At this year's NCAA tournament, there's one story that'll make you forget all about your bracket—the story of Michigan State star forward Adreian Payne and 8-year-old Lacey Holsworth.
After four exciting days of college basketball, the 68-team field of the 2014 NCAA men's basketball tournament has been reduced to just 16 schools. Here are five things we learned from the tournament's first weekend:
UMaine senior Ashleigh Roberts pumped in 24 points but if wasn't enough to beat Fairfield. The Stags beat the Black Bears 63-50 in the second round of the WBI tournament, ending Maine's season at 17-15.
Top seeded Florida had no problems advancing to the sweet 16 on day three of the NCAA tournament, but the same cannot be said for #2 Villanova and #3 Syracuse who were both eliminated. The Cindarella North Dakota State Bison had their run stopped by San Diego State...
Former UMaine coaches Joanne P. McCallie and Sharon Versyp led their teams to NCAA opening round wins Saturday in the NCAA women's basketball tournament. McCallie's #2 seeded Duke team beat #15 Winthrop 85-47.
Check out the highlights and her post game press conference...
UPDATE: #14 Mercer upsets #3 Duke 78-71 in the biggest upset of the tourney so far. The Bears put together a late game 20-5 run against the Blue Devils. Mercer got into the NCAA field by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference championship.
The 2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament is underway and it is live on Sports Radio 92.9 The Ticket! Wall to wall coverage now and continuing all the way through the national championship on April 7th.
We're super-stoked to announce that brackets are now open for our Million Dollar Bracket Challenge! See if you can beat Dale and Clem and pick the winning teams in this year's college basketball tournament.
If you correctly predict 60 or more games, you win $10,000...
America East Conference champ Albany is a first time winner in the NCAA tournament. A 71-64 win over Mount St. Mary's in Dayton, Ohio. It gets a whole lot harder for the Great Danes when they play the #1 seed Florida Gators Thursday at 4:10pm in Orlando.