USC star JuJu Watkins and UConn’s Paige Bueckers headline The Associated Press preseason All-America team that for the first time includes three sophomores in a clear sign of the young talent in a sport coming off a record year of fan interest.

South Carolina is starting the season at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll.

Kansas is No. 1 in the AP Top 25 preseason men's basketball poll ahead of Alabama and two-time defending national champion UConn.

A northern Idaho prosecutor won’t bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist slur at members of the Utah women’s basketball team while the team was in Idaho to attend the NCAA Tournament.

First-team Associated Press All-American RJ Davis is returning to North Carolina to play his fifth season of eligibility.

Hailey Van Lith is focused on making the USA Basketball 3x3 Olympic team this summer and not worried about where she’ll end up at college next year.

In elementary school, Caitlin Clark wrote down her dreams and goals that included playing in the WNBA one day.

John Meinen has been an avid Iowa basketball fan for decades.

The basketball world can’t get enough of Caitlin Clark and now that the college season is over, next up is the WNBA draft.

South Carolina, Iowa and UConn have finished atop the final AP Top 25 women's basketball poll of the season.

South Carolina's bench wore down Iowa in the national championship game.

Caitlin Clark has been invited to the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa’s season being over.

Stanford has hired Kyle Smith away from Washington State to take over its struggling men’s basketball program.

While UTSA’s new head coach will spend the rest of the weekend in Spokane, Washington, here are 12 other noteworthy things from Day 2 of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

We are eyeing five unique things of the tournament itself aside from just wins, losses and who’ll cut down the nets in Arizona.

Reigning national champion Connecticut is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll.

South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top four teams in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll, a day after all four were chosen as the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament that begins later this week.

Duquesne earned an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time in 47 years, beating fifth-seeded seeded VCU 57-51 to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship.

Conference tournament season took an even more chaotic turn — and that’s bad news for at least a couple teams on the bubble.

North Carolina State is heading back to the NCAA Tournament after beating fourth-ranked North Carolina 84-76 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title game.

With most of the major conferences having their tournaments finished, there are a few anxious teams waiting to see if their names will be called for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday when the field is announced.

Brian Dutcher has experienced all 25 seasons of Mountain West basketball and he’s never seen one as crazy as this one.

Iowa star Caitlin Clark is taking her scoring records to March Madness.

Members of the women’s basketball community say the new NCAA eight-year deal with ESPN that will pour an estimated $65 million annually into the sport reflects the growth of the game.

The San Antonio Spurs on Thursday shook up the bottom of their roster by waiving two-way guard Sir’Jabari Rice, an undrafted rookie formerly of the University of Texas.

An NCAA review has concluded that the officiating in the national championship game between LSU and Iowa fell short of expectations.

LSU All-American Angel Reese has a new endorsement deal with a major shoe and athletic apparel company.

Kansas is the preseason No. 1 in the AP men's college basketball poll.

Iowa will attempt to set the all-time women’s basketball attendance record when it hosts DePaul in an outdoor exhibition at 69,000-seat Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 15.

An NCAA infractions panel has imposed a three-game suspension for Memphis coach Penny Hardaway for recruiting violations tied to two in-home visits with a prospect two years ago.

The WNBA and Scripps have signed a multiyear deal to televise Friday night regular-season games on ION.

Louisville’s Hailey Van Lith has entered the transfer portal.

Connecticut’s governor is taking heat for calling the city of Houston “butt ugly” after returning from the Final Four.

Zach Edey of Purdue has won the John R.

The attorneys who beat the NCAA in the Supreme Court have filed a new class-action antitrust lawsuit against the association and the five wealthiest college sports conferences.

UConn's NCAA champion basketball team arrived back on campus Tuesday to more than 7,000 cheering fans inside Gampel Pavilion, the team's home arena.

There was a short list of believers in the potential of a rebuilt UConn roster before the season started.

The Cinderellas certainly had their moments in this March Madness.

Adama Sanogo led the way for Connecticut as it claimed its fifth NCAA championship.

UConn had its way with San Diego State in a dominating first half, threatening to turn the national championship game into a monumental rout.

San Diego State was done in by a terrible shooting drought in the first half of Monday night's national title game against UConn.

Adama Sanogo powered UConn to the school's fifth national title with a 76-59 victory over San Diego State.

Both Connecticut and San Diego State used an offseason of work in the transfer portal to bolster teams that have reached the NCAA title game.

Connecticut guard Jordan Hawkins says he had no doubt he was going to play in Saturday night's 72-59 win against Miami in the Final Four despite battling a stomach illness.

Miami earned its way to the Final Four in part by having one of the nation’s best offenses with multiple options for hitting big shots.

Lamont Butler hit the biggest shot in San Diego State history, putting the Aztecs in the national championship game for the first time.

Nijel Pack might need to up his shoe game.

FAU’s debut at the Final Four ended in the most excruciating manner imaginable.

Lamont Butler made a jumper at the buzzer, sending San Diego State to its first national championship game with a 72-71 win over fellow mid-major Florida Atlantic in the Final Four.

The saying goes that defense wins championships.

Shaka Smart was voted the AP men's basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season and Big East Tournament titles.

The advanced stats can tell us a lot about the teams in this year's Final Four.

The advanced stats can tell us a lot about the teams in this year's Final Four.

The college basketball season started with familiar faces and ended up with an unexpected Final Four.

Penn State is hiring VCU’s Mike Rhoades to be its new men’s basketball coach, a person involved in the decision tells The Associated Press.

The NCAA has gotten mostly positive reviews for its new women's Sweet 16 format during March Madness.

Dusty May is going to the Final Four and it's safe to say that few might have seen that coming.

South Carolina is two wins away from completing the 10th undefeated season in women's college basketball history.

Aliyah Boston had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Zia Cooke scored 18 points and top-seeded South Carolina used its smothering defense to outlast second-seeded Maryland 86-75 to reach its third straight Final Four.

Texas on Monday named Rodney Terry as full-time head basketball coach, removing the interim tag after he led the Longhorns to the Elite Eight following the midseason firing of Chris Beard.

Caitlin Clark put on a show with 41 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds to help No. 2 seed Iowa beat fifth-seeded Louisville 97-83 and send the the Hawkeyes to their first women's Final Four in 30 years.

The fifth-seeded Hurricanes stunned No. 2 seed Texas 88-81 on Sunday to reach the Final Four for the first time in school history.

Jordan Miller scored 27 points and made a series of crucial foul shots down the stretch as Miami rallied to an 88-81 victory over Texas for a spot in the Final Four.

Everyone’s heard of UConn.

Dan Hurley got choked up when asked about his dad on the eve of UConn’s Sweet 16 game.

Florida Atlantic has defied expectation and description all season.

Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and UConn overwhelmed its fourth straight NCAA Tournament opponent, earning its first trip to the Final Four in nine years with an 82-54 blowout of Gonzaga.

Georgia Amoore scored a career-high 29 points and top-seeded Virginia Tech advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history with a 73-64 win over No. 4 seed Tennessee.

Creighton used its size, 3-point shooting and a swarming second-half defense to end the March Madness run of Princeton, beating the 15th-seeded Tigers 86-75 in the Sweet 16.

Caitlin Clark scored 31 points and No. 2 seed Iowa shook disappointments the past two seasons and reached the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament with an 87-77 win over Colorado in the Seattle 4 Regional semifinals.

Nijel Pack and Miami hit shots from near and far against the stingiest defense in the country to beat Houston 89-75 in the Sweet 16, leaving the NCAA Tournament without a single No. 1 seed among its final eight teams for the first time since seeding began in 1979.

Darrion Trammell and San Diego State used a dominant defensive performance to knock top overall seed Alabama out of the NCAA Tournament, bottling up All-America freshman Brandon Miller in a 71-64 victory in the Sweet 16.

UCLA freshman Kiki Rice is checking in periodically from the NCAA Tournament as told to AP Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg.

Julian Strawther hit a 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds left to answer a 3-pointer by UCLA’s Amari Bailey, lifting Gonzaga to a wild 79-76 win over UCLA in the Sweet 16.

Players and coaches in the NCAA Tournament may be breathing life into a new controversy: Inflategate.

Princeton forward Tosan Evbuomwan spent three college seasons fighting through one disappointment after another.

Tobin Anderson is leaving NCAA Cinderella FDU after one fairy tale season and replacing Rick Pitino at Iona.

Johnell Davis scored 29 points, Alijah Martin added 14 and Florida Atlantic ended Fairleigh Dickinson’s magical March by outlasting the No. 16 seed 78-70 in the NCAA Tournament.

Caitlin Clark had 22 points and 12 assists while Monika Czinano added 20 points to help Iowa beat Georgia 74-66 in a second-round women’s NCAA Tournament game.

No lead seemed safe on Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Blake Peters made five 3-pointers in the second half and Princeton shocked another power conference team to reach the regional semifinals for the first time in 56 years by beating Missouri 78-63.

San Diego State had little trouble ending the run of March Madness darling Furman, getting 16 points from Micah Parrish to pace a balanced scoring attack and pulling away for a 75-52 win on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Bill Self will miss top-seeded Kansas’ second-round NCAA Tournament game against Arkansas.

Rick Pitino insists he doesn’t know his next move.

Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense.

Adama Sanogo scored 10 of his 28 points in the first five minutes of the second half as fourth-seeded UConn took control and beat Rick Pitino’s Iona Gaels 87-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Furman's JP Pegues has watched the shot over and over.

Nelly Cummings scored 13 points and No. 11 seed Pittsburgh held sixth-seeded Iowa State to 23% shooting in a 59-41 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Joey Hauser scored 17 points and No. 7 seed Michigan State clamped down defensively on No. 10 seed Southern California in the second half for a 72-62 win in the first round of the NCAA Tournament’s East Region.

With All-American Marcus Strasser watching from the bench, top-seeded Houston shook off Northern Kentucky for a 63-52 win opening the NCAA Tournament, Chants of “NKU!”.

An independent law firm investigating a fatal shooting by a New Mexico State basketball player recommended the school enhance its weapons policy and “strengthen a culture that encourages student-athletes to adhere to the integrity and values of NMSU at all times.”.

The dwindling number of perfect NCAA Tournament brackets might reach zero before the weekend.

Alabama and star freshman Brandon Miller faced a new round of questions about connections between Crimson Tide players and a fatal shooting after Thursday's victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The first appearance for Howard University in the NCAA Tournament since 1992 included a visit by one of the school’s most prominent alums.

Tosan Evbuomwan and Princeton used a late-game run to earn the school’s first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years, topping No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55.

Holy Cross found out Sunday it would face second-seeded Maryland in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Matt Bradley scored 17 points, including two free throws in the final minute, and No. 5 seed San Diego State held on to beat 12th-seeded College of Charleston 63-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jalen Wilson had 20 points and seven rebounds for No. 1 seed and defending national champion Kansas in a 96-68 victory over Howard.

Missouri used a second-half scoring spurt from Kobe Brown to win its first NCAA Tournament game in 13 years, beating Utah State 76-65.

JP Pegues made a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining, and No. 13 seed Furman completed a rally from a 12-point second-half deficit to hand fourth-seeded Virginia another first-round NCAA Tournament loss, 68-67.