March Madness, Baby!

It's time for a little NCAA Tournament Update on this puppy (even though nobody ever reads it).

After an amazing run into the Sweet 16, including a 74-70 schlacking of second-seeded Georgetown, Davidson has emerged as this year's prime Cinderella-team. Sure, Western Kentucky may have looked worse on paper, etc. with fewers stars and a weaker conference, but nobody can doubt the leadership and presence of G Stephen Curry as the Wildcats have tackled every challenge thrown at them so far.

Davidson will square off against the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region, Wisconsin, Friday at 7 p.m.

The Blue Devils of Duke were shockingly upset last week, as Coach K's boys fell to the Mountaineers of West Virginia, 73-67. The Mountaineers appear to be for real behind the likes of F Joe Alexander, and Xavier better not take them likely if they hope to get their chance at UCLA in the Elite Eight. WVU and the Musketeers will square off Thursday at 7 p.m.

Here are the rest of your Sweet 16 match ups:
East Region
UNC vs. Washington St. Thurs. @ 7:30 p.m.
Louisville vs. Tennessee Thurs. @ 10 p.m.

Midwest Region
Kansas vs. Villanova Fri. @ 9:30 p.m.
Wisconsin vs. Davidson Frid. @ 7 p.m.

South Region
Memphis vs. Michigan State Fri. @ 10 p.m.
Stanford vs. Texas Fri. @ 7:30 p.m.

West Region
UCLA vs. Western Kentucky Thurs. @ 9:40 p.m.
Xavier vs. WVU Thurs. @ 7 p.m.

Expect UNC and UCLA to advance rather steadily, although Wazzu' and WKU aren't going to go down easily. Psycho T and the Tar Heels are definitely going to have to speed it up on offense if they expect to power their way through WSU's pesky D.

Tennessee, Kansas, and Memphis should have little problem advancing to the Elite Eight, although the Spartans of Michigan State may put up a good fight for the Tigers. In the end, be on upset alert with Davidson and West Virginia, and Stanford, if you can still call that an upset; everything else should go according to plan.

It's that time of year again!

March Madness is upon us! The nation is ready to plunge into utter panic! It's time to organize that office pool, crunch the RPI's, SOS', Winning %'s, and Conf. Play and make an attempt to pick "the perfect bracket."

That's why the CBI is the place to be....

C.B.-WHAT?!?!?!

That's right, ladies and gents; The College Basketball Invitational is the NCAA's latest excuse to allow "just a few more teams to have a post season." This year's inaugural tournament features the amazing stylings of teams such as Valparaiso University, Old Dominion, the Ivy league love Brown, and even the fabulous University of Utah! This 16-team tournament looks to be filled with excitement, cutting edge special effects, and amazing future NBA stars.

PSYCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In an attempt to make the game "more exciting," the administrators of college basketball are merely taking up valuable air time on Fox College Sports TV to find "the 98th-best team in the nation." It is nonsensical, pointless, and entails absolutely NO BRAGGING rights for next year's season.

With that being said, here's how it should pan out, according to Slim Seanie, the marvelous Bracketologist:

--Round 1--
Washington
Valparaiso

Nevada
Houston

Virgina
Richmond

Old Dominion
Rider

UTEP
Utah

Miami (OH)
Tulsa

Cincinnati
Bradley

Ohio
Brown


--Round 2--

Valparaiso
Nevada

Virginia
Old Dominion

Utah
Tulsa

Bradley
Ohio

--Round 3--


Nevada
Virgina

Utah
Bradley

--Round 4-- (best of 3 final)
Nevada
Utah

CBI Tourney Champion: Nevada Wolfpack