When the March Madness basketball tournament officially starts up again, basketball fans around the U.S. will turn their attention to the best college teams in the nation. But, though “March ...

Through the decades of Larry and Magic, of Jordan and Laettner, through word of mouth and ... betting pools and the art of bracketology an integral part of March Madness. “We started something ...

Seed is a word that comes up a lot this time a year — in gardens, bird feeders, and March Madness brackets, where it’s used to denote team rankings coming into the tournament. But why do we use the ...

For the first time, a single state is hosting the entire N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament — and its capital city is blooming with pop-up performances, poetry and art. By Sarah Bahr ...