INDIANAPOLIS -- Before Michigan took the floor to face Gonzaga in the title game of the Players Era Championship back in November, Elliot Cadeau made a comment to his teammates.
"We're the best team ever assembled," Cadeau said at the time.
Michigan proceeded to go out and beat Gonzaga by 40.
From that point on, the Wolverines were the most dominant team in the country -- and they ended Monday the same way they looked all the way back on Thanksgiving Eve: as the best team in college basketball.
PHOENIX – The No. 1-seed UCLA women's basketball team defeated No. 1-seed South Carolina, 79-51, to win its first-ever NCAA Championship on Sunday afternoon before a capacity crowd at Mortgage Matchup Center.
Auburn may have missed out on the NCAA tournament, but the Tigers still ended the first season of the Steve Pearl era with a win.
LAS VEGAS -- Honor Huff made eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 38 to propel West Virginia to an 89-82 overtime victory over Oklahoma on Sunday in the championship game of the College Basketball Crown Tournament.
INDIANAPOLIS — Gannon men’s basketball reached a low-point in 2022-23. Its three wins were its fewest since the late 1940s and it had not won a PSAC Tournament game since 2017-18, which was also the last time it qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Three years, 92 wins and a couple PSAC tournament titles later, the Gannon Golden Knights are NCAA Division-II national champions for the first time in program history.
INDIANAPOLIS — Mary Washington's first Division III championship came in dramatic fashion. Mary Washington took down Emory, which was also in search of its first national championship 75-73 in the waning seconds at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Using their stout defense, Freed-Hardeman University’s Lions held off the Langston Lions to bring home the Maude Naismith Trophy and the Big Red Banner for the second time in three years as 2026 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Champions.
South Florida’s men’s basketball team is heading back to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 14 years.
CHICAGO — Oscar Cluff scored 21 points, Trey Kaufman-Renn had 20 and No. 18 Purdue topped No. 3 Michigan 80-72 on Sunday for the Big Ten Tournament championship.
VCU is going back to the NCAA Tournament. The Rams punched their ticket to March Madness by winning the Atlantic 10 Championship on Sunday, knocking off the Dayton Flyers 70-62 in Pittsburgh. Back-to-back A-10 titles. A 27-7 record. And a fan base that is absolutely losing its mind right now, and rightfully so. This wasn’t a fluke. This wasn’t a Cinderella moment handed to them. VCU went out and took it.
NASHVILLE, TN. (KLRT) – The Arkansas men’s basketball team has clinched their first SEC Tournament Championship since 2000 with a win over Vanderbilt on Sunday.
Penn basketball and former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery are going dancing for the first time since 2018.
PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Dominique Daniels Jr. hit three 3-pointers in the final two minutes and finished with 23 points on Saturday night to help No. 2 seed Cal Baptist beat top-seeded Utah Valley 63-61 to win the final Western Athletic Conference Tournament and clinch the first NCAA Tournament berth in program history.
For the first time in a decade, the Hawaii men’s basketball team is NCAA Tournament-bound.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- — Isaiah Evans scored 20 points, Cameron Boozer made two free throws with 3.9 seconds to seal the game and No. 1 Duke defeated No. 10 Virginia 74-70 on Saturday night for its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship under coach Jon Scheyer and its third title in the past four years.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Jaden Harris and Amir Taylor combined to score 35 points and No. 6 seed Kennesaw State defeated No. 4 seed Louisiana Tech to win their first Conference USA championship and clinch a berth to the NCAA Tournament.
ATLANTA — Prairie View A&M is SWAC champs after holding off a furious Southern rally late for a 72-66 win in Atlanta Sunday.
The best story doesn’t always mean the best team.
NEW YORK -- — With another St. John's championship salted away, Zuby Ejiofor walked slowly to the sideline with seconds remaining, tears trickling down the senior forward's face as he lowered his 6-foot-9 frame for multiple hugs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Arizona guard Jaden Bradley had just emerged from the locker room, his left wrist tightly taped after a collision left him holding it in pain. Koa Peat was mired in foul trouble, and Houston was making a big run in the Big 12 tournament title game