CBS to have free online broadcasts of all games

CBS offers fans free online fix
System even allows users to fake out boss
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Eric Benderoff
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

CHICAGO - CBS, which broadcasts the NCAA Tournament, for the first time is offering the ability to watch all the games in the first three rounds online for free. The package of games from the television network comes with a handy "boss button," allowing online viewers to instantly switch to a spreadsheet if the boss happens to walk past.

Click here for CBS Sportsline.

UPDATE: I've signed up for it, and I'm about #67,000 in line in the waiting area to get into the video player. Maybe this isn't so great......

2 vs. 15, from Columbus Dispatch

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The Columbus paper is doing a great job covering Davidson and this game. Maybe the Observer should take note of this?

Columbus Dispatch article about 15 seeds

No. 15 seeds aren’t always pushovers
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

As the tip-off for Coppin State’s 1997 first-round NCAA Tournament game against South Carolina neared, Coppin coach Ron "Fang" Mitchell looked his players in the eye. He liked what looked back at him.

"Those players, they were winners," Mitchell said. "They always had the look of winners. They refused to lose."

With that in mind, perhaps Ohio State coach Thad Matta should sneak a peek into the eyes of the Davidson players before the teams meet Friday in Dayton. Is an upset in the offing?

Click here for entire article.

Columbus Dispatch: table of contents for sports

Click here for today's articles....lots on Davidson and OSU.

More international readers

We've got France and Switzerland now.

All the world loves Davidson!!

UPDATE: Turkey has come back, too.

Who could these international readers be?

From Columbus Dispatch

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Sorry that they aren't any bigger on here.

Small-school fans have big basketball hearts
From the Rocky Mountain News

Davidson is feeling 'March Madness'
From Chapel Hill/Durham TV station
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Davidson College is back in the NCAA tournament, and its students are fired up about it.

Thanks to Catsfan2004 from DavidsonCats.com for the tips on these two articles and the following two articles posted.

Charlotte Observer article about Davidson....sort of

Are you mad for March Mania?

"Two of the biggest underdogs live here in our area. Winthrop down in Rock Hill. Davidson College up in Davidson.

"Today, Winthrop plays Tennessee in Greensboro. On Friday, Davidson plays Ohio State in (gulp) Dayton, Ohio.

"If you've never filled out an NCAA bracket, first, welcome to our planet, and second, a quick lesson: Each of the four regional brackets seed teams from 1 to 16. Tennessee and Ohio State are No. 2 seeds, which means they're considered two of the top eight teams in the country.
Winthrop and Davidson are No. 15 seeds, which means they're considered two of the worst teams in the tournament."

Gee....nice. We appreciate the supportive writing by the local paper.

Click here for entire article.

Columbus Dispatch article

Coach keeps Davidson focused on the present
Last year’s flameout, 2002 loss to OSU off the team’s radar
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Bill Rabinowitz
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

A year ago, Davidson was riding high into the Southern Conference tournament.

The Wildcats had rolled through league play with a 16-0 record. The conference tournament seemed destined to be a coronation with an NCAA Tournament berth as the reward. Then North Carolina-Greensboro pulled the crown off Davidson’s head with a semifinal upset.

With seven seniors returning from that team, it would have been understandable if Davidson coach Bob McKillop used that loss as motivation for this year’s team. But he said he hasn’t.

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Ohio State official NCAA Game Notes

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Fox Sports: Davidson NCAA Tourney preview

HOW THEY GOT IN: Won Southern conference tournament


COACH: Bob McKillop, 17 years at Davidson, three years in NCAA tournament

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NOTE: Davidson video highlights link is included on this page, so look for it.

Fox Sports articles

Team Report: Getting Inside

After a week off following its SoCon Tournament 80-55 championship win over Chattanooga on March 4, more than 400 Davidson students and fans joined the team at the Student Union Center on March 12 to learn the Wildcats had been given a No. 15 seed in the NCAA Tournament...

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Long road back to tournament has Ohio State opening against Davidson, again

When Ohio State made its last NCAA tournament appearance four years ago, it opened with a win over Davidson.

The Buckeyes hope a repeat performance leads to a much longer run this time when the teams meet Friday in a Minneapolis Regional first-round game in Dayton, Ohio...

Practice Times Announced

DAYTON - The NCAA has announced the open practice times for the teams competing in the First and Second Rounds of Men's Basketball Championship at the University of Dayton this week. Each of the eight teams coming to Dayton will practice Thursday, March 16 at UD Arena. The practices are open to the public and admission is free.

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship First & Second Round Open PracticesThursday, March 16 - UD Arena

Davidson: Noon-12:40 p.m.
Northern Iowa: 12:45-1:25 p.m.
Ohio State: 1:30-2:10 p.m.
Georgetown: 2:15-2:55 p.m.
Michigan State: 4:25-5:05 p.m.
North Carolina: 5:10-5:50 p.m.
George Mason: 5:55-6:35 p.m.
Murray State: 6:40-7:20 p.m.

Univ. of Dayton's NCAA Tournament Site

2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

Opening Round, First & Second Rounds

March 14, 17 and 19, 2006

University of Dayton Arena • Dayton, Ohio

Davidson Official NCAA Tournament Release

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Ohio State Teleconference

Men's Basketball Quotes From March 15th Teleconference
March 15, 2006
Ohio State Head Coach Thad Matta

On the week of preparation
"We had to take Monday off, NCAA-wise, which we needed. We played three games in three days and they were three battles. Yesterday we got back at it. We'll make some changes to get ready for Davidson, as well as continue to sharpen what we do. We'll go again today with a hard practice and we depart this afternoon. We'll practice tomorrow and get on UD's floor tomorrow afternoon then get ourselves ready to go. We'll do a lot of film work and keep our guys as fresh as we can."

On Davidson
"They're a very good basketball team. They are senior loaded, very experienced, shoot the ball very well from the perimeter and have a big guy inside in Johnson. They're a very good team and well coached. They have good spacing. They do a good job of spacing the floor and making you pay for making mistakes defensively. They're very sound defensively and they don't make a lot of mistakes defensively. They're a position-type oriented team, always seem to be in the right place at the right time and they do a good job getting back in transition. It'll be a challenge."

Wednesday of the Underdog

Here's good little article written on Will Bryan's blog....it sums up the hopes of the underdog on the Wednesday before the NCAA tournament starts. This picture (that I lifted from Will's site...hope you don't mind, Will) also gives a glimpse at the Davidson fans' enthusiasm about the NCAA tournament.

Well done, Will.

Ian Johnson on the cover of SI

Can you find him? Check out the area below the "u" in "Illustrated".

Click here for a much larger version.

Thanks to "CatsWildTheFor" over on DavidsonCats.com for this.

Brendan Winters article in NY Times???

Coach's Son Has Found a Haven at Davidson
By VIV BERNSTEIN
Published: March 15, 2006

DAVIDSON, N.C., March 13 — Long before he scored 24 points against Duke as a junior in college, even before his high school days, when he scrimmaged with future stars like Gilbert Arenas, Brendan Winters knew he wanted to make a name for himself as a basketball player.

So Winters has spent most of the last four years at Davidson College, just north of Charlotte, separating himself from the competition and from the legacy of his father, Brian Winters, a former player and coach in the N.B.A.....

Click here for entire article.

(Thanks to sae241403 over on DavidsonCats.com for the tip.)

McKillop to be featured on 1460 AM

I have been listening online to this station, and heard a promo that indicated they will "introduce" the Columbus area to Davidson and Bob McKillop today between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. I don't know if that means McKillop will be interviewed, or simply profiled by the station. Nonetheless, if you are sitting at a computer this afternoon/evening, you may want to listen in to see what they have on.

Click here to get to the website, then click on "listen live" in the top left corner.