Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY

Duke’s loss doesn’t diminish anything Mike Krzyzewski accomplished. But North Carolina rose to the occasion in this game against the legendary coach.

NCAA once called him a cheater. Bill Self has since received a lifetime KU contract that might as well be a middle finger pointed toward Indianapolis.

Here’s how you know the era of basketball coaches wearing suits is officially dead: Even Jay Wright didn’t bring one to this year’s Final Four.

It’s clear that NCAA president Mark Emmert has run out of answers for an organization that no longer seems capable of determining its own destiny.

If gender equity is really going to be at the forefront of the NCAA’s strategy, why not putting the two Final Fours in the same city just once?

For the first time in this tournament, and perhaps in Kelvin Sampson’s tenure, Houston isn’t the fun upstart anymore. The Cougars are expected to win.

Houston’s defensive pressure and aggressiveness on the glass turned one of the best teams all season into dust, beating No. 1 Arizona 72-60.

A few years ago, it was criminal for shoe companies to lure college recruits with money. But NIL rules mean they can now pay athletes out in the open.