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Picking The NCAA Tournament By Following The Real Money
Every pick'em pool shows you who pickers are picking in the NCAA Tournament. But keep in mind those numbers include oblivious office drones choosing teams based on best mascot or uniform color. The smart bracket-filler-outer pays attention to the folks who really have something on the line: their ca...
The Selection Committee Says Washington Wasn't Even Close To Being On The Bubble
Washington made a bit of history yesterday, when the Huskies became the first ever regular season champion from a Big Six conference to not make the tournament. Perhaps fans can take some sick sort of solace in the knowledge that it wasn't a close-run thing: at least six other teams apparently had a...
The Prospect Of A Kentucky-North Carolina Championship Game Blew Several Of Dick Vitale's Fuses
Dickie V's one of ESPN's most polarizing personalities, with people falling either on the side of adoration of his positivity or dismissal of his antics. But we can't quite say we've ever seen anything like what happened at the end of ESPN's NCAA Tournament coverage, in which Vitale had a complet...
The 2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket Is Here
We'll be doing a Tournament Pick 'Em most likely tomorrow but for now here is a downloadable version of the 2012 Bracket, hot off the presses for your enjoyment, scrutiny and pipe-dream gold mine. [CBS]...
ACC Referee Told N.C. State Head Coach Mark Gottfried To Shut His "Fucking Ass Up" Yesterday
Yesterday's ACC final between N.C. State and North Carolina was just a typical game for N.C. State in the ACC—oozing with controversy. N.C. State, you will recall, is the alma mater to Tom Gugliotta. Googs, of course, was unceremoniously kicked out of a game by ACC official Karl Hess little more th...
Cornell Defender Sends Her Team To The Frozen Four On Dazzling Goal In Triple Overtime
Lauriane Rougeau sent Boston University packing, and the season high home crowd of 2,143 Cornell fans into hysterics, when she slipped this one past the goalie to end what amounted to two full games of hockey played. Cornell won the wild game, that featured a three-goal-comeback by each team, 8-7....
Louisville Is Going Dancing After The Worst Big East Final In History
Maybe this is what we deserve, or what the Big East deserves, though the clefts in its foundation are not of its doing, mostly....
Mississippi Valley State Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils, who in beating Texas Southern 71-69 won the SWAC tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPNU]...
Ohio Is Going Dancing, Thanks To Akron Inadvertently Making A Free Throw
Congratulations to the Ohio Bobcats, who in beating Akron 64-63 won the MAC tournament and punched their ticket to the dance....
New Mexico Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the New Mexico Lobos, who in beating San Diego State 68-59 won the Mountain West tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [NBC Sports]...
Missouri Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Missouri Tigers, who in beating Baylor 90-75 won the Big 12 tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN]...
Colorado Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Colorado Buffaloes, who in beating Arizona 53-51 won the PAC-12 tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBS]...
Lamar Is Going Dancing, Despite Having "Awful Seniors"
Congratulations to the Lamar Cardinals, who in beating McNeese State 70-49 won the Southland Conference tournament and punched their ticket to the dance....
Norfolk State Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Norfolk State Spartans, who in beating Bethune-Cookman 73-70 won the MEAC tournament and punched their (first-ever!) ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
Memphis Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Memphis Tigers, who in beating Marshall 83-57 won the Conference USA tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBS]...
Vermont Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Vermont Catamounts, who in beating Stony Brook 51-43 won the America East tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Weekend: Your College Basketball Open Thread
I had this whole great thing written breaking down each game with the most mind-blowing analysis the world had ever seen, but internet connectivity issues ruined it all. Just know that it would have made Dick Vitale look like a gimmicky old man—it was that good. Anyway, here you go, chat down below ...
North Carolina State Rode This Buzzer-Beating Four-Point Play To An Upset Over Virginia
N.C. State continued its improbable run in the ACC tournament, dispatching Virginia 67-64 after erasing a Hoos lead with this Scott Wood buzzer-beater at the end of the first half....
Cockblocked By Cancer!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go. ...
Freeroll Is Back: Play Fantasy Basketball Tonight For Free, Win $500
Back by popular demand, it's another DraftStreet freeroll. It's a one-time thing, and if you can assemble the best team without going over $100,000, you might just win up to $500 to spend on whatever or whomever you please....