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Michigan Destroys Florida For Final Four Berth
This was an ugly one. Michigan beat Florida 79-59, dominating from cover to cover. Short of a mini-run at the end of the first half, Billy Donovan's squad was out of whack all game. The image above was grabbed from the end of the broadcast but, really, it could have been taken two minutes into the g...

Goodbye (For Now), Aaron Craft
Wichita State is going to the Final Four after dispatching with Ohio State last night. We thought we'd put together a goodbye for Aaron Craft but soon realized he's only a junior and surely not going to enter the NBA draft so, whatever, we're still doing it anyway. So long, Aaron. See you next year....

There's More To Dunk City Than Dunks: How FGCU's Offense Works
Florida Gulf Coast is this year's mid-major darling. The Eagles have upended the tournament, ruined your bracket, and sent Georgetown and San Diego State packing. They've advanced further than any 15-seed in the Dance's history, and they've done so with an offense that's hardly stretched its legs so...

Two Residents Of Dunk City Explain How Their Georgetown-Shattering Alley-Oop Came To Be
PHILADELPHIA—I’d like to take you back to a simpler time. Last Friday. Almost dinner. Standing outside the Wells Fargo Center in South Philly. Wondering if I should stick around to watch Georgetown blow out a tiny Florida nothing school....
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Doug Gottlieb Says He's On CBS's Pregame Show To Bring The "White Man's Perspective" [UPDATE: Gottlieb Apologizes]
Wow. That sure was awkward....

Your March Madness Open Thread
You've got four games to keep you busy tonight, but none are more important than La Salle versus Wichita St. Fight on, Explorers! ...

Can "Rimjob" Pull Off The Upset? Here's The Filthy Sixteen Of Your Curse Word Bracket
Second-round voting is over in the Deadspin Curse Word bracket, and boy, you people certainly like your rimjobs. Now it’s time for the regional semifinals. But before we get to the voting, a few notes on your Filthy Sixteen:...

Westboro Baptist Will Picket The Final Four
Westboro Baptist, that group of awful people with colorful signs who are really concerned about who you're having sex with, have announced on the "Picket Schedule" section of their website that they'll be heading to Atlanta for next weekend's Final Four. ...

How Ayn Rand Led FGCU To The Sweet Sixteen, Sort Of
Originally published in Bloomberg View...

Which College Basketball Analyst Has The Least Terrible Bracket So Far?
Republished with permission from PunditTracker.com...

Vote, Jagoffs: Second Round Of Our Curse Word Bracket Begins
BEWARE THE 13 SEEDS. While Florida Gulf Coast was busy trashing your NCAA bracket, some rather notable underdogs advanced in the first round of our curse word bracket, including 13 seeds "cameltoe" (which beat out "screw" by less than a thousand votes) and "buttfuck" (which staged an astonishing tr...

Are You Ready For FGCU To Dunk Its Way Into Your Heart? A Guide To March Madness's Most Entertaining Team
The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are the best thing to happen to the NCAA tournament in a long time. Here's everything you need to know about them....

Thanks To The FGCU Basketball Team, Fort Myers Is Officially Dunk City
The picture above is a screencap from the official website of Fort Myers, Fla., the city that is home to everyone's favorite NCAA tournament team. As you can see in the top left corner, the city is celebrating the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles' Sweet 16 bid by officially branding itself as Dunk City for...

What Happened In The Game? We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out: Part II
For the tournament, we're calling Applebee's franchises in different cities across the country immediately after the local institution has completed its game, win or lose. We'll pretend to be oblivious about what just happened in order to get a detailed game description from someone in the restauran...

Florida Gulf Coast University Beer Koozies Are Out Of Stock
Throwin' alleys. ...

Aaron Craft Drove Everyone Crazy Today
The shot was the shot, but what really made every person associated with college basketball go temporarily insane, was the charge Craft took with 1:41 left in the game. ...

The Selection Committee Really Boned This Tournament
Gonzaga, the first top seed: gone. Oregon a ridiculous No. 12 seed "upset" Saint Louis. Perennial-choke-artist Georgetown a No. 2 seed: out. Perennial-choke-artist Pitt even in the field of 60-whatever. The selection committee is totally screwing up the the bracket. ...


Here Are Some Photos Of Marshall Henderson Out Drinking After Yesterday's Win
Marshall Henderson had an exceedingly Marshall Henderson day yesterday. As you probably know by now, he started off Mississippi's upset win over Wisconsin one of 13, a ratio that would shatter the confidence of even the steadiest shooters. Of course, Henderson isn't "steady" so much as "cartoonishly...

Your March Madness Schedule And Open Thread
How's your bracket doing? I had New Mexico and Kansas State in the Sweet Sixteen, and Georgetown in the Elite Eight, and am nevertheless leading the Deadspin office pool due to the flawed bracketology philosophies of my coworkers. (Here's a tip, dingbats: Get lucky.) What's on tap today: ...