The NCAA Tourney will officially began in less than an hour. So true college basketball fans should have at least one of their tournament brackets filled out. If you’re procrastinating and waiting until the last minute you may want to take a peek at a master bracket, mine, before you complete yours.

With tip off just hours away, let’s dig into the final region. The South. The team that is primed to pull off the first round upset: Siena. Many people are jumping on the Siena’s first round bandwagon, and for good reason. Not because Siena is overwhelmingly better than Purdue. It’s because Purdue will be without Robbie [...]

Another week gone, about 15 games to go, the Magic have become the latest team to clinch a playoff berth, Cleveland has become the first division winner, and the Nets are on pace to win just under 8.5 games. And the brackets are pretty much set by now. Chicago could pick up the 2.5 games on [...]

It’s time for the daily linkage. You know the drill, here’s some stories from around the ‘net that we like and you SHOULD too! Inner Scarface of Rangers Manager Ron Washington Revealed (Midwest Sports Fans) Jets’ hosting of Thanksgiving night game means Pats will play Lions (PFT) Obama predicts Kansas beat Kentucky for title (NBC Sports) Tiger Woods Gets South [...]

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos won the 2010 Big West Conference Tournament and finished the season 20-9 and 12-4 in conference play. They earned an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament and are the #15 seed in the Midwest Region and will take on the #2 seed Ohio State in the first round of the Tourney. [...]

The Morgan State Bears won the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament and finished the season 27-9, 15-1. They had big wins this season over Arkansas, East Tennessee State, and South Carolina State. Noteable losses include ones to Loyola, MD, EKU, and South Carolina State. The team last went to the 2009 NCAA Tournament where they lost to [...]

The Boston Celtics were feeling especially green Wednesday night at the TD Garden. Not only were they taking on the New York Knicks, who were coming off a two-game win streak including a huge win at Dallas, but it was also St. Patrick’s day. Coming off of a blowout of the Detroit Pistons, the Celtics did what [...]

Turnover. Breakaway. Goal. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

You won’t have to skip work or school to see the Texas Longhorns take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Thursday because the game is at 8:35 PM Central Time. The State of Texas has had a slew of teams qualify for March Madness, and none had more questions surrounding whether or not they would [...]

Sorry, I don’t have the Youtube Link because it just happened… Anaheim’s Wisnewski (sp?) just decided to take the Colin Campbell’s Matt Cooke exception to the test tonight. Seabrook absolutely leveled Cory Perry earlier in the period and Wisnewski went after him. If you want to see what Frattin’s hit would have looked like if Wehrs was nowhere [...]

The Cornell Big Red finished the season as the Ivy League Champions with a 27-4 overall record and 13-1 in Ivy League Play. The Big Red had big wins this season (no pun intended) over Alabama, St. John’s, and Harvard. They almost upset #1 ranked Kansas on the road and have been ranked at various points [...]

The Pittsburgh Panthers finished the season 24-8 and 13-5 in Big East play and earned a #3 seed in the 2010 NCAA tournament . The Panthers notched big wins over Syracuse, West Virginia , and Villanova this season, but lost to Indiana, Seton Hall and USF. Pitt made it to the Elite Eight in the 2009 NCAA Tournament where they lost to [...]

The Georgetown Hoyas finished the season 23-10 and 10-8 in Big East play and obtained a #3 seed in the 2010 NCAA tournament . The Hoyas had big wins this season over Duke, Villanova, and Syracuse. Conversely, they had big losses to South Florida and Rutgers. The Hoyas last appeared in the 2008 NCAA Tournament where they lost [...]

Certainly not the way I expected my Wednesday to go. SI’s Jon Heyman reported today that Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season. My first reaction was uh-oh. This means a lot of reporters crawling over the complex, distracting everybody with all these questions. I know somebody who certainly didn’t need [...]

ESPN televised President Obama’s 2010 NCAA Tournament Bracket Prediction today. Last year, the President did well with picking the 2009 NCAA Tournament champions, North Carolina, but didn’t fare so well in the first round. For his 2010 Bracket predictions, President Obama went the more safe route this year with not picking any team below a 2 seed [...]

As expected, the NBA Board of Governors approved Michael Jordan’s bid to become the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. Jordan paid $275M for the 6-year-old franchise and hopes to lead the team in new direction. “I plan to make this franchise an organization that Charlotte can be proud of, and I am committed to doing all [...]

Let’s take a look at the East Region. The team that is primed to pull off the first round upset: Cornell. Everyone is picking them, so I will too. But please believe, people are on the Cornell bandwagon for good reason. Any team that can shoot the three like Cornell can is definitely a threat. All [...]

It is being reported by a few different news outlets that Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 baseball season. As with any positive drug test in the major leagues Ron Washington has had to undergo more regular drug testing. The Texas Rangers clearly decided that Ron Washington’s positive test for [...]

The Knicks aren’t the only team in New York who is looking to steal a big star from another team. The Yankees always have an eye on big name players that they can stack their team with. This year’s big fish? Joe Mauer. There are whispers that the Yankees are keeping a close eye on [...]

When he was a freshman in high school, the 130-pound kid from Santo Domingo turned heads with his whip-crack swing and cannon arm. Legendary LA Dodger scout Ralph Avila, who signed Pedro Martinez in 1988, had never seen anything like it. Despite Major League Baseball rules strictly prohibiting deals with any players under 16, Avila convinced the [...]