It was late in the summer of 1977 when 18-year-old Jimmy Nantz went to play a seemingly ordinary round of golf.

For the first time since the year 2000, the Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball team will take the floor in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen. The ‘Hoos, who have become the talk of the college ...

The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer will direct 'Stepsisters,' a movie that follows Cinderella's stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella, for Disney Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at ...

Any worthy data analyst would say, "Don't draw serious conclusions from a 52-game sample." Yet here we are, three rounds into another NCAA tournament, making sweeping conclusions about the state of ...

Midnight came early again for Cinderella. All 16 teams that advanced to the second week of this year’s NCAA tournament hail from one of the five power conferences. At least one team from outside the ...

Welcome to March Madness — a nickname earned through decades of chaos, where little-known programs take down the sport’s biggest brands. We call those bracket-busting teams "Cinderellas." They’re fun ...

A magical run can elevate everything for a men’s basketball program: conference, money and expectations. It can also make sustaining success far more difficult. On Friday, April 2, 2010, the young ...

During last year’s NCAA Tournament, basketball fans complained about the lack of a team-focused Cinderella storyline to define the event. The only double-digit seed to advance to the Sweet 16 was ...

Although the women’s NCAA tournament can be chalky due to the powerhouses that make up the bracket’s top seeds, there are plenty of upset candidates within the bottom half of each region. A number of ...

Last season ended when Florida and Houston went down to the final possession in the national championship. Those two could meet again this year in the Elite Eight in the South region. The South may ...

After a lack of Cinderella stories in last year's tournament, March Madness in 2026 should deliver more underdog success. Six teams, including a school making its first appearance since 2001, are ...

Wounded Power Four teams would benefit most from March Madness expansion. In a 76-team bracket, more midmajors could be headed for play-in games. NCAA Tournament still at 68 teams this season. After ...