At Memphis and Kentucky, Calipari earned the reputation for playing freshmen right away and frequently watching them leave ...

The Spartans (29-6) and Lobos (27-8) each led by 10 points at different points during the second-round meeting, which featured three lead changes ... coach Tom Izzo led the Spartans to the Sweet ...

Matt Painter has seen and done just about everything in two decades as Purdue's coach. He's won nearly 500 ... NCAA tourneys and reached the Sweet 16 in six of the last eight.

Kiki Rice, Gabriela Jaquez and Londynn Jones were the core of a No. 1 recruiting class who as freshmen and sophomores fell short against South Carolina and LSU.

Every offseason, coaches change positions at various schools ... I don't think anybody could have done a better job. Getting to the Sweet 16 is just spectacular." Finebaum expressed his admiration ...

Recently, Will Wade of the McNeese State Cowboys accepted the head coaching position at North ... has a record of 27-8 and has reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since the 2015-16 season.

Ex-Louisville assistant Kevin Willard leads his fourth-seeded Maryland team to the Sweet 16 for the 15th time in program history. Former Kentucky women's basketball coach Kyra Elzy is now on staff ...

Willard’s first trip to the Sweet 16 as a head coach also marks Maryland’s first ... but for the majority of the fan base, it wouldn’t change the prevailing sentiment that the program ...

You could say that John Calipari stepping away from Kentucky was the rare case of a win-win as it relates to a head-coaching change ... find themselves in the Sweet 16 and Calipari couldn't ...