I probably watched less college basketball this year than I ever have. Actually, “probably” is unnecessary. That is definitely true. For someone as obsessed with basketball as I am, this might seem ...

A journalist details how he enters hundreds of March Madness brackets each year. He uses a variety of strategies, including creating different brackets and joining public pools. The journalist enjoys ...

As someone painfully oblivious to the world of college sports, my first March Madness bracket at age 18 was chosen with little thought. I mostly just copied whatever my friends in the sports analytics ...

March Madness is now over. The Florida Gators beat Houston to win the men's NCAA championship game, while UConn defeated South Carolina to take the women's championship. And while I didn't get my own ...

Trying to pick all the winners in an NCAA Tournament bracket pool is like predicting the price of crypto every day for the next six weeks. Sixty-three games, 63 chances to watch the market crash.

Every No. 1 seed advanced into the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament and only one double-digits seed — preseason No. 16 Arkansas, a No. 10 seed — is still dancing as we gear up for the Sweet 16 ...

My definition of March Madness is filling out a NCAA Tournament bracket year after year and expecting to win. Don't get me wrong. I still love the banter that often accompanies bracket competitions at ...

The air is crisp this morning. At least I hope it is where you are, because the weather should be glorious for a day as wondrous as this. The NCAA Tournament begins in just a few hours, which means ...

No bracket bangs as hard as the annual 68-team NCAA Tournament every March. Period. But this year's 12-team College Football Playoff bracket brings loads of appeal, even to us hoops scribes whose ...

When we talk about increased parity in women’s college basketball, what we really mean is depth at the top of the sport. There are legitimately 6-8 teams good enough to cut down the nets this year, ...

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! What a lovely day. The air is crisp this morning. At ...