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Tobe Awaka looks up on the court. Sports

From Lagos to the Final Four: Nigerian roots run through March Madness

Nigerian heritage continues to shape college basketball’s biggest stage

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Arkansas guard Darius Acuff Jr. has a growing spotlight in NCAA tournament

Freshman All-American is rising up draft boards after guiding Razorbacks to Sweet 16

Texas Western (UTEP) players celebrate in the locker roomafter defeating Kentucky in the championship game in 1966. Sports

Texas Western’s historic 1966 NCAA tournament title team still telling its story

Sixty years later, there’s more to the first-All-Black starting five to win an NCAA championship

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For South Carolina’s Dawn Staley, sting of championship loss is an unfamiliar feeling

Coach on UConn’s win: ‘They beat our ass, but they didn’t make us like it’

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Norfolk State head coach Larry Vickers is leaving to lead Auburn women’s program

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year led the Spartans to three straight NCAA tournaments

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After getting first NCAA tournament win, Southern is hungry to make more history

Head coach Carlos Funchess built his coaching philosophy around his experience as an assistant under his predecessor and his own time as a player

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Black coaches to watch in the 2025 NCAA women’s tournament

16 will lead teams among the field of 68 competitors

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Norfolk State wants to ‘shock the world’ after learning NCAA tournament seedings

Women’s team earns No. 13 seed and will face No. 4 seed Maryland while men’s team gets No. 16 seed and will play No. 1 seed Florida

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Coaches: Call to end automatic bids could squeeze mid-majors out of March Madness

Leaders of historically Black programs say proposal to eliminate automatic qualifiers would yield repercussions for their schools on and off the court

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