By Sunday evening, a full 68-team Big Dance bracket will be available, but there's much to be sorted out before then. Among the most-pressing topics of conversation over the coming days will be the fates of former national-title winning programs such as Baylor,

Ohio State’s out, Xavier’s in, Texas is alive, Vanderbilt should be fine and North Carolina is going to need serious help if it can’t help itself with one of the upsets of the season. Those are the Wednesday men’s basketball happenings that helped shape Thursday’s bracket,

The players on North Carolina's men's basketball team think they've done enough to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels' coach seems to think so as well. And the school's athletics director is the chairman of the committee that will decide.