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  • The Final Four is Set

    The Final Four is Set

    The NCAA Men’s basketball tournament is down to the last four teams and three games. The games will be played this Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas.

    The tourney started a couple of weeks ago with 68 teams, now only four remain. Those four, Auburn, Duke, Florida and Houston, were all #1 seeds in their regions.

    Florida and Auburn tip off at 6:09 ET with Houston and Duke set to tip at 8:49 ET. The Championship game is scheduled for Monday at 8:50 Eastern.

    It is the first time since 2008 – and only the second time ever – that the Final Four are all the top seeds. There have been more instances of no #1 seeds in the Final Four, 3 – 2006, 2011 and 2023 – than there have been all #1 seeds finals.

    Full disclosure: Your editor is a graduate of Duke University and roots for the Blue Devils even though he hates the Duke fan base.

  • MVAP Sports: March Madness

    MVAP Sports: March Madness

    The brackets for this year’s NCAA Men’s basketball tournament were announced last night. Games start on Wednesday with the First Four in Dayton Ohio. Here is the schedule and networks for the tourney:

    • First Four: March 18-19 (TruTV)
    • First round: March 20-21 (CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV)
    • Second round: March 22-23 (CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV)
    • Sweet 16: March 27-28 (CBS, TBS)
    • Elite Eight: March 29-30 (CBS, TBS)
    • Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas (CBS)
    • NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas (CBS)

    Auburn was announced as the No. 1 seed playing out of the South region. Duke is the No. 1 seed in the East, Houston is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest and Florida is the No. 1 seed in the West 

    Here’s a link to the official NCAA bracket:

    https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket

    Full disclosure; your editor is a graduate of the #1 seed in the East region, Duke University, and will be rooting for the Blue Devils throughout the tournament.