Madness of March

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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

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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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