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 ...

As evidenced by the sideline brawls and sign-stealing scandals of games past, emotions run high on college football gamedays. Sometimes so high that even the teams’ mascots feel compelled to get in on ...

Sports Illustrated released its list of the top mascots in the 2025 NCAA tournament. Michigan State's Sparty mascot was created in 1955. The University of Michigan has never had an official mascot, ...

The dogs are out of the NCAA Tournament, at least for now. For the fourth time in the last five seasons, the Drake men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament without their mascot, Griff II ...

March Madness features great teams, brackets and — sometimes — overlooked mascots, who channel school spirit and get crowds fired up. So who are the best mascots in the 2025 NCAA basketball tournament ...