Regional 4 in Portland
No. 1 Texas vs. No. 16 Drexel
No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Florida State
No. 5 Utah vs. No. 12 South Dakota State
No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UC Irvine
No. 6 Tennessee vs No. 11 Inexperienced Bay
No. 3 N.C. State vs. No. 14 Chattanooga
No. 7 Iowa State vs. No. 10 Maryland
No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 15 Norfolk State
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi making its first March Insanity look
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … welcome to the Large Dance! The Islanders are making their ladies’s March Insanity debut as a 16-seed.
Regional 3 in Portland
No. 1 USC vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
No. 8 Kansas vs. No. 9 Michigan
No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt/Columbia
No. 4 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Marshall
No. 6 Syracuse vs. No. 11 Auburn/Arizona
No. 3 UConn vs. No. 14 Jackson State
No. 7 Duke vs. No. 10 Richmond
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Maine
Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes come out on high
Regional 2 in Albany
No. 1 Iowa vs. No. 16 Holy Cross/College of Tennessee-Martin
No. 8 West Virginia vs. No. 9 Princeton
No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 12 Drake
No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 13 Portland
No. 6 Louisville vs No. 11 Center Tennessee
No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Rice
No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 UNLV
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 15 California Baptist
Regional 1 in Albany
No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 16 Sacred Coronary heart/Presbyterian
No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Michigan State
No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast
No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 13 Fairfield
No. 6 Nebraska vs. No. 11 Texas A&M
No. 3 Oregon State vs. No. 14 Japanese Washington
No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Marquette
No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Kent State
It is time!
Keep tuned for the ladies’s March Insanity bracket.
We’ll be again for the ladies’s bracket …
… at 8 p.m. ET. See you there.
That is all … for now
The boys’s bracket is wrapped! Make sure to get your picks in earlier than tipoff Thursday.
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 Lengthy Seaside State
Lengthy Seaside State, with a coach who had agreed to mutually half methods with this system earlier than his workforce ended up profitable the Large West Match, is able to meet Arizona on the courtroom in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday.
No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 10 Nevada
Catch this recreation Thursday stay from Salt Lake Metropolis.
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 Colgate
This matchup takes place Friday in Memphis, Tennessee.
No. 6 Clemson vs. No. 11 New Mexico
That is Clemson’s 14th March Insanity look, however it has by no means made it to the Remaining 4.
No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 13 Charleston
These Southern groups will play Friday in Spokane.
No. 5 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 12 Grand Canyon
Catch this matchup on Friday in Spokane.
No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Michigan State
These sides hit the courtroom Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Howard/Wagner
Kicking off the West Area is one other March Insanity favourite — UNC.
Midwest is all wrapped up
Only one extra area to go!
No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Saint Peter’s
America’s workforce returns! The Saint Peter’s Peacocks gained us over in 2022 when the varsity turned the primary males’s 15-seed to achieve the lads’s Elite 8. Now, they’re again within the Large Dance as a 15-seed as soon as once more.
No. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 Virginia/Colorado State
Which of those First 4 groups will face the Longhorns on Thursday?
No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 14 Akron
Creighton and Akron will probably be becoming a member of South Carolina and Oregon in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Oregon
Tipoff will probably be Thursday in Pittsburgh.
No. 4 Kansas vs. No. 13 Samford
The Jayhawks are again for an additional March Insanity look.
No. 5 Gonzaga vs. No. 12 McNeese
These Midwest Area groups will battle it out Thursday in Salt Lake Metropolis.
No. 8 Utah State vs. No. 9 TCU
These groups will meet on the courtroom in Indianapolis on Friday.
No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16 Montana State/Grambling State
Purdue held on to its No. 1 seed regardless of being knocked out of the Large 10 Match early.
That’s all for the South
We’re already midway by means of the lads’s match seeding.
No. 2 Marquette vs. No. 15 Western Kentucky
Catch this recreation Friday in Indianapolis.
No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 Boise State/Colorado
Boise State and Colorado will face off in a play-in recreation, dubbed the First 4, on both Tuesday or Wednesday.
No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Oakland
You will additionally see these two groups in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 N.C. State
This recreation will occur on the primary day of the Insanity, Thursday, in Pittsburgh.
No. 4 Duke vs. No. 13 Vermont
The groups will meet in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday for every of their first video games of the match.
No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 James Madison
All eyes have been on Wisconsin earlier immediately within the Large 10 Match closing towards Illinois. Had it pulled by means of with the win, the Midwestern workforce might need been seeded greater.
No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Texas A&M
This tight matchup will probably be a tricky one, because of Texas A&M being “scorching scorching,” based on the Choice Sunday announcers.
The East Area is all set
The boys’s East Area is stacked. Three of final 12 months’s Remaining 4 are within the one area, which was simply introduced.
No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 Longwood
The South Area kicks off with Houston on high.
No. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 15 South Dakota State
Iowa State took house the Large 12 Match trophy after upsetting Houston.
No. 7 Washington State vs. No. 10 Drake
That is Washington State’s first time within the match since 2008.
No. 3 Illinois vs. No. 14 Morehead State
Illinois was nearly knocked out of the Large 10 Match by Wisconsin within the finals however pulled by means of to take the title immediately.
No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Duquense
The Duquesne males’s workforce is heading again to the Large Dance for the primary time since 1977. It was a lock to make the match after profitable the Atlantic 10 championship.
No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 13 Yale
The groups will meet up in Spokane on Friday.
No. 5 San Diego State vs. No. 12 College of Alabama-Birmingham
The groups will face off in Spokane, Washington.
No. 8 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 9 Northwestern
Northwestern was knocked out of the Large 10 Match because the four-seed when Wisconsin upset it on its path to the ultimate.
No. 1 UConn vs. No. 16 Stetson
The East Area kicks off with the primary matchup of the March Insanity season.
Lengthy Seaside State coach nonetheless has a job
Don Monson did not spend the day sending out résumés and searching up need advertisements immediately.
The Lengthy Seaside State coach, who was advised Monday he’ll be out of job, nonetheless has work to do after his workforce got here out of nowhere to win the Large West Match to increase the lame duck’s profession by one other week.
“What an awesome week, what an awesome week,” Monson advised reporters late final night time after his workforce beat UC Davis within the title recreation. “And what a privilege to have a workforce that has that sort of character.”
It’s March Insanity, and extra folks than ever can legally wager on basketball video games
Individuals in North Carolina could have a bit of extra using on this 12 months’s NCAA males’s and ladies’s basketball tournaments, as they are going to be capable of legally wager on the video games by means of their smartphone apps and computer systems for the primary time.
For the sixth straight 12 months, the variety of states permitting authorized sports activities betting has expanded for the reason that final rendition of March Insanity. A complete of 38 states and the District of Columbia now enable some kind sports activities betting, together with 30 states that enable on-line wagering, together with the nation’s capital.
That’s up from one state, Nevada, the place folks might legally wager on video games through the 2018 faculty basketball tournaments, earlier than the U.S. Supreme Court docket cleared the best way for growth.
The foundations for sports activities betting range by state. Some states prohibit bets on home-state faculty groups or the performances of particular gamers. Others enable bets not solely on the outcomes of any faculty video games but additionally on a wide range of different issues, such because the variety of factors, rebounds and assists {that a} explicit participant will tally.
Click on by means of to learn extra about some issues to learn about sports activities betting because the tourneys open, with the lads’s video games beginning Tuesday and the ladies’s competitors starting Wednesday.
No workforce extra deserving of a restful Sunday than N.C. State
Earlier than North Carolina State goes dancing, Wolfpack gamers will probably be off their ft, taking it simple immediately with probably the most well-earned day without work of any workforce in March Insanity.
N.C. State gained a shocking 5 video games in 5 days, capturing the ACC Match title and probably denying an at-large bid to hopefuls like St. John’s, Virginia or Seton Corridor.
N.C. State’s miraculous wins this previous week evoked reminiscences of the Wolfpack’s 1983 run by means of the ACC tourney, which led to the nationwide title.
Temple, underneath playing probe, enjoying for tourney’s final spot
Temple and UAB are enjoying for the final spot in March Insanity, per week after the famed Philadelphia college acknowledged it is trying into doable playing irregularities involving the basketball program.
The Owls and the Blazers are preventing for the American Athletic Convention title and the league’s automated bid in a recreation that’ll finish at about 5 p.m. ET.
The nation’s closing contest immediately, the Large Ten’s title recreation between Wisconsin and Illinois, will in all probability finish nearer to five:30 p.m., however the loser here’s a shoo-in for an at-large bid.
Kent State coach backing participant after brutal mistake
The solar appeared over northeast Ohio at 7:33 a.m. ET immediately simply as Kent State coach Rob Senderoff predicted, in hopes Earth’s rotation brings solace to his heartbroken workforce.
The Golden Flashes have been on the verge of profitable the MAC championship and the league’s automated bid after Cli’Ron Hornbeak’s putback gave Kent State a 61-60 lead over rival Akron with 6.2 seconds left.
That is when Hornbeak’s teammate Julius Rollins shocked everybody inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland by deliberately fouling Akron’s Greg Tribble because the Kent State participant believed his workforce was behind and wanted to cease the clock. As a substitute, Tribble made two free throws and despatched the Zips dancing.
“The factor that I advised him [Rollins] … if it is the worst factor that ever occurs to you whenever you’re 50 years previous like I’m, [then] you’ve lived a fairly, fairly charmed life,” Senderoff advised reporters. “Tomorrow the solar will come up. Will probably be a bit of cloudy for me and for our guys, however the solar will come up tomorrow.”