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UCLA coach Steve Alford is trying to distance himself from a sexual assualt case involving one of his players at Iowa. Trouble is, the picture he paints of the case is not reality.

From the East Coast to the Heartland, conference tournaments will take center stage this week and storylines abound. Here are the ones our writers will watch most closely.

Basketball knowledge? Ha! There are much more important factors to consider when filling out your NCAA tourney bracket. Here are the top six ways to win your pool.

An investment fraud scheme promises to wreak havoc and the Dodgers lose again. Here's what else you missed last night.

The women's NCAA champion will be determined tonight in Indianapolis. Texas A&M looks to win its first-ever national title. Standing in the Aggies' way is Notre Dame, which has knocked off top seeds Tennessee and UConn.

In honor of all the feel-good stories from the Final Fours -- and as a welcomed respite from the negativity that too often surrounds athletics -- Julie Foudy made a list of why she love sports.

But tonight's women's championship matchup between Notre Dame and Texas A&M will bring the game back into the HDTV era in living color.

The UConn Huskies crushed the Butler Bulldogs Monday night to win their third national championship in school history. All of those titles have come under Jim Calhoun, who became the oldest coach to win a title. Here's what else you missed last night.

How do six little kids get front row seats at the biggest college basketball game of the year? espnW's Sarah Spain learned of their very special connection to UConn.

After hundreds of student tickets went unclaimed, UConn decided to bulk up its student section for tonight's national title game with seat fillers from local colleges.

Blue II, the mascot of the Butler Bulldogs, has taken the basketball world by storm. Whether he's enjoying a spa day, feasting on room service or making national television appearances, Blue is clearly the top dog in the NCAA tourney.

Butler plays in its second consecutive NCAA basketball championship game tonight, continuing a remarkable underdog story. espnW's Amanda Rykoff isn't buying a friend's statement that the Bulldogs' recent success is bad for college basketball.

If you picked your brackets based on animal mascots, you'd be doing really well right now with the UConn Huskies and Butler Bulldogs set to tip at 9:23 p.m. ET in tonight's NCAA title game. If hoops isn't your thing, we've got baseball and NHL action.

The men's and the women's championship games are set, and there will be no top seeds playing in either game this year. Maya Moore's college career at UConn came to an end on Sunday as the Huskies men prepared to face Butler in Monday's championship game.

By weekend's end, we will know which two teams will be playing in both the men's and the women's NCAA tournament championship games. It's a big weekend for UConn, as both the men and the women are playing in this year's Final Four.

Everybody is talking college basketball right now. On the eve of the biggest dances of the Big Dance -- the men's and women's Final Fours -- we had a chance to talk hoops with college basketball and WNBA legend Lisa Leslie.