March Madness Page 36 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
En Garde! East Tennessee State-Kentucky Open Thread
The inevitable Calipari-led letdown begins tonight as Kentucky takes on the feisty ETSU Buccaneers. Your opinions on Double Jeopardy and other Ashley Judd vehicles are encouraged....
Rebels Try To Poach Panthers: Nothern Iowa-UNLV Open Thread (UPDATE)
Senior big man Jordan Egsleder leads his band of other people who look like they're from Iowa against Lon Kruger's Runnin' Rebels. Illinois and Atlanta Hawks fans, let your vitriol fly....
Hardworking Underagers Take On Scrappy Bulldogs: UTEP-Butler Open Thread
Another upset special? UTEP coach Tony Barbee is familiar with the Butler program, has the C-USA POY in Randy Culpepper and a talented Pitino cast-off in Derrick Caracter. Butler hasn't lost in 2010. [Unstoppable force, immovable object boilerplate], comments there....
Highlanders Take On Arachnid Power: St. Mary's-Richmond Open Thread
St. Mary's sneaked into the Big Dance by upsetting Gonzaga in the WCC tournament, what do they have planned for an encore?...
Bearkats! Regular Bears! Sam Houston State-Baylor Open Thread
Baylor has players named Tweety, Ekpe, Dragan and Givon. Clearly, they are going all the way. Dust off your David Koresh material and comment....
One Guess As To Whom Lionel Richie's Rooting For: Murray State-Vanderbilt Open Thread (UPDATE With Video)
Vandy is on upset alert as they take on the Ohio Valley Conference champion Murray State Racers. Comments addressing the matter of which school has the superior psychology program are welcome....
You Can Do It, Cougars: A Florida-BYU Open Thread
What can that shirt possibly refer to? Who do you think will advance to give K-State a scare in Round 2? Follow the action in the comments below....
Fruitless Attempts At Ditching Final Exams To Watch The NCAA Tournament, Part I
Here's poor James, a University Of Washington Law student, who attempted to move his Taxation LL.M. final to March 22 so he could watch the tournament. He did not succeed....
I Was There: Duke Vs. Kentucky, Philadelphia, 1992
Here's one of our first submission to #Iwasthere (here for explanation) courtesy of Brett Hoover, who was on press row at The Spectrum the night Christian Laettner ripped the heart out of Lexington....
I Was There: March Madness Special
Throughout the tournament, we'd like you to help out with our #iwasthere page to discuss your March Madness related memories. Go on. Take a look. They're nice stories....
ESPN's Syracuse Problem
First, we have President Obama going with someplace called "Sycasuse" in his ESPN bracket under the watchful eye of best friend Andy Katz and then we have "Syracsue" getting the #1 seed in the West. Adjust your brackets accordingly....
Play the Best Bracket this March
Play the SoBe Lifewater™ Zero Inhibitions Bracket Challenge and you could win up to $10,000,000. You could even win a chance to ball with former NBA point guard and current TNT basketball analyst, Kenny "The Jet" Smith....
The Best In NCAA Conspiracy Theories
The NCAA Selection Committee is a shadowy backroom cabal, operating with minimal transparency and zero oversight. But do they really rig the brackets? We look at five of the most plausible theories, and rank them on their merits....
Why Does The Selection Committee Keep Screwing The Mid-Majors?
Joe Sheehan over at Basketball Prospectus is back aboard a favorite old hobbyhorse of his — the NCAA selection committee's habit of matching up non-BCS schools in the first round — and damned if he doesn't have a point....
Clark Kellogg Renamed The Midwest Bracket The "Bang Bus" Bracket For Some Reason
Clark Kellogg's mind must be in the gutter. Or he has some nefarious plans for Evan Turner and the San Diego State cheer squad. H/t Hernando for the video....
Onions, Both Peeled And Grabbed, Win The Weekend
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the guy from the NCAA selection committee who peeled his metaphorical onions, and this happy Buccaneer from East Tennessee State, who merely gripped his....
And Joe Lunardi Re-Enters Cryopreservation
As you enjoy the NCAA selection show and prepare to enter your own office pool, one of our readers shares a co-worker's concept of a bracket that boggles the mind....
Embrace Bracket Madness
Play the SoBe Lifewater™ Zero Inhibitions Bracket Challenge and you could win up to $10,000,000. And there's more —you could also meet Brooklyn Decker, Jerry Rice, Kenny Smith or Kendra (yes, that one)....
Time For March Madness Vasectomies Already? A Deadspin Pledge
Like the Filet-O-Fish song, it's a peripheral American tradition: doctors pushing vasectomies during the NCAA tournament. And then, of course, the media breathlessly writing about it....
Is This What Happens When You Click CBS' March Madness On Demand Boss Button?
We all mocked NBC for the lonely spreadsheet that would come up if you clicked the "Boss Button." But has CBS taken a step back? According to ace tipster Qumar, yes:...