As the transfer portal opens amid the NCAA Tournament, consternation abounds over how different — and perhaps not for the better — college basketball is now than it was a decade ago. Transfers accounted for more than half of the scoring in the NCAA Tournament through two rounds,

The Big Ten saw four teams start the Sweet 16. They now only have one hope left in the Elite 8 as Purdue and Michigan were bounced in the Sweet 16.

Madness continues Friday with eight more games, as the men’s Sweet 16 concludes and the women’s Sweet 16 begins. The day started with the No. 2 seed Duke women topping No. 3 North Carolina, 47-38, and No.