Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Heat Streak Ends at 27

The second longest winning streak in NBA history is over, as the Chicago Bulls defeat the Miami Heat 101-97 tonight to snap Miami's 27 game winning streak. Luol Deng had 28 points and 7 rebounds, as the Bulls snap the Heat's streak, despite playing without all-star center Joakim Noah.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Aaron Craft Sinks Iowa State

Aaron Craft's three pointer with 0.4 seconds left led #2 Ohio State to advance to the Sweet 16, with a 78-75 win over Iowa State in the West Region. The Buckeyes escape and will face #6 Arizona in the Regional Semifinals Thursday in Los Angeles.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Shockers Top Gonzaga


The first #1 seed has fallen, as Gonzaga falls to #9 Wichita State 76-70 in the West Region. The Shockers made 14 three pointers to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2006. Meanwhile, in the East Region, #4 Syracuse advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 4th time in 5 years with a 66-60 win over #12 Cal, and #3 Marquette advanced to Sweet 16 for third straight year with 74-72 win over Butler.
In the Midwest Region, top-seed Louisville advanced to its 4th Sweet 16 in six years with a 82-56 win over #9 Colorado State, while #12 Oregon upset #4 Saint Louis 74-57 to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2007.

Today's Round 3 Schedule:
(All times eastern, games also available on March Madness on Demand)
West Region 12:15 PM (10) Iowa State vs (2) Ohio State CBS
East Region 2:45 PM (9) Temple vs (1) Indiana CBS
South Region 5:15 PM (8) North Carolina vs (1) Kansas CBS
South Region 6:10 PM (11) Minnesota vs (3) Florida TNT
South Region 7:10 PM (15) Florida Gulf Coast vs (7) San Diego State TBS
West Region 7:40 PM (13) La Salle vs (12) Ole Miss tru TV
East Region 8:40 PM (7) Illinois vs (2) Miami (FL) TNT
Midwest Region 9:40 PM (7) Creighton vs (2) Duke TBS

My bracket record: 24-16

Upsets Galore

Incredible day for crazy upsets in the NCAA Tournament on Friday. In the most stunning upset, #2 Georgetown falls to #15 Florida Gulf Coast in the South Region 78-68. Playing in their first ever tournament game, the Eagles from Fort Myers, FL took out the Big East regular season champion Hoyas in shocking fashion, as witnessed by the Bret Comer to Chase Fieler alley-oop to seal the win below.
Meanwhile, in the insane West Region, #13 LaSalle took down #4 Kansas State, and #12 Ole Miss took out the Big 10 Tournament Champions in #5 Wisconsin.  Absolutely stunning upsets, as there are no more perfect brackets on Yahoo or ESPN's tournament challenges. 


Today's third round schedule
(All times eastern, games also available on March Madness on Demand)
South Region 12:15 PM (5) Virginia Commonwealth vs (4) Michigan CBS
Midwest Region 2:45 PM (6) Memphis vs (3) Michigan State CBS
Midwest Region 5:15 PM (8) Colorado State vs (1) Louisville CBS
West Region 6:10 PM (14) Harvard vs (6) Arizona TNT
Midwest Region 7:10 PM (12) Oregon vs (4) Saint Louis TBS
East Region 7:45 PM (6) Butler vs (3) Marquette CBS
West Region 8:40 PM (9) Wichita State vs (1) Gonzaga TNT
East Region 9:40 PM (12) California vs (4) Syracuse TBS


My bracket record: 20-12

Friday, March 22, 2013

Day Two Schedule

Well, my bracket is already busted, with 12th seeded Oregon and California, as well as 14th seeded Harvard pulling off impressive upsets on the first day. Also Bucknell and Belmont failed to deliver for me.

Here's today's day two schedule.
(All times U.S. Eastern, games also on March Madness Live)

12:15 PM (15) Albany vs (2) Duke CBS
12:40 PM (12) Ole Miss vs (5) Wisconsintru TV
1:40 PM (9) Temple vs (8) North Carolina State TBS
2:10 PM (15) Pacific vs (2) Miami (FL) TNT
2:45 PM (10) Cincinnati vs (7) Creighton CBS
3:10 PM (13) La Salle vs (4) Kansas State tru TV
4:10 PM (16) James Madison vs (1) Indiana TBS
4:40 PM (10) Colorado vs (7) Illinois TNT
6:50 PM (15) Florida Gulf Coast vs (2) Georgetown TBS
7:15 PM (15) Iona vs (2) Ohio State CBS
7:20 PM (9) Villanova vs (8) North Carolina TNT
7:27 PM (14) Northwestern State vs (3) Florida tru TV
9:20 PM (10) Oklahoma vs (7) San Diego State TBS
9:45 PM (10) Iowa State vs (7) Notre Dame CBS
9:50 PM (16) Western Kentucky vs (1) Kansas TNT
9:57 PM (11) Minnesota vs (6) UCLA tru TV

My bracket record after day one: 9-7

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Day One Schedule

The 64-team field is set, and today, the real madness begins! Full day one schedule is below. Remember all games of the tournament are live online at March Madness Live.

(All times ET)
12:15 PM (14) Valparaiso vs (3) Michigan State* CBS
12:40 PM (11) Bucknell vs (6) Butler* tru TV
1:40 PM (9) Wichita State vs (8) Pittsburgh* TBS
2:10 PM (13) New Mexico State vs (4) Saint Louis* TNT
2:45 PM (11) Saint Mary's vs (6) Memphis* CBS
3:10 PM (14) Davidson vs (3) Marquette* tru TV
4:10 PM (16) Southern University vs (1) Gonzaga* TBS
4:40 PM (12) Oregon vs (5) Oklahoma State* TNT
6:50 PM (16) North Carolina A&T vs (1) Louisville* TBS
7:15 PM (13) South Dakota State vs (4) Michigan* CBS
7:20 PM (11) Belmont vs (6) Arizona* TNT
7:27 PM (12) California vs (5) UNLV* tru TV
9:20 PM (9) Missouri vs (8) Colorado State* TBS
9:45 PM (12) Akron vs (5) Virginia Commonwealth* CBS
9:50 PM (14) Harvard vs (3) New Mexico* TNT
9:57 PM (13) Montana vs (4) Syracuse* tru TV






Enjoy the games today and good luck in your brackets! My bracket

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

First Four Tonight

Tonight, the tournament begins with two of the "First Four" games in Dayton, Ohio.

In the first game at 5:40 PM CT on truTV, #16 seed Liberty (15-20), champions of the Big South conference tournament, will play #16 MEAC champion North Carolina A&T (19-16) for the right to advance in the Midwest region to play #1 Louisville on Thursday.

In the second game, two "last four in" mid-major teams will go head to head with Middle Tennessee facing St. Mary's as #11 seeds for the right to play #6 Memphis in the Midwest region. Tip-off of the game will be about 8:10 PM CT on truTV.