The newly unveiled logo celebrates Detroit's heritage with local street signs, auto tags, industrial themes, and a basketball/vinyl record graphic that nods to Motown's music legacy.

South Carolina senior forward Chloe Kitts has announced she will miss the entire 2025 season after tearing her ACL.

Developers EA Sports and 2K Games have hinted at the revival of college basketball video games.

Duke star Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick.

Florida is a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the 2024-25 season after winning the national championship.

The conversation around a joint men's and women's Final Four has resurfaced.

UConn has capped its season at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll one day after winning its 12th national championship.

Women’s college basketball has been on the rise these last few years, riding the wave of iconic players like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins.

Whoever said there were no great underdog stories left in March Madness, or that the title would go to whoever spends the most money — or amasses the best collection of big names from the transfer portal — clearly never checked out Houston.

Auburn and Florida are the last two standing of a record 14 Southeastern Conference teams that made the NCAA Tournament.

Auburn’s season began with some real turbulence on its first trip.

The women’s Final Four is full of star players, top seeds and historic programs.

Duke’s stream of NBA-ready standouts used smothering defense and other options on offense to paper over Cooper Flagg’s rough shooting night and lift the Blue Devils to the program’s 18th Final Four with an 85-65 victory over Alabama.

Walter Clayton Jr. rescued top-seeded Florida with two late 3-pointers, and the Gators rallied from nine points down late to reach the Final Four with an 84-79 victory over Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament’s West Region final.

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson knows his team can always rely on defense to win games.

Three No. 1 seeds will be in the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Caitlin Clark's No. 22 will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

Jeremy Roach reached a Final Four and won Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season and tournament titles during four productive years at Duke.

South Carolina is starting the season at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll.

UConn freshman Stephon Castle has entered his name into the NBA draft, becoming the fifth Husky starter to at least explore moving on after Connecticut’s latest title run.

Donovan Clingan is leaving UConn after two seasons and entering the NBA draft.

John Meinen has been an avid Iowa basketball fan for decades.

For the first time, the NCAA women’s basketball championship outdrew the men.

The basketball world can’t get enough of Caitlin Clark and now that the college season is over, next up is the WNBA draft.

South Carolina’s victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday’s women’s NCAA championship game had a preliminary audience average of 18.7 million on ABC and ESPN.

The NCAA women's basketball tournament is having a moment.

South Carolina, Iowa and UConn have finished atop the final AP Top 25 women's basketball poll of the season.

South Carolina's bench wore down Iowa in the national championship game.

A March Madness comparatively bereft of drama has come down to UConn and Purdue.

Caitlin Clark scored 30 points in her final collegiate game but it wasn't enough as the Hawkeyes fell just short of an NCAA championship for a second straight year.

Alabama got the kind of game it wanted in its first Final Four appearance.

In the 15 minutes before Alabama makes its first Final Four appearance in school history, there probably won’t be many warm and fuzzy moments in the locker room.

North Carolina State coach Kevin Keatts’ shoes say everything about the Wolfpack’s improbable Final Four run.

The big men own this year's Final Four.

The Final Four delivers the last entry in college basketball’s heartwarming yearbook.

North Carolina State big man DJ Burns Jr. sees himself as a center on the basketball court, not a pulling guard on the football field.

March Madness is racing toward the national championship game.

Defending national champion UConn finally touched down in Arizona for the Final Four at 3:15 a.m. Thursday after a long delay and a red-eye flight.

The average price paid for a ticket on the resale market this week was twice as high for the NCAA women’s Final Four compared with that for the men’s semifinals.

The 2024 version of March Madness has apexed to a trio of streak busters in the desert.

Aziaha James made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, and third-seeded North Carolina State earned its first trip to the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament since 1998, beating top-seeded Texas 76-66.

Nate Oats has Nick Saban on speed dial.

Caitlin Clark has been invited to the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa’s season being over.

Zach Edey of Purdue has won the John R.

San Diego State was done in by a terrible shooting drought in the first half of Monday night's national title game against UConn.

FAU’s debut at the Final Four ended in the most excruciating manner imaginable.

For UConn players Adama Sanogo, Samson Johnson and Hassan Diarra a traditional pregame meal before Saturday night’s national semifinal against Miami won’t be possible.

The saying goes that defense wins championships.

The advanced stats can tell us a lot about the teams in this year's Final Four.

Ticket prices on the secondary market are substantially higher for the women’s Final Four than for the men.

Elizabeth Kitley scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Georgia Amoore added 24 points and top-seeded Virginia Tech advanced to the Final Four for the first time in school history with an 84-74 win over No. 3 seed Ohio State in the Seattle 3 Regional final.

Everyone’s heard of UConn.

Houston was the lone No. 1 seed left in the tournament for about 30 minutes on Friday night, until its own run ended with an 89-75 loss to Miami in the Sweet 16.

The NCAA Tournament has reached Sweet 16 weekend in the battle for the national championship in men’s basketball.

The NCAA women’s basketball title game will be broadcast on ABC this season for the first time.

Consensus women's college basketball player of the year Aliyah Boston says she turned down a late invite to the ESPYS awards show and was hurt she wasn't asked earlier to attend.

North Carolina, Duke and Kansas are bona fide basketball bluebloods, the best of the best in the men's college game.

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is down to its final four teams, if you can believe it.

NCAA President Mark Emmert says investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men’s college basketball programs have taken “way too long.”.

The magical run from the University of Michigan women’s basketball team has come to an end as the women in maize fall to No. 1 seed Louisville 62-50 in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint.

Villanova guard and second-leading scorer Justin Moore will undergo surgery this week for a torn Achilles tendon.

College basketball's elite programs have stepped into the spotlight for next weekend's Final Four in New Orleans.

Michigan and Kentucky stood out in a study examining the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, academic success and diversity in the head coaching ranks.

The 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket field has been unveiled and now you can start making your picks.

The Wolverines started strong in their season opener, leading by as much as 21 points in the first half.

“That’s the goal every year, to always achieve to win championships,” said Michigan Men's Basketball Coach Juwan Howard.

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners aims to ensure equitable futures for Washtenaw County residents with new plan.

Six Division I conferences are urging the NCAA to implement a stopgap measure that would allow college athletes to earn money off their fame before a federal law is passed.

Baylor knew it would need to play to near-perfection to end Gonzaga’s flawless season.

The NCAA Tournament has been dominated by the East, mixed with the occasional championship foray by a school from the Midwest.

Now comes the hard part for Gonzaga.

UCLA challenged top-seeded Gonzaga for 45 minutes and came up just short.

Gonzaga has given fans the NCAA championship game they wanted with a shot for the ages.

Jared Butler scored 17 points to lead five Baylor players in double figures, and the Bears roared to a 78-59 victory over Houston in the Final Four.

Gonzaga’s undefeated season hangs in the balance in overtime against UCLA.

Haley Jones scored 24 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 32 seconds left, to help Stanford beat South Carolina 66-65 and advance to the national championship game.

Lexie Hull had 21 points, Ashten Prechtel scored each of her 16 in the second half and Stanford reached the Final Four by rallying for a 78-63 victory over Louisville on Tuesday night. “To play a second half and beat them by 27 really says a lot about how hard people were playing,” VanDerveer said. Stanford dropped that one 62-53, ending its previous appearance in the Final Four. Stanford (29-2) trailed by 12 midway through the third quarter before scoring 13 consecutive points to take its first lead since early in the game. We weren’t aggressive enough.”AdThe Cardinal got going in the second half and made six of their final eight 3-point attempts.

Gonzaga (30-0) has been an offensive juggernaut rarely seen in college basketball. Ad“Everyone wants us to keep moving forward, but that’s not how we roll,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. That doesn’t lessen our desire to win this game, the next game or win two more games.”The next one won't be easy. The Bears were embroiled in one of the darkest scandals in college basketball history, when Patrick Dennehy was murdered by teammate Carlton Dotson in 2003. They played in the Final Four.”___More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/College-basketball and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25

On Saturday in the national semifinals, the Zags will face 11th-seeded UCLA, which beat Michigan 51-49 in a later Elite Eight game. All-American Corey Kispert had 18 points and eight boards on an “off” night — only 6 for 19 from the floor. “We just tried to stay moving,” Suggs said about attacking the USC zone, which had been shutting down teams all month in Indy. “It was a little surprising," USC coach Andy Enfield said, “because we'd been playing great basketball.”The Zags have a way about doing that to people. ALL-WEST TEAMThe All-region team included both Mobley brothers, Suggs, Kispert and Timme, who was named the West's most outstanding player.

Yes, Houston is going back to the Final Four for the first time since the famed “Phi Slama Jama” era after Monday night's 67-61 win against Oregon State. And Houston knocked down enough free throws late while holding Oregon State without a basket during a critical 3 1/2 minutes. Fittingly, it was DeJon Jarreau — the American Athletic Conference's defensive player of the year who led the effort that stymied Oregon State star Ethan Thompson — who was named the most outstanding player of the Midwest Region. “It was right there within our grasp with the effort we showed in the second half,” Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said. They held the Beavers to 35% shooting in the first half before Oregon State found some openings.

… Gonzaga is seeking to become the first team to make it to the Final Four unbeaten since Kentucky in 2015. 11 seed UCLA (21-9), East Region final, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. … UCLA is back in a regional final for the first time since earning three straight Final Four berths from 2006-08. 6 seed Texas (21-9), Hemisfair Region final, Alamodome, San Antonio. … Texas is in a regional final for the first time since 2016 and seeking its first Final Four appearance since 2003.

INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Maryland-Baltimore County pulled off one of the greatest upsets in American sports history at the 2018 NCAA Tournament, knocking off Virginia to become the first No. 4 seeds during an opening weekend that epitomized the beloved spectacle the NCAA Tournament has become. Multiple basketball programs are currently on pause due to COVID-19 and the Ivy League announced last week the cancellation of winter sports, including men’s and women’s basketball. Gavitt said there is no plan to change the start date and the NCAA Tournament is expected to be played in March and April as scheduled. A one-site NCAA Tournament will cause a financial hit to the cities scheduled to host early-round and regional games.

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, the seating area at Bankers Life Fieldhouse is viewed in Indianapolis after the Big Ten Conference announced that remainder of the men's NCAA college basketball games tournament was canceled. Indianapolis city leaders want the college basketball world to know it is open for business. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)INDIANAPOLIS – With the coronavirus pandemic already forcing changes for college basketball, a bubble may be brewing in Indianapolis. Indiana Sports Corp. released a 16-page proposal Friday that calls for turning the city convention center's exhibition halls and meeting rooms into basketball courts and locker rooms. ___For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP_Top25

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7 Michigan State SpartansRegular season (23-11, 12-6 Big Ten)Throughout most of the regular season, Michigan State struggled to emerge as the national power Spartan fans have become accustomed to. Road to the Final FourIzzo didn't let the poor finish in Chicago carry over into the NCAA Tournament, as Michigan State handled No. Michigan State's X-factor is Branden Dawson, who showed spurts of being a dominating Big Ten center this season. Road to the Final FourWisconsin enters its game against Kentucky coming off of three straight seven-point victories. In the end, Notre Dame came up empty in its final possession and the undefeated season lived on into the Final Four.

Top 10 things to do during Final Four weekend in AtlantaPublished: April 2, 2013, 4:59 pmATLANTA – Top 10 things to do during Final Four weekend in Atlanta. Atlanta is home to the Braves, chicken biscuits, Coca-Cola and the 2013 NCAA Final Four Tournament. Visit the world's largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium. Take your kids to dribble their way through the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center in the Final Four Dribble. Check out an Atlanta Braves game as they take on the Chicago Cubs at Turner Field this weekend.

Top10 things to do during Final Four weekend in AtlantaPublished: April 2, 2013, 3:12 pmATLANTA – Top 10 things to do during Final Four weekend in Atlanta. Atlanta is home to the Braves, chicken biscuits, Coca-Cola and the 2013 NCAA Final Four Tournament. Visit the world's largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium. Take your family to visit Bracket Town, the ultimate Final Four fan fest at the Georgia World Congress Center, where you can meet basketball legends. Take your kids to dribble their way through the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center in the Final Four Dribble.