2013 NCAA Tournament: South Region Preview

An inside look at March Madness

SOUTH
North Texas

COMPLETE REGION PREVIEWS
East | Midwest | West

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2013 NCAA Tournament: Midwest Region Preview

An inside look at March Madness

MIDWEST
Indianapolis

COMPLETE REGION PREVIEWS
East | South | West

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Need bracket advice? Our best tips for your NCAA Tournament pool

March Madness is here. Athlon Sports will give you the best tips for a winning bracket

March Madness Bracket Help The day after Selection Sunday is not a great time to get caught up on the college basketball season.

As you start to fill out NCAA Tournament brackets for your pools, Athlon Sports did some of the homework for your basketball cram session. March Madness is unpredictable, and we expect it to be again this year after a season in which top teams lost on a nightly basis.

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With Kentucky set to play at Robert Morris on Tuesday in the opening round of the NIT, it means the Wildcats will not get the opportunity to defend their national championship. Kentucky becomes the fifth defending champion to not make the NCAA Tournament the year after winning it all since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The Wildcats join North Carolina (2010), Florida (2008), Kansas (1989) and Louisville (1987) in this distinction.

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March Madness by the Numbers: Kansas, Philadelphia, SEC among notables

This year's NCAA Tournament field presents a unique mix of regulars and new faces

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Selection Sunday analysis: Ole Miss seals spot, Middle Tennessee brings questions

Ole Miss made committee's job easier by winning SEC, Middle Tennessee gets nod over Vols, Kentucky

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50 Funny College Basketball-March Madness Bracket Names

Need help choosing a name for your office bracket picks? Here you go.

With the 2013 NCAA Tournament kicking off next week, it's time for college basketball fans to start filling out their March Madness brackets. For those playing online, it also means coming up with a humorous or ridiculously over-the-top name to go along with their ill-fated picks. With that in mind, we pulled together some of our favorites.

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NCAA Basketball: John Calipari's Top 20 All-Time Freshmen

From UMass to Kentucky, no one has coached freshmen quite like Cal

Even since his first season as a college head coach at UMass, John Calipari has thrived with freshmen. That season in 1988-89, Calipari had a rookie Jim McCoy, who averaged 19.8 points per game.

That freshman and that team didn’t resemble the recruiting empire Calipari built at Memphis and Kentucky where a glut of talented freshmen sign with Cal, win a ton of college games in one year and then go on to be NBA Draft picks.

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Daily March Madness Tracker: Statements for Illinois and Syracuse

Illinois and Syracuse regain form, Louisiana Tech and Baylor punch tickets to NIT

Caution employers: Work productivity may be down Thursday and Friday this week and next.

The wild ride continues as college basketball conference tournaments enter their most dramatic phase. Four games in one day in major conferences, championships in the one-bid leagues.

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Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day

Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for March 15.