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Friday

Cooper Flagg, right, and Kon Knueppel of the Duke Blue Devils react after Flagg scored a three-point basket to end the first half against the Arizona Wildcats in the East Regional Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Prudential Center on March 27, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Liam McNeeley #30 of the Connecticut Huskies shoots the ball while defended by Mohamed Wague #5 of the Oklahoma Sooners during the first half in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lenovo Center on March 21, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Thursday

From left: coach and former player, former player, current player. Darryl Oumi/Getty Images; Steph Chambers/Getty Images; Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

From left: Shohei Ohtani, Te-Hina Paopao, former U.S. President Donald J. Trump Matt Krohn, Getty Images; Steph Chambers/Getty Images; Megan Briggs/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

North Carolina State's DJ Burns Jr. (left) drives against Marquette's Oso Ighodaro during their Sweet 16 game in the men's NCAA Tournament in Dallas on Friday. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

Alissa Pili #35 of the Utah Utes is introduced before the game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at McCarthey Athletic Center on March 25, 2024, in Spokane, Wash. Steph Chambers/Getty Images hide caption

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Police investigating racial harassment of NCAA women's basketball team in Idaho

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Saturday

Wednesday

The University of Miami Hurricanes (mascot: Sebastian the Ibis) played the University of Indiana Hoosiers (no mascot at all) during the second round of the NCAA men's tournament in 2023. The Hurricanes won, just saying. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Thursday

Caitlin Clark shoots the ball against the Purdue Boilermakers in January in West Lafayette, Indiana. Andy Lyons/Getty Images hide caption

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Caitlin Clark — a 'tsunami of impact and influence' — breaks the NCAA scoring record

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Wednesday

Indiana University coach Bobby Knight, here in the 1987 semifinals, led his Hoosiers to the NCAA men's basketball championship that year. Bob Jordan/AP hide caption

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Hall of Fame basketball coach Bobby Knight has died at 83

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Tuesday

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Friday

All men's NCAA Basketball Tournament games are being held in Indiana in a makeshift coronavirus bubble. Purdue's Mackey Arena in West Lafayette is hosting some of the early games. Justin Casterline/Getty Images hide caption

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