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North Carolina Meets Oklahoma In A Test Of Round Ball Athletic Skill
And so it comes down to this: Your success in the office pool hinges on one man, as it always does. Time for Roy Williams, Destroyer of Dreams, Eater of $10 bills. [Sporting News]...

NCAA Sweet 16: (1) North Carolina vs. (4) Gonzaga
East Region: No. 1 North Carolina (30-4) vs. No. 4 Gonzaga (28-5) When: Thursday, 9:57 p.m., EDT Where: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS 1) Make it Wayne Let's get this out of the way for those waking from comas: Tyler Hansbrough is the ACC's all-time leading scorer and Tywo...

NCAA Tournament - Round Two, Evening Games
What to watch while planning your family vacation to beautiful downtown Baghdad......

Adrian Peterson's Community College Economic Stimulus Package
The Vikings' Adrian Peterson and other NFL players come to the rescue of Northern Iowa Area Community College, donating "close to $150,000" to keep the football program from folding. [The Globe Gazette]...

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (3) Kansas vs (14) North Dakota State
Your live blogger for this game will be Teddy from Gowanus Rotisserie Baseball Gazette. That's actually the shortened name. His full name is "Theodore."...

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (1) North Carolina Vs. (16) Radford
Your live blogger for this game will be Joe Novak of the blog Keys to the Bus. His wife named their dog after a character from Harry Potter....

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (5) Purdue Vs. (12) Northern Iowa
Your live blogger for this game will be J Money of the Purdue blog Boiled Sports. Yes, there's actually a blog that follows Purdue athletics....

Your Bracket Is Already Sweating Buckets
Two games in, everything's already turned to poo. Memphis unexpectedly found themselves in a drunken bar fight with 15-seeded Northridge, who trail by four points with five minutes remaining. TORO! TORO! [Northridge-Memphis Live Blog]...

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (2) Memphis Vs. (15) Cal State Northridge
Your live blogger for this game will be Queens resident Ben Muschel, who — until he finally starts law school — blogs about The West Wing. Please don't tell him how it ends....

NCAA First Round: (3) Kansas vs. (14) North Dakota State
Midwest Region: No. 3 Kansas (25-7) vs. No. 14 North Dakota State (26-6) When: Friday, 12:30 p.m., EDT Where: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota KANSAS JAYHAWKS 1) Robbing the Cradle The big programs in college basketball have been getting younger and younger thanks to things lik...

NCAA First Round: (1) North Carolina vs. (16) Radford
South Region: No. 1 North Carolina (28-4) vs. No. 16 Radford (21-11) When: Thursday, 2:50 p.m., EDT Where: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS 1) No Time to Stop When last we saw the Tarheels, they were losing to Florida State while their coach stubbornly refus...

NCAA First Round: (5) Purdue vs. (12) Northern Iowa
West Region: No. 5 Purdue (25-9) vs. No. 12 Northern Iowa (23-10) When: Thursday, 2:30 p.m., EDT Where: Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon PURDUE BOILERMAKERS 1) Consistently Decent. You hear all the time about how some programs are "consistently great," and others are mocked for being "consistently me...

NCAA First Round: (2) Memphis vs. (15) Cal State Northridge
West Region: No. 2 Memphis (31-3) vs. No. 15 Cal State Northridge (17-13) When: Thursday, 12:25 p.m., EDT Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri MEMPHIS TIGERS 1) A little charity? Last year, everyone told Memphis that their horrendous free-throw shooting would come back to haunt them, but no...

When Lost In The Georgia Dome, Consult Your Nearest Cheerleader
Tyler Hansbrough went from victory to fail within seconds this afternoon, as he avoided being called for a critical foul in a last-second win over Virginia Tech, but then got lost leaving the court....

Blue Devils. Tar Heels. Open Thread.
ACC title is on the line as the two powerhouses meet again to determine which shade of blue proves more dominant. And Tyler Hansbrough will say goodbye to the Dean Smith Center. Type insults here.[ESPN]...

How Much Do You Care About Northern Iowa Baseball?
As you may have heard, Northern Iowa's baseball program is on the chopping block (likely because of your bad mortgage), but the internet is making a ninth-inning rally to try and save it....

Northeastern's Brian Mandeville Had A Rough Combine
The good news: Despite playing for a weak small school program, you've been invited to the NFL combine! The bad news: The combine shows that you should never have been allowed on a football field....

Hansbrough Still Undefeated At Cameron Indoor, MIMI!
I'm not sure exactly how the whole Tyler Hansbrough-as-a-Muppet phenomenon got started, but Duke fans took it to a new level last night....

Insufferable Team Beats Irritating Team In Annoying ACC Rivalry
North Carolina clobbers Duke at Cameron Indoor, then burns Krzyzewskiville to the ground and enslaves its inhabitants. [USA Today]...

Here's The Duke-UNC Open Thread For You To Discuss Your Relationship Problems And Possibly This Game
Enjoy yourselves tonight as much as young Bobby Frasor did last Spring. He actually stopped by the 850 The Buzz radio station today to talk about the Duke-UNC rivalry and, of course, his infamous jump....