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The countdown now stands at 39 (or 40). Eight more games today lop another 20 percent off the total, and after this afternoon only Division I will remain as Division II bows out with the crowning of its men's champion. We also fill half the men's Final Four, half the women's Elite Eight, and a second championship gets awarded in the Women's Basketball Invitational. Here is your open thread for the day, and remember: Wisconsin must die.
We are all still Flyers. We are also Wildcats (duh), because Wisconsin must be extinguished. These are incontrovertible truths. After a pair of down-to-the-wire semifinals, it's time to see who's going to join the Bentley women as Division II basketball champions. Can the Mules stop West Liberty's high-flying offense? Can the Hilltoppers match up with the MIAA's best? Will a school less than an hour from Kansas City that isn't Kansas win a national championship? There's no men's game conflicting with this one, so you've got the opportunity to find out if you've got the inclination.
NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S TOURNAMENT
ROUND
TIME (CT)
TEAM
-
TEAM
LOCATION
NETWORK
ANNOUNCERS
SOUTH REGION
RSF
5:09pm
(11) Dayton
vs
(1) Florida
Memphis TN
TV: TBS
Radio: Westwood OneTV PBP: Kevin Harlan
TV Color: Len Elmore
Reggie Miller
TV SLR: Rachel Nichols
Radio PBP: Gary Cohen
Radio Color: Will Perdue
WEST REGION
RSF
7:49pm
(2) Wisconsin
vs
(1) Arizona
Anaheim CA
TV: TBS
Radio: Westwood OneTV PBP: Marv Albert
TV Color: Steve Kerr
TV SLR: Craig Sager
Radio PBP: Ted Robinson
Radio Color: Bill Frieder
NCAA DIVISION II MEN'S TOURNAMENT
ROUND
TIME (CT)
TEAM
-
TEAM
LOCATION
NETWORK
ANNOUNCERS
FINAL
2:00pm
(C2) Central Missouri
vs
(A2) West Liberty
Evansville IN
CBS
PBP: Andrew Catalon
Color: Dan Bonner
SLR: Evan Washburn
Your viewing choices for the early games are to support the Big 12 against Kentucky, or to watch the field's biggest remaining underdog try to completely blow up the Final Four schedule. (If BYU gets past UConn and the winner of the DePaul-Texas A&M game, the semifinal round of the Final Four will have to be moved, since it's on Sunday.) Your choices for the afternoon games are quite similar: Big 12 vs Big Bully, or a chance at a somewhat major -- though not nearly as huge as a BYU win would be -- upset. We reach the end of the WBI this afternoon, as Charleston -- not an unlikely candidate for this title -- faces Illinois-Chicago, a school which has never won anything at all, really. You'd think they could get the championship game on an actual television network, but no.
NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT
ROUND
TIME (CT)
TEAM
-
TEAM
LOCATION
NETWORK
ANNOUNCERS
NOTRE DAME REGION
RSF
11:00am
(3) Kentucky
vs
(2) Baylor
South Bend IN
ESPN
PBP: Beth Mowins
Color: Stephanie White
SLR: Maria Taylor
RSF
1:00pm*
(5) Oklahoma State
vs
(1) Notre Dame
LINCOLN REGION
RSF
11:00am
(12) Brigham Young
vs
(1) Connecticut
Lincoln NE
ESPN
PBP: Pam Ward
Color: Carolyn Peck
SLR: LaChina Robinson
RSF
1:00pm*
(7) DePaul
vs
(3) Texas A&M
* - time approximate; 30 min. after previous game at site ends
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL
ROUND
TIME (CT)
TEAM
-
TEAM
LOCATION
NETWORK
ANNOUNCERS
FINAL
3:00pm
(W2) Stephen F. Austin
vs
(E4) Illinois-Chicago
Chicago IL
Horizon League (free!)
n/a
NCAA Social Media Info
The NCAA has provided a wealth of internet product and social media hooks for the tournament. You can, of course, visit the official tournament website where you can find an interactive bracket. There's a web-based March Madness app which lets you watch live on your browser (so long as you're a customer of a participating provider), and for mobile users the NCAA March Madness Live app is waiting for you in your app store.
You can also follow the action through social media on Twitter via @MarchMadness, on Facebook at NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness, on Instagram at @marchmadness, on Google+ at NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness, and via the NCAA On Demand channel at YouTube.