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Remember the first video of “This is why Duke sucks”? Well the anti-Duke video messiah is back just in time for March Madness with “This is why Duke Sucks, Part 2″. This video speaks for itself…

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The 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament selections are set and of course we have teams that are happy and teams that are upset they weren’t selected. Doesn’t matter anymore because we are ready for some March Madness. Below is the complete first round for the 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament . Be sure to join our FREE 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament Challenge where the winner takes home $100 - click here to create your free entry.

EAST (Charlotte, N.C.)

Raleigh, N.C.
Friday, March 21
No. 1 North Carolina (32-2) vs. No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s-Coppin State winner
No. 8 Indiana (25-7) vs. No. 9 Arkansas (22-11)

Denver
Thursday, March 20
No. 5 Notre Dame (24-7) vs. No. 12 George Mason (23-10)
No. 4 Washington State (24-8) vs. No. 13 Winthrop (22-11)

Birmingham, Ala.
Friday, March 21
No. 2 Tennessee (29-4) vs. No. 15 American (21-11)
No. 7 Butler (29-3) vs. No. 10 South Alabama (26-6)

No. 3 Louisville (24-8) vs. No. 14 Boise State (25-8)
No. 6 Oklahoma (22-11) vs. No. 11 Saint Joseph’s (21-12)

MIDWEST (Detroit)

Omaha, Neb.
Thursday, March 20
No. 1 Kansas (31-3) vs. No. 16 Portland State (23-9)
No. 8 UNLV (26-7) vs. No. 9 Kent State (28-6)

Tampa, Fla.
Friday, March 21
No. 5 Clemson (24-9) vs. No. 12 Villanova (20-12)
No. 4 Vanderbilt (26-7) vs. No. 13 Siena (22-10)

Raleigh, N.C.
Friday, March 21
No. 2 Georgetown (27-5) vs. No. 15 UMBC (24-8)
No. 7 Gonzaga (25-7) vs. No. 10 Davidson (26-6)

Omaha, Neb.
Thursday, March 20
No. 3 Wisconsin (29-4) vs. No. 14 Cal State Fullerton (24-8)
No. 6 Southern California (21-11) vs. No. 11 Kansas State (20-11)

SOUTH (Houston)

Little Rock, Ark.
Friday, March 21
No. 1 Memphis (33-1) vs. No. 16 Texas Arlington (21-11)
No. 8 Mississippi State (22-10) vs. No. 9 Oregon (18-13)

Denver
Thursday, March 20
No. 5 Michigan State (25-8) vs. No. 12 Temple (21-12)
No. 4 Pitt (26-9) vs. No. 13 Oral Roberts (24-8)

Little Rock, Ark.
Friday, March 21
No. 2 Texas (28-6) vs. No. 15 Austin Peay (24-10)
No. 7 Miami (Fla.) (22-10) vs. No. 10 Saint Mary’s (25-6)

Anaheim, Calif.
Thursday, March 20
No. 3 Stanford (26-7) vs. No. 14 Cornell (22-5)
No. 6 Marquette (24-9) vs. No. 11 Kentucky (18-12)

WEST (Phoenix)

Anaheim, Calif.
Thursday, March 20
No. 1 UCLA (31-3) vs. No. 16 Mississippi Valley State (17-15)
No. 8 BYU (27-7) vs. No. 9 Texas A&M (24-10)

Tampa, Fla.
Friday, March 21
No. 5 Drake (28-4) vs. No. 12 Western Kentucky (27-6)
No. 4 Connecticut (24-8) vs. No. 13 San Diego (21-13)

Washington, D.C.
Thursday, March 20
No. 2 Duke (27-5) vs. No. 15 Belmont (25-8)
No. 7 West Virginia (24-10) vs. No. 10 Arizona (19-14)

Washington, D.C.
Thursday, March 20
No. 3 Xavier (27-6) vs. No. 14 Georgia (17-16)
No. 6 Purdue (24-8) vs. No. 11 Baylor (21-10)

In case you missed it, a major storm rolled through Atlanta last night and a supposed tornado roared by the Georgia Dome - which was hosting the SEC Conference Tournament. The video shows a game in progress and then halted due to the wind damage…crazy stuff



Remember when Vince Carter was the man? Remember him playing for the North Carolina Tar Heels? Remember people calling him the next Michael Jordan? Yeah…so Vince Carter will never be Jordan because he cant lead a team but man that guy can put up some highlights on the basketball court. This video shows some of his best moments from High School…high flying dunks and some serious blocks. I cant even imagine being on the opposing team and facing Carter.

Yes I said it - M.M.M.F.! What does M.M.M.F. stand for? March Madness Mascot Fight of course! In one corner you have the IUPUI Jaguar and in the other corner you have Oral Roberts Eagle. These two school with maybe the worse names in the history of College Basketball played each other to see who got their ticket punched to the NCAA Tournament - Oral Roberts won and will soon be a 16th seed. Go Oral! Oh and on the topic of school names IUPUI stands for Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Why cant they just shorten it to IPI or something? Every time I see IUPUI I think of ICUP. Also don’t forget to join our FREE 2008 NCAA Tournament Challenge - winner takes home $100! Anyway - here is the video…

In case you didn’t know Tyler Hansbrough is kind of a big deal at North Carolina. The junior forward for the Tar Heels was just honored by the Sporting News as National College Basketball Player of the year and will soon be only the 8th Tar Heel to have their number retired and raised to the rafters. Yup Hansbrough is joining such Tar Heels and NBA heavyweights as Michael Jordan and James Worthy - not bad don’t you say?

Hansbrough, who wears number 50, was humbled by the honor. “It truly is something special to have accomplished, in fact, it’s kind of hard to sit here and talk about how it feels to be put in the same category as the players who are up there already.”

Hansbrough was also named the ACC player of the year after scoring 23.1 points and 10.5 rebounds per game this college basketball season. Right now myMockDrafts.com has Hansbrough being drafted with the 26th overall pick in their 2008 Mock NBA Draft.

We were busy over the weekend watching plenty of NBA and NCAA basketball games - and both season are slowly coming to a close. With that being said it is time for the latest Mock NBA Draft over at myMockDrafts.com - so go check out the 2008 Mock NBA Draft - Version 2 and see who moved up, who moved down and who dropped out of the first round.

The other night the UCLA Bruins and California Bears played a great basketball game with UCLA winning it with a last second shot. However, as the video below shows the UCLA shot actually went from behind the backboard…which is not allowed.



The North Carolina Tar Heels went into hostile territory last night and proved that they belong at the top of the polls. The Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils played a great, close game, however the Tar Heels scored the final 10 points of the game to win 76-68. With the win the Tar Heels claimed the regular-season ACC conference title and #1 seed for the ACC conference tournament.

The Tar Heels blew an early double digit lead and switched leads up until the final 5 1/2 minutes when the Tar Heels went on their 10 point run. “Our perimeter guys took it personally tonight,” said guard Danny Green. “We wanted to come out and knock down shots, play smarter, play better and take the crowd out of the game. We kept our poise when they came back.” Tar Heels forward Tyler Hansbrough finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds and guard Wayne Ellington added 16 points as North Carolina improved to 29-2 overall and 14-2 in ACC conference play.

The Blue Devils, who fell to 26-4 and 13-3, were led by Greg Paulus who had a team high 15 points (12 of which came in the first half). “I still thought we were doing really good things. We just couldn’t get that thing in the hole there,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We were still making winning plays — plays that could win. Obviously, they didn’t turn out to be winning plays.”

Every-time these two team splay each other it is always a good game, hopefully we will see them play at the end of the ACC Tournament and a #1 seed in the NCAA basketball Tournament on the line.