March Madness Articles
A rather mundane first round gave way to a thrilling second round as the 2017 NCAA Tournament field has been whittled down from 68 teams to 16. The action will resume in San Jose, California, and Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday, and then...
Athlon Sports
5 months ago
On Selection Sunday, the 68 teams that will participate in the 2017 NCAA men’s Division I basketball tournament will be announced, which means March Madness is almost upon us! The NCAA Tournament tips off with the “First Four”...
Mark Ross
5 months ago
The 2016 NCAA Tournament field has been narrowed from 68 teams down to 16. By Sunday evening, there will be just four teams left standing that have earned the right to advance to Houston and play for the national championship. If the first week...
Mark Ross
1 year ago
The field of 68 for the 2016 NCAA men’s Division I basketball tournament will be announced on Sunday, meaning another installment of March Madness is almost here! The action tips off in Dayton, Ohio, for the “First Four” on March...
Mark Ross
1 year ago
The one-and-done format of the NCAA Tournament often leads to the best team going home without a title. Amazing seasons tend to crash and burn in the maelstrom that is March Madness. From the pages of Athlon Sports Monthly, we look at the best...
Patrick Snow
5 years ago
March Madness has lacked some excitement this year, and one reason seems obvious. Besides badly-officiated contests, a lack of shooters and no buzzer-beaters, the missing ingredient has to be the absence of Gus Johnson announcing games. We have...
Patrick Snow
5 years ago
March Madness has lacked some excitement this year, and one reason seems obvious. Besides badly-officiated contests, a lack of shooters and no buzzer-beaters, the missing ingredient has to be the absence of Gus Johnson announcing games. We have...
Patrick Snow
5 years ago
--By Patrick Snow (@AthlonSnowman)
The NCAA currently tries to insult America’s intelligence each March by telling us that the NCAA Tournament starts on a Tuesday in Dayton. Sorry guys, I don’t care that you call the four contests in Ohio “the...
Patrick Snow
5 years ago
As the hours tick down to enter Athlon's Bracket Breakdown game, we decided to give you a peek into the minds of players who've already set their brackets.
We crunched the numbers from thousands of entries to give you a look of how people...
Rich McVey
5 years ago
So you've been pulled into your office's NCAA Tournament bracket picks game and you have no clue which teams to choose. Athlon Sports is here to help. We put together these handy cheat sheets of bracket picks—starting with the Sweet...
Rich McVey
5 years ago
So you've been pulled into your office's NCAA Tournament bracket picks game and you have no clue which teams to choose. Athlon Sports is here to help. We put together these handy cheat sheets of bracket picks—starting with the Sweet...
Rich McVey
5 years ago
by David Fox (@DavidFox615 on twitter)
An unfortunate fact for college basketball is that many fans are just getting acquainted with the sport around tournament time.
Athlon Sports won’t judge.
For those about to get a heavy dose...
Rich McVey
5 years ago
The NCAA Men's Basketball Championship field of 68 is out and the brackets are revealed. Kentucky, who lost to Vanderbilt in the SEC Championship game earlier today, stands as the No. 1 overall seed.
Here are the top four teams in each region...
Rich McVey
5 years ago
Which NCAA Tournament bubble team had the most damaging loss over the weekend?
Mark Ross: Could defending national champion UConn not make the NCAA Tournament? After Saturday’s 79–64 home loss to Marquette, the Huskies definitely have some work...
Patrick Snow
5 years ago