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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. ...

Aaron Craft Hits Three-Pointer With 0.5 Seconds Remaining To Down Iowa State
Iowa State's upset dreams came to an end as Ohio State's Aaron Craft made penance for a series of missed free throws in the clutch and hit a near-buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the second-seeded Buckeyes a 78-75 win. ...

Your March Madness Schedule And Open Thread
No time to waste, let's get to it. Use this space to chat all day....

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. ...


Wichita State Stuns, Overwhelms, Flabbergasts, Bewilders, Dumbfounds Top-Seeded Gonzaga
Wichita State became only the seventh 9-seed in history to defeat a 1-seed, knocking off Gonzaga 76-70 in a result only hacky headline writers would call "shocking."...

There Are Some Lakerbro Wannabes At The Cal-Syracuse Game
Give it up, bros. You'll never be as good as the original....

A <em>New York Times</em> Story About Georgetown-FGCU Required Some Great Corrections
Is there anything better than an assiduous Times correction notice? Everyone is writing quickly during the tournament, but this one could have used another pass, if only to catch the Eddie Murphy thing. After all... ...

This Is The Face Of A Man Stricken With March Madness
Update! It's now a Photoshop contest. PNG below:...


Craig Sager's Thumb Is Disgusting
I love Craig Sager. Really, I do! I wouldn't patronize his haberdasher, but I think he's good at his job. But yikes, that thumbnail....

FGCU Beats Georgetown: A Schadenfreude Gallery
For the third time in two years, a 15-seed has upset a 2-seed. As the world embraces the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, it's important to remember that for every winner, there is a loser. Even when they are lovable, they are still losers....

Georgetown Fell Victim To The "Inbound The Ball Off A Defender's Butt" Play
Georgetown will likely have a cakewalk in tonight's game against 15 seed FGCU, but the Eagles showed the kind of ingenuity that led them to an early-season win over Miami in the opening minutes of their game against the Hoyas....

Bruce Weber Tried His Hardest To Call Timeout In The Final Seconds Of KSU's Loss, But Nobody Was Listening
La Salle upset Kansas State today, driving Deadspin writers into a frenzy and ruining brackets for those of you foolish enough to trust Bruce Weber to do anything right. He did, for what it's worth, try for a last-second strategy play. Too bad nobody noticed....





