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2010 NCAA March
Madness begins with the highly anticipated Selection Sunday official
picks on March 14 when college basketball team match-ups are finally
announced followed by the opening round games on March 16.
The national
championship is then determined during a month-long battle of skill,
determination, and dazzling performances by top competing college
teams leading up to the final four games played April 3 - 5 at Lucas
Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
2010
March Madness Tickets & Venues
NCAA March Madness
tickets are already on sale for top venues nationwide:
Opening Round:
March 16
UD Arena, Dayton, OH
First and
Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 18 and 20
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI
HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
Spokane Memorial Arena, Spokane, WA
First and
Second Rounds: Friday and Sunday, March 19 and 21
HSBC Arena, Buffalo
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI
Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Regionals:
Thursday and Saturday, March 25 and 27
East: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
West: Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT
Regionals:
Friday and Sunday, March 26 and 28
Midwest: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
South: Reliant Stadium, Houston TX
Final Four:
Saturday and Monday, April 3 and 5
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN
Those without
tickets can keep it here for complete TV schedules - on CBS and
ESPN - as 2010 March Madness draws near...
March
Madness Trivia & Fun Facts
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.
The 6 schools
who have the winningest history in NCAA Division I Men's basketball
are:
- UCLA
with 11 championships;
- Kentucky
who won the March Madness games 7 times;
- Indiana with
5 Big Dance victories;
- North
Carolina outlasted all the other teams 4 times, including
their championship win in 2005, and
- Duke
and Kansas
with 3 titles each.
- There are
8
teams that won twice and others who are trying to reach that
goal this year...
Although past
history is no guarantee in this Cinderella laced NCAA tournament,
number one seeds have won every time in the first round for the
past 16 years and number two seeds have only lost three first round
games... a 95% win average.
What makes the
brackets exciting are the number 13 and 14 seeds who came out winners
in the first round 20 times since 1992... a sweet 16% that leads
to dreams of glory. Watch for them in your brackets. Look for teams
from smaller conferences or those who had a bad start to the season,
but got their game on during the last weeks to pull off an invitation.
A power player on a slump or injury roster who recovers can mean
a lower seed for a solid team. Check out the Boston
Sports Hub analysis for more stats all the way through the Final
Four...
More
about March Madness around the Web:
NCAA
Men's Basketball
- The official site for ticket information, the latest updates,
scores, ranking and related pictures and feature stories, interviews
and more.
NCAA
Basketball - CBS Sportsline
- The official network TV station with headline reports & predictions, opinion
and news, plus the latest scores at a glance and key dates for major games. Rivals.com
Yahoo! NCAA Basketball
- This site has all the stats, brackets, news and analysis with a few extras that
may help with your bracket selections... or help you understand why your teams
did - or didn't - come through for you. Experts, blogs and videos for in depth
looks at the teams, coaches and players... ESPN
Mens' Basketball
- Cable TV network coverage featuring picture galleries, video clips, updated
blogs, along with the latest college basketball headline news & scores.
NCAA
Men's Division I Basketball Championship - Wikipedia's excellent overview
of March Madness with tons of stats, facts and incredible depth of trivia answers. CollegeHoops.net
- NCAA Basketball Tournament
- One-stop browsing for daily news & updates, odds & predictions, how
to's on winning that office pool, plus tons more on March Madness history, stats
& trivia.
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