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Jay Bilas picks every single game in the 2025 men's NCAA basketball tournament
The "More Than Five-Minute" Bracket -- from the (self-described) most powerful and influential basketball brain on planet Earth.

Lunardi: The one big thing the selection committee got wrong
The decision to include both Texas and North Carolina has stumped our resident Bracketologist.
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LET THE MADNESS BEGIN!
It's bracket time: Make your picks for the men's tournament
The bracket is set. Here's everything you need to know about the competitors for this year's national title.
Your guide to all 68 teams in the men’s NCAA tournament
The bracket is set, here's everything you need to know about the competitors for this year's national title.

TIME TO GO DANCING!
Let the fun begin: Make your picks for the women's tournament
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The women’s March Madness bracket is here -- so is your guide to all 68 teams
We look at every team in the women's NCAA bracket.

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
RORY PREVAILS IN PLAYOFF
Spaun struggles, Rory cruises for Players victory

OFFSEASON MOVES
Judging overreactions to NFL free agency: End of an era for the Chiefs and 49ers?
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NFL experts debate free agency: Which team made the best signing or trade?
Davante Adams to the Rams? We asked 10 experts to weigh in on the best overall move of free agency.

MEN'S BRACKET REACTION
Stephen A. calls UNC making the tournament 'disgraceful'
Seth Greenberg: UNC should not be in the tournament

INSIDE DUKE'S TITLE QUEST
You've signed a one-of-a-kind freshman in Cooper Flagg. Now what? Here's how Duke built a contender around its prized recruit
In an era when teams are incentivized to build around experience, the Blue Devils built a contender with youth.
Should Duke rest Flagg in its first-round matchup?

BREAKING DOWN THE WOMEN'S BRACKET
Women's March Madness instant bracket: Charlie Creme predicts every line of the 2025 bracket
The 2025 March Madness bracket is set. Charlie Creme predicts every game of the women's NCAA tournament.
Women's bracket winners, losers and the path ahead for JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers
UCLA is No. 1 overall seed, but USC and UConn are together in the same regional.

WOMEN'S BRACKET REACTION
Chiney Ogwumike: It's better to be the best 2-seed than the worst 1-seed
Dawn Staley 'surprised' South Carolina wasn't No. 1 overall seed
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