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Aliyah Boston Wants People to Forget That Moment Against Stanford

Her move to Massachusetts from the Virgin Islands at age 12 exposed her to a world of basketball possibilities. Now she’s leading top-ranked South Carolina...

The N.C.A.A. Tournament’s Sweet 16 Is Open for the Taking

Even with some surprises, all the teams left have good cases to make that they can make a run toward the Final Four.

Badgers’ Home-State Plans Become Celebration for Opposing Wisconsinites

Iowa State, led by the Milwaukee-born Coach T.J. Otzelberger and the freshman point guard Tyrese Hunter of nearby Racine, upstaged a Wisconsin team that was...

L.S.U.’s Mess of a Season Ends Amid Coach’s Firing

The team played without its former head coach, Will Wade, who was fired along with an assistant coach amid allegations that he illegally paid recruits.

How Sedona Prince Spurred the Conversation on Equity in March Madness

Sedona Prince’s viral TikTok from the 2021 N.C.A.A. women’s tournament led to a gender equity review in college basketball and to changes in the women’s...

2022 NCAA Tournament: Who Will Win it All? Bracket Analysis and Picks

The N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament is filled with juicy matchups, interesting players and potential surprises.

L.S.U. Men’s Basketball Coach Fired After N.C.A.A. Alleges Violations

Will Wade was accused by N.C.A.A. regulators of offering cash and jobs to lure recruits.

A Coach’s Homophobic Taunt Forces Him to Reconsider the Weight of Words

Russell Turner, the U.C. Irvine men’s basketball coach, kept his job, but rethought his place in a male sports culture that often includes casual homophobia,...

Across Town, Tony Bland Is Adjusting to a Different World

Bland, a former U.S.C. assistant coach arrested in 2017 as part of an F.B.I. investigation, is now coaching at a Los Angeles-area high school. He...

Against Villanova, Providence Gets a Taste of the Big Games Ahead

For much of its history, Providence has struggled to be more than an afterthought in the Big East Conference. Its hopes this year depend on...