Before the cherished basketball traditions of March Madness and the NBA playoffs arrive with all their tantalizing fanfare, the hoops world must first endure an entirely different matchup.

Madness times, TV channels, streaming, schedule, how to watch NCAA Tournament first-round games Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21, 2025.

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All-American honors are rolling in for Mark Sears. See who else made the team with the Alabama basketball star.

NCAA Tournament game schedule, announcers, TV channels, times for first-round March Madness men's basketball games on CBS, TNT, TBS, TruTV this week.

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The Villanova team is swarmed by fans and media members after knocking off Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament championship ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves are 8-1 since Julius Randle returned from injury and look dangerous in the Western Conference. Here's why.

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The 2025 class of impending restricted free agents offers a little bit of everything enticing. Luke Fox takes a look at the ...

"The Great One" scored his final goal on March 29, 1999. "The Great Eight" could very well surpass that mark 26 years later. Ovechkin entered the 2024-25 NHL season with 853 career NHL goals.