Howard hold off UMBC in First Four for school’s first ever March Madness win

Howard earn first NCAA win with late heroics as Texas edge NC State on a buzzer-beater in a dramatic First Four doubleheader in Dayton

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‘Everyone in Nashville is a Vandy fan’: how Shea Ralph sparked a women’s basketball revival in Music City

Shaped by two coaching legends in Pat Summitt and Geno Auriemma, Ralph has Vanderbilt poised to make an NCAA Tournament run

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Iowa State’s Audi Crooks is a velveteen unicorn – and March’s biggest matchup problem

Crooks is one of college basketball’s most fascinating stars, blending power and touch in a throwback game that could carry the Cyclones deep into March

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