After defeating No. 16 SIU Edwardsville, the Cougars beat No. 8 Gonzaga. Then, they upended No. 4 Purdue and No. 2 Tennessee to reach the Final Four. Houston became the first program since 2017 North Carolina to navigate the most difficult seed path possible for a No. 1 team.

Tennessee now holds the record for the fewest first-half points by a top-2 seed in any NCAA Tournament game. The 15 points are also the fewest by team in the Elite Eight, according to CBS Sports.

The two teams went into the second intermission knotted at 2-2, and the third period saw a stalemate once again to send the game into overtime. UConn took some of the momentum with aggressive play and outshot the Nittany Lions in the third period.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Madison Booker scored 17 points and No. 1-seed Texas outlasted fifth-seeded Tennessee in a tight battle in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Taylor Jones added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns, who advanced to face TCU in the Elite Eight.

Zakai Zeigler and the Volunteers outhustle and outplay the Wildcats at both ends of the court, beating them for the first time in three meetings this season, 78-65, to reach their second straight

We are now entering the middle stretch of the USC baseball season. 27 games in, the Trojans sit at 16-11 overall and 6-6 in Big Ten play. Earlier this week, Baseball America released its early projected field for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Trojans narrowly missed the cut, being listed as one of the “first four teams out”.

The last team in the field and the subject of plenty of criticism the past two days, UNC put the hammer down early to win its First Four matchup against San Diego State.

Alabama broke the 35-year-old NCAA Tournament record for 3-pointers with 25, a relentless spree that ushered the second-seeded Crimson Tide past BYU 113-88 on Thursday night.