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The NCAA has a long and dubious history of soaring oration followed by maddening stagnation. But the talk from the NCAA presidential summit gave reason for optimism.

TULSA, Okla. -- The NCAA tournament is back here for the first time in 26 years, and in a shiny modern arena -- the BOK Center. Historically speaking, this has been a good town in which to launch a big tournament performance. In five previous NCAA...

An absolutely classic night of postseason basketball led to the eviction of 18 teams from the national championship chase. We have 171 left. There were four overtime games, two of them double OT. There were two other one-point games won on shots i...

It was a light night on the chopping block. Only seven teams were definitively trimmed from the list of national title contenders Monday, reducing the field to 189 and setting the stage for bigger cuts to come. The toughest cuts came in the Colon...

We're under 200 contenders left for the national championship after an upsetting Sunday. The official number is now 196, after 20 more teams bit the dust. It was a tough day for No. 1 seeds, who had no interest in ending up on this list instead of...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky fans can start flexing their index fingers. Twenty minutes until their Wildcats are No. 1 for the first time since 2003. Arkansas hasn't even made UK work for its return to the summit, turning in an awful first half. The...