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March  Madness Sweet 16: March 27-28 Elite Eight: March 29-30 Final 4: April 5 Championship Game: April 7 Check the current  bracket !!  I still have Florida winning it, but should have picked Michigan to go farther than I did. I have a feeling Dayton may be the Cinderella story this year. Looks like Baylor is going to lose to Wisconsin tonight. Sorry Bears fans! Just visit the Dr Pepper Museum in Waco and everything will be okay! 10-2-4 GO RANGERS!!! Opening Day!!! This Monday, March 31st is the Texas Rangers first home game of the season ( that is what Opening Day means )!  They play the Philadelphia Phillies in a three game series, March 31 - April 2. But, for Opening Day - the pitching duel will be between Cliff Lee ( former Ranger, whom most of us still wish was a Ranger ) vs. Tanner Scheppers . This is quite a random choice for a starting pitcher; however, Derek Holland is still out with his injured knee ( he ran over his dog ), Yu Darvish has a stiff neck ( bu

March  Madness What is March Maddness: The Greatest NCAA Tournament ever!! 68 College Basketball Teams play each other in a single-elimination game to advance to the next level.  Terms you may have heard during March:   ~ Sweet 16 ( these are the Final 16 Teams ) ~ Elite 8 ( these are the Final 8 Teams ) ~ Final 4 ( these are the Final 4 Teams, obviously ) The National Championship Game - one cool tradition for the winner is that they get to cut down the net at the end of the game! ( the do this for most basketball championships, but for some reason it seems cool when it's in college ) 2013 Champions... Louisville Cardinals! This was an intense run to watch. Their point guard, Kevin Ware, broke his leg in their Elite 8 game against Duke. It was one of the craziest and most emotional things I've ever seen in sports. I was watching it live and found myself crying watching everyone else react. His team managed to pull through and get to the National Championship game