2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament sites & schedule

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The 2010 NCAA Tournament tips off on March 16th with the play-in game and concludes on April 5th, 2010 with the NCAA Tournament Championship game which will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Bobcats Surprise MAC; Going Dancing

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Championships games are supposed to be nip-and-tuck all the way and the MAC Championship on Saturday between Akron and Ohio at Quicken Loans Arena did not disappoint.

For The MAC And Fans, Cleveland Rocks

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For the past 10 years the Mid-American Conference has held their conference tournament at Quicken Loans Arena in the heart of downtown Cleveland.

Sorry UConn!!!

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Is UConn is out?

Akron, MAC Tourney Finals Nothing New

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Next season when the Mid-American Conference holds their annual men’s basketball tournament, they might as well give Akron a bye into the Finals as the third-seeded Zips are headed there for the fourth consecutive year after their 66-64 win over seventh-seeded Western Michigan in Friday night’s semifinals.

Bobcats Still Rolling; Off To Championship

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When it comes to the MAC tournament, it is almost a lock that Miami and Ohio will face each other as they did in Saturday’s semifinal, the seventh time in 10 years the two teams have met in the tournament.

Groce Has Bobcats Rolling At Right Time

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Coming into a tournament as the ninth seed, having to win a game on the road, then the one-seed and finally the fourth seed just to get to the Mid-American tournament finals seems very improbable.

2010 MAC Basketball Championship Game: #3 Akron vs #9 Ohio

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Live blog of the 2010 MAC Basketball Championship Game between the #3 Akron Zips and #9 Ohio Bobcats live from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

BIG EAST TOURNAMENT (7) Notre Dame 50, (2) Pitt 45

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The luck of the Irish is alive and well in New York. The second-seeded and 16th-ranked Pitt Panthers became the third team with a double-bye to be ousted in their first game of the Big East Tournament on Thursday night, falling to seventh-seeded Notre Dame 50-45 in the tournament quarterfinals.

BIG EAST TOURNAMENT (8) Georgetown 91, (1) Syracuse 84

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No number one seed has ever lost its opening round conference tournament game and won the national championship in the same season. This factoid made the members of the third-ranked and top-seeded Syracuse Orange cringe as they left Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

BIG EAST TOURNAMENT - (5) Marquette 80, (4) Villanova 76

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How the mighty have fallen. The late-season swoon for Villanova continued in the Big East Conference Tournament on Thursday, as the tenth-ranked and fourth-seeded Wildcats were knocked out by Marquette in an 80-76 thriller, their fifth loss in their last six games.

UFC Primetime Part 1 Recap

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UFC Primetime previews the St-Pierre vs Hardy UFC 111 title fight

Big Ten Tournament - First Round: (6) Minnesota 76, (11) Penn State 55

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The Minnesota Golden Gophers continued a late-season run by cruising to a 76-55 victory over Penn State on Thursday in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis.

Big Ten Tournament - First Round: (7) Northwestern 73, (10) Indiana 58

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Michael Thompson drove a second-half comeback to carry the seventh-seeded Northwestern Wildcats to a 73-58 win over tenth-seeded Indiana in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday in Indianapolis.

Big Ten Tournament - First Round: (8) Michigan 59, (9) Iowa 52

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The eighth-seeded Michigan Wolverines advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament with a 59-52 win over 11th seed Iowa on Thursday in Indianapolis.

MAC Tournament Semifinals: #4 Miami vs #9 Ohio

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“There are three constants in life, death, taxed and Ohio vs Miami in the MAC Tournament,” a wise man once said, and while it may not be an exact every year match-up, it sure feels that way.

MAC Tournament Semifinals: #3 Akron vs #7 Western Michigan

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The 2010 MAC Basketball Tournament continues on Friday with the first game of the night featuring the #2 seed Akron Zips (23-9) facing the #7 seed Western Michigan Broncos (18-14).

Mountain West Tournament - Quarterfinal: (3) UNLV 73, (6) Utah 61

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The UNLV Rebels pride themselves on toughness and determination. Throughout its MWC season UNLV passed that test with flying colors… with one enormous exception: the Utah Utes.

Mountain West Tournament - Quarterfinal: (2) BYU 95, (7) TCU 85

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Just two days ago, the Mountain West Conference announced its regular season award recipients. At the top of that list, much to the chagrin of many BYU fans, was New Mexico’s Darington Hobson, who was named the league’s Player of the Year.

Mountain West Tournament - Quarterfinal: (4) San Diego State 72, (5) Colorado State 71

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It was a tale of two teams. One was playing to remain in at-large consideration for the NCAA Tournament. The other had absolutely nothing to lose. One seemed to play with a visible degree of tentativeness.