Madness of March 2026

NCAA MEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT POOLS

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TOURNAMENT NEWS

 

Headlines

Stat(s) of the Day (cont)

Quote(s) of the Day

Updated 04/07/25, 11:50pm

ESPN.com

Florida rallies once again to beat Houston for title

House settlement inches closer to final approval

Jenkins sues NCAA for limiting pay while at Nova

Auburn's Pettiford to enter draft pool, stay eligible

McMillan introduced at TAMU: Here to win titles

LSU taps Bucks exec Dupree for new GM job

Williams sets scoring mark as Huskers win CBC

 

 

Stat(s) of the Day

Updated 04/07/25, 11:30pm

Florida s Todd Golden becomes the youngest coach (39) to win a National Championship since Jim Valvano (37) in 1983.

 

Florida led for only 1 minute and 3 seconds during the entire game.

 

Florida is the only school with 3 basketball and 3 football national championships.

 

Houston was up by 12 points in the second half.

 

 

Updated 04/05/25, 11:55pm

Houston will be playing in their third championship game. They have most Final 4 appearances without ever winning the championship.

If Houston wins the championship, Kelvin Sampson will be the oldest national championship coach of all time.

 

Updated 03/30/25, 8:00pm

Houston is making its 7th Final 4 appearance.

Auburn is making its 2nd Final 4 appearance.

 

This is only the second time since the field expanded in 1985 that all four Final 4 teams are No. 1 seeds. The other was 2008, also in San Antonio.

 

The makeup of the Final 4:

2 SEC teams

1 Big 12

1 ACC

 

 

Updated 03/30/25, 2:40pm

11 upsets through the Elite 8 is the fewest number of upsets since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

 

Updated 03/29/25, 12:15pm

With three No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdowns and a No. 1 vs. No. 3 matchup in the regional finals, this year's seed total of 13 in the Elite Eight matches the 2007 field as the best-ever in NCAA Tournament history.

 

Lowest Sum of Seeds in Elite 8 since seeding began in 1979:

13: 2025, 2007

14: 2009

18: 2019, 1995, 1993

 

Updated 03/24/25, 12:30am

The makeup of the Sweet 16:

7 SEC teams (a record)

4 Big Ten

4 Big 12

1 ACC

 

Updated 03/21/25, 8:30pm

Duke is the only ACC team in the Round of 32.

It's the first time since the NCAA started allowing multiple teams from the same conference into the NCAA tournament in 1975 that the ACC will have one or fewer teams in the Round of 32.

 

Updated 03/19/25, 11:50pm

2008: Only time all four No. 1 seeds made Final 4.

 

Duke: 15th time they have been a No. 1 seed.

 

Updated 03/18/25, 10:00pm

Multiple Bid Conferences

SEC

14 (previous record was 11)

Big Ten

8

Big 12

7

Big East

5

ACC

4

Mountain West

4

West Coast

2

Updated 04/06/25, 5:15pm

"It's the play Coach drew up," Duke s Cooper Flagg said. "Took it into the paint. Thought I got my feet set, rose up. Left it short, obviously. A shot I'm willing to live with in the scenario."

 

"Cooper is the best player in the country, and when you get the best player in the country in the spot he likes, it's really as simple as that. We got exactly what we wanted," Duke senior Sion James said. "Sometimes shots go down; sometimes they don't. That one didn't."

 

 

Updated 04/04/25, 11:55pm

Auburn's star Johni Broome took a hard fall against Michigan State on Sunday and didn't practice this week until Thursday because of an injured elbow. Broome's right elbow was padded and then wrapped in a sleeve that stretched from his right bicep down to his wrist.

 

"Our medical staff did an unbelievable job this week of just making sure that he was as comfortable as he possibly could," Auburn assistant coach Steven Pearl said. "Every time Florida had a chance, they were hitting that [elbow], and that's part of the game. And Johni, to his credit, played through that physicality, played through that contact and was still able to have a really effective game."

 

 

Updated 04/04/25, 1:30pm

UConn coach Geno Auriemma said he was "humbled" by his team's performance.

"It's amazing how it played out," Auriemma said. "When you go in there, you don't expect, 'Hey, we're going to win by 35 points tonight.' I mean, that's, oh my god. That is just so, so unrealistic."

"It does feel like the two most prominent programs right now in women's college basketball are playing for the right to be national champions," Auriemma said. "And we both deserve it."

 

He is correct.

 

 

 

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

SELECTION COMMITTEE SEED LIST

Updated 04/07/25, 11:30pm

 

2025 Conference Champions

 

Conference

Final (TV) / Champion

ACC

Duke (31-3)

America East

Bryant (23-11)

American

Memphis (29-5)

ASUN

Lipscomb (25-9)

Atlantic 10

VCU (28-6)

Big 12

Houston (30-4)

Big East

St. John's (30-4)

Big Sky

Montana (25-9)

Big South

High Point (29-5)

Big Ten

Michigan (25-9)

Big West

UC San Diego (30-4)

Coastal Athletic

UNCW (27-7)

Conference USA

Liberty (28-6)

Horizon League

Robert Morris (25-8)

Ivy

Yale (22-7)

MAAC

Mount St. Mary's (22-12)

MAC

Akron (28-6)

MEAC

Norfolk State (24-10)

Missouri Valley

Drake (30-3)

Mountain West

Colorado State (25-9)

Northeast

Saint Francis (15-17)

Ohio Valley

SIUE (22-11)

Patriot

American (22-12)

SEC

Florida (30-4)

Southern

Wofford (19-15)

Southland

McNeese (27-6)

Summit

Omaha (22-12)

Sun Belt

Troy (23-10)

SWAC

Alabama State (19-15)

WAC

Grand Canyon (26-7)

WCC

Gonzaga (25-8)

 

Conference Champions Combined Record

First Four: 2-2

First Round: 9-20

Second Round: 4-5

Sweet 16: 3-1

Elite 8: 3-0

Final 4: 2-1

Championship: 1-1

 

Updated 04/07/25, 11:30pm

 

Rk

Team

Record

Rk

Team

Record

1

Auburn

28-5

33

Creighton

24-10

2

Duke

31-3

34

Georgia

20-12

3

Houston

30-4

35

Baylor

19-14

4

Florida

30-4

36

Oklahoma

20-13

5

Tennessee

27-7

37

Arkansas

20-13

6

Alabama

25-8

38

New Mexico

26-7

7

Michigan St

27-6

39

Vanderbilt

20-12

8

St. John's

30-4

40

Utah State

26-7

9

Texas Tech

25-8

41

Texas

19-15

10

Iowa State

24-9

42

Xavier

21-11

11

Kentucky

22-11

43

San Diego St

21-9

12

Wisconsin

26-9

44

Drake

30-3

13

Texas A&M

22-10

45

VCU

28-6

14

Purdue

22-11

46

North Carolina

22-13

15

Maryland

25-8

47

UC San Diego

30-4

16

Arizona

22-12

48

Colorado St

25-9

17

Michigan

25-9

49

McNeese

27-6

18

Clemson

27-6

50

Liberty

28-6

19

Oregon

24-9

51

Yale

22-7

20

Memphis

29-5

52

High Point

29-5

21

BYU

24-9

53

Akron

28-6

22

Illinois

21-12

54

Grand Canyon

26-7

23

Missouri

22-11

55

Lipscomb

25-9

24

Mississippi

22-11

56

Troy

23-10

25

UCLA

22-10

57

UNCW

27-7

26

Marquette

23-10

58

Montana

25-9

27

Saint Mary's

28-5

59

Robert Morris

26-8

28

Kansas

21-12

60

Wofford

19-15

29

Louisville

27-7

61

Omaha

22-12

30

Gonzaga

25-8

62

Bryant

23-11

31

UConn

23-10

63

Norfolk St.

24-10

32

Mississippi St

21-12

64

SIUE

22-11

 

 

 

65

American

22-12

 

66

Mount St Mary's

22-12

 

67

Alabama St.

19-15

 

68

Saint Francis

16-17

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

 

WOMEN'S SCHEDULE

Updated 04/07/25, 11:30pm

 

Florida Men s National Champions

 

Updated 04/06/25, 9:00pm

 

UConn Women s National Champions

 

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