DAVID BIANCULLI

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2014 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
March 23, 2014  | By David Bianculli

Various Networks, 12:00 p.m. ET

 

Yesterday’s games provided all sorts of the thrills, upsets and excitement that you expect from March Madness – and today, eight more games are played to identify the survivors for next week’s games. CBS televises the first three, beginning at 12:15 ET with Kansas, seeded No. 2 in the South, facing Stanford (No. 10). At 2:45 p.m. ET, Midwest’s undefeated No. 1 seed Wichita State faces No. 8 seed Kentucky. Then, at 5:15 p.m. ET, Iowa State (seeded No. 3 in the East) faces North Carolina (No. 6).  Over on TNT at 6:10 p.m. ET, Mercer (seeded No. 14 in the Midwest), faces Tennessee (No. 11). That may sound like a ho-hum game, but no: Mercer already has busted a bunch of brackets by ousting No 3. Seed Duke, and Tennessee beat No. 6 seed Massachusetts. On TBS at 7:10 p.m. ET, another Cinderella team, the South’s No. 12 seed, Stephen F. Austin, faces UCLA (No. 4). On TruTV at 7:40 p.m. ET, Creighton (seeded No. 3 in the West) faces Baylor (No. 6). On TNT at 8:40 p.m. ET, Virginia (No. 1 in the East) faces Memphis (No. 8). And finally, another top seed plays to end the night: Arizona, No. 1 in the West, faces Gonzaga (No. 8). Once again, even before the games begin: Whew.

 
 
 
 
 
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