March Madness

America East Conference champion Vermont is a #13 seed for the NCAA Tournament and will play #4 seed Purdue Thursday in Milwaukee.

Are you ready @BlackBearsWBB fans?!? Maine takes on Albany in the #AETourney title game on Friday at 4:30 PM on @ESPNU! pic.twitter.com/vIxL6gdkf2 — America East (@AmericaEast) March 10, 2017 This UMaine vs UAlbany thing is fast becoming one of the great rivalries in America East Conference sports. At 4:30pm today another chapter will be written in this ongoing story.

The Husson women's basketball team set school history Friday night. A first ever NCAA basketball tournament win, beating DeSales University 74-74 at the Tufts University regional.

Husson University basketball teams will be playing about 20 miles apart in the Boston area tonight for the first round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.

The UMaine men's basketball season ended Wednesday night with the Vermont Catamounts taking the Bears to the woodshed 86-41 in the America East quarterfinal playoff game.

CBS Sports has ranked every NCAA Division I men's basketball team, #1 through #351. UMaine is picked to win 12 games. Former Messalonskee HS standout Nick Mayo, a sophomore at Eastern Kentucky gets high marks.

The UConn numbers have become mind boggling. The 82-51 win over Syracuse gives the Huskies their 11th national championship. The fourth straight title. Breanna Stewart has four consecutive Most Outstanding Player Final Four Awards. The senior class finishes with a 151-5 record. Geno Auriemma passes John Wooden with 11 national titles.

Villanova's thrilling win over North Carolina to capture its first national championship since 1985 is front and center in the annual "One Shining Moment" montage.

Kris Jenkins made a three-point shot at the buzzer to lift Villanova over North Carolina, 77-74, in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game in Houston on Monday night.

North Carolina and Villanova each won their respective Final Four games in Houston on Saturday to advance to Monday night's national championship.