Men’s Final Four Power Rankings: Where Arizona, Michigan, UConn, Illinois Land How do the men’s Final Four teams measure up as March Madness nears its end in Indianapolis? Sports Illustrated · Apr 1
Sports Illustrated’s 2025–26 Men’s College Basketball All-Americans In one of the best seasons in recent memory, a host of top players elevated above their very talented peers. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31
From ‘No Heart’ to ‘Texas Tough’: How the Longhorns Rolled to Women’s Final Four After a biting comment from coach Vic Schaefer in February, the Longhorns have become a suffocating opponent and romped their way to the Final Four. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31
Texas Women's Basketball Update: Has Texas Ever Won a Women's Basketball Championship? SEC Title Win Fuels Emotional Title Push Texas women's basketball dominates Michigan en route to Final Four, aiming for first-ever national title after 2026 SEC Championship win International Business Times UK · Mar 31
The 25 Best Men’s NCAA Tournament Non-Championship Games of the Past 25 Years Sports Illustrated looks back at the past 25 seasons from 2000 to ’25 in men’s college basketball, ranking the top 25 March Madness games that did not crown a champion. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Women’s March Madness Recap: Texas, South Carolina Breeze Into Final Four Follow along with Sports Illustrated for live updates, scores and analysis during Monday’s matchups from the women’s NCAA tournament. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Why Michigan Could Absolutely Beat Texas to Take a Final Four Spot The Longhorns are the odds-on favorite. They’re also more experienced at this level. But the Wolverines have the advantage in a few key spots. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Duke’s Cayden Boozer Had Saddest Line About His Brother After Heartbreaking Loss to UConn The Boozer brothers had their special season come to a disappointing end Sunday. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
The Men’s Final Four Has One Massive Showdown and Plenty of Historic Storylines The matchup of No. 1 seeds—Arizona vs. Michigan—should be the de facto national championship game. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Duke’s Season Wasn’t Supposed to End in Another Stunning NCAA Tournament Exit The Blue Devils were loaded with talent and earned the No. 1 overall seed, planting them firmly as the favorite a year after another collapse. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Dusty May Turned Michigan Into a Juggernaut Faster Than Anyone Expected The Wolverines’ hire of May will likely reshape college basketball for a generation after he turned an eight-win team into a Final Four contender. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
The Final Four is set with UConn stunning Duke to join Illinois, Arizona and Michigan The Final Four is set The Independent UK · Mar 29
Tennessee Coach Rick Barnes Says He Will Return Next Season The 71-year-old has no imminent plans to retire after another Elite Eight loss. Sports Illustrated · Mar 29
Elite Eight Recap: UConn Advances to Final Four on Braylon Mullins’s Game-Winning Three UConn will face Illinois, while Michigan will play Arizona in the Final Four next week in Indianapolis. Sports Illustrated · Mar 29
Sports Illustrated · Mar 29 March Madness: Four Bold Predictions for Women’s Elite Eight Will all four No. 1 seeds advance to the Final Four in the women’s NCAA tournament? Or will a surprise team play spoiler?
Sports Illustrated · Mar 29 Texas Has Cruised to the Elite Eight. Now It’s Time for the Hard Part. The Longhorns, who are never an easy opponent, dismantled Kentucky on Saturday. But there are some heavy hitters awaiting Vic Schaefer’s squad in the NCAA tournament.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 28 Michigan Is Playing Like a No. 1 Seed in the Women’s NCAA Tournament The No. 2 Wolverines just played half of a great game and whipped No. 3 Louisville, 71–52 anyway. They have won their three tournament games by 35, 29 and now 19 points.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 28 Arizona and Illinois Advance to Final Four: Recap From Men’s March Madness Elite Eight The Illini and Wildcats await their Final Four opponents with the winners of Sunday’s games.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 28 Women’s Elite Eight Is Set: TCU Ends Virginia’s Cinderella Run, Texas and South Carolina Cruise Sports Illustrated was here to delivers live analysis, updates and highlights throughout Saturday’s four games to wrap up the Sweet 16.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 28 March Madness: Four Bold Predictions for Men’s NCAA Tournament Elite Eight The Elite Eight has arrived as we move closer to crowning a new national champion.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 28 Yaxel Lendeborg Passed on the NBA and Became Michigan’s March Madness Monster The Wolverines joyful big man could have been a first-round draft pick last year, but chose to return to college and help Michigan chase a national championship.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 28 Nate Oats Says Charles Bediako’s Ineligibility Cost Alabama in Sweet 16 Alabama’s season is over, and coach Nate Oats is disappointed in what could have been.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 SI:AM | A Different Kind of Cinderella for NCAA Tournament NIL and the transfer portal are slowly leaving behind the dreams of the traditional mid-major.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 Sophomore Slump? Not for Michigan’s Band of Young Stars Dek: Olivia Olson, Syla Swords and Mila Holloway have been the Wolverines’ ragtag trio of guards. But they’re not the only second-year players powering this team’s NCAA tournament run.
International Business Times · Mar 26 Mitch Kelly: A Million Dollars, a Black Belt, and a Refusal to Flinch Mitch Kelly spent thirty years accumulating the exact combination of skills, scars, and judgment that the AI era demands. None of it was accidental.