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The First Four of the NCAA tournament, explained
In 2011, the NCAA tournament expanded again, to 68 teams, and the First Four was created to trim the number of teams from 68 to 64 for the first round. As of the 2025 tournament, there are ...
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11 Seeds Play in the First Four in the NCAA Tournament Because of How It's Set Up
The First Four games of the NCAA tournament involved some 11 seeds in 2025, leading some to wonder why teams with higher ...
Mount St. Mary’s opens NCAA Tournament vs. American in First Four; winner faces No. 1 Duke
Mount St. Mary’s, fresh off a win Saturday in the MAAC Tournament final, will play American on Wednesday in an NCAA ...
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How First Four teams do in the NCAA tournament
Since 2011, the NCAA tournament welcomes 68 teams each year. But to get to 64, we first have to play the First Four. In those games, the last four automatic qualifiers and the last four ...
Columbia women get first NCAA Tournament win ever, rallying to beat Washington 63-60 in First Four
Riley Weiss scored 14 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter to help Columbia rally from a 13-point halftime deficit and beat ...
How to buy tickets for Michigan State basketball's Elite Eight game in NCAA tournament
Michigan State is moving on to the Elite Eight! Here's how you can get tickets to the game and how much it will cost.
Statement win: UNC basketball dominates SD State in First Four, advances to face Ole Miss
The last team in the field and the subject of plenty of criticism the past two days, UNC put the hammer down early to win its ...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Alabama makes record 25 3s in rout of BYU to reach Elite Eight; Florida ousts Maryland
Alabama broke the 35-year-old NCAA Tournament record for 3-pointers with 25, a relentless spree that ushered the ...