ncaa title

Sure, questions remain. But after No. 1 Kentucky's 78-58 dismantling of No. 8 Florida, it's hard not to conclude that the youthful Wildcats are the NCAA title favorites, writes Luke Winn.

North Carolina was the heavy preseason NCAA title favorite. But true contenders just don't lose by 33 points as UNC did at Florida State, notes Andy Glockner in his latest Bubble Watch.

UConn's Huskies nab NCAA title as Butler's shooters go ice cold.

Butler coach Brad Stevens loves an underdog, whether it's his team back in the Final Four or Connecticut making an unprecedented five-games-in-five-nights run through the Big East tournament.

Wait, what? A Big East team as an underdog? The coach at tiny Butler cheering for big, bad UConn? Welcome to the bizarro world of college basketball in 2011 -- a sport where not only is anything possible,...

After 25 years, "Hoosiers" could use an update. One more win, and Butler will have the perfect script. Gordon Hayward had 19 points and nine rebounds, including one with 2 seconds left that sealed the game.

The small school looked anything but, taking down another of college basketball's biggest names with a 52-50 victory over Michigan State in the Final Four on Saturday.

North Carolina started fast, stepped off the gas for a little while, but the outcome of the 2009 men's NCAA Championship game was never in doubt.

The Tar Heels set a record for points in the first half en route to an 89-72 win against Michigan State on Monday and won their fifth NCAA title in the process, tying Indiana for third most among all schools.

The Jayhawks' third national title was not an upset along the lines of Danny Manning and the Miracles in 1988.

But it was a marvel of determination as Kansas came from six points down in the final 1 1/2 minutes of regulation.