March Madness Scores

March Madness takes place the last few weeks of March and goes into the first week of April. Surprisingly, the NCAA March Madness was created by a high school in Illinois. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) sponsored a high school boys basketball tournament that was begun in 1908. Heading into the 1930’s the league drew in more schools and over 900 schools were competing. Henry V. Porter assistant executive secretary of the IHSA came up with the term “March Madness”. The name became branded with the sport and competition and now is being used on merchandise. http://college-basketball.suite101.com/article.cfm/history_of_march_madness Meanwhile, in the 1930’s college basketball started becoming so popular, people wanted to see it determine the best team in the country. A group of New York writers came up with the National Invitational Tournament or the NIT. A year later, the NCAA created it’s own NIT Tournament. In the 1950’s the NCAA started leaning away from the NIT and heading toward an invitational NCAA Tournament. http://college-basketball.suite101.com/article.cfm/history_of_march_madness

Heading into the 2010 NCAA Tournament, the Kansas Jayhawks are the overall number one seed. After going 32-2 throughout the season, the Jayhawks clinched a number one seed overall and a number one seed in the Midwest region. Most experts have the Kansas Jayhawks at least advancing to the Final Four, if not winning the Tournament. The Jayhawks are the top favorites to win. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/teams/kaa

Other teams that have a great chance of winning are the Kentucky Wildcats. Ever since John Calipari came over from Memphis to coach the Wildcats, Kentucky has been greatly improved. They were also 32-2 throughout the season, the Wildcats were the number 2 team in the country. Overall, they also clinched a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament in the East Region. The Kentucky Wildcats are another top favorite to win the tournament. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/teams/kaf

Other number one seeds in the NCAA Tournament include the Syracuse Orangemen and the Duke Blue Devils. Both teams have chances to win the Tournament but will have a tougher chance to get through their bracket and make it to the Championship.

March Madness 2010 Scores

First round March 18 & 19			Second round March 20 & 21			Regional Semifinals March 25 & 26		Regional Finals March 27 & 28

1	Kentucky	100
16	East Tenn. State	71
			1	Kentucky	90

			9	Wake Forest	60
8	Texas	80

9	Wake Forest	81
						1	Kentucky

						12	Cornell
5	Temple	65

12	Cornell	78
			12	Cornell

			4	Wisconsin	69
4	Wisconsin	53

13	Wofford	49



6	Marquette	78

11	Washington	80
			11	Washington	82

			3	New Mexico	64
3	New Mexico	62

14	Montana	57
						11	Washington

						2	West Virginia
7	Clemson	78

10	Missouri	86
			10	Missouri	59

			2	West Virginia	68
2	West Virginia	77

15	Morgan State	50

Midwest Regional Bracket

First round March 18 & 19			Second round March 20 & 21			Regional Semifinals March 25 & 26		Regional Finals March 27 & 28

1	Kansas	90
16	Lehigh	74
			1	Kansas	67

			9	Northern Iowa	69
8	UNLV	66

9	Northern Iowa	69
						9	Northern Iowa

						5	Michigan State
5	Michigan State	70

12	New Mexico State	67
			5	Michigan State	85

			4	Maryland	83
4	Maryland	89

13	Houston	77



6	Tennessee	62

11	San Diego State	59
			6	Tennessee	83

			14	Ohio	68
3	Georgetown	83

14	Ohio	97
						6	Tennessee

						2	Ohio State
7	Oklahoma State	59

10	Georgia Tech	64
			10	Georgia Tech	66

			2	Ohio State	75
2	Ohio State	68

15	UC Santa Barbara	51

South Regional Bracket

First round March 18 & 19			Second round March 20 & 21			Regional Semifinals March 25 & 26		Regional Finals March 27 & 28

1	Duke	73
16	Ark.-Pine Bluff	44
			1	Duke

			8	California
8	California	77

9	Louisville	62



5	Texas A&M	69

12	Utah State	53
			5	Texas A&M

			4	Purdue
4	Purdue	72

13	Siena	64



6	Notre Dame	50

11	Old Dominion	51
			11	Old Dominion	68

			3	Baylor	76
3	Baylor	68

14	Sam Houston St.	59
						3	Baylor

						10	Saint Mary's
7	Richmond	71

10	Saint Mary's	80
			10	Saint Mary's	75

			2	Villanova	68
2	Villanova	73

15	Robert Morris	70

West Regional Bracket

First round March 18 & 19			Second round March 20 & 21			Regional Semifinals March 25 & 26		Regional Finals March 27 & 28

1	Syracuse	79
16	Vermont	56
			1	Syracuse	87

			8	Gonzaga	65
8	Gonzaga	67

9	Florida State	60
						1	Syracuse

						5	Butler
5	Butler	77

12	UTEP	59
			5	Butler	54

			13	Murray State	52
4	Vanderbilt	65

13	Murray State	66



6	Xavier	65

11	Minnesota	54
			6	Xavier

			3	Pittsburgh
3	Pittsburgh	89

14	Oakland	66


						2	Kansas State
7	BYU	99

10	Florida	92
			7	BYU	72

			2	Kansas State	84
2	Kansas State

15	North Texas	62