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Tennessee basketball is headed to the Sweet Sixteen, Duke is not. Although the Volunteers are playing without their starting point guard, and many people thought that they wouldn’t make it out of the first weekend, they’re headed to Madison Square Garden as their March Madness run continues.

There’s nothing like watching the NCAA Tournament in person, especially when it’s the Vols at Madison Square Garden. Punch your ticket to the Sweet 16 at StubHub, the easiest place to buy/sell tickets to all the biggest games.

Meanwhile, the Blue Devils are back home in Durham.

The NBA legend tweeted a picture of himself in a hospital bed Sunday night.
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal shocked fans Sunday night when he posted a video of himself in a hospital bed without any context.
However, it sounds as if there’s nothing terribly serious to be worried about. TMZ Sports reported on Monday that the 51-year-old Hall of Famer underwent hip surgery. TNT’s Ernie Johnson had said during an NCAA tournament broadcast on Sunday night that O’Neal underwent hip replacement surgery over the weekend.

The on-court product in the NBA has been in decline for years. Defenders of the league give all sorts of excuses for poor television ratings. But take a look at the TV ratings for the First Round of the NCAA Tournament — the official March Madness kickoff — and you’ll see the problem isn’t basketball.
It turns out that fans like exciting basketball games where the players talk about things like, oh I don’t know, basketball.
There has not been a single national anthem controversy during March Madness.

The controversial host’s comments weren’t just limited to criticism about the NBA legend’s ownership tenure.
Shortly after a reports emerged Thursday detailing that Michael Jordan is involved in “serious talks” to sell his majority stake in the Hornets, Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports roasted the six-time NBA star on his podcast.
Perhaps that’s not too surprising, considering that the Hornets have not won a playoff series since Jordan joined the franchise in 2010. But Cowherd, who is well known for his controversial takes, didn’t just criticize Jordan’s ownership tenure.

While plenty of players have switched teams in free agency, these players have been helped and hurt the most from these moves.
The 2023 free agency period continues to roll on, but we now have a clearer picture of how many rosters are going to look heading into the summer months. That means it’s time for fantasy managers to dig deep into the depth charts and start getting their rankings ready for the best-ball and re-draft madness that is just around the corner.

Alabama basketball is still dancing after the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, Auburn is not. The two in-state foes landed in the same region, but only one advanced.
Despite their differences, the Tigers and Crimson Tide united under one roof (at least to some extent) in Birmingham over the weekend. Even Charles Barkley was rooting for his alma mater’s rival squad.
Although the two sides mostly got along to begin March Madness, that didn’t stop Alabama fans from taking joy in their team’s success and in Auburn’s failures.

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Let’s rank the Sweet 16 by their national title chances.
The first weekend of March Madness produces some stunning results and dramatic moments every year, and the start of the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament was no different. We saw a No. 16 seed beat a No. 1 seed for only second time ever when Fairleigh Dickinson did the unthinkable vs. Purdue. We saw a No. 15 seed beat a No. 2 seed for the third year in a row with Princeton knocking off Arizona, and the Tigers’ run isn’t done yet.

Here’s something you never thought you’d hear: Detroit is a destination for top free agents. Chicago is also moving in the right direction.

It’s one of the most interesting OWGR updates of the year. We’re a week out from the top 50 cutoff from the Masters.

Over six glorious days of the NCAA Tournament, 52 teams were eliminated from the field of 68. Only 16 remain. Next week, there will be four.
Cinderella – aka No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson of New Jersey – has left the building. Yes, the Knights lost 78-70 loss to No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic Sunday. But how beautiful she was with just the second No. 16 seed victory in NCAA Tournament history. Maryland-Baltimore County did it first in 2018 over Virginia. So FDU, at least you have a better name than that one, which sounds like a high school.