Round One is in the Books ...

Here is the current top five:

• Jim Hicks
• Ella weaver
• Edee Vaughan
• CasinoExec
• Greg Hanchey

The Monkey is tied for 17th. There are 10 people currently below the Monkey.

MM Admin

Tampa's the Talk of the Tournament . . .

For the first time in the history of the NCAA Tournament all four lower seeds won at a first round location.

Western Kentucky started the madness when Ty Rogers hit a 3 as time ran out in overtime, giving the Hilltoppers a 101-99 win over Drake. Not to be undone, #13 San Diego's De'Jon Jackson hit a jumper with 1.2 seconds left in OT to beat # 4 UConn 70-69. Surely the evening session would restore order for the lower seeds . . . umm, nope.

Any thoughts of the lower seeds winning the night went by the wayside quickly as #13 Siena got off to a fast start and never looked back beating #4 Vanderbilt 82-63. When #5 Clemson and #12 Villanova took the court, no one knew what to expect. Clemson attempted to restore order and ran out to an 18 point lead, then it happened. 'Nova's Scottie Reynolds sparked an incredible comeback and when the clock hit 00:00, the fans sitting in the St. Pete Times Forum had witnessed history when Villanova finished off Clemson 75-69.

Read more at CBS Sportsline:

• Hilltoppers stun fifth-seeded Drake in OT on buzzer-beating 3-pointer
• Powered by Hasbrouck, Siena bounces No. 4 seed Vanderbilt
• Soon, the Toreros might go where everybody knows their name
• Villanova upsets Clemson to finish off day of Tampa upsets

What's up in Tampa!! UCONN Goes Down 70-69 to San Diego

The Tampa Regional looks a little different now. Earlier in the day #12 Western Kentucky gave us the first major upset of the Tournament beating #5 Drake. Lightning has struck again with #13 San Diego just upsetting Connecticut in overtime.

So we know we'll have at least on #10 plus seed in the next round as #12 Western Kentucky will take on #13 San Diego with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line!

Curry Lifts Davidson Over 'Zags . . .

It took 39 years, but Davidson is back as a player in the NCAA tournament, thanks to a dynamic guard with a magic touch that none of the big schools wanted.

Read more here

Western Kentucky Gives Us First Upset . . .

No. 5 seed Drake and No. 12 seed Western Kentucky put on a show today in Tampa, with a Western Kentucky buzzer beater in overtime putting an exclamation mark on the best game of the NCAA Tournament so far.

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Oh Belmont ... So Close ...

Day One of March Madness looked like a snoozy affair — until the final seconds ticked down in Washington, D.C., and No. 15 Belmont was about to beat second-seeded Duke.

SCREECH!

That was the sound of the needle coming off the record, and the Blue Devils crawling back out of the abyss. Gerald Henderson drove for a go-ahead basket with 11.9 seconds to go, giving Duke a 71-70 lead; with 2.2 seconds left, the Bruins’ Justin Hare fired off a 35-foot shot he thought felt good. It wasn’t, and Duke had just avoided being the fifth No. 2 team to fall to a No. 15 seed in the first round men’s tournament. (For a view from behind the Belmont bench, see Josh Levin’s account in Slate.)

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And we have started ...

No real action on the first day of the tournament. My friends from up the road in Nashville almost pulled a major upset of Duke, but other than that there was no real shocker. Sure, K State beat USC and that has to be considered a mild upset, but this was a day for the favorites.

I wonder if the rest of Round 1 will be the same.

REMINDER: There is still time to pick against the Monkey for the Women's NCAA Tournament.

As always, have fun!!

MM Admin

The Men's Tournament Page is Live!!

You can now enter your picks for the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

Good Luck!!

MM

The Monkey has decided to pick the Women's Tounrey as well ...

He's gone through some additional training and will try his hand at the Women's Tourney as well.

Here is the link to that Tourney site:

http://www.mysideline.com/u/3465/collegebbwomens/

Good Luck!!

The WebPage is up but not ready yet ...

Here is the link to the Men's Tourney:

http://www.mysideline.com/u/3465/collegebbmens/

Pages will be up as soon as the bracket is announced.