UNDATED (AP) - Now that the field is down to 64, the NCAA men's
basketball tournament begins in earnest with 16 games in four
regions around the nation. Pittsburgh, the top seed in the
Southeast, is the only No. 1 seed in action today when the Panthers
play first-round winner North Carolina-Asheville in Washington,
D.C.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Virginia Commonwealth and Texas-San Antonio
played their way into the field with first-round victories last
night. The Rams move on to play Georgetown on Friday while
Texas-San Antonio draws top overall seed Ohio State, the No. 1 seed
in the East, Friday in Cleveland.
DENVER (AP) - Welcome to Jimmer Time, the March Madness edition.
From the White House to the Rocky Mountains and beyond, Jimmer
Fredette (freh-DEHT') of Brigham Young is capturing imaginations
heading into the NCAA tournament against Wofford (WAHF'-urd)
tonight with even President Barack Obama calling the nation's
leading scorer "unbelievable."
BOSTON (AP) - Jeff Green scored 13 of his 19 points in the
second quarter and the Boston Celtics coasted to a 92-80 victory
over Indiana to move back into a first-place tie in the Eastern
Conference. The victory left the Celtics and Chicago Bulls with the
same record in the race for home-court advantage through the
Eastern Conference playoffs.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Sacramento Kings have taken yet
another step toward a potential move to Southern California. A
Sacramento attorney representing the team's owners filed for at
least four federal trademark registrations this month as they
explore a move to Anaheim.
