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NCAA Tournament
Reds

Happy Birthday

Former Reds reliever Wayne Granger is 66 years old. He pitched for the Reds from 1969-71.
He was 22-17 2.92 with 73 saves. He was Fireman of the Year in 1969 and 1970. He was elected to the Reds Hall of Fame in 1982.

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Hey NCAA, no need to stop at 96 teams
Wall Street Journal
If the NCAA is determined to go big, it must go really big. A 96-team tourney feels like a colossal cop-out. Show some ambition! Why stop at a 96-team tournament? Or 128? Why not go for it---invite every one of the current 347 NCAA Division I schools. That's right: The Magnificent Three Hundred and Forty Seven. Catchy, right? It just rolls off the tongue.

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Bengals news
The Bengals have re-signed S Roy Williams, who had become an unrestricted free agent on March 5.
Williams (6-0, 222; Oklahoma) is a ninth-year NFL player, and a five-time Pro Bowl selection with Dallas. He joined the Bengals as a free agent on May 7 of last year. He opened last season as the starting SS and was tied for the team lead in tackles through three games. But he suffered a forearm injury while playing a key role in Game 3, Sept. 27 vs. Pittsburgh, and due to the injury he played in only one more game. He was placed Nov. 13 on the Reserve/Injured list, ending his season with 30 tackles and three passes defensed.
He has been cleared by the team's medical staff to participate in all 2010 team activities. He has played in 102 NFL games, and his next start will be the 100th of his career.
"We're looking for Roy to take up where he left off before the injury," said Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. "He brings a physical presence. When he hits people, they go down. And he's a good person, a good veteran presence in our locker room."
Dallas made Williams the eighth overall selection in the 2002 draft, and Williams earned Pro Bowl berths with the Cowboys every season from 2003-07. He was credited in three seasons with more than 100 tackles. He has 20 career interceptions, including one in postseason play.
Williams is the third unrestricted free agent signed by Cincinnati this year. The Bengals previously re-signed DT Tank Johnson and have signed WR Antonio Bryant from Tampa Bay.

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Ohio State
Turner's feats quickly becoming legendary

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Butch Jones gets 1-million dollar plus deal

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The 15 most profitable NCAA tournament teams in 2010
Darren Rovell, CNBC
15. Xavier 4.8 mill
10. Kentucky 6.1 mill
2. Ohio State 11.4 mill
1. Louisville 16.8 mill

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Most overused phrases of the NCAA Tournament..already
*Eye test
*Body of work
*Peel back the onion

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Mick Cronin show
There will be a show Tuesday night, 8-9pm, from The Original Montgomery Inn

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For Reds, the time to win is now
MLB.COM
The Reds played only 10 games last year with their projected starting lineup together on the field. And that's to say nothing of injuries to the pitching staff. But now with young and promising talent in place, with increased depth of talent in the organization, perhaps the Reds are on the verge of not only a winning season, but a breakthrough season. But perhaps this progress should be taken one step at a time.

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Xavier-Minnesota

What they are saying about Minnesota and Tubby Smith

Tubby brought in a sports pyschologist for team during tough stretch

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NCAA gives Duke cupcake draw/Xaiver a Final Four threat says Mike DeCourcy

DeCourcy by region
South: Duke over Notre Dame
East: West Virginia over UK
Midwest: Kansas over Ohio St
West: Syracuse over Xavier

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Selection Sunday Notes
The Sporting News
*It's th first time since 1966 that UNC, UCLA, Indiana, Connecticut and Arizona all failed to make the tournament.
*A rundown of states with multiple teams: Texas (7), Pennsylvania (5), California (4), Indiana (3), Kentucky (3), Maryland/D.C. (3), New York (3), Ohio (3), Tennessee (3), South Carolina (3), Florida (2), Kansas (2), Michigan (2), New Mexico (2), North Carolina (2), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington (2), Wisconsin (2).
Texas' seven teams tied the record set by California in 2002.

Stats and Facts
ESPN
Kentucky's John Calipari and Xavier's Chris Mack are the only coaches who made this year's field in their first year with their current programs. Mack is in his first season as a college coach.

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Opening Lines
Las Vegas Hilton
XU-Minnesota Pick 'em
UK -21.5 over E. Tenn St
OSU -16.5 over UC Santa Barbara
Butler -2.5 over UTEP
Ohio +13 vs Georgetown
UL-California Pick 'em
Purdue -3.5 over Sienna
West Virginia -17.5 over Morgan St.

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Times
UK will play at 7:15pm ET Thursday
Xavier will play at 12:25pm ET Friday

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More UC
CINCINNATI--The University of Cincinnati men's basketball team earned its 10th trip to the National Invitational Tournament on Sunday, as the Bearcats received an at-large bid from the tournament selection committee. UC will face Weber State (20-10) from the Big Sky Conference at home on Wednesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in Fifth Third Arena.
Wednesday's game will be televised live on ESPN2. In addition, Voice of the Bearcats Dan Hoard and color analyst Chuck Machock will have the call 700 WLW with the pre-game show beginning 30 minutes before tipoff. The radio broadcast also is available live on www.GoBEARCATS.com.
The Illinois Regional bracket also includes #1 Illinois (19-14) at #8 Stony Brook (22-9), #6 Illinois State (22-10) at # 3 Dayton (20-12), and #5 Tulsa (23-11) at #4 Kent State (23-9). The top-seeded team plays host in the first three rounds. Should the Bearcats advance, they will welcome the winner of the Illinois State-Dayton game into Fifth Third Arena.
Ticket info............click headline link

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Congrats
Local product, and Sports Talk guest, Michael Niehaus won the Dick Vitale/Sunkist contest at the Big East Tournament Friday night! He won $10,000.

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UK news
LEXINGTON, Ky.---After claiming its 26th Southeastern Conference Tournament title and posting its NCAA record 12th 30-win season, the University of Kentucky men's basketball team (32-2) will make its NCAA-leading 50th appearance in the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the East Region, it was announced Sunday night. Kentucky will play East Tennessee State (20-14) Thursday, March 18 in New Orleans, La.
Kentucky has never played East Tennessee State in the NCAA Tournament, but the Wildcats hold a 2-0 all-time record against the Buccaneers with the last game being played in 1984, a 62-57 win in Lexington. ETSU won the 2010 Atlantic Sun Championship to claim its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance. UK is 7-3 all-time against Atlantic Sun teams.
The No. 1 seed is the 10th in school history for the Wildcats, who will play their first and second round games in New Orleans, La. The game with the Bucs will mark the sixth time the Wildcats have played a NCAA Tournament game in New Orleans, with UK holding a 3-2 record in past tournaments. The Wildcats last played a NCAA Tournament game in New Orleans in 1999, a 92-88 overtime victory over sixth-seeded Kansas in the second round.
If UK prevails over East Tennessee State, it will face the winner of eighth-seeded Texas (24-9) and ninth-seeded Wake Forest (19-10) on Saturday, March 20.

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