Investigation? N.C.A.A. Scrutiny? Business as Usual in Grassroots Hoops A federal probe and criticism from an N.C.A.A. commission led by Condoleezza Rice have done little to change how shoe companies in youth basketball operate. By MARC TRACY
Career Turn: From N.C.A.A. Star to Grammy-Nominated D.J. An illness ended Tucker Halpern’s basketball career, but eight months in bed led him down a career path he didn’t expect: into music, as part of the dance pop duo Sofi Tukker. By JOE DRAPE
N.C.A.A. Panel Proposes Reforms, Including End to ‘One and Done’ Condoleezza Rice and her commission have ideas for cleaning up college basketball. But they don’t challenge the longtime requirement that the players be amateurs. By MARC TRACY
Darius Bazley Charts Yet Another Path to the N.B.A.: The Development League Bazley, a top high school prospect, is set to skip college for the N.B.A.’s development league. More players like him might follow in his footsteps. By ADAM ZAGORIA
Kansas and North Carolina State Named in New Federal Charges The scope of the college basketball recruitment corruption scandal grew, with prosecutors saying that money was funneled to players who went to Kansas and N.C. State. By MARC TRACY and JOE DRAPE
On College Basketball Donte DiVincenzo Is Villanova’s Newest Star. Next Year It’ll Be Someone Else. What makes Villanova the class of college basketball is a sustainable model of success that draws top players who sacrifice to play for the Wildcats. By MARC TRACY
How a College Basketball Reporter Keeps Up With the Madness Every year, Marc Tracy goes into the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament with a handful of ideas and narratives. Then events blow them up. By MARC TRACY
Juggernaut Villanova Crushes Michigan to Win N.C.A.A. Championship Behind the hot shooting of Donte DiVincenzo, the Wildcats concluded their dominant run through the 2018 N.C.A.A. tournament. By ZACH SCHONBRUN
Notre Dame 61, Mississippi State 58 Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale Beats Buzzer — Again — to Give Irish the Title Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer with 0.1 of a second left to give the Irish its first championship since 2001. By JERÉ LONGMAN
On College Basketball What Happened to College Hoops? Don’t Worry, the Kids Are All Right The current game has lost some of its majesty and innocence. But no matter how hard the adults try to spoil it, they cannot. There’s too much magic. By JOE DRAPE
On College Basketball Michigan vs. Villanova: Keys to the N.C.A.A. Final It’s not quite David vs. Goliath, but Villanova should be considered a strong favorite over Michigan. Here’s how they match up. By MARC TRACY
Villanova Rolls Over Kansas to Reach Its Second N.C.A.A. Final in Three Seasons The Wildcats, who won the national title in 2016, beat Kansas on Saturday night with a barrage of 3-pointers. By ZACH SCHONBRUN
Michigan Ends Loyola-Chicago’s Long, Wild Ride in the Final Four Led by Moritz Wagner, the Wolverines beat the enthralling underdogs from Loyola to advance to the N.C.A.A. men’s championship game. By MARC TRACY
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. By JERÉ LONGMAN
Notre Dame, a UConn Nemesis, Topples the Huskies in a Final Four Thriller The Irish have now beaten UConn, the juggernaut of women’s basketball, four times in the national semifinals since 2001. By JERÉ LONGMAN
Mississippi State Earns Second Straight Trip to Women’s Final The Bulldogs, who defeated UConn in last year’s Final Four, beat Louisville in overtime on Friday night after tying the score with a late 3-pointer in regulation. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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. By MARC TRACY and ZACH SCHONBRUN
The University Is Fake. The Laughs Are Real. Maguire University has attended every Final Four weekend since 1963. That’s pretty good for a school that doesn’t exist. By ZACH SCHONBRUN
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. By DAVID WALDSTEIN
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. By VICTOR MATHER
Investigation? N.C.A.A. Scrutiny? Business as Usual in Grassroots Hoops A federal probe and criticism from an N.C.A.A. commission led by Condoleezza Rice have done little to change how shoe companies in youth basketball operate. By MARC TRACY
Career Turn: From N.C.A.A. Star to Grammy-Nominated D.J. An illness ended Tucker Halpern’s basketball career, but eight months in bed led him down a career path he didn’t expect: into music, as part of the dance pop duo Sofi Tukker. By JOE DRAPE
N.C.A.A. Panel Proposes Reforms, Including End to ‘One and Done’ Condoleezza Rice and her commission have ideas for cleaning up college basketball. But they don’t challenge the longtime requirement that the players be amateurs. By MARC TRACY
Darius Bazley Charts Yet Another Path to the N.B.A.: The Development League Bazley, a top high school prospect, is set to skip college for the N.B.A.’s development league. More players like him might follow in his footsteps. By ADAM ZAGORIA
Kansas and North Carolina State Named in New Federal Charges The scope of the college basketball recruitment corruption scandal grew, with prosecutors saying that money was funneled to players who went to Kansas and N.C. State. By MARC TRACY and JOE DRAPE
On College Basketball Donte DiVincenzo Is Villanova’s Newest Star. Next Year It’ll Be Someone Else. What makes Villanova the class of college basketball is a sustainable model of success that draws top players who sacrifice to play for the Wildcats. By MARC TRACY
How a College Basketball Reporter Keeps Up With the Madness Every year, Marc Tracy goes into the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament with a handful of ideas and narratives. Then events blow them up. By MARC TRACY
Juggernaut Villanova Crushes Michigan to Win N.C.A.A. Championship Behind the hot shooting of Donte DiVincenzo, the Wildcats concluded their dominant run through the 2018 N.C.A.A. tournament. By ZACH SCHONBRUN
Notre Dame 61, Mississippi State 58 Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale Beats Buzzer — Again — to Give Irish the Title Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer with 0.1 of a second left to give the Irish its first championship since 2001. By JERÉ LONGMAN
On College Basketball What Happened to College Hoops? Don’t Worry, the Kids Are All Right The current game has lost some of its majesty and innocence. But no matter how hard the adults try to spoil it, they cannot. There’s too much magic. By JOE DRAPE
On College Basketball Michigan vs. Villanova: Keys to the N.C.A.A. Final It’s not quite David vs. Goliath, but Villanova should be considered a strong favorite over Michigan. Here’s how they match up. By MARC TRACY
Villanova Rolls Over Kansas to Reach Its Second N.C.A.A. Final in Three Seasons The Wildcats, who won the national title in 2016, beat Kansas on Saturday night with a barrage of 3-pointers. By ZACH SCHONBRUN
Michigan Ends Loyola-Chicago’s Long, Wild Ride in the Final Four Led by Moritz Wagner, the Wolverines beat the enthralling underdogs from Loyola to advance to the N.C.A.A. men’s championship game. By MARC TRACY
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. By JERÉ LONGMAN
Notre Dame, a UConn Nemesis, Topples the Huskies in a Final Four Thriller The Irish have now beaten UConn, the juggernaut of women’s basketball, four times in the national semifinals since 2001. By JERÉ LONGMAN
Mississippi State Earns Second Straight Trip to Women’s Final The Bulldogs, who defeated UConn in last year’s Final Four, beat Louisville in overtime on Friday night after tying the score with a late 3-pointer in regulation. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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. By MARC TRACY and ZACH SCHONBRUN
The University Is Fake. The Laughs Are Real. Maguire University has attended every Final Four weekend since 1963. That’s pretty good for a school that doesn’t exist. By ZACH SCHONBRUN
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. By DAVID WALDSTEIN
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. By VICTOR MATHER
