N.C.A.A. Expands Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Beginning with the competition in March 2022, the women’s bracket will include 68 teams, up from 64, as the N.C.A.A. continues to try to rectify gender disparities.https://nyti.ms/3CpHHus

How Well Did You Predict March Madness?

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports We asked readers to make their picks for the N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments — beyond just choosing winners.https://nyti.ms/2PwaACT

Want the Final Four Court? You Have to Win on It First.

By BY TIM NEWCOMB from NYT Sports Championship teams have the option to buy the Final Four’s custom-made floors, which have gone on to second lives in practice gyms, locker rooms and lobbies.https://nyti.ms/3wwB5bZ

The Return of March Madness Brought Back Hope

By BY KURT STREETER from NYT Sports The N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments, the first significant American sporting event outright canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic, brought some optimism that the country might be turning a corner.https://nyti.ms/3sQsdf5

Women’s Basketball Is a Renewed Flashpoint for an Embattled N.C.A.A.

By BY ALAN BLINDER, JERÉ LONGMAN AND GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports Women’s college basketball has followed a similar competitive arc to the men’s game. But nearly 50 years after Title IX, it is still struggling for full acceptance in college sports.https://nyti.ms/3rJEUGV

Arizona Shocks UConn and Storms to the N.C.A.A. Title Game

By BY NATALIE WEINER from NYT Sports The Wildcats dominated the top-seeded Huskies and advanced to their first appearance in the women’s final. They will meet Stanford on Sunday.https://nyti.ms/2PWynve

What to Watch For in the Women’s Final Four

By BY NATALIE WEINER from NYT Sports Two No. 1 seeds, South Carolina and Stanford, face off in one semifinal. Another No. 1, UConn, takes on a No. 3 seed, Arizona, in the other game of the Final Four.https://nyti.ms/3rIm3fz

It’s Easy (and Legal) to Bet on Sports. Do Young Adults Know the Risks?

By BY MARIE FAZIO from NYT Sports Americans wagered $13 billion on sports in 2019. With sports betting now legal in nearly half the states, experts fear the addiction danger is not being adequately addressed.https://nyti.ms/3ftTbFn

Women’s Basketball Coaches Challenge N.C.A.A. Leaders Over Gender Inequity

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Wednesday’s session came as college sports leaders struggled to move past disparities that sometimes seemed to overshadow games.https://nyti.ms/3sGIyTh

N.C.A.A. Tournament Women’s Final Four: A First-Timer Crashes a Group of Powers

By BY NATALIE WEINER from NYT Sports Seeking its first title since 2016, UConn faces an Arizona team making its debut in the national semifinal. Two No. 1 seeds, Stanford and South Carolina, will play in the other matchup.https://nyti.ms/3sEeYOm

It’s March. Is It Still Madness?

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports At the N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments this year, the intensity is on the court but not in the stands.https://nyti.ms/3rpn2RE

When Iowa Faces UConn, All Eyes Will Be on Freshman Stars

By BY MARISA INGEMI from NYT Sports Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers, among the nation’s top players, will face each other for the first time in college.https://nyti.ms/3ffLSkp

Road to Women’s Round of 16 Is Rockier for Some

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports Wednesday’s games wrap up the first two rounds of the N.C.A.A. women’s tournament. Oregon fought past Georgia, while Maryland made a case as a top contender with a blowout win.https://nyti.ms/3rlIp6u

In Indianapolis, Checking the Bracket Means Looking Up

By BY BILLY WITZ AND A.J. MAST from NYT Sports Line by line, workers update this avatar for the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament.https://nyti.ms/3tRQZLN

In Indianapolis, Checking the Bracket Means Looking Up

By BY BILLY WITZ AND A.J. MAST from NYT Sports Line by line, workers update this avatar for March Madness.https://nyti.ms/3ckM6F1

Road to Women’s N.C.A.A. Sweet 16 Is Rockier for Some

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports Wednesday’s games wrap up the first two rounds of the N.C.A.A. women’s tournament. Oregon fought past Georgia, while Maryland made a case as a top contender with a blowout win.https://nyti.ms/3sk7cc9

Five March Madness Surprises (So Far)

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports There were plenty of big moments, great performances and close finishes in the first days of the N.C.A.A. tournament, not all of them expected. Here’s some of the madness by the numbers.https://nyti.ms/3tLrVWI

Dawn Staley, South Carolina’s respected coach, sharply criticizes N.C.A.A. leaders.

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports After it became clear that the women’s basketball tournament had been given inferior resources, Staley called on the leaders to “re-evaluate the value they place on women.”https://nyti.ms/3lywxMT

College Athletes Seek to Use March Stage to Pressure N.C.A.A.

By BY BILLY WITZ AND ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The #NotNCAAProperty movement is the latest iteration of long-held criticisms of how benefits for athletes have not kept up with the profits in college sports.https://nyti.ms/3eR6yzb

10 Players to Watch in the N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament

By BY MARISA INGEMI from NYT Sports The potential standouts in the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament include some first- and second-year players.https://nyti.ms/3vHCMmc