2010 March Madness - College Basketball Tournament
It's almost time for March Madness to begin. The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament begins every year in March; usually it will begin on the 3rd Thursday of March. There are a ton of NCAA bracket contests out there that you can sign up for free. They all have prizes that you can win. But you need to sign up for most of these by Noon Eastern Time on Thursday, March 18.
I do have one question for the locations of these games in regards to what region they are supposed to be in. How can you have East Regional games in San Jose, CA? That's just bizarre. I've also seen South Regional games that will take place in Providence, RI. Yeah, when I think of the South, I think of Rhode Island. Add that to games in the West Region being played in Milwaukee, WI. Okay, wait a minute. Then, I see that Syracuse is playing in the West region and they are playing about as far west as you can get - in Buffalo, NY.
Is the logistics of having a city prepare for a few basketball games that hard that they can't find sites in the geographic region? People may be trying to pick upsets based on the how far a team had to travel. If you didn't already know this then you would already know that the likely setup between New Mexico and Marquette will take place in San Jose and Marquette, not New Mexico will be the team that has to travel further for the game.
The tournament opens on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Tip off is usually between 12:15-12:20PM EST. According to the schedule, Florida and BYU are going to kick things off at 12:20. The rest of the first round schedule is below.
NCAA Tournament schedule -
Play-in game - Winthrop vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 7:30PM
1st Round Games - Day 1
#10 Florida vs #7 BYU 12:20 PM - West Region
#11 Old Dominion vs #6 Notre Dame 12:25 PM - South Region
#15 Robert Morris vs #2 Villanova 12:30 PM - South Region
#13 Murray State vs #4 Vanderbilt 2:30 PM - West Region
#15 North Texas vs #2 Kansas State 2:40 PM - West Region
#14 Sam Houston State vs #3 Baylor 2:45 PM - South Region
#10 Saint Mary's vs #7 Richmond 2:50 PM - South Region
#12 UTEP vs #5 Butler - 4:45 PM - West Region
#9 Northern Iowa vs # 8 UNLV 7:10 PM - Midwest Region
#16 East Tennessee State vs #1 Kentucky 7:15PM - East Region
#11 Washington vs #6 Marquette 7:20 PM - East Region
#14 Ohio vs #3 Georgetown 7:25 PM - Midwest Region
#16 Lehigh vs #1 Kansas 9:30 PM - Midwest Region
#9 Wake Forest vs #8 Texas 9:35 PM - East Region
#14 Montana vs #3 New Mexico 9:40 PM - East Region
#11 San Diego State vs #6 Tennessee 9:55 PM - Midwest Region
1st Round Game - Day 2
#15 Morgan State vs #2 West Virginia 12:15 PM - East Region
#11 Minnesota vs #6 Xavier 12:25 PM - West Region
#12 Cornell vs #5 Temple 12:30 PM - East Region
#13 Siena vs #4 Purdue 2:30 PM - South Region
#10 Missouri vs #7 Clemson 2:35 PM - East Region
#14 Oakland vs #3 Pittsburgh 2:45 PM - West Region
#13 Wofford vs #4 Wisconsin 2:50 PM - East Region
#12 Utah State vs #5 Texas A&M - 4:45 PM - South Region
#9 Florida State vs # 8 Gonzaga 7:10 PM - West Region
#10 Georgia Tech vs #7 Oklahoma State 7:15PM - Midwest Region
#12 New Mexico State vs #5 Michigan State 7:20 PM - Midwest Region
#16 Play-in Winner vs #1 Duke 7:25 PM - South Region
#16 Vermont vs #1 Syracuse 9:30 PM - West Region
#15 UC Santa Barbara vs #2 Ohio State 9:35 PM - Midwest Region
#13 Houston vs #4 Maryland 9:40 PM - Midwest Region
#9 Louisville vs #8 California 9:45 PM - South Region
More schedules to come as the games are played.
Below are a list of resources on the 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament. If you can't find what your looking for or think something should be added, please comment below.
Watch the Tournament Live on your computer
Last year CBS streamed a majority of the 2009 College Basketball tournament on CBSSports.com. At times there were waiting lists, and all games that were on local TV were blocked out from watching online. This year CBSSports is teaming up with NCAA.com, and CSTV to stream all 63 games of the March Madness Tournament without any blackouts to all internet users.You can also download an application from iTunes to watch all 63 games from your iPhone or iPod Touch.
- Download NCAA March Madness On Demand from iTunes
Tournament Brackets
- Download and print a blank tournament bracket
- Download and print the March Madness Tournament Bracket with Teams filled in
Printable March Madness bracket from CBS. Looks pretty sharp.
- Simple instructions on how to make your own tournament bracket
- Bracket Manager at CBSSports.com - Manage your own Tournament Pool for free
This year CBSSports offers their Bracket Manager, which allows people to create and manage their March Madness Pools very easily. It is free to use, and has many cool features including customized scoring options, inviting friends via email, access to your group from a private URL, automatic updating of standings, and more.
March Madness Brackets on Facebook
- CBSSports March Madness Facebook Application
- Watercoolers 2009 Bracket Challenge on Facebook
- SportsIllustrated / Citizen Sports / Finish Lines $5000 Facebook Tournament Contest
March Madness Lines - Will update soon
- March Madness Round 1 Lines
Update - Current March Madness Game Lines March 15 9:15PM - Thursday lines on the left, Friday's lines on the right.
- No line on Louisville game because they play the winner of the play in game on Tuesday.
- No Money Line or Over/Under lines set.
Images above taken from this page - Live point spread lines for every tournament game - No line on Louisville game because they play the winner of the play in game on Tuesday.
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