Author: George Schroeder, USA TODAY

Virginia, top seed in the South, awaits in the national semifinal Saturday at the Final Four in Minneapolis. Auburn will be in its first Final Four.

Auburn is a 3-point shooting machine. But what else must the Tigers do if they want to take down the SEC-rival Kentucky Wildcats in the Elite Eight?

Houston Cougars head coach Kelvin Sampson couldn’t avoid questions about his future after his team’s Sweet 16 loss to Kentucky.

No. 1 seed North Carolina, which looked like it had a real title shot, was left to pick up the pieces as its season was undone by hot-shooting Auburn.

Kelvin Sampson spent six years coaching in the NBA after getting a show-cause penalty from the NCAA. He rebuilt his career and is flourishing at Houston.

Jalen Hurts is now the quarterback at Oklahoma after three seasons at Alabama, but he isn’t worried about the transition after transferring.

Texas Tech unleashed their version of “March basketball” on Buffalo, and showed why the Red Raiders could be a tough Sweet 16 opponent for Michigan.

For Buffalo, winning in the first round of the NCAA tournament is no longer a novelty. Instead, they hope, it’s a necessary first step.

Kaleb Wesson scored 21 points and grabbed 10 boards to lift Ohio State to an upset of the Big 12 tournament champions, Iowa State.

Owning the highest NCAA tournament seed a MAC team has ever had isn’t enough for a Buffalo team looking to make a deep March Madness run.