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Providence finally broke through in the Big East. Is NCAA success next?

Picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll, the Friars went 14-3 in the conference, capturing the first regular-season title in program history.

10 players with Massachusetts ties to watch in the women’s NCAA Tournament

South Carolina's Aliyah Boston (Worcester) and Dayton's Araion Bradshaw (Boston) are two of the talented performers in this year's edition of March Madness.

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Two local teams are dancing.

Boston College, Holy Cross women’s basketball among qualifiers for WNIT; Boston University men picked for CBI

Maine, Rhode Island and Quinnipiac also will play in the 64-team WNIT field; Boston University among 16 teams playing in the CBI in Daytona Beach, Fla.

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NCAA Tournament: Can UMass play spoiler? Minutewomen earn No. 12 seed, will face Notre Dame in first round
The Minutewomen (26-6), making their first NCAA appearance since 1998, will square off with the No. 5 seed Fighting Irish on Saturday in Norman, Okla.

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Gonzaga may be the No. 1 seed, but are they the favorite? And other thoughts from the men’s NCAA Tournament bracket
Gonzaga is often dismissed because of its West Coast Conference affiliation, and despite having one of best seasons in league history, the WCC still gets no respect on the national stage.

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Al Durham and Providence are a No. 4 seed in the Midwest regional.

NCAA Tournament: Where New England teams are headed, and how they got there

On the men's side, three teams earned automatic bids — Vermont, Bryant, and Yale. On the women's side, most expected the UConn women to be dancing but few expected UMass to join them.

NCAA men's basketball tournament
Gonzaga fans are ready to cheer on their top-seeded Bulldogs in the NCAA Tournament.

NCAA Tournament: Gonzaga men earn top overall seed; Kansas, Arizona, Baylor join as No. 1s

Arizona, Kansas and defending champion Baylor tabbed No. 1 seeds in the South, Midwest and East, respectively. No. 4 Providence the highest seed among the five New England entries in the field.

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Gonzaga enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed.

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Gonzaga earned the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, which begins Tuesday in Dayton with the play-in games.

Harvard 3, RPI 1

Harvard men’s hockey team tops RPI to earn a spot in ECAC semifinals

The Crimson will travel to Lake Placid for the ECAC semifinals.

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Connecticut's Jonny Evans, pictured here in 2021, scored the eventual game-winner for the Huskies against Boston University.

UConn beats BU to earn first trip to the Hockey East semifinals

Northeastern, UMass, and UMass Lowell also moved into the quarterfinals.

Virginia Tech 82, Duke 67
Hunter Cattoor (center) holds the tournament's Most Valuable Player trophy after Virginia Tech beat Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in New York.

Seventh-seeded Virginia Tech upsets Duke, Coach K for ACC men’s basketball title

For the second straight Saturday night, Duke failed to deliver Coach K a send-off victory.

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Vermont players celebrate after defeating UMBC in the America East tournament championship game on Saturday in Burlington, Vt.

Vermont men win America East tourney title to punch their ticket to the NCAAs

The Catamounts (28-5) earned an automatic NCAA after claiming their fourth America East tournament title in six years in an 82-43 win over UMBC on Saturday in Burlington, Vt.

Northeastern 4, Wisconsin 2
The victory celebration begins as Alina Mueller (left) and goalie Aerin Frankel raise their arms after Northeastern beat Wisconsin in an NCAA tournament quarterfinal at Matthews Arena.

Northeastern women’s hockey team earns some respect with victory over two-time defending national champion Wisconsin in NCAA quarterfinal

Northeastern moves on to its second consecutive Frozen Four. Using 36 saves by the