The NCAA currently permits live mascots only at the Final Four, meaning Griff II will have to sit out unless Drake pulls off a deep tournament run. Fans aren’t happy about it, and they’re ...

Without further ado, here are the Sweet 16 mascots in the 2014 bracket.</italics> Albany would be ranked higher if it used Scooby-Doo as its mascot, but we won't penalize the school too greatly.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey made a crucial mistake over the last week when he suggested, implicitly, that the NCAA men’s basketball tournament should at some point become the domain only of ...

The St. John's basketball mascot during the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament game against Princeton, Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Tallahassee, Fla.(AP Photo/Steve Cannon) AP 2.

Akron mascot Zippy performs in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Miami (Ohio) in the championship of the Mid-American Conference tournament, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in ...

We have four teams with Bulldog mascots in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, and four teams called the Wildcats. So while we don't really get the connection to Peoria, Illinois, where the school is ...

Mascot Madness: Natural selection in the NCAA tournament If you've ever applied natural selection to your bracket selection, have we got the facts and figures for you.

March Mascot Madness 2024: NCAA Tournament-style bracket will crown high school national champion. Meet the field in SBLive Sports' annual contest where fans vote for the best high school mascot ...

In the case of Bruce Pearl, coach of men’s No. 1 overall seed Auburn, there was a brief stint as a mascot in the NCAA Tournament.As a student at Boston College, Pearl was a personal assistant to ...

NCAA officials have limited mascot incidents with strict rules during tournament games. But that doesn't mean some mascots won't try to bend them. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX ...

Unfortunately, one of the most adorable mascots in college basketball won't be present for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. On Thursday night, Drake will take on Missouri in the West Region.

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves. Furry, animated characters used as ...