Wiedmer: Fate of Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick not an easy call for Phillip Fulmer
Hot Seat Holly.
Wiedmer: Is this the craziest NCAA tourney ever?
Just when you thought this NCAA men's basketball tournament couldn't get any weirder, we give you Texas A&M 86, North Carolina 65.
Wiedmer: Sister Jean and UMBC early stars of this NCAA tourney
For anyone about to dismiss the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers from this point forward in the NCAA tournament, they have 98-year-old Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt and your team doesn't.
NCAA tournament basics: March Madness 101
Times Free Press columnist Mark Wiedmer breaks down the NCAA men's tournament by region:
Wiedmer: March Madness always will be special to UTC’s Lamont Paris
For the first time in eight years, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball coach Lamont Paris isn't helping ready a team for the NCAA tournament.
Wiedmer: A more transparent seeding process needed for March Madness
Upon closer inspection, there's only one way for this 2018 NCAA men's basketball tournament to end - only one conclusion that's guaranteed to turn the off-court stench of the regular season into one slimy moment come April 2 in San Antonio.
Wiedmer: Might be time for SEC to move tourney final back to Saturday
Less than a minute after Tennessee men's basketball coach Rick Barnes learned his third-seeded Volunteers would play their NCAA tournament opener against Wright State at 12:40 p.m. EDT Thursday in Dallas, he turned to his players and his coaches watching the selection show inside Scottrade Arena and said, "Let's go."
Wiedmer: Vols poised to win first SEC tourney since 1979
ST. LOUIS - As Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes was wrapping up his media responsibilities late Saturday afternoon after the Volunteers' 84-66 thumping of Arkansas in their Southeastern Conference tournament semifinal, he was asked about the 12 3-pointers Kentucky had bagged in its semifinal rout of Alabama earlier in the day.
Former Hamilton Heights player now a star at Kentucky
Having just scored 19 points and handed out eight assists in Kentucky's 86-63 Southeastern Conference tournament semifinal win over Alabama on Saturday afternoon, freshman point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander understandably found himself talking to a small army of media types.
Wiedmer: A moment to give perspective to the madness of March
Until 19:14 remained in Tennessee's eventual 62-59 Southeastern Conference tournament victory over Mississippi State on Friday night, it was all about basketball.
