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The NCAA tournament is almost here, and thousands of fans are rushing to fill out their brackets before the first games tip on Thursday morning.
As of Wednesday morning, here’s a look at who fans are going with so far when they fill out their men’s and women’s brackets through Yahoo Sports.
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Duke the overwhelming men’s favorite
Even with Cooper Flagg’s ankle injury, the Blue Devils are the overwhelming pick to win the national championship.
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Taylor Bol Bowen has announced he is entering the transfer portal, but he is considering a return to Florida State, the sophomore forward announced on Wednesday.
Bowen averaged 8.0 points and 5.2 rebounds in 2024-25. While he struggled down the stretch, Bowen was a key figure in FSU’s upset win at Wake Forest in February and made a team-high 41.4 percent of his 3-point shots.
“I just want to evaluate all my options with a new coach coming in,” Bowen told the Osceola. “Florida State will still be firmly in the mix.
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Scottie Scheffler has poked fun at himself by naming ravioli on his Masters Champions Dinner menu – months after suffering a freak injury making homemade pasta.
The American missed several tournaments in January after suffering a nasty wound on his hand from a broken glass he was using to cut pasta dough.
But Scheffler showed he sees the funny side over his mishap preparing Christmas dinner, as he added the dish to an otherwise unimaginative menu for the Augusta meal.
NFL Draft analyst Mel Kiper is all in on Shedeur Sanders, and Todd McShay finds that extremely frustrating — but not for the reasons you might think.
On Tuesday’s episode of ESPN’s First Take, Kiper explained why he’s positive that Sanders will be a better NFL quarterback than Miami’s Cam Ward.
“I’ve had him QB1 all along,” Kiper said. “Love everything about the kid. He dealt with NFL conditions … he survived hit after hit … You can win big in the NFL going about your business like Shedeur Sanders does.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jared Jones is missing his next spring training start because of elbow discomfort.
Jones went 6-8 with a 4.14 ERA last season, combining with Paul Skenes to form an impressive rookie tandem on the mound in Pittsburgh, but now his status is uncertain just over a week before the season opener for the Pirates.
“He’s not going to make his next start in spring training,” manager Derek Shelton told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday. “That’s for sure.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Navy men’s basketball coach Ed DeChellis is retiring after 29 years as a collegiate head coach.
DeChellis coached a school-record 426 games at Navy. The Midshipmen reached the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament this year before losing to American. DeChellis previously coached at Penn State and East Tennessee State. He was one of seven active head coaches to win at least 100 games at three different schools.
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Here’s our latest set of expert bracket picks for the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament.
Let’s get this out of the way: We’ve had a couple of real good years in a row in this space. Two years ago, we nailed the UConn national championship pick and finished in the 100th percentile (41,822nd out of over 20 million brackets) on ESPN. A year ago, we ran it back with UConn and once again finished in the 100th percentile. Overall, our last four national champion picks have at least made it to the Final Four.