The Toronto Raptors’ 11-game losing streak isn’t the only thing plaguing their mediocre season — fringe player Jontay Porter is now at the center of a sports gambling investigation.

After last night’s second-round finale, the men’s Sweet 16 is officially set for Thursday’s tip-off — and despite a tumultuous first round (and the sport’s recent, sharp rise in parity), this year’s crop contains mostly familiar faces.

While official data points from women's March Madness have yet to drop, there’s a general consensus building that the women’s tournament is more compelling than the men’s. A recent Seton Hall Sports Poll (the first and only university-based poll on the sports industry) reflects the rising popularity of women’s college basketball.

The first round of the women’s tourney went mostly as expected, but the second round served up some serious surprises yesterday as the first eight teams secured Sweet 16 berths.

Join us as we examine the recent and rapid growth on the women’s side.

As of this week, women’s March Madness ads are effectively sold out. It’s estimated that Disney — the network that owns the women’s tournament — could generate more than $25M in ad sales revenue this year, up from the estimated $19.4M ESPN and ABC made during last year’s tourney.

More than 86.2% of brackets were already busted just two games into the men’s first round yesterday. Must be March.

With the women’s First Four games in the rearview mirror, their first round of full mayhem tips off this morning. In a weekend of wall-to-wall basketball, here are four not-to-miss matchups.

March Madness is underway after last night’s opening men’s First Four action, with two more games and the tip-off of the women’s First Four fun on deck tonight.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — the Division I (DI) women’s basketball national tournament (aka March Madness) tips off with today’s First Four matchups.

The 68 DI men’s teams were revealed on Sunday, and the single-elimination (!!!) tournament officially begins tonight.

The full hoops hurricane begins with 16 first-round games crammed into a mere 12 hours tomorrow. Here are the ones not to miss...