Men's Basketball

NCAA Names Musical Artists to Perform the National Anthems at the 2014 Men’s Final Four

Award-winning country singer-songwriter Darius Rucker, accompanied by the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts “Jazz Singers,” will perform the national anthem at the NCAA’s National Championship game on...

From the hardwood to the blacktop

Former Rose-Hulman basketball player Tim Cindric is applying the lessons he learned about teamwork on the court to his new life on the track. He’s now president of Team Penske of IndyCar.

Dance to remember leads to lasting friendship for coach

Two years ago, North Carolina Central Coach LeVelle Moton, whose team plays Friday tonight in the Division I NCAA men’s basketball tournament against Iowa State, read an article about an event where people who couldn’t attend their high school prom because of disabilities or illness. It spurred Moton to take Leah Ward, who has a genetic condition known as Williams Syndrome, to take her to the event.

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Related Putting Our Money Where Our Mission Is Did you know that more than 90 percent of the NCAA’s revenue goes to support student-athletes? Read more . The Value Of College Sports This list outlines the many benefits student-athletes...

Men's Basketball Selections 101 - Bracket

Building the Bracket Step One: Initial Ballot At the beginning of selection week, each committee member casts an "initial ballot" composed of two columns listing all eligible Division I teams in alphabetical order. Each committee member...

Men's Basketball Selections 101 - Selections

Selection Criteria The NCAA Evaluation Tool, known as the NET, is in its first year of existence and is one of many factors used by NCAA sports committees when evaluating team selection, seeding and bracketing. The components of the NET...

Men's Basketball Selections 101 - Committee

Meet the Committee Bernard Muir Division I Men’s Basketball Committee chair and director of athletics at Stanford University Muir began service on the committee Sept. 1, 2014, and is serving as chair of the committee for 2018-19. Other...

Men's Basketball Selections 101

How Does the NCAA Pick the Teams? How March Madness selections are made is always on the minds of sports fans at tournament time. Here is a chance to look behind the curtain to see how the bracket for the Division I Men’s Basketball...

Open gym

Aron Khurana, former basketball player at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, has created a free basketball camp for underprivileged Chicago youth in hopes of stemming street violence.

University of Florida’s Chris Walker reinstated by the NCAA

Men’s basketball student-athlete Chris Walker will be eligible to play for the University of Florida on Feb. 4 after sitting a total of 12 games, or 40 percent of the 2013-14 basketball season. Walker received preferential treatment from...

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