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The Denver Post |
With wins by Houston and Auburn on Sunday, next weekend’s Final Four will have all four No. 1 seeds for the second time in NCAA Tournament history.
Yahoo! Sports |
Roughly 9.4 million viewers per game in the first two rounds would argue March Madness is alive and well.
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Each women’s basketball unit is worth approximately $113,600 this year, an amount that will then be paid out over the next three years. The payouts aren’t nearly as big as the ones the men get from their massive March Madness media rights deal. But they are a start — and that makes them significant.
The last at-large team in the NCAA field, UNC couldn’t replicate its wire-to-wire spirited play from its First-Four win. The 11th-seeded Tar Heels fell behind early to No. 6 Ole Miss and never fully recovered.
The SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 gobbled up more than 50 percent of all the multi-million dollar units available in the tournament.
Texas' Kevin Durant (2007) and LSU's Cameron Thomas (2021) own the highest points per game among freshmen who played multiple NCAA tournament games, each averaging 28.5 points over two games. Each player scored 27 points in a first-round win followed by 30 points in a second-round loss.
The UConn women's basketball team played its NCAA Elite Eight game Monday night in Spokane and will play in the national semifinal Friday in Tampa.