Their proven projection model has simulated every game in the tournament 10,000 times. It has absolutely crushed its March Madness picks recently, beating over 91% of all CBS Sports brackets in four of the past six tournaments.

“I’m telling you,” Jeff Hoffmeister, CSU Class of ’93, whispered to me Sunday while watching his beloved Rams fall to mighty Maryland in the second round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. “This is when legends are made.” Four seconds and an eternity later, Jalen Lake rose to the rafters and hit one of the biggest shots in CSU history.

Alabama broke the 35-year-old March Madness record for 3-pointers with 25 and Mark Sears scored 30 of his 34 points on 3s in an 113-88 victory over BYU in an NCAA Tournament East Region semifinal

While some might have an issue about the lack of Cinderella storylines for the second weekend of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, the consolation for your tiny dancer tears is a Sweet 16 schedule loaded with heavyweight matchups across the board.