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Two tickets to the 2025 Final Four were punched Saturday. Two more will be punched Sunday.
From CBS Sports
The No. 1-ranked Blue Devils, winners of 15 consecutive games, will face Houston after the Cougars won the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Regional by routing Tennessee, 69-50, on Sunday.
From Kansas City Star
15 1st half points is the fewest first half points by a top two seed ever in NCAA tournament history.
From Yahoo! Sports
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The final two bids to the Final Four will be awarded Sunday in a pair of seismic Elite Eight clashes as the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament winds to a close. Up first will be No. 1 seed Houston taking on No.
Oddly enough, the Alamodome was also the venue the only other time all four No. 1 seeds made the Final Four. In 2008, Kansas toppled Memphis in overtime to win Bill Self’s first national title, tying the game in the final seconds of regulation with a Mario Chalmers 3-pointer after Derrick Rose missed a potential clinching free throw.
Lauren Betts scored 17 points despite sitting out the entire second quarter, but it was Gabriela Jaquez's 18 points that made a statement.
The NCAA men's tournament is down to four and that quartet will play in the Final Four. A look at the winners and losers of the regional round.
But in the end, UCLA showed why the Bruins have owned the No. 1 national ranking for most of the season as they held off the Tigers to win 72-65 and earn the program’s first Final Four berth at Spokane Arena on Sunday.
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Top seeds Duke, Florida, Houston and Auburn saw minimal movement atop the title odds during dominant postseason runs. Despite this year’s Elite Eight teams tying with the 2007 tourney for the lowest combined seed total (13) in tournament history, the four No. 1 seeds demolished four quality opponents by an average of 12.5 points.
Today's LSU-UCLA contest tips off at 3 p.m. ET. That's 12 p.m. PT. Greetings basketball fans! Welcome to The Athletic 's live coverage of today's second Elite Eight matchup in the women's NCAA Tournament. No. 1 UCLA takes on No. 3 LSU with a spot in the women's Final Four on the line.
Michigan State basketball's season came to an end Sunday with a big loss to Auburn in the Elite Eight of March Madness.
Houston’s relentless defense confused and harassed the Volunteers and carried the Cougars into their first Final Four since 2021.