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Jon Wilner
The 2025 Final Four is the first in 17 years with all four top seeds participating and could be one of the most memorable in history, unless it morphs into…
The Big 12 put one team in the Final Four, two in the Elite Eight and four in the Sweet 16. By most measures, that multi-round representation constitutes a stellar…
At least Arizona did not lose to a lower seed. Or get run off the court. Or implode in the final minutes. This time, the Wildcats departed the NCAA Tournament…
The SEC set records with 14 bids to March Madness and seven teams in the Sweet 16. It also obliterated the mark that matters more than any other: dollars earned….
The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline Some questions have been…
Through 52 games, the NCAA Tournament has been largely devoid of drama. High seeds are dominating and blowouts are frequent. There has been one true buzzer-beater (Maryland over Colorado State)….
Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor on Tuesday following two losing seasons, two investigations into his inappropriate behavior and one embarrassing leak to the news media. Specifically, Andrew Luck fired…
The only Sweet 16 team based in the Pacific Time Zone is heading to New Jersey while four teams from the eastern half of the country are coming to the…
The West Coast sent eight teams to the NCAA Tournament. Two rounds later, only Arizona remains. It’s the first time in 13 years the region has a single survivor in…
