Michigan Ends the Loyola-Chicago Dream in the Final Four

The Wolverines beat the enthralling Ramblers to advance to the N.C.A.A. men’s championship game.

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In Need of an Emergency Goalie, the Blackhawks Turned to an Accountant. Nothing Got by Him.

Scott Foster, 36, was called in as an emergency goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. He blocked all seven shots that came his way.

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What N.C.A.A. Women’s Finalists Share: Big Shots That Felled a Giant

Mississippi State did the unthinkable last year, beating UConn with a late jumper in the national semifinals. Notre Dame did it this year. On Sunday, they’ll meet in this year’s final.

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Sidney Crosby and Penguins Try to Peak at the Right Time

After a slow start, the two-time defending champions

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Final Four Matchups: What to Expect From Michigan-Loyola and Villanova-Kansas

Michigan faces Loyola-Chicago in Saturday’s first semifinal, and two No. 1 seeds, Villanova and Kansas, meet in the second.

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The University Is Fake. The Laughs Are Real.

Maguire University has attended every Final Four weekend since 1963, which is pretty good when one considers the school doesn’t exist.

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An Edmonton Oiler Nudges Diversity Forward in the N.H.L.

Jujhar Khaira of the Oilers is nearing the end of his first full season in the N.H.L., where he is the only active player of Indian descent.

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Rangers’ Home Finale Becomes an Unexpected Reunion

The Rangers, out of playoff contention for the first time since 2004, come face-to-face with several former teammates on the Lightning on Friday.

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Blackhawks Turn to Accountant in Goal

Scott Foster, a former college goalie, was pressed into action when Chicago lost two goalies to injuries.

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The Coach, the Rivalry and the Stolen Blazer

Porter Moser denies he was behind the disappearance of a rival coach’s sport coat during a game years ago, but the tale of what became of it might make Sister Jean blush.

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When Loyola-Chicago Broke a Racial Barrier 55 Years Ago

Before it won its only N.C.A.A. championship in 1963, it played the “Game of Change,” sending out an integrated team to face an all-white one from Mississippi State.

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On College Basketball: At UConn, No Losses and No Apologies

As UConn storms into its 11th straight Final Four, its coach and its opponents push back on the recurring grumble that the Huskies’ success is bad for women’s basketball.

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On College Basketball: Loyola-Chicago Teammates Have Been Winning Together Since Third Grade

Guards Ben Richardson and Clayton Custer grew up together in Overland Park, Kan., and talked about playing in the Final Four. On Saturday, they will.

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Vegas Golden Knights Qualify for the Playoffs in Their First Season

With a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday, Vegas became the first expansion team to clinch a N.H.L. playoff berth.

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You Know Sister Jean. Meet Father Rob.

Villanova has a beloved, long-tenured team chaplain, too, but he wants no part of a rivalry with Loyola-Chicago’s Sister Jean.

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Riveters’ Core Four Leads Way to First N.W.H.L. Championship

New York’s women’s hockey team had a rough start in 2015, but four original members kept at it and became champions on Sunday when they beat the Buffalo Beauts.

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Kansas Edges Duke in Overtime to Reach the Final Four

The top-seeded Jayhawks will face another No. 1 seed, Villanova, in the national semifinals after defeating Duke, 85-81, in overtime.

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A’ja Wilson and South Carolina Seek a Title With No Asterisks

National champions a year ago without having to face UConn, this time Wilson and South Carolina need to get through the powerful Huskies to reach the Final Four.

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Villanova Returns to Final Four After Holding Off Texas Tech

The No. 1 Wildcats emerged amid a bracket full of upsets to become the first top-seeded team to reach the national semifinals.

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Loyola-Chicago Is in the Final Four After a Rout of Kansas State

The 11th-seeded Ramblers, who won their first three tournament games by a combined 4 points, rolled over Kansas State on Saturday night in the South Regional final.

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N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: South Carolina Eliminates Upstart Buffalo

Second-seeded South Carolina, whose, only losses this season have come against ranked teams, ended a surprising run by 11th-seeded Buffalo of the Mid-American Conference.

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Fueling the UConn-Duke Rivalry, a Player Who Played for Both

Azura Stevens’s transfer to Connecticut from Duke in 2016 created tension between two successful women’s basketball programs that were to meet on Saturday in the N.C.A.A. tournament.

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Ohio State’s Secret Weapon? An Assistant Coach

Steve Miller’s colleagues say championships seem to follow him around. Now he’s trying to bring one to the Buckeyes.

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Two Underdogs Join the Party, Linked by More Than a Conference

Central Michigan and Buffalo, two No. 11 seeds out of the Mid-American Conference, arrived in the round of 16 with more in common than you know.

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Donte DiVincenzo and Trevon Duval Give Delaware Hoops a Moment

The state is small, and more of a hotbed for lacrosse than basketball. But it has two players in the round of 16 of the N.C.A.A. tournament to rally around.

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Chris Kelly and Brian Gionta Go From the Olympics to the N.H.L. Playoff Hunt

When the N.H.L. decided not to participate in the Olympics, it provided a unique opportunity for less-heralded players. The Olympics, in turn, provided a path to the N.H.L.

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College Coaches Cannot Be Contained

The N.C.A.A expanded the space college basketball coaches have to stalk the sideline. This “coach’s box” still isn’t big enough for the most hyperactive sideline generals.

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Dan Hurley Is Hired as UConn’s Coach

Hurley, the former coach at Rhode Island and Wagner, will replace Kevin Ollie and attempt to make the Huskies relevant again in college basketball.

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Sports of The Times: Sisters of Sister Jean Embrace Her Loyola Team and Marvel at Her Fame

At the Iowa home of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt is more than an overnight superstar at the N.C.A.A. tournament.

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A Day in the Life of Sister Jean, Media Darling

A 98-year-old nun has become the biggest star of the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament. And she is loving every minute of it.

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The Cat-Loving Michigan Star Who Slipped Through the Cracks

In an alternate universe, one in which U.M.B.C. and Sister Jean had not commanded so much attention, Michigan’s Jordan Poole might be a bigger deal in this year’s N.C.A.A. basketball tournament.

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The Blackhawks Adjust to the View From the Bottom

Chicago, which has won three Stanley Cups since 2010, will miss the N.H.L. playoffs for the first time in a decade.

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Larry Kwong, 94, Dies; N.H.L.’s First Player of Asian Descent

Known as the China Clipper, he played only one shift of one game for the Rangers in 1948. But that was enough to earn him a place in hockey history.

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At the Paralympics, Sled Hockey Is Not Necessarily a Young Man’s Game

Five players over the age of 50 are competing at the Pyeongchang Games, including 61-year-old Shinobu Fukushima of Japan.

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Kelsey Mitchell, a Coach’s Daughter, Is Chasing Records and Wins

In a win over George Washington, Ohio State’s Mitchell was limited to 11 points, but she was happy to trade individual success for team success.

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After Beating No. 1, U.M.B.C. Falls to a No. 9

Two days after pulling off the biggest upset in N.C.A.A. men’s tournament history against top-seeded Virginia, Maryland-Baltimore County lost to Kansas State, 50-43.

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Texas A&M Swats Second-Seeded North Carolina From Tournament

A huge block in the first half set the tone in a game in which the Tar Heels were forced out to the perimeter and could not catch up.

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Clarkson Claims Third N.C.A.A. Women’s Hockey Title in Five Years

Clarkson defeated its upstate New York rival Colgate, 2-1, in overtime to win its second consecutive national title and third since 2014.

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N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: Oregon State Upsets Tennessee

The Beavers triumphed by a score of 66-59. In other games, Louisville beat Marquette and North Carolina State beat Maryland.

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N.C.A.A. Men’s Tournament: Purdue Survives Without Isaac Haas

Butler had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds, but Purdue made it through to the Round of 16 without their senior center.

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Freshman’s Desperate Shot Saves Michigan at the Buzzer

Jordan Poole hit a long 3-pointer as time ran out to keep Michigan’s season alive and win it a berth in the Sweet 16.

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After Historic Victory, U.M.B.C. Students Look Forward to the Next … Lab

It wasn’t exactly mass hysteria Saturday on the campus that wins chess championships the way Duke collects basketball ones. The model U.N. team is tough, too.

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N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: UConn Scores 94 Points (by Halftime)

UConn set a tournament record for points in a game and overall records for points in a period (55 in the first) and a half (94 in the first).

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A Little-Known University Stuns No. 1 Virginia? You Must Mean Chaminade

In 1982, a small Hawaiian university defeated top-ranked Virginia, cementing the school’s place in the history of great college basketball upsets.

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Lesson Learned, Villanova Crushes Alabama to Advance to Round of 16

Top-seeded Villanova had no problem with Alabama on Saturday afternoon, winning, 81-58.

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The Human Behind the U.M.B.C. Twitter Feed Takes a Victory Lap Too

As the Retrievers pulled off the greatest upset in the history of the men’s basketball tournament, Zach Seidel’s posts resonated on social media.

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On College Basketball: Virginia Loses in a Way No One Will Ever Forget

Virginia’s defeat against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County may have been historic and shocking, but it is explainable.

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Duke’s Basketball Managers Strive to Be (What Else?) Elite

To be a manager on the team Coach K runs is about so much more than towels and rebounds.

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How Good Is That Women’s Player? Look a Little Deeper

A new advanced statistics site for women’s college basketball offers new ways to judge a player’s value.

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Arizona’s N.C.A.A. Loss Caps Miserable Year for Pac-12

After going 1-8 in college football bowls, the Pac-12 was 0-3 in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament.

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March Madness 2018 Live: TV Schedule, Bracket and Top Story Lines

The first round of the 2018 men’s N.C.A.A. tournament continues on Friday. Stay here for live scores, updates and analysis.

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She Took Over Ohio State’s Scarred Hockey Program. A Title Is 2 Wins Away.

Nadine Muzerall, who was a star player at the University of Minnesota, has the Buckeyes in the Frozen Four just two years after she became their coach in the wake of two scandals.

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Northeastern, With a Productive Offense and an Ace in the Net, Sets Lofty Goals

Northeastern won the Beanpot for the first time in 30 years. Now the Huskies have set their sights on a Hockey East title and an N.C.A.A. championship.

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March Madness 2018: N.C.A.A Tournament Top Story Lines

The first round of the 2018 men’s N.C.A.A. tournament begins Thursday. Stay here for live scores, updates and analysis.

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Michigan Puts the Short Back in Its Shorts

The heirs to the Wolverines’ baggy Fab Five tradition prefer a more tailored look.

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Bob Huggins Is March’s Author-in-Residence

The West Virginia coach is a fixture of the N.C.A.A. tournament. He has also written nine books.

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Iona Welcomes Transfers and Reaps the Rewards

Iona clinched its N.C.A.A. tournament berth with the help of several transfers, a formula that is nothing new for Coach Tim Cluess.

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The Nun in Loyola-Chicago’s Huddle Has a Few Things to Say

Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, 98, compiles scouting reports and supportive emails for the Ramblers every game. But it is in her game day prayers that she really finds her voice.

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To N.C.A.A. Bracketologists, It’s Who’s In, Not Who Wins

To some who follow the N.C.A.A. tournament closely, the real science is in picking the field itself, not the champion.

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The Best and Worst of the N.C.A.A. Tournament

Some teams score, some teams defend. Michigan State does it all.

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Pac-12 Task Force Recommends Sweeping Changes in Wake of N.C.A.A. Investigation

A report commissioned by the conference called for ending the N.B.A.’s so-called one-and-done rule, as well as limiting shoe companies’ presence in college basketball.

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Potential N.C.A.A. Bracket Busters. You’ve Been Warned.

Could a No. 16 beat a No. 1? We think this could be the year.

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N.C.A.A. Bracket Predictions: Who Tournament Experts Pick

There is no shortage of experts with advice to guide you to all the winners. Here’s a roundup of selections from people in a position to know.

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N.C.A.A. Tournament Snubs 2018: Who Didn’t Make the Cut?

Every year, somebody’s favorite team gets left out. Here are this year’s snubs.

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Ten Myths About Your N.C.A.A. Bracket

Bracketology comes with many assumptions and suppositions. Be careful what you believe.

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On College Basketball: Virginia Tops N.C.A.A. Bracket in a Season Marked by Scandal

Virginia, with a smothering defense and the pace of a manatee, is the team to beat in the N.C.A.A. tournament.

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N.C.A.A. Selection Sunday 2018: What to Watch and Top Seeds

Virginia, Villanova, Kansas and Xavier look to be the top seeds in the tournament. Stay here for live updates, predictions and analysis on Selection Sunday.

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N.C.A.A. Selection Show: How to Watch, and What’s New

The annual unveiling of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament moves to TBS this year from its longtime home on CBS. But there will be other changes, too.

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Kevin Ollie Is Out as UConn Coach

The University of Connecticut said it was firing Ollie, its men’s basketball coach, for cause, citing an N.C.A.A. inquiry into recruiting violations.

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Big East Puts Basketball on a Pedestal, and Likes How It Looks

Five years after splitting with football-playing conference members to focus on basketball, the Big East celebrated another competitive tournament and two teams in the nation’s top five.

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Steve Cash Was Already the World’s Best Sled Hockey Goalie. Then He Got a Coach.

Last year, USA Hockey tasked Jason Wolfe with a weighty mission: make a two-time gold medal-winning goaltender even better.

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Louisville Bows Out of A.C.C. Tournament and Now Waits for a Call

Eliminated from the A.C.C. tournament by Virginia, Cardinals Coach David Padgett argued his team had won enough, and endured enough, to earn a place in the N.C.A.A. tournament.

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Works in Progress: The Finest vs. the Bravest, on the Ice

The annual charity hockey game between New York police officers and firefighters has become increasingly intense — and an impossible ticket to get.

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Collapse Leaves Trae Young and Oklahoma Awaiting N.C.A.A. Fate

The Sooners and their exciting freshman guard are in jeopardy of missing the N.C.A.A. tournament, something unthinkable in January.

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When College Basketball Teams Invade New York, an Empty Gym Is Hard to Find

The 25 men’s college basketball teams competing this week in the Big East and Atlantic Coast Conference tournaments all need places to practice.

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On College Basketball: Chris Mullin Preaches the Power of One Day at a Time

During a long losing streak, the St. John’s basketball coach asked his players, “Where do you think I was on this date 30 years ago?” The answer was rehab.

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South Carolina Ends Mississippi State’s Streak and Extends Its Own

The Gamecocks won their fourth straight SEC tournament title, ending the Bulldogs’ 32-game winning streak in the process.

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Michigan Locks Down Purdue and Wins 2nd Straight Big Ten Tournament Title

Zavier Simpson led a stout defensive effort and scored 10 points in leading the fifth-seeded Wolverines to a title at Madison Square Garden.

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On College Basketball: Go to the N.B.A., College Stars, and Don’t Look Back

LeBron James recently said, “I don’t know if there’s any fixing the N.C.A.A.” He might be right.

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Arizona Coach Sean Miller Denies Offering to Pay Top Recruit

Miller, 49, is among several coaches and basketball players who have been linked to a vast recruiting scandal that is being investigated by federal prosecutors.

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