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NCAA Pants Party: Ohio State Vs. Central Connecticut State
Ohio State Buckeyes (29-3) vs. Central Connecticut State (22-11) When: Thursday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Lexington...

Bad Tar Heels, Bad!
Anyone who's married or in serious relationship can vouch for the difficulty of mixed allegiances; when you're a Cardinals girl, it's gonna be difficult sometimes for you to deal with a Cubs boy. (And not just because of all the crying.) Yankees fans and Red Sox fans can't mate; it's against the law...

NCAA Pants Party: Duke Vs. Virginia Commonwealth
Duke Blue Devils (22-10) vs. Virginia Commonwealth Rams (27-6) When: Thursday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Buffalo...

NCAA Pants Party: Marquette Vs. Michigan State
Marquette Golden Eagles (24-9) vs. Michigan State Spartans (22-11) When: Thursday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Winston-Salem, NC...

NCAA Pants Party: Vanderbilt Vs. George Washington
Vanderbilt Commodores (20-11) vs. George Washington Colonials (23-8) When: Thursday, 5:10 p.m. Where: Sacramento...

NCAA Pants Party: Washington State Vs. Oral Roberts
Washington State Cougars (25-7) vs. Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (23-10) When: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. Where: Sacramento...

NCAA Pants Party: Georgetown Vs. Belmont
Georgetown Hoyas (27-7) vs. Belmont Bruins (22-9) When: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. Where: Winston-Salem, N.C....

NCAA Pants Party: Butler Vs. Old Dominion
Butler Bulldogs (27-6) vs. Old Dominion Monarchs (24-8) When: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. Where: Buffalo...

NCAA Pants Party: Texas A&M Vs. Pennsylvania
Texas A&M Aggies (25-6) vs. Pennsylvania Quakers (21-8) When: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. Where: Lexington...

NCAA Pants Party: Louisville Vs. Stanford
Louisville Cardinals (23-9) vs. Stanford Cardinal (18-12) When: Thursday, 12:20 p.m. Where: Lexington...

NCAA Pants Party: Boston College Vs. Texas Tech
Boston College Eagles (20-11) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (21-12) When: Thursday, 12:20 p.m. Where: Winston-Salem, NC...

NCAA Pants Party: Maryland Vs. Davidson
Maryland Terrapins (24-8) vs. Davidson Wildcats (29-4) When: Thursday, 12:20 p.m. Where: Buffalo...

NCAA Pants Party: Florida A&M Vs. Niagara
Florida A&M Rattlers (21-13) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles (22-11) When: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. ET Where: Chicago Dayton...

Join The D—-spin Pants Party Pool!
All right, it wouldn't be the NCAA tournament if we weren't overkilling the entire thing with endless previews, discussions, tidbits and, of course ... our yearly tournament pool....

Bracket Breakdown: West Region
Later today, we'll begin rolling out our Tidbit previews of each team/first-round matchup, but to kick us off, we're gonna look at each region. Here's the Midwest region....

Bracket Breakdown: South Region
Later today, we'll begin rolling out our Tidbit previews of each team/first-round matchup, but to kick us off, we're gonna look at each region. Here's the South region....

Bracket Breakdown: Midwest Region
Later today, we'll begin rolling out our Tidbit previews of each team/first-round matchup, but to kick us off, we're gonna look at each region. Here's the Midwest region....

Bracket Breakdown: East Region
Later today, we'll begin rolling out our Tidbit previews of each team/first-round matchup, but to kick us off, we're gonna look at each region. Here's the East region. We're so glad they're calling it "East" again, instead of the decidedly unromantic "East Rutherford."...

A Lament For The Orange ... And Then We're Done With It
Now that the brackets are officially out, it's inevitable that everyone's talking about the snubs. (Ironically, one of the major "snubs" last year was supposedly Hofstra, who was overlooked in favor of George Mason.) The biggest snub of all is Syracuse, of course, which remains befuddled by its abse...

Welcome To The Frothing-At-The-Mouth Insanity
We'll get more into our thoughts on the bracket tomorrow — and before you yell at us, we really didn't expect Illinois to make it, and we're far from certain they deserve it ... not that we mind! — but first off, we wanted to get our Deadspin PDF bracket up there and ready for you ASAP....