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1 Comment Posted on March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 2000

Final Four:

Michigan State, Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin

National Championship:

Michigan State over Florida, 89-76 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis

Most Outstanding Player:

Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State

Leading Scorer:

Morris Peterson, Michigan State

Fun Fact:

No team lower than an #11 seed won in the tournament in 2000. The one 11 seed was Pepperdine upsetting Indiana in the first round. That would be Bobby Knight’s last game as the Hoosiers’ head coach.

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<< Previously 1988

1 Comment Posted on March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1988

Final Four:

(6) Kansas, (1) Oklahoma, (1) Arizona, (2) Duke

National Championship:

Kansas over Oklahoma, 83-79 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri

Most Outstanding Player:

Danny Manning, Kansas

Fun Fact:

Kansas has lost both of their regular season meetings with Oklahoma. The title game was the 3rd biggest point spread upset in National Championship history. That team is referred to as “Danny and the Miracles”.

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<< Previously 1997

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2 Comments Posted on March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1997

Final Four:

(4) Arizona, (1) Kentucky, (1) Minnesota, (1) North Carolina

National Championship:

Arizona over Kentucky, 84-79 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis

Most Outstanding Player:

Miles Simon, Arizona

Fun Fact:

Arizona became the only school to defeat three #1 seeds in the tournament: Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky.

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<< Previously 2012

4 Comments Posted on March 13, 2016March 13, 2016 sports

Selection Sunday: The 2016 NCAA March Madness Bracket

Announced first were the #1 seeds…

North Carolina
Kansas
Virginia
Oregon

Did not see that last one coming…

And here are the Regions

The South

Here's the whole South bracket! #SelectionSunday pic.twitter.com/DwGkCcyac0

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 13, 2016

The West

Here's the complete West bracket! #SelectionSunday #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/raBBsOPMhe

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 13, 2016

The East

Here's the entire East bracket! #SelectionSunday pic.twitter.com/YWwwmRGuea

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 13, 2016

The Midwest

Check out the Midwest bracket! #SelectionSunday #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/lJZSmLHaXe

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 13, 2016

The Full NCAA Bracket

The Bracket: https://t.co/Jr1kdnP4HV #MarchMadness #SelectionSunday pic.twitter.com/5ljlwkYQcJ

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 13, 2016

And the entire seed list, 1-68, from the committee…

Here's the complete seed list, 1-68. #SelectionSunday #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/MQyxW8wx9X

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 13, 2016

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2 Comments Posted on March 13, 2016March 14, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 2012

Final Four:

(1) Kentucky, (2) Kansas, (4) Louisville, (2) Ohio State

National Championship:

Kentucky over Kansas, 67-59 at the Superdome in New Orleans

Most Outstanding Player:

Anthony Davis, Kentucky

Fun Fact:

Two 15 seed teams advanced past the first round as Norfolk State upset (2) Missouri and Lehigh defeated (2) Duke.

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<< Previously 2003

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Leave a comment Posted on March 12, 2016March 13, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 2003

Final Four:

Syracuse, Kansas, Marquette, Texas

National Championship:

Syracuse over Kansas, 81-78 at the Superdome in New Orleans

Most Outstanding Player:

Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse

Fun Fact:

Syracuse beat four Big 12 teams on their way to a National Title: Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas.

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<< Previously 1994

Next 2012 >>

1 Comment Posted on March 11, 2016March 12, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1994

Final Four:

(1) Arkansas, (2) Duke, (2) Arizona, (3) Florida

National Championship:

Arkansas over Duke, 76-72 at the Charlotte Coliseum.

Most Outstanding Player:

Corliss Williamson, Arkansas

Leading Scorer:

Khalid Reeves (Arizona) – 137 points/27.4 ppg.

Fun Fact:

Then Arkansas Governor, Bill Clinton, was in attendance at the Final Four, as well as the Regional in Dallas the week before. It just so happened his brother had a wedding nearby, so it worked out.

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<< Previously 1989

Next 2003 >>

1 Comment Posted on March 10, 2016March 11, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1989

Final Four:

(3) Michigan, (3) Seton Hall, (1) Illinois, (2) Duke

National Championship:

Michigan over Seton Hall, 80-79 at the Kingdome in Seattle, WA

Most Outstanding Player:

Glen Rice, Michigan

Leading Scorer:

Glen Rice – 184 points/30.6 ppg.

Fun Fact:

Two #16 seeded teams (Princeton and East Tennessee State) came within one point of upsetting #1 seeds (Georgetown and Oklahoma). All four #11 seeds advanced to the second round (Minnesota, Texas, South Alabama and Evansville).

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< < Previously (2006)

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3 Comments Posted on March 9, 2016March 10, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 2006

Final Four:

(3) Florida, (2) UCLA, (11) George Mason, (4) LSU

National Championship

Florida over UCLA, 73-57 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN

Most Outstanding Player:

Joakim Noah, Florida

Leading Scorers:

Glen “Big Baby” Davis (LSU) and Joakim Noah – 98 points/16.3 ppg.

Fun Fact:

6 double-digit seeded teams (#11 and over) won big upsets, including #14 Northwestern State over #3 Iowa.

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<< Previously 1999

Next 1989 >>

2 Comments Posted on March 8, 2016March 10, 2016 sports

‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1999

Final Four:

(1) Duke, (1) UConn, (4) Ohio State, (1) Michigan State

National Championship:

UConn over Duke, 77-74 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg Florida

Most Outstanding Player:

Richard ‘Rip’ Hamilton, UConn

Leading Scorer

Rip Hamilton – 145 points/24.1 ppg.

Fun Fact:

UConn’s win snapped Duke’s 32-game win streak with the biggest point-spread upset in National Championship history. Duke had tied the regular season record for most wins (37) before the tournament.

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<< Previously 1987

Next 2006 >>