Who will win the NCAA tournament?

KASEY

SPORTS EDITOR

This 2007-2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament marks the first time in history that each of the four No. 1 seeds made it to the prestigious Final Four. But, since the No. 1 seeds are projected to come out of their four brackets from the get-go, does that mean that no upsets took place along the way? I think not.

As the 64 teams entered the first round, No. 13 San Diego State beat the No. 4 University of Connecticut Huskies 7069 with a jumper at 1.2 seconds left in regulation.

In just the second round of play, West Virginia University, the No. 7 seed took on the No. 2 seeded Duke Blue Devils, which barely inched by Belmont 71-70 in the first round. The Mountaineers pulled out the win 73-67 to advance to the Sweet 16 to take on No. 3 Xavier, which in the end would be the end of the road for West Virginia as Xavier took the “w.”

Lastly, the projected Cinderella team of the tournament, Davidson College, which was ranked No. 10, beat the No. 3 ranked University of Wisconsin Badgers 73-56 sending Davidson to the Elite Eight to for the right to play the No. 1 University of Kansas Jayhawks. Davidson nearly pulled off another great upset to “add the cherry on top” to the tournament, but falling 5759.

The championship will take place on April 7 at 9 pm that will pin Memphis or UCLA against North Carolina or Kansas.

“I think UNC is going to win, hands down.”

“UNC is going to win. Hansbrough is gonna drop a duce on everyone.”

“I think Kansas is going to win. Brandon Rush is gonna make it rain.”

“UNC, it’s a random pick. I don’t know much about college basketball.”

“I think Kansas is going to win.”

“UCLA is going to win.”

“I think UCLA is going to win.”

I think Memphis is going to win, but I wanted Duke.”

KASEY MINNICK SPORTS EDITOR KM735@CABRINI EDU

Hansbrough and Beasley receive unanimous votes

For the first time in history, no senior men’s basketball player was selected to The Associated Press’ All-America team on Monday. The five taking the top sports include: North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough, Kansas State’s Michael Beasley, Kevin Love of UCLA, D.J. Augustin of Texas and Memphis’s Chris Douglas-Roberts.

The AP started choosing All-America teams after the 1947-48 season, and for the next six decades there was at least one member of the senior class on every first team until this group according to ESPN.com

Capturing an even higher honor were Hansbrough and Beasley, who were both named on all of the 72 ballots and received 360 points from the same national medial panel that selects the weekly Top 25.

Four No. 1 teams reach the Final Four

As The University of Kansas barely slipped by No. 10 seeded Davidson College Sunday night by a score of 59-57, it sent the four No. 1 teams to the Final Four for the first time in history. With this win, it snapped the possibility of ever having a No. 10 seed make it to the Final Four and also ended Davidson’s 25 game win streak, the longest in the nation.

Davidson, which opened with 200-1 odds of winning the 2008 NCAA Men’s Division I basketball championship nearly pulled off a miracle and would have become the lowest seeded team to ever make it into the Final Four according to grambling911.com.

The current match-ups include Kansas taking on North Carolina and UCLA and Memphis meeting in the other semifinal game.

Trade talks for Pacman Jones stalled

Trade talks between the Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans have reportedly stalled because of the issue of compensation. Pacman Jones wants to go to Dallas and the Cowboys are expressing much excitement about gaining him as a part of their organization, but how much they are willing to give-up is a different story.

The Titans might be asking too much of the Cowboys in that they are seeking a fourth-round pick in this year’s draft and a fourth-round selection in the following year. According to ESPN.com, the Cowboys are so far unwilling to provide either, believing they are the only team pursuing Jones, who remains suspended for violations of the person-conduct policy.