FOX Sports college basketball bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy offers up his latest NCAA Tournament projections, with both Creighton and Indiana on the bubble.

The calendar has turned to the new year, the outcomes of every game have gained significance and at noon Saturday the No. 14 Oregon men’s basketball team is hosting 2024 NCAA runner-up No. 15 Purdue and Big Ten Conference player of the year candidate Braden Smith.

Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention

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This was the final step toward a pay structure for women playing in March Madness after the Division I Board of Governors voted unanimously for the proposal in August. NCAA President Charlie Baker joined others in giving credit for the creation of a performance fund to those who came before and helped build women’s basketball.

Women’s basketball teams will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention