The men’s college basketball season began on Nov. 4 with Kansas atop the preseason AP poll and UConn, Baylor and North Carolina close behind. Five months later, none of those schools are even ranked,

Follow live action as the men's NCAA Tournament gets into full swing with 32 first-round games over Thursday and Friday

Madness bracket is set and a pecking order has quickly emerged as the picks and predictions start to roll in for NCAA Tournament pools and betting sites across the country. The SEC is well-represented among the top contenders to get to the Final Four,

SEC as in a basketball conference The SEC has been synonymous with football power for decades. The gridiron teams need to move over and share the spotlight with the basketball squads. Selection Sunday saw 14 SEC schools get invited to the big dance.

Some of America’s wealthiest have donated millions of dollars to the U.S. schools with the top-ranked basketball programs. President Donald Trump has been forced to walk back his plans to shut down the Department of Education.