The Daily Read

The Daily Read

Today's Read is having trouble with its bracket.

You know who you are. It's mid-March, and suddenly, the two most important material possessions in your life aren't your home and your car — they're your bracket and the remote — from Basketball Times contributor Bud Withers of the Seattle Times. 

The Big 12 enjoyed the best season in its history. Now it’s putting its newfound reputation on the line in the NCAA Tournament, from Basketball Times contributor Blair Kerkhof of the Kansas City Star.

Bob Ryan, a Basketball Times contributor and Boston Globe columnist, wonders: Isn’t Kansas-Kentucky the championship game that everyone wants to see?

A sibling rivalry on the grandest stage, Kris and Maurice Joseph meet in Buffalo for the NCAA tournament, from the Syracuse Post-Standard. 

There’s a common theme among the past four Iowa coaches and it's not that they've all been fired, from the Des Moines Register.

A debate that rages every March -- many teams are hitting the dance floor despite abysmal graduation rates, from the Boston Globe.

In tiny Spartanburg, S.C., a community gives Wofford a warm send off, from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal.

The flip-side to a widely held opinion ... The New York Times declares that the UConn women are, in fact, good for the game.

Playing toward voters' hearts, instead of minds, Kentucky politicians are using March Madness to get a boost in the polls, from the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Tyrone Lewis, a four-year-standout at Niagara, is now being scouted by an entirely different team ... the Green Bay Packers, from the Green Bay Press Gazette. 

Tonight we're keeping an eye on ...
(16) Winthrop vs. (16) Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 7:00 p.m. ... And it begins.

Northeastern at Connecticut, 7:00 p.m. ...  Northeastern is located a little over an hour away from Storrs.  This is a prime opportunity for the Huskies of the CAA to upend big brother and end UConn's season.

William and Mary at North Carolina, 9:30 ... Try telling the Tribe that the NIT doesn't mean much after they knock off the Tar Heels at the Dean Dome.