San Diego or Southern depending on who wins that First Four matchup. The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 1 in Spokane is UCLA.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The 31 Automatic Qualifiers are solidified ✅BRING. ON. THE. BRACKET. 🙌#NCAAWBB — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 16, 2025 There's a new favorite to win the 2025 men's NCAA tournament. Florida is now the team with the best odds to win the national title at BetMGM after the Gators beat Tennessee for the SEC tournament title on Sunday. Florida, the No. 1 seed in the West region, is now +350 to win it all. The Gators have won 12 of their last 13 games and enter the tournament with a 30-4 record. All four of those losses are to teams that made the NCAA tournament: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri. let the madness commence 😎we're heading to raleigh — Florida Gators Men's Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 16, 2025 It's the most predictable part of Selection Sunday. Every year, there are more teams convinced they deserve an NCAA men's tournament bid than there is room in the 68-team bracket. Three years ago, Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams distributed a nine-page manifesto arguing the Aggies were wronged and the selection process needed an overhaul. Last year, the Big East called itself 'understandably very disappointed' over the conference's historically low number of teams selected. This March, the bubble teams passed over in favor of North Carolina had the most reason to be fuming after the unveiling of the bracket Sunday evening. Many amateur bracketologists projected the Tar Heels to narrowly miss the field of 68 since they went 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and beat only one projected NCAA tournament team all year. The committee apparently felt otherwise, awarding one of the final at-large bids to the Tar Heels (22-13) by virtue of their top-40 metrics and strong strength of schedule. While North Carolina experienced the relief of hearing its name called, other bubble teams weren't so lucky. Here are this year's biggest NCAA tournament snubs.
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20-03-2025
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2025 March Madness updates: NCAA tournament watch times, bracket news, first-round schedule, TV
March Madness is here, and the craziness started with the opening game of the NCAA men's tournament. The men's bracket is now set at 64 teams after Xavier rallied to beat Texas in the final of the First Four. Mount St. Mary's beat American in the earlier game. The First Four began Tuesday night with Alabama State stunning St. Francis on a layup with a second left following a football-style, length-of-the-court pass that was tipped. Alabama State will now take on overall No. 1 seed Auburn in the South region on Thursday. North Carolina ran past San Diego State, 95-68, in Tuesday's second First Four game and will now face No. 6 Ole Miss on Thursday. The women's First Four begins on Wednesday. [Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem is back: Enter for a shot to win up to $50K] Selection Sunday was full of surprises, celebration and heartbreak. The bracket reveals are complete with the full selections for the men and women listed below. Here's how the No. 1 seeds shook out for the men: Auburn (South Region) Duke (East Region) Houston (Midwest Region) Florida (West Region) The SEC won the day with a record 14 of 16 teams making the NCAA tournament. The Big Ten was next with eight teams, followed by the Big 12 with seven. Here's how the No. 1 seeds shook out for the women: UCLA (Spokane 1) South Carolina (Birmingham 2) Texas (Birmingham 3) USC (Spokane 4) So, what can we make of the men's committee's selections? Here were some takeaways from Yahoo Sports analyst Jeff Eisenberg: It was clear by Sunday morning that Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida had each separated themselves in the race for No. 1 seeds. Credit the committee for not messing that up — and for getting that in the right order. The same goes for the SEC getting 14 bids. You'll probably hear some complaints about it, but the truth is the SEC earned that respect. Where the selection committee stumbled a bit: selecting North Carolina over more deserving teams like West Virginia. The Tar Heels snared the final at-large spot in the field despite going 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and only defeating one at-large-caliber NCAA tournament team. Also wrong: The committee claims that conference tournament title games matter — even the ones on Sunday that bump right up to the selection show. That's undoubtedly true when there's a bid thief involved. It's a little more difficult to believe, however, when there is just a potential seed line bump or two at stake. Michigan being slotted in as a No. 5 seed while the team it just beat (Wisconsin) was given a No. 3 seed, despite comparable résumés, makes the claim seem dubious. On the women's side of the bracket, Ryan Young thinks the selection made at least one mistake. Going into Selection Sunday, it seemed as if South Carolina had the edge for the No. 1 overall seed. The reigning national champions were fresh off a blowout win in their conference championship game and looked strong closing out the year. The Gamecocks had won seven straight, all by double digits, and had clearly put a 29-point home loss to UConn behind them. But the committee opted to go with UCLA instead. And it shouldn't have. The Bruins absolutely earned a No. 1 seed in the tournament. That was never in doubt. They went 30-2 and won the Big Ten tournament title with a win over USC. They started the year on a 23-game win streak, too. So the committee gave UCLA the top overall seed for the first time in program history. The biggest reason for that, they said on ESPN, was two-fold. First, UCLA beat South Carolina by 15 points in November. While a head-to-head matchup usually does the trick, that was months ago. The second was South Carolina losing by nearly 30 points to UConn at home. UCLA didn't have a loss that bad. Here's what you need to know about March Madness: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets NCAA tournament bracket 101: How to make your picks Selection Sunday winners and losers 5 biggest men's tournament snubs of 2025 What the selection committee got right and wrong Cinderellas capable of making a deep tourney run Ranking every NCAA tournament team from 1 to 68 10 best NBA prospects in the NCAA tournament Predictions, odds, lines, schedule for every first-round game Why expanding the NCAA tournament is such a bad idea No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 16 Alabama State (Lexington, Thursday, 2:50 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 8 Louisville vs. No. 9 Creighton (Lexington, Thursday, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 12 UC San Diego (Denver, Thursday, 10 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 4 Texas A&M vs No. 13 Yale (Denver, Thursday, 7:25 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 North Carolina (Milwaukee, Friday, 4:05 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 14 Lipscomb (Milwaukee, Friday, 1:30 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 New Mexico (Cleveland, Friday, 7:25 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 15 Bryant (Cleveland, Friday, 10 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 Mount St. Mary's (Raleigh, Friday, 2:50 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Baylor (Raleigh, Friday, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Liberty (Seattle, Friday, 10:10 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Akron (Seattle, Friday, 7:35 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 VCU (Denver, Thursday, 4:05 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 14 Montana (Denver, Thursday, 1:30 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Vanderbilt (Cleveland, Friday, 3:15 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 15 Robert Morris (Cleveland, Friday, 12:40 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 SIU Edwardsville (Wichita, Thursday, 2 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 8 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Georgia, (Wichita, Thursday, 4:35 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 12 McNeese (Providence, Thursday, 3:15 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 High Point (Providence, Thursday, 12:40 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 6 Illinois vs. No. 11 Xavier (Milwaukee, Friday, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Troy (Milwaukee, Friday, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 7 UCLA vs. No. 10 Utah State (Lexington, Thursday, 9:25 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Wofford (Lexington, Thursday, 6:50 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 1 Florida vs. No. 16 Norfolk State (Raleigh, Friday, 6:50 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 8 UConn vs. No. 9 Oklahoma (Raleigh, Friday, 9:25 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 5 Memphis vs. No. 12 Colorado State (Seattle, Friday, 2 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Grand Canyon (Seattle, Friday, 4:35 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 6 Missouri vs. No. 11 Drake (Wichita, Thursday, 7:35 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 14 UNC Wilmington (Wichita, Thursday, 10:10 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 7 Kansas vs. No. 10 Arkansas (Providence, Thursday, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 2 St. John's vs. No. 15 Omaha (Providence, Thursday, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS) Here's what you need to know about this year's brackets: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets SEC sets March Madness record with 14 teams in the men's bracket UCLA, Texas, South Carolina and USC are top women's seeds 5 biggest tournament snubs All conference champions and automatic bids earned THE BRACKET 🙌#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2025 The Bracket.🔗 — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The March Madness tip times for the first round of the 2025 men's NCAA tournament are set. The tournament begins Tuesday with the first of four First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. The first round gets underway on Thursday with 16 games and then 16 games on Friday. Below are the start times for the First Four games and all 32 first-round games here. All times are Eastern. 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 St. Francis vs. No. 16 Alabama State 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 North Carolina vs. No. 11 San Diego State 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 Mount St. Mary's vs. No. 16 American 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 Xavier vs. No. 11 Texas Now that the March Madness brackets have been revealed for both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments, some teams fared better than others. After taking a look at each of the 68-team fields, here are the winners and losers from Selection Sunday as March Madness is officially ready to get underway this week. The SEC has a record 14 teams dancing in the men's tourney 🕺🏀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 16, 2025 Stanford will be watching the NCAA tournament from home for the first time in decades. The Cardinal officially did not receive a bid for the women's NCAA tournament on Sunday night after a rough campaign that resulted in a first-round exit from the ACC tournament earlier this month. It marks the first time since 1987 that Stanford has missed the NCAA tournament. That 36-season streak was the second longest in women's college basketball. Only Tennessee has been better with 42 straight tournament appearances. UConn has now made it 36 times to match Stanford. Baylor is the next-closest team with 21 consecutive appearances. USC-UConn Elite Eight rematch brewing? 👀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 4 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The Trojans lead the pack in Regional 4 as the one seed ✌️ — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 3 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 THREE (!) Ivy League teams officially make the women's NCAA Tournament. #3BidIvy — Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 17, 2025 Bit of a stunner that ND falls to a No. 3 seed, but recent play had to be a factor — Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) March 17, 2025 THE TEXAS LONGHORNS ARE THE REGIONAL 3 TOP SEED 🤘 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 2 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 They'll face No. 16 Tennessee Tech on Friday in Columbia The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 2 in Birmingham is South Carolina.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 Region 1 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 NC State will face No. 15 Vermont. Home sweet home 🏠For the fifth time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments, the Pack will host the first two rounds in Raleigh! — NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 17, 2025 LSU is a No. 3 seed in the Spokane 1 Regional! — LSU Women's Basketball (@LSUwbkb) March 17, 2025 UCLA will take on UC San Diego or Southern depending on who wins that First Four matchup. The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 1 in Spokane is UCLA.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The 31 Automatic Qualifiers are solidified ✅BRING. ON. THE. BRACKET. 🙌#NCAAWBB — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 16, 2025 There's a new favorite to win the 2025 men's NCAA tournament. Florida is now the team with the best odds to win the national title at BetMGM after the Gators beat Tennessee for the SEC tournament title on Sunday. Florida, the No. 1 seed in the West region, is now +350 to win it all. The Gators have won 12 of their last 13 games and enter the tournament with a 30-4 record. All four of those losses are to teams that made the NCAA tournament: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri. let the madness commence 😎we're heading to raleigh — Florida Gators Men's Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 16, 2025 It's the most predictable part of Selection Sunday. Every year, there are more teams convinced they deserve an NCAA men's tournament bid than there is room in the 68-team bracket. Three years ago, Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams distributed a nine-page manifesto arguing the Aggies were wronged and the selection process needed an overhaul. Last year, the Big East called itself 'understandably very disappointed' over the conference's historically low number of teams selected. This March, the bubble teams passed over in favor of North Carolina had the most reason to be fuming after the unveiling of the bracket Sunday evening. Many amateur bracketologists projected the Tar Heels to narrowly miss the field of 68 since they went 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and beat only one projected NCAA tournament team all year. The committee apparently felt otherwise, awarding one of the final at-large bids to the Tar Heels (22-13) by virtue of their top-40 metrics and strong strength of schedule. While North Carolina experienced the relief of hearing its name called, other bubble teams weren't so lucky. Here are this year's biggest NCAA tournament snubs. Here's what you need to know about this year's brackets: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets SEC sets March Madness record with 14 teams in the men's bracket UCLA, Texas, South Carolina and USC are top women's seeds 5 biggest tournament snubs All conference champions and automatic bids earned THE BRACKET 🙌#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2025 The Bracket.🔗 — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The March Madness tip times for the first round of the 2025 men's NCAA tournament are set. The tournament begins Tuesday with the first of four First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. The first round gets underway on Thursday with 16 games and then 16 games on Friday. Below are the start times for the First Four games and all 32 first-round games here. All times are Eastern. 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 St. Francis vs. No. 16 Alabama State 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 North Carolina vs. No. 11 San Diego State 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 Mount St. Mary's vs. No. 16 American 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 Xavier vs. No. 11 Texas Now that the March Madness brackets have been revealed for both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments, some teams fared better than others. After taking a look at each of the 68-team fields, here are the winners and losers from Selection Sunday as March Madness is officially ready to get underway this week. The SEC has a record 14 teams dancing in the men's tourney 🕺🏀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 16, 2025 Stanford will be watching the NCAA tournament from home for the first time in decades. The Cardinal officially did not receive a bid for the women's NCAA tournament on Sunday night after a rough campaign that resulted in a first-round exit from the ACC tournament earlier this month. It marks the first time since 1987 that Stanford has missed the NCAA tournament. That 36-season streak was the second longest in women's college basketball. Only Tennessee has been better with 42 straight tournament appearances. UConn has now made it 36 times to match Stanford. Baylor is the next-closest team with 21 consecutive appearances. USC-UConn Elite Eight rematch brewing? 👀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 4 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The Trojans lead the pack in Regional 4 as the one seed ✌️ — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 3 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 THREE (!) Ivy League teams officially make the women's NCAA Tournament. #3BidIvy — Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 17, 2025 Bit of a stunner that ND falls to a No. 3 seed, but recent play had to be a factor — Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) March 17, 2025 THE TEXAS LONGHORNS ARE THE REGIONAL 3 TOP SEED 🤘 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 2 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 They'll face No. 16 Tennessee Tech on Friday in Columbia The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 2 in Birmingham is South Carolina.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 Region 1 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 NC State will face No. 15 Vermont. Home sweet home 🏠For the fifth time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments, the Pack will host the first two rounds in Raleigh! — NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 17, 2025 LSU is a No. 3 seed in the Spokane 1 Regional! — LSU Women's Basketball (@LSUwbkb) March 17, 2025 UCLA will take on UC San Diego or Southern depending on who wins that First Four matchup. The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 1 in Spokane is UCLA.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The 31 Automatic Qualifiers are solidified ✅BRING. ON. THE. BRACKET. 🙌#NCAAWBB — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 16, 2025 There's a new favorite to win the 2025 men's NCAA tournament. Florida is now the team with the best odds to win the national title at BetMGM after the Gators beat Tennessee for the SEC tournament title on Sunday. Florida, the No. 1 seed in the West region, is now +350 to win it all. The Gators have won 12 of their last 13 games and enter the tournament with a 30-4 record. All four of those losses are to teams that made the NCAA tournament: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri. let the madness commence 😎we're heading to raleigh — Florida Gators Men's Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 16, 2025 It's the most predictable part of Selection Sunday. Every year, there are more teams convinced they deserve an NCAA men's tournament bid than there is room in the 68-team bracket. Three years ago, Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams distributed a nine-page manifesto arguing the Aggies were wronged and the selection process needed an overhaul. Last year, the Big East called itself 'understandably very disappointed' over the conference's historically low number of teams selected. This March, the bubble teams passed over in favor of North Carolina had the most reason to be fuming after the unveiling of the bracket Sunday evening. Many amateur bracketologists projected the Tar Heels to narrowly miss the field of 68 since they went 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and beat only one projected NCAA tournament team all year. The committee apparently felt otherwise, awarding one of the final at-large bids to the Tar Heels (22-13) by virtue of their top-40 metrics and strong strength of schedule. While North Carolina experienced the relief of hearing its name called, other bubble teams weren't so lucky. Here are this year's biggest NCAA tournament snubs.
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20-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
2025 March Madness updates: NCAA tournament watch times, bracket news, Selection Sunday analysis, snubs
March Madness is here, and the craziness started with the opening game of the NCAA men's tournament. The men's bracket is now set at 64 teams after Xavier rallied to beat Texas in the final of the First Four. Mount St. Mary's beat American in the earlier game. The First Four began Tuesday night with Alabama State stunning St. Francis on a layup with a second left following a football-style, length-of-the-court pass that was tipped. Alabama State will now take on overall No. 1 seed Auburn in the South region on Thursday. North Carolina ran past San Diego State, 95-68, in Tuesday's second First Four game and will now face No. 6 Ole Miss on Thursday. The women's First Four begins on Wednesday. [Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem is back: Enter for a shot to win up to $50K] Selection Sunday was full of surprises, celebration and heartbreak. The bracket reveals are complete with the full selections for the men and women listed below. Here's how the No. 1 seeds shook out for the men: Auburn (South Region) Duke (East Region) Houston (Midwest Region) Florida (West Region) The SEC won the day with a record 14 of 16 teams making the NCAA tournament. The Big Ten was next with eight teams, followed by the Big 12 with seven. Here's how the No. 1 seeds shook out for the women: UCLA (Spokane 1) South Carolina (Birmingham 2) Texas (Birmingham 3) USC (Spokane 4) So, what can we make of the men's committee's selections? Here were some takeaways from Yahoo Sports analyst Jeff Eisenberg: It was clear by Sunday morning that Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida had each separated themselves in the race for No. 1 seeds. Credit the committee for not messing that up — and for getting that in the right order. The same goes for the SEC getting 14 bids. You'll probably hear some complaints about it, but the truth is the SEC earned that respect. Where the selection committee stumbled a bit: selecting North Carolina over more deserving teams like West Virginia. The Tar Heels snared the final at-large spot in the field despite going 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and only defeating one at-large-caliber NCAA tournament team. Also wrong: The committee claims that conference tournament title games matter — even the ones on Sunday that bump right up to the selection show. That's undoubtedly true when there's a bid thief involved. It's a little more difficult to believe, however, when there is just a potential seed line bump or two at stake. Michigan being slotted in as a No. 5 seed while the team it just beat (Wisconsin) was given a No. 3 seed, despite comparable résumés, makes the claim seem dubious. On the women's side of the bracket, Ryan Young thinks the selection made at least one mistake. Going into Selection Sunday, it seemed as if South Carolina had the edge for the No. 1 overall seed. The reigning national champions were fresh off a blowout win in their conference championship game and looked strong closing out the year. The Gamecocks had won seven straight, all by double digits, and had clearly put a 29-point home loss to UConn behind them. But the committee opted to go with UCLA instead. And it shouldn't have. The Bruins absolutely earned a No. 1 seed in the tournament. That was never in doubt. They went 30-2 and won the Big Ten tournament title with a win over USC. They started the year on a 23-game win streak, too. So the committee gave UCLA the top overall seed for the first time in program history. The biggest reason for that, they said on ESPN, was two-fold. First, UCLA beat South Carolina by 15 points in November. While a head-to-head matchup usually does the trick, that was months ago. The second was South Carolina losing by nearly 30 points to UConn at home. UCLA didn't have a loss that bad. Here's what you need to know about March Madness: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets NCAA tournament bracket 101: How to make your picks Selection Sunday winners and losers 5 biggest men's tournament snubs of 2025 What the selection committee got right and wrong Cinderellas capable of making a deep tourney run Ranking every NCAA tournament team from 1 to 68 10 best NBA prospects in the NCAA tournament Predictions, odds, lines, schedule for every first-round game Why expanding the NCAA tournament is such a bad idea No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 16 Alabama State (Lexington, Thursday, 2:50 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 8 Louisville vs. No. 9 Creighton (Lexington, Thursday, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 12 UC San Diego (Denver, Thursday, 10 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 4 Texas A&M vs No. 13 Yale (Denver, Thursday, 7:25 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 North Carolina (Milwaukee, Friday, 4:05 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 14 Lipscomb (Milwaukee, Friday, 1:30 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 New Mexico (Cleveland, Friday, 7:25 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 15 Bryant (Cleveland, Friday, 10 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 Mount St. Mary's (Raleigh, Friday, 2:50 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Baylor (Raleigh, Friday, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Liberty (Seattle, Friday, 10:10 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Akron (Seattle, Friday, 7:35 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 VCU (Denver, Thursday, 4:05 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 14 Montana (Denver, Thursday, 1:30 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Vanderbilt (Cleveland, Friday, 3:15 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 15 Robert Morris (Cleveland, Friday, 12:40 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 SIU Edwardsville (Wichita, Thursday, 2 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 8 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Georgia, (Wichita, Thursday, 4:35 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 12 McNeese (Providence, Thursday, 3:15 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 High Point (Providence, Thursday, 12:40 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 6 Illinois vs. No. 11 Xavier (Milwaukee, Friday, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Troy (Milwaukee, Friday, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 7 UCLA vs. No. 10 Utah State (Lexington, Thursday, 9:25 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Wofford (Lexington, Thursday, 6:50 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 1 Florida vs. No. 16 Norfolk State (Raleigh, Friday, 6:50 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 8 UConn vs. No. 9 Oklahoma (Raleigh, Friday, 9:25 p.m. ET, TNT) No. 5 Memphis vs. No. 12 Colorado State (Seattle, Friday, 2 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Grand Canyon (Seattle, Friday, 4:35 p.m. ET, TBS) No. 6 Missouri vs. No. 11 Drake (Wichita, Thursday, 7:35 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 14 UNC Wilmington (Wichita, Thursday, 10:10 p.m. ET, TruTV) No. 7 Kansas vs. No. 10 Arkansas (Providence, Thursday, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS) No. 2 St. John's vs. No. 15 Omaha (Providence, Thursday, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS) Here's what you need to know about this year's brackets: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets SEC sets March Madness record with 14 teams in the men's bracket UCLA, Texas, South Carolina and USC are top women's seeds 5 biggest tournament snubs All conference champions and automatic bids earned THE BRACKET 🙌#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2025 The Bracket.🔗 — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The March Madness tip times for the first round of the 2025 men's NCAA tournament are set. The tournament begins Tuesday with the first of four First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. The first round gets underway on Thursday with 16 games and then 16 games on Friday. Below are the start times for the First Four games and all 32 first-round games here. All times are Eastern. 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 St. Francis vs. No. 16 Alabama State 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 North Carolina vs. No. 11 San Diego State 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 Mount St. Mary's vs. No. 16 American 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 Xavier vs. No. 11 Texas Now that the March Madness brackets have been revealed for both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments, some teams fared better than others. After taking a look at each of the 68-team fields, here are the winners and losers from Selection Sunday as March Madness is officially ready to get underway this week. The SEC has a record 14 teams dancing in the men's tourney 🕺🏀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 16, 2025 Stanford will be watching the NCAA tournament from home for the first time in decades. The Cardinal officially did not receive a bid for the women's NCAA tournament on Sunday night after a rough campaign that resulted in a first-round exit from the ACC tournament earlier this month. It marks the first time since 1987 that Stanford has missed the NCAA tournament. That 36-season streak was the second longest in women's college basketball. Only Tennessee has been better with 42 straight tournament appearances. UConn has now made it 36 times to match Stanford. Baylor is the next-closest team with 21 consecutive appearances. USC-UConn Elite Eight rematch brewing? 👀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 4 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The Trojans lead the pack in Regional 4 as the one seed ✌️ — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 3 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 THREE (!) Ivy League teams officially make the women's NCAA Tournament. #3BidIvy — Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 17, 2025 Bit of a stunner that ND falls to a No. 3 seed, but recent play had to be a factor — Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) March 17, 2025 THE TEXAS LONGHORNS ARE THE REGIONAL 3 TOP SEED 🤘 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 2 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 They'll face No. 16 Tennessee Tech on Friday in Columbia The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 2 in Birmingham is South Carolina.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 Region 1 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 NC State will face No. 15 Vermont. Home sweet home 🏠For the fifth time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments, the Pack will host the first two rounds in Raleigh! — NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 17, 2025 LSU is a No. 3 seed in the Spokane 1 Regional! — LSU Women's Basketball (@LSUwbkb) March 17, 2025 UCLA will take on UC San Diego or Southern depending on who wins that First Four matchup. The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 1 in Spokane is UCLA.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The 31 Automatic Qualifiers are solidified ✅BRING. ON. THE. BRACKET. 🙌#NCAAWBB — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 16, 2025 There's a new favorite to win the 2025 men's NCAA tournament. Florida is now the team with the best odds to win the national title at BetMGM after the Gators beat Tennessee for the SEC tournament title on Sunday. Florida, the No. 1 seed in the West region, is now +350 to win it all. The Gators have won 12 of their last 13 games and enter the tournament with a 30-4 record. All four of those losses are to teams that made the NCAA tournament: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri. let the madness commence 😎we're heading to raleigh — Florida Gators Men's Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 16, 2025 It's the most predictable part of Selection Sunday. Every year, there are more teams convinced they deserve an NCAA men's tournament bid than there is room in the 68-team bracket. Three years ago, Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams distributed a nine-page manifesto arguing the Aggies were wronged and the selection process needed an overhaul. Last year, the Big East called itself 'understandably very disappointed' over the conference's historically low number of teams selected. This March, the bubble teams passed over in favor of North Carolina had the most reason to be fuming after the unveiling of the bracket Sunday evening. Many amateur bracketologists projected the Tar Heels to narrowly miss the field of 68 since they went 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and beat only one projected NCAA tournament team all year. The committee apparently felt otherwise, awarding one of the final at-large bids to the Tar Heels (22-13) by virtue of their top-40 metrics and strong strength of schedule. While North Carolina experienced the relief of hearing its name called, other bubble teams weren't so lucky. Here are this year's biggest NCAA tournament snubs. Here's what you need to know about this year's brackets: 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournament printable brackets SEC sets March Madness record with 14 teams in the men's bracket UCLA, Texas, South Carolina and USC are top women's seeds 5 biggest tournament snubs All conference champions and automatic bids earned THE BRACKET 🙌#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2025 The Bracket.🔗 — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The March Madness tip times for the first round of the 2025 men's NCAA tournament are set. The tournament begins Tuesday with the first of four First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. The first round gets underway on Thursday with 16 games and then 16 games on Friday. Below are the start times for the First Four games and all 32 first-round games here. All times are Eastern. 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 St. Francis vs. No. 16 Alabama State 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 North Carolina vs. No. 11 San Diego State 6:40 p.m.: No. 16 Mount St. Mary's vs. No. 16 American 9:10 p.m.: No. 11 Xavier vs. No. 11 Texas Now that the March Madness brackets have been revealed for both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments, some teams fared better than others. After taking a look at each of the 68-team fields, here are the winners and losers from Selection Sunday as March Madness is officially ready to get underway this week. The SEC has a record 14 teams dancing in the men's tourney 🕺🏀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 16, 2025 Stanford will be watching the NCAA tournament from home for the first time in decades. The Cardinal officially did not receive a bid for the women's NCAA tournament on Sunday night after a rough campaign that resulted in a first-round exit from the ACC tournament earlier this month. It marks the first time since 1987 that Stanford has missed the NCAA tournament. That 36-season streak was the second longest in women's college basketball. Only Tennessee has been better with 42 straight tournament appearances. UConn has now made it 36 times to match Stanford. Baylor is the next-closest team with 21 consecutive appearances. USC-UConn Elite Eight rematch brewing? 👀 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 4 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The Trojans lead the pack in Regional 4 as the one seed ✌️ — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 3 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 THREE (!) Ivy League teams officially make the women's NCAA Tournament. #3BidIvy — Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 17, 2025 Bit of a stunner that ND falls to a No. 3 seed, but recent play had to be a factor — Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) March 17, 2025 THE TEXAS LONGHORNS ARE THE REGIONAL 3 TOP SEED 🤘 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2025 Region 2 in Birmingham.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 They'll face No. 16 Tennessee Tech on Friday in Columbia The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 2 in Birmingham is South Carolina.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 Region 1 in Spokane.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 NC State will face No. 15 Vermont. Home sweet home 🏠For the fifth time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments, the Pack will host the first two rounds in Raleigh! — NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 17, 2025 LSU is a No. 3 seed in the Spokane 1 Regional! — LSU Women's Basketball (@LSUwbkb) March 17, 2025 UCLA will take on UC San Diego or Southern depending on who wins that First Four matchup. The No. 1 overall seed who will play at Region 1 in Spokane is UCLA.#MarchMadness — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 17, 2025 The 31 Automatic Qualifiers are solidified ✅BRING. ON. THE. BRACKET. 🙌#NCAAWBB — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 16, 2025 There's a new favorite to win the 2025 men's NCAA tournament. Florida is now the team with the best odds to win the national title at BetMGM after the Gators beat Tennessee for the SEC tournament title on Sunday. Florida, the No. 1 seed in the West region, is now +350 to win it all. The Gators have won 12 of their last 13 games and enter the tournament with a 30-4 record. All four of those losses are to teams that made the NCAA tournament: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri. let the madness commence 😎we're heading to raleigh — Florida Gators Men's Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 16, 2025 It's the most predictable part of Selection Sunday. Every year, there are more teams convinced they deserve an NCAA men's tournament bid than there is room in the 68-team bracket. Three years ago, Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams distributed a nine-page manifesto arguing the Aggies were wronged and the selection process needed an overhaul. Last year, the Big East called itself 'understandably very disappointed' over the conference's historically low number of teams selected. This March, the bubble teams passed over in favor of North Carolina had the most reason to be fuming after the unveiling of the bracket Sunday evening. Many amateur bracketologists projected the Tar Heels to narrowly miss the field of 68 since they went 1-12 in Quadrant 1 games and beat only one projected NCAA tournament team all year. The committee apparently felt otherwise, awarding one of the final at-large bids to the Tar Heels (22-13) by virtue of their top-40 metrics and strong strength of schedule. While North Carolina experienced the relief of hearing its name called, other bubble teams weren't so lucky. Here are this year's biggest NCAA tournament snubs.
