March Madness

The UMaine women's basketball team is headed to ACC country to play the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game is Saturday afternoon at 1pm in Raleigh.

Now that Selection Sunday has come and gone and the NCAA tournament field has been set, it's time to try to win some cash by registering and making your picks for the Million Dollar Bracket Challenge.

As NCAA Selection Monday draws near for the UMaine women's basketball team, who will the Black Bears play and where? Here's the latest...

The America East Conference men's basketball champion, the (27-6) Vermont Catamounts are heading to Hartford, Connecticut to play Florida State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Bowdoin Polar Bears came up one game short in their bid for a NCAA Division III national title, losing to Thomas More of Kentucky 81-67.

The America East Conference champiion UMaine Black Bears are in a holding pattern to see who they will play in the NCCAs and where they will play.

For the second year in a row the Bowdoin College Polar Bears will play for the NCAA Division III national championship. A 71-60 victory over St. Thomas of Minnesota  puts the Polar Bears in the Saturday night title game.

The UMaine Black Bears are NCAA bound for a second straight year. The Bears handled Hartford 68-48 at the Cross Center in Bangor Friday evening to win the America East Conference championship.

As her team preps to play in today's NCAA Division III national semi-final game, Bowdoin's Adrienne Shibles has been named Women's Basketball Coaches Association National Coach of the Year.

For the second straight year, UMaine and Hartford will meet in the America East Conference championship game with the winner gaining entrance to the NCAA Tournament.