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Eight games to go before we're all finished, and exactly half of them are today. We start with a very early tip-off for the CBI Championship, and an early-afternoon clash for the WNIT title, before the main event: the start of the men's Final Four. This is your final all-day bouncyhoops open thread of 2014. Use it wisely.
You'll notice something strange and glorious about the television listings here. Each game will be available on three separate networks, with TNT and TruTV providing team-specific commentary while CBS offers the standard fare. Fun times. (Yes, we screwed up and listed CBS instead of TBS. Our apologies. We'll blame COMMON SENSE on that error.) Go figure. Siena won on the road, then came home and got waxed on Wednesday, bringing us to this pass: one game for all the CBI marbles. It's hard to beat a team twice on the road, though, so Fresno's got a challenge ahead this morning.
NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S TOURNAMENT - FINAL FOUR
NETWORK
PLAY-BY-PLAY
COLOR
SIDELINE
5:00pm CT: (E7) Connecticut vs (S1) Florida
TBS
Jim Nantz
Greg Anthony
Steve KerrTracy Wolfson
TNT
(Florida feed)David Steele
Mark Wise
James Bates
TruTV
(UConn feed)Eric Frede
Donny Marshall
Swin Cash
ESPN America
(int'l feed)Dan Shulman
Dick Vitale
none
Westwood One
(radio)Kevin Kugler
John Thompson
Bill Rafterynone
7:30pm CT: (MW8) Kentucky vs (W2) Wisconsin
TBS
Jim Nantz
Greg Anthony
Steve KerrTracy Wolfson
TNT
(Kentucky feed)Rob Bromley
Rex Chapman
Dave Baker
TruTV
(Wisconsin feed)Wayne Larrivee
Mike Kelley
none
ESPN America
(int'l feed)Dan Shulman
Jay Bilas
none
Westwood One
(radio)Kevin Kugler
John Thompson
Bill Rafterynone
* - time approximate; starts 30 minutes after end of previous game
COLLEGE BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME THREE
TIME (CT)
LOCATION
NETWORK
ANNOUNCERS
(S3) Fresno State vs (E1) Siena
10:30am
Loudonville NY
CBSSN
PBP: Scott Graham
Color: Bob Wenzel
The dream finally died for South Dakota State once they had to go out on the road, but they gave it a great run and only lost by three on the Miners' home court. Now UTEP, who has also ridden the home-court gravy train throughout, has a chance to win the school's first major basketball title since Glory Road. Rutgers, on the other hand, has been fairly solid playing on the road in this tournament, so anything could happen today.
WOMEN'S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
TIME (CT)
LOCATION
NETWORK
ANNOUNCERS
Rutgers vs Texas-El Paso
2:00pm
El Paso TX
CBSSN
PBP: Thad Anderson
Color: Ceal Berry
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.