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Higher-seeded teams won all but two games during Thursday’s play in the second round of the NCAA basketball tournament. VCU and Colorado were the only lower-seeded teams to record victories. Here’s a recap of all of the day’s action in the NCAA tournament:

Basketball-Fan-in-Chief Barack Obama’s career as a presidential bracketologist got off to a rousing start in 2009 when his pick to win the 2009 NCAA tournament, North Carolina, were indeed crowned champions.

The annual NCAA Tournament kicks off Tuesday with two games featuring lower seeds vying for a spot in the field of 64.

Budding Miami Marlins star Mike Stanton has made a name for himself in recent years, but now he’s changing that name to Giancarlo Stanton. It’s actually his real name and he only switched to “Mike” when his classmates in school struggled to get his name right. While Stanton’s switch might seem strange to some, other athletes before him have made way more bizarre name changes. Here’s a look back at

Sunday’s showdown between Xavier and Dayton might have been a buzzer-beater but the talk of the game was CBS Sports reporter James Bates’ loose stool. No, this won’t jeopardize CBS’ sponsorship deal with the Depends people.

Will Ferrell took his turn at the mic to introduce the players for the New Orleans Hornets/Chicago Bulls game. He took jabs at pretty much all the players and the video is pretty much funny all the way through. Click through to check it out

The announcer for NAIA college Lindsey Wilson’s basketball team put the ‘goooal’ guy and every other play-by-play man who gets caught up in the moment to shame with his amazingly exuberant call.

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan was about half empty during Tuesday night’s match up between the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks, providing spectators with ample opportunities to improve their seats. As you can see, two fans took this to the extreme, and actually ended up sitting on the visiting Mavericks’ bench, between Vince Cater and Delonte West.

I don't get what is so romantic about dudes that propose to their girlfriends in a big public way. I get that a marriage proposal is supposed to be a huge deal, but dudes that decide to ask a chick to marry them in front of huge crowds at sporting events are just... dumb!

Before the drama that was the NBA lockout, we had a very exciting finale to the NBA season that saw Dirk Nowitzki leading his Dallas Mavericks to both his and the franchise’s first NBA championship.

Christmas Day has always served as a traditional showcase for the best players – and teams – of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to a labor dispute between the players' union and owners that was not resolved until last month, the NBA will open its 2011-12 schedule on Dec. 25, including t ...

Most people don't know the feeling of having a championship team in their town. It creates an energy and electricity all it's own. It joins people and the town together in a way that crosses so many socioeconomic boundaries.  The worst of enemies can sit across form each other in a bar and become friends when the "home team" is winning.  It was therefore a bigger bummer for Metroplex fol