The fields of the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships will increase from 68 teams to 76 starting in 2027. The first 12 games will be called the March Madness Opening Round for both tournaments.

The 2026 NCAA Tournament continues on Friday with four more Sweet 16 games on the slate that will determine the final eight teams in the field. Only one of those teams will be crowned as college basketball's national champion next month in Indianapolis,

Illinois entered the Final Four with the best offense in college basketball. It wasn’t enough on Saturday to overcome UConn’s disciplined defense and inside-out attack. UConn disrupted Illinois’ normally efficient offense and rode its own balanced ...

Michigan and UConn have legacies on the line Monday night. Can you stay up late enough to see it play out? Fans have complained about the start time for the national championship for several years, and those complaints started to get through to the NCAA ...

The 2026 NCAA Tournament has come to a close, and Michigan finds itself on top of the basketball world after beating UConn 69-63. The Huskies, who pulled off one of the NCAA Tournament's great last-minute comebacks against Duke in the Elite Eight,

Where to watch women's March Madness games: All women's tournament games will be available across ESPN's suite of channels, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPNews. The championship final on April 5 will be broadcast on ABC. Every game of the 2026 women ...

At long last, we’ve reached the 2026 national championship game. UConn and Michigan will meet in Indianapolis with a chance to etch their programs into the annals of history. Sports Illustrated looks back at the past 25 seasons from 2000–01 to ’24 ...