ACC schools, including UNC, NC State and Duke, are poised to reap big-time benefit from NCAA’s new women’s basketball unit distribution, rewarding teams for postseason success.

There is no formula for accurately predicting who will win the NCAA Tournament. But over the years, we’ve learned a thing or two. Including UConn last season, 19 of the past 22 national champions have been ranked among KenPom’s top six teams entering the postseason.

SportsLine's model has nailed 24 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2025

N.C. State fired head coach Kevin Keatts on March 9, a year removed from winning the ACC tournament and reaching the NCAA tournament Final Four. The Wolfpack slipped to 12-19 this season, finishing 5-15 in ACC play.

McNeese’s Will Wade is expected to be the next coach at NC State, a person briefed on the situation confirmed to The Athletic on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Wade confirmed during an NCAA Tournament media availability that there had been communication between him and his representatives and the ACC school about the Wolfpack’s head coaching vacancy.

McNeese State coach Will Wade was asked about the N.C. State basketball coaching search on Wednesday ahead of the NCAA Tournament. Here's what Wade said:

Throughout the 2024-25 collegiate season, Duke superstar Cooper Flagg has remained the projected No. 1 pick at the 2025 NBA Draft. After reclassifying, he began

But the Blue Devils were able to survive and lift the conference championship trophy without him, learning on Saturday that Flagg would be available for the start of the NCAA Tour