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MAIN Arrow to SportsSports Arrow to BasketballBasketball Arrow to NCAA 2006March Madness Arrow to Basketball - NCAA 2005NCAA 2005 - For the Record


This year for the first time, the NCAA men's basketball tournament will be available online for free.

Beginning March 16, 2006, fans will be able to watch March Madness on Demand on NCAAsports.com, the official NCAA Web site.

However, major games will be shown exclusively on CBS. NCAA March Madness on Demand will feature other games being played at the same time.

NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship -
Monday April 4, 2005

NORTH CAROLINA WINS

            Illinois 70    vs.   North Carolina 75 FINAL
L Head 21 pts          S. May 26 pts       

Happy 21st Birthday for Sean May and Congrats to the Tarheels

Tournament Video Highlights
Men's NCAA Brackets

The Final Four - NCAA Div. I Men's Basketball Semifinals

Game #1 - Saturday April 2, 2005
Illinois 72 - Louisville 57
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Game# 2 Saturday April 2, 2005
North Carolina 87 - Michigan State 71
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The Final Four - NCAA Div. I Women's Basketball Semifinals
Game #1 - Sunday April 3, 2005
Baylor 68 - LSU 57
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Game# 2 Sunday April 3, 2005
Michigan State 68 - Tennessee 64
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Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | Party Ideas & Snacks

March Madness updates Sweet Sixteen RoundNCAA brackets showcase the college basketball teams that are playing their way to the finals and are a easy way to track the teams if you're in a pool or running one. The games will be on ESPN and CBS for the most part. The NCAA site has a full March Madness TV listing and Yahoo sport has the schedule and audio to listen to the games online.

The phrase “March Madness” was coined by Henry V. Porter in 1939…to describe an Illinois high school basketball tourney. Brent Musburger first used it during NCAA coverage in 1982 causing a legal battle almost as insane as the playoffs. But everyone finally worked things out and the madness was official. There isn't a good record of who first called the playoffs The Big Dance, but it does describe the action.

Keep up with March Madness to see who wins the NCAA Men's Championship Game (Monday, April 4, 2005). Seeds were announced on Selection Sunday - March 13, 2005 and were televised on CBS NCAAsports.com. The opening round in the NCAA Men's Division I began on March 17th and the action just keeps getting hotter as the teams battle to get to the NCAA Championship game - to be played TODAY!

What a game - North Carolina wins it in the last 10 seconds of the Championship Game. North Carolina proved they have the stuff that Champions are made of and earned the rank of #1! Sean May's 26 points and 9 rebounds celebrating his 21st birthday says celebrating his dad's 1976 victory was nice...but this one is his and he'll remember ir until the day that he dies....

This was a tourney to talk about through the next several decades. Clean play, great players, team efforts, action until the last second and sometimes into overtime. Basketball the way it was meant to be played!

How have your picks done? Put away the brackets for the men for another year... but catch the women's final tomorrow!


Sweet 16 Teams and Results

CHIGAGO
Illinois - 77/ Wisconsin Milwaukee - 63 (Williams & Brown [21 each] send #1 seed Illinois to Elite 8)
Arizona - 78 / Oklahoma State - 77 (Stoudamire's 3 pointer at 2.8 seconds scores Elite 8 berth for AZ)


ALBUQUERQUE
Washington - 79 / Louisville - 93 (Cardinals end #1 seed Washington's hopes for Elite 8 berth)
Texas Tech - 60 / West Virginia - 65 (Pittsnogle's 22 points lifts West Virginia to Elite Eight)

Arizona vs. Illinois and Louisville vs. West Virginia advance to the Elite 8.

SYRACUSE
North Carolina - 67
/ Villanova - 66 (North Carolina nips Villanova to advance to Elite Eight)
Wisconsin 65
/ North Carolina State - 56 (Rally puts Wisconsin into Elite Eight)

AUSTIN
Utah - 52 v. Kentucky - 62 (Kentucky Knocks out Utah to Advance to Elite 8)
Duke 68 / Michigan State - 78 (Spartans end drought against Blue Devils, advance to Elite Eight)

Wisconsin vs. North Carolina and Michigan State vs Kentucky advance to the Elite 8.

Elite Eight Teams and Results
NCAA Div. I Men's Basketball Regional Final

Saturday March 26, 2005
Albuquerque: Louisville 93 vs. West Virginia 85 (Louisville tops West Virginia in thriller)
Chicago
: Arizona 89 vs. Illinois 90 (Arizona Falls Short in Wild Overtime Game)

Sunday March 27, 2005
Syracuse: Wisconsin 82 vs. North Carolina 88 (North Carolina beats Wisconsin, headed to Final Four)
Austin: Michigan State 94 vs Kentucky 88 (Michigan State wins thriller at FT line)

Illinois vs Louisville and Michigan State vs. North Carolina advance to the Final Four
Final Four Teams and Results
NCAA Div I Men's Basketball Semifinal

Game #1 - Saturday April 2, 2005
Louisville 57             vs.  Illinois 72 - FINAL
[R. Powell Jr. 20 pts]      [E. Myles 17 pts]               
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Game# 2 Saturday April 2, 2005

North Carolina 87 vs. Michigan State 71 - FINAL
[S. May 22 pts]           [M. Ager 24 pts ]

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CBS Sports NCAA Basketball Men's Printable Brackets - The teams, who they played against and the dates for the games are all here in this nicely done graphic of this year's NCAA Men's Division I Brackets. Printable format. Keep an eye out here for the updated brackets as the games are played...

The Odds of March - If you're trying to pick the winner or just want to impress with your amazing command of March Madness trivia check out the factoids on this page - and watch out for Duke...

2005 NCAA Final Four in St. Louis - The official site of March Madness for the 2005 Final Four with all of the info you need about where and when the games will be played. Ticket Info, press releases for the latest news and kids games for the youngest fans.

Doc Sport's March Madness 2005 Brackets - This site has the latest brackets and and offers updated brackets for you to print out after every round. The 2005 March Madness Brackets – Printable March Madness Bracket file is in PDF format so you'll need the free Adobe Acrobat reader to print it out - check them after the regionals to see who makes it through the sweet sixteen and elite eight to compete in the final four...

How to win your NCAA office pool... - Michael Lazarus reports for FOXSports.com on the latest predictions and keeps you up to date with March Madness. Links to other experts give you a well rounded look at what the people in the know are saying about the odds - which teams will move on to the next round of play and which will drop out of play...

NCAA March Madness® on Demand, powered by CSTV.com - Watch all games out of your local area on your PC for a fee. Live, realtime telecasts of up to 56 games from outside your area and live team press conferences. The contract for on demand streaming video of the games doesn't let you watch the local games, but you can follow all the rest of the March Madness leading up to the Championship games...

March Madness Pools & Software - 14 sites that offer pools and software to create brackets and manage your pool for the 2005 NCAA Championship Tourney.

Woman's Sports Net - No brackets here, but plenty of March Madness with the latest news and scores on all of the men's and women's NCAA basketball teams.

Pool Tracker - An online pool tracker for individual or group pools. Groups are $19.95 for the first 10 players - $3.00 for each additional player. Individual pools are $3.95 per person.

Bracket 2005 - NCAA Pool Manager - Software to manage your NCAA Basketball Pool. Grades all the brackets in your pool automatically as the NCAA tournament progresses. Free to try (for 30 days or until the NCAA tournament begins), Full version: $14.99 US; Upgrade from Bracket2004: $9.99 US.

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