Maine colleges - Centralmaine.com

Can science help predict a winning NCAA basketball tournament bracket?

Certain strategies and patterns in the numbers, statisticians say, can give you an edge in predicting outcomes.

by DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press March 17, 2024March 17, 2024

Notre Dame, with Cumberland’s Anna DeWolfe, and Indiana, with Gorham’s Mackenzie Holmes, are grouped together in unbeaten South Carolina’s region.

The Black Bears, winners of the America East Conference, will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for a game Friday at noon.

by EDDIE PELLS Associated Press March 17, 2024March 17, 2024

Houston, Purdue and North Carolina join UConn as No. 1 seeds despite losses in their conference tournaments.

Josh Nadeau and Bradly Nadeau each score twice to help send the Black Bears to the semifinals for the first time since 2012.

The Black Bears are returning to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019 after winning the America East championship.

Anne Simon and Adrianna Smith lead a balanced attack as the Black Bears win their first America East championship since 2019.

by Associated Press March 14, 2024

The school has appealed to the full board an NLRB regional official’s decision that the players are school employees.

Freshmen Bradly and Josh Nadeau have evolved into better two-way players this season, and now will get their first taste of college playoff hockey.