The Houston Cougars like mixing it up — and turning things ugly. Their hard-nosed defense has been a staple throughout coach Kelvin Sampson's 11-year tenure, and it served them well again in Indianapolis against two teams with much larger fan bases,

MSU head coach Tom Izzo fell to 8-3 in Elite Eight games in a night that was all Auburn from the start in March Madness, March 30, 2025 in Atlanta.

Madness continues Sunday with four more Elite Eight games in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments. The women started things off, with defending champion South Carolina outlasting Duke to return to the Final Four.

Since March Madness expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the only other year that all four top-seeded teams from their respective regions earned Final Four spots was 2008. That year, Kansas won a national title with an overtime victory over Memphis.

The LSU star had a bloody nose in the second half of the Tigers’ 72-65 loss to No. 1 UCLA on Sunday afternoon at Spokane Arena in Washington. That knocked them out of the NCAA women's tournament and sent the Bruins, who earned the No. 1 overall seed in the event, into the Final Four.