Matt DaSilva

It took Notre Dame 35 years to win its first national championship. Victory tasted so good the Fighting Irish just had to come back for seconds.

Twenty-three days ago, Maryland looked like a lost cause. On Saturday, the Terrapins looked like a juggernaut.

The Fighting Irish are one game away from becoming the first team in a decade to win NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse championships in back-to-back years.

Marquette did not need to look far for its next men’s lacrosse coach.

How pro lacrosse goalie Colin Kirst practices making saves on shots low to the ground.

All eight seeded teams have advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time since 2004. Syracuse will play fifth-seeded Denver next Sunday.

Angered by a blowout loss in the ACC final, Duke blew off some steam Saturday, defeating Utah 19-7 in an NCAA tournament first-round game.

An NCAA quarterfinal drought will end in New Haven, where Yale and Johns Hopkins prevailed in first-round games Friday 

The selections were announced Sunday night. ACC champion Notre Dame got the No. 1 overall seed and Big Ten runner-up Penn State got the final at-large bid.

At some point, a youth movement simply becomes a movement. And for the second straight year, Princeton is moving on to the NCAA tournament as the Ivy League champion.