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March Madness comes but once a year...

 

Basketball fans wait every year for the tradition - the excitement - and the upsets that make up the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.

Here are the important dates for this year's tournament:

Selection Sunday:  March 16, 2008

Opening Round Game:  March 18, 2008

First Round:  March 20-21, 2008

Second Round:  March 22-23, 2008

Third Round:  March 27-28, 2008

Fourth Round:  March 29-30, 2008

Final Four:  April 5 & 7, 2008 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX.

Please scroll down to see the host venues for the first four rounds.

After Selection Sunday, I updated the lens with the brackets!

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Automatic Qualifiers to the NCAA Tournament! 

See which teams earned their ticket to the Big Dance as Automatic Qualifiers from their respective conferences:

Cornell (Ivy League)
Winthrop (Big South)
Austin Peay (Ohio Valley Conference)
Belmont (Atlantic Sun Conference)
Drake (Missouri Valley Conference)
Siena (MAAC)
George Mason (Colonial Athletic Association)
San Diego (West Coast Conference) (Upset Gonzaga!)
Davidson (Southern Conference)
Butler (Horizon League)
Oral Roberts (Summit)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt Conference)
Mount St. Marys (NEC)
Portland State (Big Sky Conference) (FIRST TIME DANCING!)
American (Patriot League) (FIRST TIME DANCING!)
UMBC (America East) (FIRST TIME DANCING!)
Temple (Atlantic 10)
Pittsburgh (Big East)
Cal State Fullerton (Big West) (First Time Dancing in 30 years!)
Memphis (Conference USA)
Kent St. (MAC)
Coppin St. (MEAC)
UNLV (Mountain West)
UCLA (Pac 10)
Mississippi Valley State(SWAC)
Boise State (WAC) (in 3OT!)
North Carolina (ACC)
Wisconsin (Big 10)
Kansas (Big 12)
Georgia (SEC) (Wins 3 games in 2 days, 17-16 record they crash the dance)
UT Arlington (Southland Conference) (FIRST TIME DANCING!)

Here are the important links you'll want to have access to come March Madness 2008. 

Championship Information - NCAA Sports.com
Get breaking college sports news at the official website for NCAA athletics - NCAAsports.com.
NCAA March Madness on Demand from CBS
Watch live video during the first 3 rounds of the tournamnet!!
March Madness Games
March Madness Games
Info on all March Madness News, And Bracket Builder.
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NCAA Games TV
Build-A-Bracket

Check out the latest news from CBS Sportsline leading up to the Big Dance! 

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Check out the Team Logos available from Fathead! 

For the Number One Seeded Teams

Fathead produces these AWESOME pieces of wall art featuring the logos or mascots of your favorite teams, or your favorite players for a number of different sports! Here are products for the #1 seeds of the tournament:

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UCLA Bruins Logo
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North Carolina Logo
North Carolina Tar Heels Logo

The first and second rounds of the tournament will be held in the following venues/cities: 

  • Honda Center
    Anaheim, California
  • Pepsi Center
    Denver, Colorado
  • Qwest Center Omaha
    Omaha, Nebraska
  • Verizon Center
    Washington, D.C.
  • BJCC Arena
    Birmingham, Alabama
  • Alltel Arena
    Little Rock, Arkansas
  • RBC Center
    Raleigh, North Carolina
  • St. Pete Times Forum
    Tampa, Florida

The Third and Fourth Rounds (aka The Regionals) will be held in the following venues/cities: 

  • East Regional
    Charlotte Bobcats Arena
    Charlotte, North Carolina
  • West Regional
    US Airways Center
    Phoenix, Arizona
  • Midwest Regional
    Ford Field
    Detroit, Michigan
  • South Regional
    Reliant Stadium
    Houston, Texas

Which #1 seed will be the first one eliminated from the tournament? 

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The Teams of the East Regional 

FIRST ROUND:

#1 North Carolina vs #16 Mount St. Mary's (Winner of the Mount St. Mary's/Coppin St Opening Round Game, 69-60) (113-74)

#8 Indiana vs #9 Arkansas (86-72)

#5 Notre Dame vs #12 George Mason (68-50)

#4 Washington St. vs #13 Winthrop (71-40)

#6 Oklahoma vs #11 St. Joseph's (72-64)

#3 Louisville vs #14 Boise State (79-61)

#7 Butler vs #10 South Alabama (81-61)

#2 Tennessee vs #15 American (72-57)

SECOND ROUND:

#1 North Carolina vs. #9 Arkansas (108-77)

#5 Notre Dame vs. #4 Washington St. (61-41)

#6 Oklahoma vs. #3 Louisville (78-48)

#7 Butler vs. #2 Tennessee (76-71 OT)

(The only region to bring it's Top 4 seeds into the Third Round!)

THIRD ROUND:

#1 North Carolina vs. #4 Washington St. (68-47)

#3 Louisville vs. #2 Tennessee (79-60)

FOURTH ROUND:

#1 North Carolina vs. #3 Louisville (83-73)

The Teams of the West Regional 

FIRST ROUND:

#1 UCLA vs #16 Mississippi Valley State (70-29)

#8 BYU vs #9 Texas A&M (67-62)

#5 Drake vs #12 Western Kentucky (101-99 OT)

#4 Connecticut vs #13 San Diego (70-69 OT)

#6 Purdue vs #11 Baylor (90-79)

#3 Xavier vs #14 Georgia (73-61)

#7 West Virginia vs #10 Arizona (75-65)

#2 Duke vs #15 Belmont (71-70)

SECOND ROUND:

#1 UCLA vs. #9 Texas A&M (51-49)

#12 Western Kentucky vs. #13 San Diego (72-63)

#6 Purdue vs. #3 Xavier (85-78)

#7 West Virginia vs. #2 Duke (73-67)

THIRD ROUND:

#1 UCLA vs. #12 Western Kentucky (88-78)

#3 Xavier vs. #7 West Virginia (79-75 OT)

FOURTH ROUND:

#1 UCLA- vs. #3 Xavier (76-57)

The Teams of the Midwest Regional 

FIRST ROUND:

#1 Kansas vs #16 Portland State (85-61)

#8 UNLV vs #9 Kent State (71-58)

#5 Clemson vs #12 Villanova (75-69)

#4 Vanderbilt vs #13 Siena (83-62)

#6 USC vs #11 Kansas State (80-67)

#3 Wisconsin vs #14 Cal St Fullerton (71-56)

#7 Gonzaga vs #10 Davidson (82-76)

#2 Georgetown vs #15 UMBC (66-47)

SECOND ROUND:

#1 Kansas vs. #8 UNLV (75-56)

#12 Villanova vs. #13 Siena (84-72)

#11 Kansas State vs. #3 Wisconsin (72-55)

#10 Davidson vs. #2 Georgetown (74-70)

THIRD ROUND:

#1 Kansas vs. #12 Villanova (72-57)

#3 Wisconsin vs. #10 Davidson (73-56)

FOURTH ROUND:

#1 Kansas vs. #10 Davidson (59-57)

The Teams of the South Regional 

FIRST ROUND:

#1 Memphis vs #16 Texas Arlington (87-63)

#8 Mississippi State vs #9 Oregon (76-69)

#5 Michigan State vs #12 Temple (72-61)

#4 Pittsburgh vs #13 Oral Roberts (82-63)

#6 Marquette vs #11 Kentucky (74-66)

#3 Stanford vs #14 Cornell (77-53)

#7 Miami FL vs #10 Saint Mary's (78-64)

#2 Texas vs #15 Austin Peay (74-54)

(The only region with NO upsets in the first round!)

SECOND ROUND:

#1 Memphis vs. #8 Mississippi St. (77-74)

#5 Michigan State vs. #4 Pittsburgh (65-54)

#6 Marquette vs. #3 Stanford (82-81 OT)

#7 Miami FL vs. #2 Texas (75-72)

THIRD ROUND:

#1 Memphis vs. #5 Michigan State (92-74)

#3 Stanford vs. #2 Texas (82-62)

FOURTH ROUND:

#1 Memphis vs. #2 Texas (85-67)

The Final Four 

And now we're down to the Final Four - do you want to see them play in San Antonio? You can look for tickets and watch the fun in person.

For the first time ever, all 4 #1 seeds have made it to the Final Four. The games Saturday in the national semi-final will be:

#1 North Carolina vs #1 Kansas (84-66)
#1 Memphis vs #1 UCLA (78-63)

#1 Memphis to play #1 Kansas on April 7th for the National Championship!!

Congrats to the Kansas Jayhawks who won 75-68 in Overtime to claim the 2008 National Championship!

Thanks for visiting my March Madness 2008 lens! 

Be sure to bookmark my 2009, 2010, and 2011 lenses so you can keep up to date on the schedules for future installments of the Big Dance.

One again congrats to the Kansas Jayhawks! Get the official 2008 Championship DVD at CBSstore.com.

beachbum_gabby

amazing lens! May the best team wins!

Posted April 16, 2008
EvieJewelry

Go Tarheels

Posted April 02, 2008
rms

Wonderful lens. I'll be following this through your lens! Go NC!

Posted April 01, 2008
riff999

Nice lens. Keep us posted through the final round.
~Jane

Posted March 29, 2008
bowflexbuff

Lots of surprises this year aren't there mate? Nice coverage, 5*, and I'm following you. Appreciate the reciprocal visit (following would be best!)..

Posted March 25, 2008
 
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