In this year's semifinals, 2 players from Connecticut will wear Groucho Marx glasses due to arbitration in a recent NIL contract dispute that prevents them from using their own likeness.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
During the semifinals, a team losing by 10 or more can select an extra player from the transfer portal.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
During this year's national championship game, the backboards will display popular TikTok reactions sent by fans.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
This year, fans with the official NCAA app will be able to cause celebrity holograms behind the backboard to wave during free throws.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
The round basketball was introduced in 1927. Prior to this, basketballs were football shaped.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
This year, any player who asks an opposing center 'How's the weather up there' will be immediately charged with a 2 shot technical.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
This year in the tournament semi-finals, point guards will be allowed to wear smart glasses to keep track of the score, shot-clock, and game clock.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
This year, the championship teams will ride to the stadium in a parade of Indy race cars.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
As part of a promotional campaign for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, costumed characters will play a short three-on-three game at halftime.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
Starting in 2027, all first round games that are tied after 2 overtimes will be settled with a sudden-death dunk contest.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
Indiana native and Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose has been tapped to perform the national anthem at the championship game.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
During this weekend's games, a new feature on the NCAA app will allow fans to vote on challenged calls.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
To promote the new Avengers movie, Samuel L. Jackson will recruit Flo, Mayhem, The Gecko, Jake, and LiMu Emu to battle villains based on natural disasters. PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
Because Illinois did not bring their home jerseys, the 1963 regional semi-final game between Illinois and Bowling Green was played shirts-and-skins style.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
In 1982, referees in some tournament games wore shirts with horizontal stripes. The shirts didn't catch on after complaints that they made the referees look too fat.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
In anticipation of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, fans at this weekend's games will be encouraged to chant Seven Nation Army and Ole Ole Ole.PickHoops April 1 QuickFact
In this year's semifinals, 2 players from Connecticut will wear Groucho Marx glasses due to arbitration in a recent NIL contract dispute that prevents them from using their own likeness.
