From a distance, with her team in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year, Norfolk State guard Diamond Johnson watched Southern University’s improbable run to the dance as an HBCU from a small conference with the pride of a common bond.

Their proven projection model has simulated every game in the tournament 10,000 times. It has absolutely crushed its March Madness picks recently, beating over 91% of all CBS Sports brackets in four of the past six tournaments.

Yahoo Sports' Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz and basketball analyst Isis 'Ice' Young discuss the lack of lower seed non-power conference teams in this year's Sweet Sixteen and whether that is good or bad for the tournament as a whole.

Winner: UConn. Sure, it’s easy to dislike coach Danny Hurley, and we aren’t trying to change your mind. But the Huskies pushed top-seeded Florida to the brink in the second round for their first tournament loss since March 17, 2022. That’s damn impressive.

The Wildcats suffered a loss in the first round as a No. 3 seed last season, so are they a team you want to avoid when crafting your 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket strategy? Kentucky is one of 14 SEC teams to make the NCAA Tournament 2025,

NC State teammates are among dozens of former players who have sued after being left out of the NCAA’s pending billion-dollar settlement with student athletes. The cases underscore the appetite for litigation nearly four years after the Supreme Court ruled the association violated antitrust law.

The defeat marks the end of John Calipari’s first season as head coach of the Razorbacks, but the team’s deep tournament run provides optimism for the future. Meanwhile, Texas Tech advances to face Florida on Saturday, with a spot in the Final Four on the line.

In an NCAA Tournament sorely lacking in Cinderella stories, coach John Calipari has the unusual role of being the closest thing to it.