For the first time in more than a decade, NCAA and college sports leaders are committed to a serious and thorough examination of expanding March Madness. The tournament generates hundreds of millions in revenue annually for the NCAA and its 1,100 member schools. Making significant changes to the tournament in the near term will be difficult, if not impossible.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has a postgame workout routine that's paying dividends even though he was recently sidelined. The 6-foot-2 guard is doing all he can to prolong his career even as lingering injuries creep in more often and demand management. The Warriors need him to be at his best. Golden State is battling for homecourt in the postseason, which could be pivotal in defending the title. The champs' road struggles have been well-documented as the team is only 7-26 away from home.

The NBA's West is an absolute mess, and the middle of the pack — the race for the last two guaranteed playoff spots and the four berths into the play-in tournament — is as muddled and murky as possible.

Purdue’s Zach Edey and Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks. Kansas had a second straight first-teamer in Jalen Wilson. 

Drake’s Tucker DeVries is one of several players from one-bid conferences who bear watching in the NCAA Tournament

Today is Tuesday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2023. There are 292 days left in the year.

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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi lost their First Four game last year and is back for another shot. The Islanders lost to Texas Southern, which has won two First Four games in a row and also was invited back to the play-in event. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi faces Southeast Missouri State, while Texas Southern draws Fairleigh Dickinson. The 11th seed games include Mississippi State against Pitt, and Arizona State against Nevada. Southeast Missouri State recorded its first winning season in nine years. Coach Brad Korn says the First Four is like "basketball Christmas."

Two-time National League Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom finally pitched in a game for the Texas Rangers, though it was on a back field against minor leaguers. The Rangers have been cautious with their prized addition since he reported tightness in his left side before the first spring training workout just less than a month ago. He struck out five of the eight batters he faced while pitching for Triple-A Round Rock. 

The women's NCAA Tournament will feature many international players. The NCAA, citing numbers provided by FIBA, says the number of players in Division I women's basketball grew to 731 in 2022, up nearly 350% from 212 in 2012. For some teams, that has translated to growing success on the court. Washington State won the Pac-12 Tournament with nine international players on the roster. USF won the American Athletic Conference regular-season title with eight foreign players. Coach Jose Fernandez says he's found that athletes willing to come to the U.S. from other countries tend to be more mature.

Alabama rolls in as the top overall seed in an NCAA Tournament that feels both familiar and foreign this season. Yes, there are plenty of heartwarming stories and unbelievable upsets to come when the action begins later this week. But this was also a season clouded with police blotters at Alabama and Texas, injuries at Houston and UCLA, some unsightly losses at Kansas and enough twists and turns at the top of the field to make this as unpredictable a bracket as ever.

Recent gun violence involving college players across the country show the challenge facing athletic departments when it comes to determining how gun laws and regulations should be applied within their programs. The NCAA has no rules or gun policy, calling it a law-enforcement issue. That means coaches must follow state law, campus policies and sometimes tread a careful line in establishing their own rules.

Anyone trying to fill out their NCAA Tournament brackets ought to start by figuring out which teams have the best backcourts. This has been a guard's event for years. Kansas' Ochai Agbaji last year became the eighth straight guard to get selected as the Final Four's most outstanding player. We're breaking down some of the top backcourts to watch at this year's NCAA Tournament.