NCAA Tournament

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Piffcast: TV Character Madness Bracket – Selection Show

UPDATE: VOTING HAS BEGUN FOR THE 2016 TV CHARACTER MADNESS TOURNAMENT! 

Just a day after the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Sunday show, The Piffcast announces its own bracket for TV and sports fans alike…

TJ and I reveal the participants of our new TV Character Madness tournament. Voting will begin here on MichaelPiff.com Thursday morning (3/17), as the NCAA Tourney tips off, and YOU will decide who advances toward Television Supremacy.

Also, take a listen for how you can enter our TV Madness Contest and win a Piffcast Prize Pack (Trust us. It’s worth it). Below is the full bracket and you can get copies of your own to fill out on Facebook and Twitter. 

(Before you freak out about some of your favorites being left out, the bracket goes back to 2000.)

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For a closer look at each region…

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Favorite Music of Every NCAA Tourney Coaches

Monday morning, CBS Sports staff writer Matt Norlander helped us all get to know the coaches who will be patrolling the sidelines for the next few weeks during March Madness. I think musical taste could say a lot about a person, and Norlander asked each of the coaches who their favorite band or artist was.

While I have Xavier making a deep run, I might be questioning it more based on head coach Chris Mack’s answer. There is a lot of Eagles and Bob Marley love among the field. I do enjoy Northern Iowa’s Ben Jacobson mentioning his dad’s band. John Calipari’s is NOT Drake. And of course Mike Krzyzewski was the only one not to answer back…

…so Norlander designated Beyonce to Coach K.

Here are the answers the rest of the coaches gave from each region. I hope this totally influences how you fill out your brackets if you haven’t already.

The South

CBS Music Brackets

The West

CBS Music Bracket 2

 

The East

CBS Music Bracket 3

 

The Midwest

CBS Music Bracket 4

Which coach do you respect more (or less) based on their taste in music? Let me know on Facebook or Twitter. 

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‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1997

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQz1HpAPJ1E

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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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…

Michigan State mascot

And here are the Regions

 

The South

 

 

The West

 

The East

 

The Midwest

 

The Full NCAA Bracket

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

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‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw-8MFg9WIg

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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‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjrk5uu86Sg

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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‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8j4Ld1X8LE

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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‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFE-FQKaNhc

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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‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0G3IZj1SIM

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ktjk9HsnMA

 

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‘One Shining Moment’ of the Day: 1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye_fdoI2R78

 

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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