The final eight teams punched their tickets to the Sweet 16 on Sunday as the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament came to a close with a series of quality showdowns between teams fighting to keep their seasons alive.

Lilly Meister is not only the third Indiana women’s basketball player to go into the transfer portal; she’s the third to enter on Tuesday alone.

There will be more than one Pitino in the Big East next season. Xavier hired Richard Pitino, the son of St. John's coach Rick Pitino, as its basketball coach on Tuesday night. The school had an opening after Sean Miller left to accept the Texas job on Monday.

Richard Pitino, the son of Hall-of-Famer and St. John's head coach Rick Pitino, will be the next head coach of the Xavier Musketeers in the Big East.

The Xavier Musketeers got their new head basketball coach Tuesday night by hiring New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino to lead the program.

The recruiting process for the nation's top-rated player concluded Tuesday with Chavez announcing her decision on live TV.

The Oklahoma women’s basketball program is throwing down a slam dunk in recruiting. The Sooners are getting the overall no. 1 national recruit Aaliyah Chavez to commit, per On3. Chavez pledged to the Oklahoma program on Tuesday.

No. 1 overall women's basketball recruit Aaliyah Chavez reveals she will be playing college ball at Oklahoma.

No. 6 seed Ole Miss will take on Tom Izzo and the No. 2 seeded Michigan State Spartans on Friday in the Sweet 16 with a trip to the Elight 8 on the line in Atlanta (Ga.). Chris Beard and the Rebels remain one of the hottest programs in America after back-to-back impressive victories over North Carolina and Iowa State to open NCAA Tournament play.