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For the first time since 2017, no team seeded lower than No. 12 made it to the Saturday of the first weekend.
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Auburn and Michigan State collide in a clash of veteran coaches, toughness and tempo — Bruce Pearl’s blazing Tigers meeting Tom Izzo’s tournament-tested Spartans.
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Cinderella teams are often the most entertaining participants each year, with the likes of George Mason, Saint Peter's, Oakland, Mercer, Norfolk State and other underdogs creating lasting, grand memo...

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Where’s the March Madness? Making sense of the NCAA Tournament’s Cinderella shortage
Only five double-digit seeds advanced over the past two days: two No. 10s, one No. 11 and two No. 12s. That ties the fewest since 2017.
What are the 10 best Cinderella runs in NCAA Men's Tournament history?
There have been many memorable Cinderella runs in NCAA Men's Tournament history, but which are the 10 best? FOX Sports Research compiled the list.
Men's NCAA Tournament 2025: The Biggest Potential Cinderella Teams in the Field of 68
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Men’s March Madness 2025: What to watch for on Day 8
Michigan State in the Elite Eight of the Men’s NCAA Tournament As the madness marches into the final day of Elite 8 games, the stage is set for a showdown of powerhouses and perennial contenders. Auburn and Michigan State collide in a clash of veteran coaches,
March Madness winners, losers: No. 1 seeds rule, Big Ten falters in men's NCAA Tournament
The NCAA men's tournament is down to four and that quartet will play in the Final Four. A look at the winners and losers of the regional round.
2025 March Madness predictions: NCAA bracket expert picks against the spread, Elite Eight odds for Sunday
Florida and Duke  have already secured a spot in San Antonio for the 2025 Final Four. On Sunday, the Gators and Blue Devils will find out their semifinal opponents as champions emerge from the Midwest and South regions in Elite Eight action.
Men's March Madness 2025: Reranking the Final Four teams
And that extends to the 2025 Final Four participants, powerhouse programs who separated themselves from the rest of the field early in the regular season. Florida, Houston, Duke and Auburn were always great,
Why it’s nearly impossible to build a perfect March Madness bracket — explained by mathematicians
With the first three rounds of March Madness over and the Elite Eight about to play, Brittany Miller writes about why your bracket has likely already been busted — and will continue to be at this stage,
What March Madness games are on today? Men’s college basketball tournament schedule for Elite Eight and more
The Sweet 16 further confirmed the trend of this men’s NCAA Tournament: The higher seeds are dominating the proceedings. Dramatic, last-second losses by 10-seed Arkansas and 6-seed Ole Miss were the closest we got to having “surprise” entries into the Elite Eight.
This NCAA Tournament doesn’t need a Cinderella — it’s got monster leagues and matchups
The Athletic has live coverage of the Men’s Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament games We’ve got gobs of chalk, a dominant conference being a dominant conference, nothing resembling a Cinderella and just one finish that might qualify for future men’s NCAA Tournament montages — but what a finish,
NCAA Tournament 2025: March Madness Cinderella upset picks, bracket busters by proven college basketball model
Their proven projection model has simulated every game in the tournament 10,000 times. It has absolutely crushed its March Madness picks recently, beating over 91% of all CBS Sports brackets in four of the past six tournaments.
Their NCAA Cinderella Win Made History. Now They Want to Be Paid
Members of the 1983 NC State championship basketball team are among dozens of former players who have sued after being left out of the NCAA’s pending multibillion-dollar settlement with student-athletes.
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What is a Cinderella team in March Madness? How the NCAA Tournament's underdog nickname started
UMBC became a Cinderella team with its historic upset of No. 1 Virginia in 2018. The Retrievers only one won game, but the rarity of a 16-over-1 upset, or even a 15-over
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March Madness: Cinderella Has Left the Building
It’s been 25 years since the Big Ten has won a men’s basketball championship, so sure, Sparty taking home the trophy would be nice but I would hardly call Michigan State a Cinderella story. They haven’t had a losing season since 1987-88.
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Where’s Cinderella? NCAA men’s and women’s Sweet 16s are heavy on the power conferences.
From a distance, with her team in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year, Norfolk State guard Diamond Johnson watched Southern University’s improbable run to the dance as an HBCU from a small conference with the pride of a common bond.
Daily Briefing: Cinderella flees college basketball
There is a new normal in college basketball: Players at lower levels perform well, then transfer to well-funded schools in major conferences that offer the opportunity to make significant money through name, image and likeness.
NCAA Tournament Lacking for Cinderella Stories Might Still Give Us a Fairytale Ending
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