The Sweet 16 continues on Friday night as there are more heavyweight battles with a ticket to the Elite Eight on the line. As Hall of Fame coaches and superstar players will take the court in Chicago and Washington D.C., we’ll have your updated scores here at CBS Sports. The night begins with a showdown…
NC State coach Will Wade is set to leave the Wolfpack after one season for a return to LSU on a seven-year deal, sources confirmed to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander. The Tigers have been pursuing their former coach in recent days following NC State’s NCAA Tournament loss in an effort to energize LSU by bringing back…
After an exciting week of NCAA Tournament action, the field has been reduced from 68 teams down to 16. Only one team will be able to cut down the nets next month in Indianapolis, with Thursday serving as another step toward determining who will be playing in the 2026 Final Four. The fun begins in…
The final eight spots in this year’s Sweet 16 will be decided on Sunday as the 2026 NCAA Tournament continues with eight compelling second-round matchups. Without major upsets on Day 2 of the first round, the result is a slate filled with marquee games. One of the biggest themes is elite coaching matchups. At the…
Eight precious tickets remain for next week’s Sweet 16 as the NCAA Tournament enters the final day of its first weekend on Sunday. Fans won’t have to wait long for the excitement to ramp up with (7) Miami and (2) Purdue kicking things off (12:10 p.m ET CBS, March Madness Live) The second game on the…
Tickets to next week’s Sweet 16 will be punched in Saturday’s 2026 NCAA Tournament action. No. 4 seed Nebraska, fresh off its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, will face upstart Vanderbilt for a trip to the second weekend in one of Saturday’s most enthralling clashes (8:45 p.m., TNT March Madness Live). No. 1 seed Michigan is also…
Imagn Images Purdue senior guard Braden Smith broke the men’s NCAA Division I record for career assists in the first half of an eventual 104-71 win over No. 15 seed Queens University on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Smith passed former Duke star Bobby Hurley after finding Trey Kaufman-Renn for a…
It’s about that time. The 2026 NCAA Tournament is through its first two days, and the bracket is sure to deliver some bangers across the first and second rounds of competition over the next four days. The field of 68 teams has already shrunken to 64 as the roller coaster continues with 16 more teams…
Friday’s NCAA Tournament slate arrives after Thursday’s action, already delivered early upsets that began shaking up brackets. The first round of the Big Dance continues with No. 7 seed Kentucky facing No. 10 seed Santa Clara (12:15 p.m., CBS, March Madness Live), with the winner advancing to meet either No. 2 seed Iowa State or…
You may be waiting for bracket advice, but the 2026 NCAA Tournament will not wait for you to finish flipping a coin sweating those Sweet 16 selections. Official action starts Tuesday night in Dayton with the First Four, and while the traditional drama of the opening weekend is still a couple days away there is…
