Good morning, folks! The First Four matchups are fun (welcome to the Round of 64, Miami!), but nothing beats the first real day of the NCAA Tournament — and that day is today.
16 men’s college basketball games will grace our screens beginning at lunchtime and continuing until midnight. 12 straight hours of March Madness have arrived. It’s nice knowing that (7) Kentucky doesn’t play (10) Santa Clara until Friday, so we can all enjoy today’s buzzer beaters and the upsets with clear eyes and open hearts before waking up to nervous puking tomorrow morning. Go ahead and fill out those last-minute brackets now.