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2009 NCAA TOURNAMENT

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2009 Tournament Info

• 2009 Final Four: Detroit - Schedule

Seating Chart - Directions - Tickets

• Regionals: Boston, Indianapolis,

Memphis, Phoenix

• Opening Round: March 19-21

Greensboro, Kansas City, Philly, Portland

• Opening Round: March 20-22

Boise, Dayton, Miami, Minneapolis

• 2009 Tourney: CBS TV Schedule

• NCAA Tournament Schedule

• NCAA Tournament: Venue Guide

Must-Read Resources

• NCAASports.com

• NCAA Tournament on Wikipedia

• March Madness on Demand

• Official Final Four Site

>> 2009 Tourney: Top 12 Links

>> Top 12 Bracket Contests

Final Four

• One Sh!tty Moment

An ode to busted brackets and

and a weak 2009 Tournament..

• Finals Recap: UNC Too Good

Pulls away from MSU early

• Finals Box Score: 89-72

• Finals Preview/Prediction

The season comes to an end..

• UNC/MSU Matchup

• Semifinals Rewind

MSU to face UNC in finals

• Ranking All Final Four Players

2009 Tournament Coverage

• All-Elite Eight Team

Kemba Walker shines

• Sunday Elite Eight Recap

• Saturday Recap: All Big East

- The Real "Sweet" Sixteen

A Cheerleader special

• All-Time NCAA Buzzer-Beaters

• All-Time Tournament Memories

Post a moment, win a DVD

• Top 40 Tourney Nicknames

2009 NIT

• Team Capsules & Info

• NIT Bracket

• NIT Prediction

Brackets • Results • Preview • Prediction

NCAA TOURNAMENT INFO

• 2009 NCAA Tournament Schedule

• 2009 Tournament CBS TV Schedule

• 2009 Final Four: Detroit ▪ All Final Four Info

• NCAA Tournament Venues • Tourney Travel

• Selection Sunday

• Bracket Tips • Historical Success by Seed

• CBS Tournament Announcers: Grades & Info

• NIT • NIT Bracket

• NCAA Tournament History

• Past Tournament Champions ▪ Future Final Four Sites

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Complete Scoreboard & Matchups

NCAA Statistics & Leaders

Standings

Odds

Weekly TV Schedule

TOP 65 NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAYERS

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• Ranking All Final Four Players

Ty Lawson is the best player left.

• Who Will Win: UNC vs Villanova?

• Who Will Win: UCONN vs MSU?

• All 65 Tournament Team Capsules

#1 Seeds: Louisville - Pittsburgh - UCONN - UNC

• NIT Tournament

Bracket, prediction, and results

• Most Outstanding Player Watch

Is there anyone better than Blake Griffin?

CHEERLEADERS!!

- Pic of the Day Archive

- The "Sweet" Sixteen

A March Madness special

- Best of 2008!

COLLEGEHOOPS.NET EXTRAS

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NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

• All-Time First Round Greats

D-Rob's 50 a classic opening performance

• Best Mid-Major Tourney Runs

Will there be a repeat of 1999?

• Biggest Selection Sunday Controversies

The most debatable choices of the decade

• Do Power Conferences Really Dominate?

In the NCAA Tournament, the Big Six rule

• Historical Success By Seed

Did you know 4 of 96 2nd seeds have lost in the opening round?

• Most Unlikely Conference Champions

1999 FAMU might be the worst tourney team

• Mr Bracketology

Interview with ESPN bracket guru Joe Lunardi

• Some Tournament More "Mad" Than Others

Ranking the Tournament since 1985 according to how expected the results were

• Top All-Time First Round NCAA Upsets

Adam Glatczak's epic list is a must read

• Top 10 Excuses to Miss Work (to watch the NCAA Tournament!)

Ciagrboy's funny list.. Anna Nicole, Al Gore, and OJ make an apperance..

• Tournament Tidbits

Things to know about the Dance.. former coaches, football, tears, Draft, more

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2009 NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS Top Players, Records, Stats, Breakdown.
Automatic Bids (31 of 31)	At-Large (34 of 34)
ACC Duke America East Binghamton Atlantic 10 Temple Atlantic Sun ETSU Big 12 Missouri Big East Louisville Big Sky Portland St Big South Radford Big Ten Purdue Big West Northridge Colonial VCU CUSA Memphis Horizon Cleveland St Ivy Cornell MAAC Siena MAC Akron MEAC Morgan St MVC Northern Iowa MWC Utah Northeast Robert Morris Ohio Valley Morehead St Pac-10 USC Patriot American SEC Mississippi St Southern Chattanooga Southland Stephen F Austin Summit North Dakota St Sun Belt Western Kentucky SWAC Alabama St WAC Utah St WCC Gonzaga	Atlantic 10 Dayton Atlantic 10 Xavier ACC Boston College ACC Clemson ACC Florida St ACC Maryland ACC North Carolina ACC Wake Forest Big 12 Kansas Big 12 Oklahoma Big 12 Oklahoma St Big 12 Texas Big 12 Texas A&M Big East Marquette Big East Pittsburgh Big East Syracuse Big East UCONN Big East Villanova Big East West Virginia Big Ten Illinois Big Ten Michigan Big Ten Michigan St Big Ten Minnesota Big Ten Ohio St Big Ten Wisconsin Horizon Butler MWC BYU Pac-10 Arizona Pac-10 Arizona St Pac-10 California Pac-10 UCLA Pac-10 Washington SEC LSU SEC Tennessee
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Atlantic 10 - by Max Sherry	Duke - by Kris Kachelmeyer	Basketball Movies - by Jeff Fox
Big East - by (coming soon!)	George Mason - by (coming soon!)	Basketball Stats - by (editor needed!)
Big Ten - by (editor needed!)	Kansas - by David Meseke	Game Predictions - by (coming soon!)
CAA - by Andrew Parente	Kentucky - by James Watson	Half Court Crap - by Ryan Cooney
MAAC - by Raphielle Johnson	Louisville - by RobJones	NBA Draft - by Tyler Whitcomb
MWC - by (editor needed!)	Maryland Terps - by Marco Romanell	NYC Metro Hoops - by Raphielle Johnson
Northeast - by Raphielle Johnson	Monmouth - by MonmouthMarc	Palmer Posted Up - by marcushatten
Pac-10 - by (editor needed!)	Pittsburgh - by Andrew Force	Recruiting Talk - by CJ Watson
Southern - by JGlover	UCONN - by DAmbrose
	UNC - by Alex Mazzoli
	UNLV - by MWCHoops1
	Virginia Tech - by David Ricks
	Wake Forest - by Jeff Wright

Editor's Needed: Syracuse, MWC, Pac-10, Game Predictions, Statheads.. check out The Info if you're interested!

2008 ARCHIVE

Finals Coverage

Kansas Jayhawks: Champs

A clutch three by finals MVP Mario Chalmers propelled Kansas to an impressive overtime victory over the Memphis Tigers.

Championship GameLog

A memorable look at a memorable game

Title Game Picture Gallery

Top shots of the Jayhawks 75-68 win

CHN All-Final Four Team & MOP

Mario Chalmers & Darrell Arthur lead the way

Title Game Report Card

Title Game Chat Thread

Halftime Update: Kansas 33-28

Championship Game Preview

An epic 4,000 word preview:

Player Matchup Analysis

Who's Going to Win?

Final Four Coverage

KANSAS/UNC

Kansas/UNC: 1st Half Recap Kansas gets up to a 28 point lead

Live: Chat About the Games in the CHN Message Board

MEMPHIS/UCLA

Mindless Dribble: Memphis Rules Thoughts on the Tigers 78-63 win

Memphis/UCLA: 1st Half Recap CDR comes out firing

Final Four Preview

UCLA vs Memphis

North Carolina vs Kansas

Best Final Four Players by Position

Best Coach, 3-Pt Shooter, and more..

Best Backcourts, Frontcourts & Benches

Starting Five Player Comparisons

Memphis vs UCLA

Kansas vs UNC

The Final Four is Set A recap of how 16 became 4 in one weekend

Final Four Viewer's Guide & CBS Schedule

Tourney Coverage

• Elite Eight Sunday Review Memphis rolls why Kansas escapes

• Kansas Escapes Over Davidson Thoughts on a well-fought game

• Elite Eight Saturday Review Two #1 seeds cruise

• Sweet 16 Friday Review Memphis puts on a 1st half show

• Sweet 16 Thursday Review Louisville blows past the Vols

• Hooray For Links! Tourney Edition

See what the national & local media is saying about the Big Dance

• 1st Weekend Review The best weekend in sports lived up to the hype

• 2008 NCAA Tournament Preview

Pretty much everything you could ever want to know about the Big Dance!

Recent additions include:

East Region: First Round Games , Interview w/ Greg Paulus, Midwest Region

Best 1st Round Games , Get to Know Belmont: Q&A's , ..More

All-Elite Eight Team & MOP

Derrick Rose was clutch for Memphis

All-Sweet Sixteen Team & MOP

Yes, more Curry love..

Three Stars of the Day: Friday

Josh Duncan leads Xavier with 26 points

Three Stars of the Day: Monday

Stephen Curry is a hero once again

All-Second Round Team & MOP

Kevin Love hits big shots for UCLA

Three Stars of the Day: Sunday

Brook Lopez comes up clutch in OT

All-First Round Team & MOP

Davidson's Stephen Curry tops the list

Three Stars of the Day: Friday

Gerald Henderson saves Duke

Viewer's Guide

• Elite Eight Viewer's Guide & CBS TV Times

Four great games leading up to the Stephen Curry show..

• Sweet Sixteen Viewer's Guide & CBS Television Times

Louisville/Tennessee is easily Thursday's top game

• CBS Coverage Maps: Friday

See which Sweet 16 games you'll get to see on Friday

• CBS Coverage Maps: Thursday

See which Sweet 16 games you'll get to see on Thursday

• CBS Television Times: Round Two Viewer's Guide

Davidson/Georgetown highlights Sunday

• CBS Television Times: Round One Viewer's Guide

XU/GA starts it off at 12:20.. our schedule & game ratings

• CBS Coverage Map: What Games You Get to See: Friday

65% are lucky enough to see Davidson/Gonzaga

• Top 10 Excuses to Miss Work!

Bean burritos, the sinking Stock Market and more..

• Watching the Tournament: Abe Frohman vs Frank the Tank

There's nothing better than skipping work to watch the games

• Unheralded: Five Breakout Stars to Watch by Jeff Fox

Stephen Curry, Demeric Bennett & others could emerge as legends

• Top 50 Players in the NCAA Tournament

Based on the CollegeHoops.net Top 100 Players Ranking

• Top 5 Most Outstanding Player Candidates by Jeff Fox

No surprise that Tyler Hansbrough makes the list

• Writers Picks: All-Tournament Team

Our picks for the best of this year's Big Dance

Selection Sunday & Bracketology

• Bracketology Leaderboard: CHN Leads National Experts!

CHN's Shawn Siegel & Jeff Borzello among Top 3 of 53 experts

• Bracketology: What Should Have Been

How our bracketology expert would have seeded the field

• Bracket Commentary

Some initial reactions on the committee's choices

• Selection Sunday Log

A humorous & insightful review of CBS' Selection Show

• Daily Bracketology: The Final Edition! (Selection Sunday)

• Scoring CHN's Bracketology How did editor Siegel's picks compare to reality?

Predictions

CHN's Official Prediction

UCLA is our choice to win the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

Writers Picks: Final Four predictions • Top Upsets & Surprises

Upset/Success Percentages

A yearly CHN favorite.. what % each team has of advancing to each round

National Media Final Four Picks

See what ESPN, CBS, SI, and other say about the Final Four..

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