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Kentucky Staves Off Upset, Squeaks By Wichita State

No. 2 Kentucky just barely held on to thwart an upset attempt from No. 10 Wichita State with a 65-62 win Sunday afternoon.

Michigan Upsets No. 2 Louisville For Sweet Sixteen Spot

Louisville coughed up an eight-point halftime lead in an upset loss to Michigan.

Boeheim Heir Apparent Mike Hopkins Leaves For Head Coaching Job At Washington

Long thought the heir for Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, Mike Hopkins has reportedly jumped ship to be head coach at Washington.

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March Madness Refs Continue Run Of Stellar Accuracy In Late-Game Situations

Officials whistled Saint Mary’s Jordan Hunter for committing the foul of “being shoved in the back by an opponent.” It sealed a victory for Arizona, which moves on to face Xavier next week. The refs are really on a roll of excellence, folks.

Refs Botch Obvious Basket Interference Call, Penalize Northwestern Instead

Officials allowed Gonzaga to get away with a clear basket interference amidst a late, improbable Northwestern comeback—and when Chris Collins registered his dismay with the blown call, assessed the Wildcats head coach with a technical foul.

He Has To Go Back To His Job At ESPN On Monday

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Brad Underwood Heads To Illinois After One Year With Oklahoma State

Brad Underwood has left Oklahoma State after just one season, jumping ship for Illinois. The university announced the hiring just one day after Underwood’s Cowboys lost to Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Wisconsin Takes Down Overall No. 1 Villanova

No. 8 Wisconsin has knocked out overall No. 1 Villanova in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Trailing by four points at halftime, Villanova managed to take a lead in the second half but never stretched it to more than five. Wisconsin went on a 15-5 run in the game’s final minutes—with key support from Bronson…

After Jim Boeheim Complains About NCAA Tournament Snub, Syracuse Loses In Second Round Of NIT

Here is Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim a week ago, after the team was (very reasonably) left out of the NCAA Tournament bracket:

Verne Lundquist Taking A Basketball Square In The Face, In Extreme Slow Motion

Now that Vin Scully’s retired, Verne Lundquist reigns supreme as the patriarch of sports broadcasting. The CBS legend got a bit more into the game than usual, though, before today’s broadcast of the Notre Dame-WVU game in Buffalo. Ouch!

Bill Self Sat In On Police Interview With Josh Jackson

A police affidavit has been released giving more details about what police have found in the investigation into what part forward Josh Jackson played in damaging the car of McKenzie Calvert, a guard on the women’s basketball team.

Seton Hall Boned By Terrible Flagrant Foul Ruling

Seton Hall was down 72-71 in the final 22 seconds of today’s game against Arkansas and had to foul to try and avoid losing, so Desi Rodriguez put his hands on Jaylen Barford to extend the game. Barford hit the floor hard, but given the situation, it didn’t seem malicious—and looked as if Barford sold it. After…

Steve Kerr Warns LaVar Ball That His Hype Might Backfire

LaVar Ball, father of UCLA freshman superstar Lonzo, has been in the news a ton lately. The ur-Sports Dad has wedged his way into every inch of airtime offered to him to talk shit about NBA legends, call their sons losers, and proclaim the supreme basketball ability of his three large sons. In case you were still on…

Plies Infiltrated The Florida Gulf Coast Band Last Night

Deadspin’s favorite life guru Plies took a break from dispensing wisdom on Instagram to take in yesterday’s NCAA tournament game between Florida State and Florida Gulf Coast. Fittingly, the musician found himself drawn to his fellow musicians and wound up in the center of the FGCU band:

Northwestern Wins Undeservedly Thanks To Huge Vandy Boner

After trailing Northwestern for much of the afternoon, Vanderbilt looked as if they were going to do the nation a favor by coming from behind to knock the Wildcats out of their first-ever tournament in the first round. But, alas, it wasn’t to be. Vanderbilt went up by one point with just 17 seconds left—and then…

Indiana Fires Tom Crean Right As NCAA Tournament Starts

Fresh off a thoroughly embarrassing end to their campaign, Indiana has fired men’s basketball coach Tom Crean after nine seasons. Crean guided the Hoosiers to three Sweet 16 appearances in his tenure, but the team only earned a futile NIT first-round exit this season, after at one point being ranked No. 3 in the…

The NCAA Tournament Teams That Can Actually Pull Off Some Upsets

This is the second of three posts that will preview the NCAA tournament. This one is for people who want to know which sleeper teams have the best shot at making some noise.

Pentagon Warns Employees Not To Stream NCAA Tournament

Today is the day when you will get very little done at the office. In that it is much like every other day, except today you have the supremely valid excuse of NCAA tournament first-round games on all day. The military-industrial complex, which is no doubt rooting for Duke, knows what’s up.

Mike Francesa Previews Nonexistent NCAA Tournament Matchup

Who you got in tomorrow’s Florida State-Maryland matchup in the NCAA Tournament? You know, the one that is not happening but still made Mike Francesa think hard enough to let 35 seconds of silence tick away on his radio show today.

Missouri Just Poached Cuonzo Martin And They'll Probably Nab The Country's Best Recruit Too

Outgoing Cal basketball coach Cuonzo Martin spent three seasons in Berkeley, where he put together a middling-to-good run. He won 62 of his 101 games and went 2-4 in three years worth of rivalry games against Stanford. Martin’s greatest accomplishment was recruiting Ivan Rabb and Jaylen Brown to come to the school in…

Some Things To Know About The Best NCAA Tournament Teams

This is the first of three posts that will preview the NCAA tournament. This one is for people who just want to know which teams have the best shot at winning it all.

Why Your Tourney Feel-Good Story Sucks: Northwestern

Some people are fans of the Northwestern Wildcats. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Northwestern Wildcats. This 2017 Deadspin tourney preview is for those in the latter group. This will be the only one. Don’t ask me to do the other 67 asshole teams.

New Orleans Player Chokes Teammate, Gets Benched

UNO lost by one (which I swear is not intended as a pun) in their NCAA Tournament play-in matchup against Mount St. Mary’s, and there were precisely two highlights, both involving New Orleans’s junior forward Travin Thibodeaux.

Indiana's Season Ends Quietly After Dumb NIT Stadium Controversy

The Indiana Hoosiers began the year ranked No. 11 in the country, and at one point, got as high as ninth. They beat both Kansas and UNC in the first month of the season, two huge signature wins for when the Hoosiers inevitably submitted their resume to the NCAA Tournament. All was well in Bloomington as they entered…

Here Is The Women's NCAA Tournament Bracket

The women’s NCAA tournament bracket is set. Here’s a printable PDF for you to download.

A deep NCAA Tournament run can mean a huge increase in applications to that school.

A deep NCAA Tournament run can mean a huge increase in applications to that school. Because lord knows there’s no other reason to attend Northwestern. [Bloomberg]

Dave Bliss Is Still A Disgrace

Former Baylor men’s basketball coach Dave Bliss, who has somehow continued to make a living as a coach despite being best known for smearing a former player, Patrick Dennehy, right after Dennehy had been murdered by a teammate, is once again, for some goddamn reason, smearing Patrick Dennehy.

Jim Boeheim Says Selection Committee Paid Too Much Attention To Syracuse's Losses

As holistic as the NCAA Tournament selection process is supposed to be, the committee members are as susceptible as anyone to conventional wisdom. Jim Boeheim and Syracuse learned this the hard way: If you’re a bubble team, it helps not to have a soundbite-length knock like “2-11 away from home” on your resumé, and…