NCAA Tournament: Second & Third Round Best Games, Players
CBS Local Sports' writers Bryan Altman and Ryan Mayer breakdown the best parts of the first weekend of NCAA Tournament action and look ahead to the Sweet 16.
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CBS Local Sports' writers Bryan Altman and Ryan Mayer breakdown the best parts of the first weekend of NCAA Tournament action and look ahead to the Sweet 16.
Facing a deficit and a fired-up Dayton team, fueled by its fans who packed the house again, Oklahoma went on lockdown.
TaShawn Thomas powered his way to 18 points inside and versatile Buddy Hield added 15 to lead third-seeded Oklahoma past Albany 69-60.
The clock's counting down and the game's tied. Advancing or getting knocked out of the NCAA Tournament comes down to one final possession. Every coach knows who they want to have the ball.
The Big 12 spent all season puffing out its chest. The league pointed to its RPI, that mercurial number that only seems to take on meaning in March, and the number of teams it had in the Top 25 as evidence of its superiority.
All five Texas teams that made it into the 68-team NCAA tournament field were eliminated on Thursday. Texas, Baylor, SMU, Stephen F. Austin and Texas Southern all were beaten.
Jakob Poeltl had 18 points and eight rebounds, and fifth-seeded Utah celebrated its return to the NCAA Tournament by holding off Stephen F. Austin for a 57-50 victory on Thursday night.
SMU's locker room was eerily quiet, with team managers folding jerseys and clothes in the middle as players sat at their stalls trying to digest the ending of a heartbreaking 60-59 loss to UCLA.
In the NCAA's way of thinking, Dayton was technically the visiting team on the scoreboard and in its road uniforms. The 12,592 screaming fans in the arena thought otherwise.
Sounds so simple. And it surely is effective if it can be done.
Kentucky enters the NCAA Tournament undefeated at 34-0, and for the most part of the season have looked dominant, but that doesn't mean there aren't a handful teams that could potentially upset the Wildcats
The basketball fan in chief says there's a good reason the Wildcats are the prohibitive favorite in the tournament after going 34-0 so far.
The NCAA Tournament got underway last night with the first two "First Four" match-ups. Hampton earned the right to play Kentucky on Thursday night and the bench got a little superstitious down the stretch.
Let this be a lesson to the other teams in the NCAA tournament who have yet to take the floor. A quick start means a lot. But a great finish is even better if you want to win.
March Madness is upon us. The tournament begins this evening with the First Four and continues with four straight days chock full of games Thursday-Sunday. You're probably filling out a bracket with visions of money dancing in your head. Here's 5 tips to try and help out.
For the men's and women's basketball tournaments that begin this week, the NCAA for the first time will use a replay system that captures live high-definition video from multiple angles.
The Big 12 again has seven teams in the NCAA Tournament.
My big question for the committee - how did UCLA get into the bracket instead of Miami and Temple?
One year after dealing with late-night problems, angry coaches and surprised families, most teams in this year's men's tourney will be required to stay overnight after their games.
Yes, the NCAA Tournament begins this week and that means it's bracket-picking time. We're here to help make sense of March Madness.
Selection Sunday is tomorrow. That means the bracket analyzing and breakdown will begin in earnest late tomorrow night into Monday. The best part of the tournament, is the Cinderella team, let's look at the 5 best in NCAA History.
Conference champions are being determined and automatic bids clinched, so we're taking a look at some of the lesser known teams making the NCAA Tournament.
Here are the teams ranked 21-25 and a few key facts to help you get to know them.
Here are the teams ranked 16-20 and a few key facts to help you get to know them.
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