TAMPA, Fla. — The Akron Zips men's basketball team hoped to finally dance a little longer. Instead, UA fell 91-71 to Texas Tech in a first-round Midwest Region game on Friday, March 20.

TAMPA, Fla. — As the Akron Zips men’s basketball team prepares for the NCAA Tournament, UA finds itself in a similar situation to the 2020 Browns in the NFL playoffs.

Houston remains Microsoft Copilot's pick to emerge as the national champion in 2026 and it projects as the only non-No. 1 seed to make the Final Four, according to this simulation.