March Madness

For the first time ever, a 15-seed has advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Saint Peter’s Peacocks busted brackets nationwide and have captured the hearts of social media, with many now rooting for the underdog to continue advancing. Here’s a look...

Each year, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's March Madness gives fans the opportunity to win big from bets. The American Gaming Association reports an estimated 47 million Americans placed bets totaling $10 billion, both legal and illegal, on March Madness 2021. The bets are...

To coincide with the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Benzinga launched an NFT Madness 2022 Tournament with 64 NFT collections competing for the championship. What Happened: The tournament kicked off on March 19 pitting 64 NFT collections against each other for the crown of...

President Joe Biden won’t be winning the perfect March Madness bracket challenge or likely winning any NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament pools. Here’s a look at how Biden’s bracket is doing through the first weekend of games and heading into the Sweet 16 games. What...

The 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicked off its first round of games Thursday that will see 63 games played to crown a champion. Here’s a look at how likely it is to predict the correct outcomes of all 63 games and if it has ever been done. What Happened: Several sports...

The NCAA defines a tournament upset as "a victory by a team seeded 5 or more lines below its defeated opponent." An extreme example happened in 2018 when the No. 16 seed UMBC Retrievers became the first team in that bracket to upset the No. 1 seed Virginia Cavaliers 74-54 in the...

March Madness is in full swing with several of the NCAA Men's Basketball games being played today. The tournament, composed of 64 teams, competes in a single-elimination, seven-round series for the men’s national championship. Within that, billions of dollars in bets are made. The...

Benzinga has launched a “Bulls vs. Bears” March Madness competition to find out which stock will take home top honors by fan vote. What Happened: Coinciding with the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Benzinga is offering fans the chance to vote for their favorite stocks in a...

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off the first round of games Thursday March 17, 2022. Here is a look at the first round of games and betting odds in the East region. The Tournament: The first round games will be split between Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA) (NASDAQ: PARAA...

The first round of games in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off Thursday. Here is a look at the first round of games and betting odds in the South region.  The Tournament: Games in the first round will be split between Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA)(NASDAQ: PARAA) on its...

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off the first round of games Thursday. Here is a look at the first round of games and betting odds broken down by region, wth a focus on the West region. The Tournament: Games for the first round will be split between Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA)(...

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off the first round of games Thursday, March 17. Here is a betting guide for the Midwest region.  The Tournament: Games in the first round will be split between Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA) (NASDAQ: PARAA) on its CBS network and AT&T Inc...

The 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off March 15 with a series of play-in games to narrow down the field from 68 teams to 64 which will compete in a multi-week tournament to crown a champion. Here are some companies that could benefit from March Madness. Paramount:...

Sports betting company DraftKings Inc (NASDAQ: DKNG) is pushing further into the non-fungible tokens market with a new series planned around college basketball. What Happened: DraftKings is launching its first in-house NFT drop to coincide with the 2022 Men’s Basketball Tournament. Primetime...

There’s nothing more valuable than a network. That’s according to Gav Blaxberg, the CEO at WOLF Financial, one of the premiere Twitter Inc (NYSE: WTR) Spaces hosts in the finance community. As part of Wolf’s launch of the “March Madness” finance version of...