The event expanded to 32 teams in 1975, to 40 in 1979, and to 48 in 1980. The NCAA was slow to realize its event was growing in popularity, but it did appreciate the need to sell tickets.

Yet, Alcorn State's tournament drought would only last one year, returning to the NCAA tournament in 1982 as SWAC regular season and tournament champions. The 11th-seeded Braves lost to sixth ...

Here's where the members of the 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympic hockey team played college hockey. ... helping North Dakota reach the 1979 NCAA championship game after registering 46 points as a ...

The great debate over whether the NCAA tournament field should expand is not a national emergency, nor an outrage. It's quite ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) Jalen Slawson scored 20 points and Furman beat Chattanooga 88-79 on Monday night to win the Southern Conference Tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first ...

It seemed to catch a lot of people off guard: The College Football Playoff first round was filled with blowouts. Maybe everyone underestimated just how important home-field advantage was in these ...

Furman made all six of its previous NCAA Tournament appearances between 1971-80. Its lone win was a 75-67 victory over South Carolina in 1974. It lost to Pitt, 81-78, in the Sweet Sixteen.