Breaking down the bracket: Picks, Cinderella stories, bracket busters and more for 2026 March Madness

To help you sort through the madness, News 19 Sports Director Josiah Elmore sat down to 'Break Down the Bracket' and walk you through the matchups before you make your picks.
Fast Company

During this year’s March Madness, the Cinderella stories will be personal

During last year’s NCAA Tournament, basketball fans complained about the lack of a team-focused Cinderella storyline to define the event. The only double-digit seed to advance to the Sweet 16 was ...
theepochtimes

Cinderella Is Dead, but Feel-Good Stories Remain in March Madness

Arkansas made the clock strike midnight before Cinderella could enter the ball on Saturday. The No. 4 seed Razorbacks knocked out No. 12 seed High Point 94–88 in the West Region of the NCAA tournament ...
nytimes.com

Thanks to the transfer portal, this March’s Cinderella stories are players, not teams

To find Cinderella stories at this men’s Final Four, you have to look at the name on the back of the jersey rather than the front. For the second time in the history of the NCAA Tournament’s ...
Las Vegas Sun

Here are some Cinderella stories that had fans glued to NCAA Tournament

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Every ...