In the NCAA Tournament, Michigan won’t have to worry about playing on back-to-back days. And they have the talent to keep up with just about anyone in the country, evidence by their 68-62 loss to open the regular season against the consensus No. 1 South Carolina.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Maryland men’s basketball as it heads into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed.

Yet, Michigan basketball took the Big Ten conference tournament title and earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament beginning this week. On Thursday they get to play UC San Diego (30-4), which was one of the hottest-shooting teams in the country from the Big West Conference.

Some Longhorns like Tramon Mark and Kadin Shedrick are back in the NCAA Tournment. For others such as Tre Johnson and Jordan Pope, it's a new experience.

The women’s NCAA Tournament will tip off this week with plenty of local representation. Among the teams to follow are Texas, TCU, Oklahoma and Baylor. Each of these teams earned themselves top-four seeds in this year’s March Madness.

The NCAA basketball madness tips off in March. The madness of the recruiting game is a year-round fast break. With the NCAA tournament nearing and the conference championships leading to net-cutting glory into the final 68—and perhaps Final Four—many fans are looking ahead to the future basketball dynasties beyond the current run.

College sports leaders have been discussing the possibility of allowing more teams to participate in March Madness for about four years.

Time to hoop it up March Madness is upon us. The NCAA basketball tournament begins next week and schools from all across the land will be in the big dance. That means cheerleading squads will be headed out to fire up the crowds as their teams look to advance in hopes of winning the national championship.