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Both the Texas A&M Aggies and Gonzaga Bulldogs were Sweet-16 teams last year. As a seven-seed, the Aggies ascend was a bit more surprising, but both teams put up solid performances in the West bracket.
For Gonzaga, their trip to the Sweet-16 was their fourth straight. With that level of success despite turnover, the Bulldogs are no longer an underdog under Mark Few. This team comes into the year as one of the early favorites to cut down the nets at season’s end.... 

The last time these two teams met, the Villanova Wildcats won the NCAA tournament title with a 79-62 victory in Dayton. Now, just seven months later, the Michigan Wolverines are out for revenge, but how do these two teams stack up head-to-head?... 

After beating them last year on the road, the Xavier Musketeers welcome the Wisconsin Badgers to Cincinnati in each team’s first real test of the season. The Badgers are a dangerous team after missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 20 seasons last year while Xavier is an entirely different team coming off a one-seed in the Big Dance a season ago.... 

The Stanford Cardinal have a brush up on Friday night against UNC Wilmington before taking on the big boys in the UNC family, the North Carolina Tar Heels, on Monday. This will be the biggest test on the young season for Stanford and a bigger name opponent for the Tar Heels after UNC had Wofford and Elon early.... 

With a high-scoring battle already in the win column for the No.1 Kansas Jayhawks against No. 10 Michigan State Spartan, Kansas well play their regular season home opener on Monday night against the Vermont Catamounts at the Allen Field House in Lawrence.... 

The Duke Blue Devils made a statement with their win over Kentucky on Tuesday and are now slated to take on the Black Knights of Army West Point on Sunday afternoon, hosting them in the first regular season contest at Cameron Indoor Stadium this season.... 

It’s always hard to anticipate how well teams will playing coming out of the gate, but we should have a good one on our hands on Friday night between the Texas Longhorns and the Arkansas Razorbacks. Both the Big 12 and SEC are represented in this showdown and this one could go down to the wire as Shaka Smart and Mike Anderson each try to lead their respective teams to a key first win of the season.... 

It’s been awhile since the Ohio State Buckeyes and Cincinnati Bearcats tipped off on the hardwood, their last meeting coming in the 2012 NCAA Tournament when the Buckeyes in a Sweet-16 battle. Ohio State ultimately advanced to the Final Four before losing to Kansas that season. It was a tough playoff loss for the Bearcats who got beat handily 81-66, but that was nearly seven years ago and well in the past for both teams. ... 

The college basketball season is back in full force with a full slate of games on Tuesday, including a contest between the Michigan State Spartans and Kansas Jayhawks to kick off the Champions Classic. Kansas enters the seasons atop the rankings, but the Spartans aren’t push overs and will have a chance to strike early against a Kansas team that’ll still be finding their footing after losing three of their top scorers from last season.... 

How can you not get excited about this game? What a way to start off the college basketball season than to put the No.4 Duke Blue Devils and No.2 Kentucky Wildcats against each other on the hardwood in the Champions Classic. These are two of the most successful college basketball programs and two of the best coaches battling it out, right out of the gate.... 

You might not have realized that the college basketball season starts in just over two weeks. The bluebloods of Duke and Kentucky are favored in college basketball futures, with Duke listed at odds of +500 to win the 2019 college basketball national championship, while Kentucky is a close second choice at odds of +550. What about the defending national champs, the Villanova Wildcats? They are not among the favorites, as they are listed with odds of +1000. Let’s look at the latest college basketb... 

The NCAA men’s basketball tournaments featured upsets galore, but the best team in the country has not fallen into that trap. The Villanova Wildcats entered March Madness as the team to beat and has now advanced to the national championship game with a blowout win over Kansas last time out.... 

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish pulled off the most prominent upset of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament last time out, knocking off the juggernaut Connecticut Huskies in the Final Four. It was an exhilarating overtime upset to advance to the national championship game, and now Notre Dame must refocus for one final game.... 

The Utah Utes and Penn State Nittany Lions may have fallen short of making the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but they are two of the last teams remaining still playing at this point in the season. Utah and Penn State have advanced to the finals of the NIT and will be ready to face off for the title.... 

Every No. 1 seed has advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. But there is truly only one top seed. The Connecticut Huskies have long been the most dominant program in women’s college basketball and are two wins away from yet another national championship.... 

Two No. 1 seeds will match up in the twilight portion of the Final Four doubleheader on Saturday, but one is a clear favorite. The Villanova Wildcats will enter the national semifinals expected to come away with the victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.... 

Midnight has not come for Cinderella yet, as the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers have advanced all the way to the Final Four. They will look to advance to the national championship game with another upset win next time out against the Michigan Wolverines.... 

March Madness is down to its Final Four, with a pair of No. 1 seeds, a No. 3 and a Cinderella still left in the field. The Villanova Wildcats have unquestionably put together the strongest run of any team in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, and that comes after entering as the favorite.... 

The Final Four on Saturday in San Antonio features three marquee teams and one gate crasher. The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers are a No. 11 seed and the Cinderella story of this year’s NCAA Tournament. To get to the title game they will have to upset the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines in the Final Four and to win the title they will have to beat a No. 1 seed in either the Kansas Jayhawks or the Villanova Wildcats. Let’s look at this year’s Final Four odds and Final Four trends.... 

The Penn State Nittany Lions had a tough time of it in the competitive Big Ten this season, but have played very well outside of conference in the NIT. Penn State has picked up three straight wins to advance to the NIT semifinals, where it will face off against fellow No. 4 seed the Mississippi State Bulldogs.... 

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers missed out on a chance to make the NCAA men’s basketball tournament when they were knocked out of the Conference USA Tournament by Marshall. But they are making the most of their inclusion in the NIT.

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The top two seeds in the Midwest Region have advanced to the Elite Eight, but it’s not the No. 1 seed that is favored to advance. The Duke Blue Devils have been made the favorites in their matchup against the higher-seeded Kansas Jayhawks.
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The March Madness tournament has been full of upsets the last two weeks. But one thing has remained constant. The Villanova Wildcats entered the tournament as the favorite and they remain that in their quest to win the national title. Villanova has advanced to the Elite Eight, where it will face off against the No. 3 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders with a Final Four appearance on the line. ... 

The Florida State Seminoles have been the giant slayers for two straight rounds in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. If they can pull one more upset, it’s on to the Final Four. The No. 9 seed Seminoles will face off against the No. 3 seed Michigan Wolverines in the Elite Eight on Saturday.... 

The wackiness continued in the South Region in the Sweet Sixteen, as two lower seeds once again came away with victories to set up an unlikely Elight Eight. The No. 9 seed Kansas Wildcats will face off against the No. 11 Loyola-Chicago Ramblers next time out with a berth in the FInal Four on the line....