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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- For my money, the first week is always the best week of the NCAA tournament, not least because there are so many games being played all the time. And while that's not the case in week two (which is...

When this year's NCAA tournament pairings were announced a week ago Sunday night, I took a look at the page and, for the first time in 20-plus years as a bracket hound, found myself tempted to pick all four No. 1...

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Beginning Thursday at noon, 32 games will tip-off in a span of 33 hours. Before you go handing in that losing tournament bracket (You will not win. You have no chance. You might as well not enter.) take a gander at...

The beauty of online bracket pools is branding your entry with a clever little moniker. This has become almost as important as the picks themselves, if only because a carefully-conceived, delightfully-cheesy name can...