• The last autobid of Saturday night goes to Grand Canyon.
• That leaves 5 autobids left to claim on Sunday.
• And yet another ticket punched as Alabama State finishes off an unlikely run to the SWAC championship as the 5 seed in the tournament.
• UC San Diego is going dancing in its first year of eligibility for the NCAA tournament after recently transitioning from Division II. One of the best stories of the tournament.
• Liberty knocks off Jacksonville State in the Conference USA final to clinch an NCAA tournament spot.
• Beloved commentator Dick Vitale was in tears near the end of the Duke-Louisville game when discussing his return from multiple battles with cancer:

An emotional Dick Vitale shares a parting message at the end of the final game he’ll call this season.

“It’s been like, to me, a miracle, really, to sit here with you guys. I can’t tell you how much you meant to me. It’s been unbelievable…Cancer sucks.” pic.twitter.com/30Iay7kLl2

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 16, 2025

• Duke leads 68-58 with 1:05 to go. Even without Cooper Flagg, the Blue Devils have rolled through the ACC
• Bubble teams will have a close eye on this one, with UC Irvine a potential bid stealer if they win the Big West autobid here. UC San Diego may be in the field regardless of result.
• It’s 62-51 Duke at the under-8 timeout. Louisville hasn’t been able to get back into the game after that Duke flurry. And the Cardinals are starting to run out of time.
• Terrence Edwards Jr. has hit two 3-pointers after that opening half airball. He’s carrying the Cardinals right now, with 22 points.
• Every time a team takes a lead, the other has an answer. It’s tied 45-45 with 14:28 to go.
• Akron trailed by as many as 18 points before rallying back and winning it on Nate Johnson’s floater in the final seconds.
• It was a matchup head coaching brothers John Groce (Akron) and Travis Steele (Miami), as detailed by Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Eisenberg.
• Louisville closes the half on a 7-0 run to take the lead into the break. The Cardinals are shooting 55% from the field as Terrence Edwards Jr. has scored 15 points and hit three shots behind the arc.
• We’re tied 28-28 at the final TV timeout of the half. Roughly half of the shots have been threes so far. Louisville is 4-of-11 — Chucky Hepburn is just 1-of-6 — and Duke is 5-of-13.
• Duke maintains a slim 17-15 lead into the under-12 timeout of the ACC title game. This has been a fun and frenetic start.
• St. John’s secures the double title, regular season and tournament, in the Big East. First tournament title since 2000.
• RJ Luis (29 points) led the game-deciding surge in the 2nd half.
• The Red Storm have this one in hand, leading 78-66 with about 2 minutes to play.
• It was close until SJU went on a massive surge midway through the 2nd half.
• The No. 1 seed Cougars finish the game on an 11-2 run to hold off a feisty Wildcats team.
• That most likely secures Houston as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tourney.