Indy's Mates Dominate in March Madness 2026: Elite Tournaments Secure Championship
Who are the players to watch? Which Cinderella team could break your bracket? Our contributors pick the winners, sleepers and upsets for this year’s men’s NCAA Tournament
Thomas Haugh (Florida); Brayden Burries (Arizona); Cameron Boozer (Duke). Composite: Guardian Pictures (via Getty) What are you most looking forward to, on or off the court? The annual bevy of trivia that accompanies an NCAA Tournament.
Have you heard there are two Miamis? Did you know Nebraska have never won a men’s tournament game? Are you aware that the Queens Royals have a “spirit animal” called Buddy the Street Dog?
Even more importantly, I’m looking forward to watching enough basketball over the next three weeks to crack 68/68 on the Sporcle quiz of this year’s mascots. EB That first Thursday and Friday remain two of the great days on the American sports calendar: noon-to-midnight hoops, four games on screen at a time, buzzer-beaters detonating out of nowhere and a campus or small college town you’ve never heard of suddenly becoming the center of the basketball universe. (And, to no one’s surprise, billions in lost productivity .
) The NCAA Tournament still trades in the romance that anything, and anyone, can take over March. BAG Related: Howard hold off UMBC in First Four for school’s first ever March Madness win Which freshman star will boost their stock the most? This year’s first-year class is loaded with talent and many NBA mock drafts project the top seven picks to be current freshmen.
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