This year's tournament brought Kevin Ware, that Spike Albrecht kid, and the best television ratings in nearly two decades, which only means CBS and Turner's deal was totally worth jacking up your cable bill for — and might be once again.
Last night, No. 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast University shocked the world by upsetting No. 2 seed Georgetown, a monumental moment for a small school no one had really heard of before last night. The question on everyone's mind after the game was, "Wait, who?!"
The world's most powerful basketball fan (sorry, friends of Rodman) has Indiana coming out on top. So, yeah, he's playing it pretty safe. Again. We'll see how that turns out for him.
Maybe you can't do all of those at once, but if you're a cord-cutter or a cord-never or you're stuck at work and want to watch the 2013 NCAA basketball tournament online, you're not totally out of options.
With March Madness play-in games beginning in a few hours — starting with Liberty University and North Carolina AT&T — you may be wondering: what are my chances of predicting a perfect bracket? Your answer awaits.
Because they can't broadcast the actual games, ESPN struggles every year to find new and exciting ways to cover March Madness. This year they started a Tumblr and it is a sad, corporate attempt to beg for attention — and some LOLs.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
While you're filling out your expertly analyzed bracket, you might want to take a look at how March Madness fandom is spread across the country with this map from Facebook.
They've done it. Say hello to the inaugural Atlantic Wire Bracket of Brackets Champion, Go Fug Yourself's Fug Madness.
And then there were two. You've decided that Muppet Madness and Fug Madness will battle it out for The Atlantic Wire's Inaugural Battle of the Brackets.
Snap to it people, you only have until 8 p.m. to make your voice heard and send your favorite brackets to the championship.
We started with 16 of the biggest and best brackets around ... and now we're down to four.
Jezebel and Muppet Madness have claimed the first two spots in our Battle of the Brackets Final Four, and Foreign Policy and Fug Madness are looking to lock up their spots tonight.
There we have it. Our Elite Eight is set with Vulture's Drama Derby taking on Fug Madness, and underdogs Foreign Policy and Forbes battling for the final two spots in our Final Four.
The first round of our inaugural Battle of the Brackets comes to a close tonight, and you've already chosen Jezebel, io9, Muppet Madness and the original NCAA College Basketball Bracket to move on to our Elite Eight.
We introduced our Battle of the Brackets on Monday. Today's matchups include clashes between bad fashion and Southern food, television's best dramas and NCAA mascots, and the likes of Adam Levine and Lana Del Rey against Barack Obama and Kim Jong-un.
March Madness is special--it's a time to watch too much basketball, eat too many chicken wings, and scream too loudly at television screens. But most importantly, perhaps, it's the time for outlets to celebrate their love of bracket competitions. It's time we put them to the test.
Also in sports: LSU's lady kicker has been cut, a 25-year-old Iditarod winner, and Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has received the richest contract in NFL history.
Just one day after the president kicked off his annual March Madness bracketing, that other yearly ritual of overanalysis and conservative criticism has begun.
Jeremy Lin won't be dunking during all-star weekend, the 3-point shot isn't just for guards anymore, and the Minnesota Vikings once again think they're close to a stadium deal.
Will viewers bother to watch this year's Final Four?
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