2023 NCAA Tournament: March Madness News, Schedule, Scores (2024)

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How far did Purdue go in March Madness 2023? ›

Purdue basketball's advancement to the Final Four isn't just the first for Painter, nor is it occurring just after the Boilermakers' shocking first-round exit in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. It's also the first time in a generation that the program has made the preeminent stage in all of college basketball.

There are a slew of contenders aiming for this season's College Basketball National Championship, with UConn (-180) and Purdue (+165) leading the pack as the favorites. If you're looking to bet on the winner, we list the top teams and odds below.

2024 March Madness odds: UConn favored over Purdue in men's title game. And then there were two. Now that we are down to the last two teams, the defending champion UConn Huskies remain the favorites to win the men's college basketball national title.

What was the final score for the 2023 NCAA basketball championship game? The UConn Huskies beat the San Diego Aztecs in a 76-59 victory at the championship game in Houston on April 3. UConn had won all six NCAA Tournament games by double digits – becoming the fifth team since the bracket expanded in 1985 to do so.

∎ Purdue lost to Fairleigh Dickinson 63-58 as Zach Edey had 21 points and 15 rebounds but didn't get a shot in the closing 9+ minutes.

NO ONE HAS EVER picked a verified perfect NCAA men's bracket, and it's probably not going to happen in our lifetime, or the lifetime of our kids, or their kids, or their kids.

Average Points In College Basketball Game

During most seasons, the average college basketball team will score between 72 and 75 points per game on average. That means the average game features between 145 and 150 points, or a little bit more than the average points scored in a March Madness final championship game.

Who has the most accurate March Madness prediction? ›

An Ohio man correctly predicted the entire 2019 NCAA tournament into the Sweet 16, something we've not seen in years of tracking publicly verifiable online March Madness brackets at all major games. Here's how long brackets have survived since 2014.

Lee Corso thinks this is Texas football's year. The venerable former coach and ESPN commentator made an early prediction during his opening appearance on “College GameDay” Saturday to kick start Week 1 of the 2024 college football season.

The 2023-24 college basketball season came to a close on Monday, with No. 1 overall seed UConn once again claiming the NCAA Tournament national championship with a 75-60 win vs. Purdue. Next up: looking ahead to the 2024-25 season, and to which team might be the last one dancing in March Madness next year.

The highest-scoring game occurred in 1990, with Loyola Marymount and Michigan combining for a whopping 264 points.

The Boilermakers have reached three NCAA Tournament Final Fours and two NCAA championship games, but have not won an NCAA Championship. The 1931–32 team was retroactively named a national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.

With Purdue set as a 231⁄2-point favorite heading into the game, Fairleigh Dickinson's victory was the biggest upset in terms of point spread in NCAA tournament history. Purdue ended their season at 29–6, while Fairleigh Dickinson improved to 21–15.

Purdue is back in March Madness with a No. 1 seed after last year's shocking loss to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson.

Purdue became only the second No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed.