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NCAA Pants Party: Florida Vs. Jackson State
Florida Gators (29-5) vs. Jackson State Tigers (21-13) When: Friday Where: New Orleans...

Leftovers: Probably After A Dave Matthews Concert
• More shit from Miller Park. [The Jaunt] • Some good, old-fashioned Duke hate. [YouTube] • Nothing to do with sports, but ... OHIO! [Newsnet5] • Is Deion Sanders stealing from his children? [Media Take Out] • It's almost like there's something wrong with Tonya Harding. [OregonLive]...

NCAA Pants Party: Kentucky Vs. Villanova
Kentucky Wildcats (21-11) vs. Villanova Wildcats (22-10 When: Friday Where: Chicago...

We Don't Have To Use "Mr." On Second Reference
As you might know, we occasionally write for places other than our little baby Deadspin, but this week, we're taking on way too much work. In addition to running matters over here as usual, we will be writing a daily column for TimesSelect, the paid-content arm of The New York Times. We're not reall...

Bob Knight Would Like To Help CCSU Motivate The Troops
One More Dying Quail has some suggestions for motivational speeches that coaches can use to fire up their underdog teams in the tournament tomorrow. They bring up The Gene Hackman, The John Belushi (cocaine optional), The Dwight Schrute Podium Hammer and, our personal favorite, the infamous Bob Knig...

NCAA Pants Party: Southern Illinois Vs. Holy Cross
Southern Illinois Salukis (27-6) vs. Holy Cross Crusaders (25-8) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Columbus...

Baseball Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....

NCAA Pants Party: USC Vs. Arkansas
USC Trojans (23-11) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (21-13) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Spokane...

Lunardi. Chillin'.
Now that the NCAA tourney field has been set, and Bracketology is all wrapped up until next year ... it's time for ESPN "bracketologist" Joe Lunardi to kick back and freakin' louuuuuuuuuuunge, bitch....

NCAA Pants Party: Kansas Vs. Niagara
Kansas Jayhawks (30-4) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles (23-11) When: Friday, 7: 10 p.m. Where: Chicago...

Blogdome: Confucius Say ...
• ESPN's fortune cookie team capsules. [Quick Slants] • This is our kind of tournament preview: Just talking about "24." (Pull through, Logan, pull through!) [Barstool Sports] • The KSK vs. Ladies ... bracket challenge has begun. [Ladies ...] • Athletes taking easy classes in college? WHAT?!! [Bevo ...

NCAA Pants Party: Texas Vs. New Mexico State
Texas Longhorns (24-9) vs. New Mexico State Aggies (25-8) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Spokane...

The Big Deadspin PDF Preview Is Here
For those of you who like to have a handy, printed-out guide to bring with to the bar for the start of the tournament tomorrow, hey, you're in luck. Like last year, we have compiled all our NCAA tournament capsules into an easy-to-handle, digestible, HAPPY FUN TIME pretty PDF file for all your NCAA ...

NCAA Pants Party: Arizona Vs. Purdue
Arizona Wildcats (20-10) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (21-11) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: New Orleans...

NCAA Pants Party: Virginia Tech Vs. Illinois
Virginia Tech Hokies (20-11) vs. Illinois Fighting Illini (23-11) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Columbus...

John McCain Is Conservative With His Brackets
We're not going to make any political statements on the presidential race — not only do we not do that here, but jeez, it's still a year and a half until the election — but we will say this: Of all the candidates in both parties, we suspect John McCain would be the most fun to watch the NCAA tournam...

NCAA Pants Party: Oregon Vs. Miami Of Ohio
Oregon Ducks (26-7) vs. Miami Of Ohio Red Hawks (18-14) When: Friday, 5:05 p.m. Where: Spokane...

Jerramy Stevens Is A Man On The Move
All told, we think if you're going to get busted for a DUI — with weed in your car — it's probably the best time to do it is not when you're trying to snatch a new free agent contract. But hey, Jerramy Stevens has always marched to the drum of his own beater;...

NCAA Pants Party: Nevada Vs. Creighton
Nevada Wolf Pack (26-3) vs. Creighton Blue Jays (22-10) When: Friday, 2:35 p.m. Where: New Orleans...

NCAA Pants Party: Wisconsin Vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Wisconsin Badgers (28-5) vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders (26-6) When: Friday, 2:35 p.m. Where: Chicago...