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2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 64 Day 2 Afternoon

Well, this is one of those days I warned you about.  No results until the evening, but don’t worry, none of those teams will be playing today.

This Afternoon’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
12:15pm CBS 2 Kansas 26-8 15 New Mexico St. 23-10 Mid-West
12:40pm True 7 Michigan State 23-11 10 Georgia 21-11 East
1:40pm TBS 5 UNI 30-3 12 Wyoming 25-9 East
2:10pm TNT 5 West Virginia 23-9 12 Buffalo 23-9 Mid-West
2:45pm CBS 7 Wichita State 28-4 10 Indiana 20-13 Mid-West
3:10pm True 2 Virginia 29-3 15 Belmont 22-10 East
4:10pm TBS 4 Louisville 24-8 13 UC Irvine 21-12 East
4:40pm TNT 4 Maryland 27-6 13 Valparaiso 28-5 Mid-West

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 64 Day 1

Meta notes-

The one thing you will instantly notice is that the Women’s Tournament shares 1 time slot on 1 network between 4 teams.

This leads to a hodgepodge mishmash kind of game hopping programming that the Men’s Tournament used to use (and Golf still does) that is highly confusing and some, like me for instance, would call sexist because the Women’s games are so much more entertaining (please, we shall not talk of the NBA, the single most boring sport on the planet, even exceeding Turn Left Racing because there are so seldom flaming chunks of twisted metal).

This is the whole day because because it’s basically a single continuous broadcast from noon to 10 pm.

Oh and by the way-

Back in the day it was performed vocally, a cappella.

UConn Husky

Symbol of might to the foe.

Fight, fight Connecticut,

It’s victory, let’s go!

Connecticut UConn Husky,

Do it again for the white and blue

So go, go, go, go Conecticut.

Connecticut U

U-Conn Husky

Today’s Matchups-

Channel Time Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
ESPN2 12:00PM 7 Dayton 25-6 10 Iowa State 18-12 East
ESPN2 12:00PM 7 Northwestern 23-8 10 Arkansas 17-13 Mid-West
ESPN2 12:00PM 6 Washington 23-9 11 Miami (Fla.) 19-12 Mid-West
ESPN2 12:00PM 4 Duke 21-10 13 Albany 24-8 West
ESPN2 2:30PM 2 Kentucky 23-9 15 Tennessee State 18-12 East
ESPN2 2:30PM 2 Baylor 30-3 15 N’western St. 19-14 Mid-West
ESPN2 2:30PM 3 Iowa 24-7 14 American 24-8 Mid-West
ESPN2 2:30PM 5 Mississippi St. 26-6 12 Tulane 22-10 West
ESPN2 5:00PM 5 Texas 22-10 12 Western Ky. 30-4 East
ESPN2 5:00PM 8 Minnesota 23-9 9 DePaul 26-7 Mid-West
ESPN2 5:00PM 1 South Carolina 30-2 16 Savannah State 21-10 South
ESPN2 5:00PM 3 Oregon State 26-4 14 South Dakota St. 24-8 West
ESPN2 7:30PM 4 California 24-9 13 Wichita State 29-4 East
ESPN2 7:30PM 1 Notre Dame 31-2 16 Montana 24-8 Mid-West
ESPN2 7:30PM 8 Syracuse 21-9 9 Nebraska 21-10 South
ESPN2 7:30PM 6 Geo. Washington 29-3 11 Gonzaga 24-7 West

2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 64 Day 1 Evening

Meta note- The Razorbacks’ site is a useless piece of crap!  Video (none for the Tournament of course) and no schedule.

There are others that are difficult (looking at you Harvard and you NC State) but at least it’s there somewhere.  I hope you and your non-standard impossible to find anything IT crew get booted quickly you losers!

This Evening’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
6:50 pm TBS 1 Villanova 32-2 16 Lafayette 20-12 East
7:10 pm CBS 8 Cincinnati 22-10 9 Purdue 21-12 Mid-West
7:20 pm TNT 4 North Carolina 24-11 13 Harvard 22-7 West
7:27 pm CBS 5 Utah 24-8 12 Steph. F. Austin 29-4 South
9:20 pm TBS 8 NC State 20-13 9 LSU 22-10 East
9:40 pm CBS 1 Kentucky 34-0 16 Hampton 17-17 Mid-West
9:50 pm TNT 5 Arkansas 26-8 12 Wofford 28-6 West
9:57 pm True 4 Georgetown 21-10 13 Eastern Wash. 26-8 South

2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 64 Day 1 Afternoon

Some meta notes-

During the Rounds of 64 and 32, especially tomorrow when both the Men and Women have 16 games each, it is very difficult to provide in game updates and I don’t generally try unless it’s of particular interest.

You are free of course to post your own commentary if you wish.

Also during at least the early rounds there will be one consolidated Afternoon and one consolidated Evening diary for the Men’s Tournament and the same for the Women.

I’m going to try and keep up enough that I can provide all the previous day’s results in the Afternoon diary as sometimes teams change between Afternoon and Evening starts.  Until the later rounds they never change days in the two day rotation so if I get behind I’ll slip the results so they appear the same day the team plays next.

The links in the tables take you to the college’s main basketball page and to it’s schedule and record against every team it played during the season.

Enjoy the Tournament!

Last Night’s Results

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
77 16 North Florida 23 – 12 81 16 * Robert Morris 18 – 17 South
56 11 * Dayton 26 – 8 55 11 Boise State 25 – 9 East

This Afternoon’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
12:15 pm CBS 3 Notre Dame 29 – 5 14 Northeastern 23 – 11 Mid-West
12:40 pm True 3 Iowa State 25 – 8 14 UAB 19 – 15 South
1:40 pm TBS 3 Baylor 24 – 9 14 Georgia State 24 – 9 West
2:10 pm TNT 2 Arizona 31 – 3 15 Texas Southern 22 – 12 West
2:45 pm CBS 6 Butler 22 – 10 11 Texas 20 – 13 Mid-West
3:10 pm True 6 SMU 27 – 6 11 UCLA 20 – 13 South
4:10 pm TBS 6 Xavier 21 – 13 11 Mississippi 21 – 12 West
4:40 pm TBS 7 VCU 26 – 9 10 Ohio State 23 – 10 West

2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Play Ins Day 2

It’s hard to characterize any of these results as upsets.  Manhattan was a mild favorite and lost, Old Miss a mild favorite who won.  Tonight (and every night for that matter) we will continue with teams I don’t root for since UConn (defending Champions) didn’t make the cut and sentimental favorite Syracuse is under a 5 year NCAA penalty with Jim Boeheim scheduled to retire in 3.

He was no damn good anyway, his players could never hit the clutch free throws.  Besides, it was Daryl Gross’s, the AD’s, fault.

So the only team I’m rooting for is State (Michigan duh) and they’re not that good.

Last Night’s Results

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
64 16 Manhattan 19 – 14 74 16 * Hampton 17 – 17 Mid-West
94 11 * Mississippi 20 – 12 90 11 BYU 25 – 9 West

Tonight’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
6:40 True 16 North Florida 23 – 11 16 Robert Morris 19 – 14 South
9:30 True 11 Dayton 25 – 8 11 Boise State 25 – 8 East

Tomorrow is the real deal and you might find this interactive analysis of upsets from The Guardian instructive.

Oh and the NCAA are still greedy bastards.

2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Play Ins Day 1

Yes hoopies fans, it’s that time of year again where we cram a little over 3 seasons of Basketball into 3 weeks, 128 games worth of Men’s and Women’s action.

Tonight we start with 2 Play In games in the Mid-West and West Regions.

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
6:40 True 16 Manhattan 19 – 13 16 Hampton 16 – 17 Mid-West
9:10 True 11 Mississippi 20 – 12 11 BYU 25 – 9 West

Oh and just in case  you’ve forgotten what a horrible greedy institution the NCAA is, here’s John Oliver again.

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