Final Four, NCAA Tournament and Madness
Digest more
Top News
Overview
CBS Sports |
Duke has CBS Sports Player of the Year Cooper Flagg leading the best show in college hoops, but the Cougars and their experienced, physical team stand in the way aiming to bust into the season finale...
Reuters |
The Southeastern Conference will earn a whopping $70 million payout from the NCAA Tournament after sending a record 14 of its 16 schools to the Big Dance.
Read more on News Digest
Think of the Final Four this way: Auburn ranks higher at KenPom than all but six teams from 1997-2024, yet it ranks fourth in this Final Four and has BetMGM's longest odds to win it all at +525. Auburn would have been the favorite in 21 of the past 27 tournaments, if KenPom was used to set the odds.
One of those games is the Houston Cougars taking on the Duke Blue Devils in a showdown between two top programs in college basketball. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:49 p.m. ET, and the game will air on CBS. The victor will advance to face the Auburn-Florida winner in the National Championship on Monday.
This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.
But it’s his 34-point outing against Auburn in the Final Four on Saturday that has led to ESPN’s Jay Williams declaring he’d take him as high as No. 2 in the upcoming NBA Draft. He has him coming off the board right after Duke forward Cooper Flagg.
A couple of potential second-round picks for the Philadelphia 76ers put on a show in their Final Four matchup.
Here are the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 2025 and throughout history. Learn which players earned the prestigious honor in college basketball.