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Thrilling start to the NCAA tournament

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Updated: March 24, 2008

Overall tournament thoughts


Best Player: Stephen Curry, Davidson. Curry scored 70 points against Gonzaga and Georgetown, and he scored them against defenses geared to stop him. Curry is a pro.

Most Exciting Game: Drake vs. Western Kentucky. While I disliked seeing two good mid-majors go against each other in the first round, it provided the most interesting game of the first round. Both teams made shots from every logo on the floor, and both teams fought their guts out.

 
 
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NCAA Tournament 2008

NCAA tournament

Get caught up with all the news, notes, insights and analysis from the 2008 NCAA tournament.
Tournament Index
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Analysis

Katz: Sneak peek at Sweet 16
Forde: Dorsey a confusing, entertaining enigma
Low: Vols figuring out unsteady point-guard play
Schlabach: Horn, Lee break through at WKU
Dinich: Davidson proves it is no one-man show
ATR: UCLA wins, Day 3 recaps
Katz: Neitzel shoots Spartans into Sweet 16
Gene Woj: Trent Johnson nearly costs his team
Miller: Tough to stop Cardinal's Twin Towers
Griffin: Wisconsin gives vintage performance
O'Neil: WVU players embrace Huggs' toughness
ATR: The end to IU's tumultuous season
Katz: What's on tap for the weekend?
Forde: Tampa was awesome ... wish I was there
Schlabach: Still can't believe the 'Tampa Turmoil'
Schlabach: Siena joins upset party in Tampa
Schlabach: USD's Grier no long in the shadows
Schlabach: WKU's Rogers hits 'dream' shot
Dinich: Curry puts on a show against Gonzaga
ATR: Arizona's questions, Pitt and MSU roll
O'Neil: Belmont lets Duke upset slip away
Griffin: Beasley, Walker team up to down USC
Gene Woj: Kentucky's roller coaster ends
O'Neil: Xavier survives Dawgs' upset bid
Forde: Best case/Worst case scenarios
Lunardi: Ranking the teams 64-1
Experts: "Best of" lists for tourney
Whelliston: Mount St. Mary's honors friend
Forde: Bruce Pearl's purgatory
Katz: Officiating has had a rough season
Gottlieb: Scrutiny on officials higher than ever Insider
Katz: Mayo, Love exceed freshman expectations
Rittenberg: Baby Boilers lead Purdue to Dance
Wojciechowski: Liking Psycho T isn't about race
Bilas: Grading the committee and talking snubs Insider
• Regions: East | South | West | Midwest
Forde: Super-sized edition of Forde Minutes
O'Neil: Serendipitous storylines fill bracket
Katz: Committee chair talks hot topics
Wojciechowski: 15 suggestions to improve Dance
Dinich: UNC's Tobacco Road to San Antonio

News

UCLA's Mbah a Moute to have MRI
Nova's Drummond done for season
Vols' Pearl explains decision to start Prince
Stanford's Johnson not changing after ejection
UConn: Price tore ACL, likely to miss six months
Love, Mbah a Moute on mend for UCLA
Arkansas' Weems hurts knee, expected to play

Video

Vitale: Rounds 1 & 2 MVP ESPN Video
Vitale: Round 1 prime-time players ESPN Video
Gottlieb: Mid-majors make their mark ESPN Video
Lunardi: Video previews for all 65 ESPN Video
Breaking down the East region ESPN Video
Breaking down the West Region ESPN Video
Breaking down the Midwest region ESPN Video
Breaking down the South region ESPN Video
ESPN experts fill out their brackets ESPN Video

Audio

Podcast: Bilas looks at Thursday's games
Podcast: Gottlieb makes bracket predictions

Strategies

Tiernan: "Low-risk" bracket strategy Insider
Tiernan: "Medium" bracket advice Insider
Tiernan: "High-risk" bracket strategy Insider
Tiernan: "Dangerous" bracket advice Insider

Photos

Day 4 photo gallery
Day 3 photo gallery
Day 2 photo gallery
Day 1 photo gallery

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