N.C. State fired head coach Kevin Keatts on March 9, a year removed from winning the ACC tournament and reaching the NCAA tournament Final Four. The Wolfpack slipped to 12-19 this season, finishing 5-15 in ACC play.

NC State fired former head coach Kevin Keatts earlier this month. Multiple names were reported as potential replacements, but McNeese State’s Will Wade was an early favorite.

The SEC boasts an astounding 14 teams in the NCAA Tournament, and all of them have reasons to be optimistic and reasons to worry.

Madness bracket is set and a pecking order has quickly emerged as the picks and predictions start to roll in for NCAA Tournament pools and betting sites across the country. The SEC is well-represented among the top contenders to get to the Final Four,

A grueling SEC schedule may have toughened up Texas for the NCAA Tournament, but it may have also exposed the Longhorns' flaws.

Oklahoma enters the NCAA Tournament with one of the worst conference records of all-time for an at-large team.

SEC as in a basketball conference The SEC has been synonymous with football power for decades. The gridiron teams need to move over and share the spotlight with the basketball squads. Selection Sunday saw 14 SEC schools get invited to the big dance.