NCAA Brackets Get It On

All that hype has to end, and now it's time to play some basketball. The NCAA March Madness officially kicks off as we saw a couple of fortunate souls moving on and then some more who were not as lucky.

Take the Pacific Tigers for example who went through TWO overtime sessions just to be abruptly humbled by Boston College, 76-88. Pacific was coming in this basketball game as underdogs looking to score the very fist upset of this NCAA March Madness tournament.

Boston College just didn't allow it to happen.

''People look forward to having the underdog come up and win,'' Boston College guard Louis Hinnant said. ''Fortunately, we didn't allow that to happen.''

In another exciting basketball game that truly defines what NCAA March Madness is all about, Tennessee edged Winthrop, 63-61, behind Chris Lofton's game-winning jumper.

''It was a good look, but he was all up on me,'' Lofton said. ''It still felt good.''

Dane Bradshaw inbounded the ball to a streaking Chris Lofton and with 2.9 seconds left, Lofton rattled home a 19-foot jumpshot, barely inside the three-point line, over the outstretched arms of Winthrop defenders.

Other results include UCLA over Belmont 78-44, Alabama upsetting Marquette 90-85 and Wichita State over Seton Hall, 86-66.

The NCAA Tournament is the greatest three weeks in sports. Everybody loves March Madness and the Cinderella stories were in full force during the first afternoon.

Expect more madness this March as the NCAA March Madness marches on. Get your picks at Bodog now, you have to be mad not to.