American University will play its first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament game as the 15 seed in the East. The Eagles will play against the second seeded Volunteers of Tennessee in the field of 65 on Friday, March 21 in Birmingham, Ala. at 11:15 a.m. CST; 12:15 p.m. EST.

On the heels of its historic third consecutive A-Sun Conference Tournament Championship, Belmont Basketball faced tradition-rich Duke in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in Washington, D.C. with a near upset against the Blue Devils with a final score of 71-70.

The Xavier University women's basketball team will be making its second-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament as the Musketeers earned a No. 9 seed in the Spokane Regional. The Musketeers, who will play No. 8 Nebraska (20-11, 9-7 Big 12) on Sunday, March 23, earned the Atlantic 10 Championship title after defeating Temple last Monday night and garnered the league's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. XU is currently 24-8 overall and finished 11-3 in conference play.

As we follow the NCAA Tournament, some results and scores are already out. Michigan State defeats Temple, 72-61, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday in Denver, Colorado.

NCAA has released the brackets on Selection Sunday. Here are my immediate observations on NCAA Brackets.

The NCAA tournament selection committee is meeting in Indianapolis this weekend, for the selection of the 34 best at-large basketball teams in the nation, pairing them up against the 31 automatic qualifiers and then listening to the critics instantly pick apart which teams were left out. Here are few things funs can do during the Selection Show.

For the William Smith College basketball team, perhaps the hardest part of March Madness is the waiting. In less than 24 hours the worst part of the waiting will be over.

A Division I rule change that allowed NCAA basketball teams an extra regular-season game during the 2006-07 season led to total attendance records being shattered for the division and for all three divisions combined.