NCAA Tournament Begins With Duke Playing Thursday

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By Dane Huffman
Updated: Today at 6:18 a.m.
If you’ve picked your bracket, found your national champion and loaded up the kitchen with food and drink, then you’re ready for the NCAA Tournament.
And Thursday, the tournament begins in force as Georgia faces Xavier at 12:10 p.m. on WRAL.
Duke, the second seed in the West Regional, tips off Thursday night against Belmont at 7:10 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
North Carolina, the top seed in the East, faces Mount St. Mary’s Friday at 7:10 p.m. in Raleigh. As of late Wednesday, some tickets were still available for that contest at the RBC Center.
Carolina is the top seed overall in the tournament and a strong contender to reach the Final Four in San Antonio. Two wins in Raleigh would land the Tar Heels in Charlotte, where they just won the ACC Tournament before a largely light blue crowd.
“We’re gifted, there’s no denying that fact," UNC coach Roy Williams said Monday on his radio show. "We are gifted. I’ve had some teams that are more gifted than this bunch, but this bunch is pretty doggone tough and they have the big rascal [Tyler Hansbrough]. When your best player is the toughest guy, the hardest worker, the leader and he doesn’t say ‘boo,’ he just plays, I tell you what…"
Duke needs two wins in Washington to reach the West Regional in Phoenix. The Blue Devils are usually one of the toughest teams to beat in NCAA play but Virginia Commonwealth knocked out Duke last year in the first round.
Carolina and Duke are national title contenders, but only two other ACC teams, Clemson and Miami, reached the 65-team NCAA field.
WRAL and Time Warner Cable will have every game in the tournament on the air. And WRAL.com will have complete coverage as the days unfold.

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16 Responses to “NCAA Tournament Begins With Duke Playing Thursday”

  1. Kiara says on March 20th, 2008 at 12:15 pm :

    here's a link to the file if you want to download it for further researchedit: Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. let me know if you can’t find a copy.

  2. Hal says on March 20th, 2008 at 1:05 pm :

    its Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonatahttp://youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

  3. Oralie says on March 20th, 2008 at 1:56 pm :

    ha, reddit pwns yet again :D

  4. Daly says on March 20th, 2008 at 2:46 pm :

    Am I the only one finding this song deeply depressing ?If I ever kill myself I’m pretty sure this melody will play in the background, probably from youtube.

  5. Sybil says on March 20th, 2008 at 3:37 pm :

    Desktop image.

  6. Forrest says on March 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm :

    Pretty good for a laugh”Oral Roberts” -vs- “Anal Suzie”"Michael Jordan” -vs- “Deep Blue”"Miami (OH)” -vs- “New York (SC)”"Duke” -vs- “Duke Tech”

  7. Maddison says on March 20th, 2008 at 5:18 pm :

    Names have power on the internet. Once you have the name, the rest is easy :)Thanks for the help.

  8. Elsa says on March 20th, 2008 at 6:09 pm :

    Someone please tell me what the name is for that piano theme in the background! I’ve been looking for it for some time, but humming it to the local librarian has produced no results. Neither has tapping it on that “tap the song” website. Isn’t it called “the rain something or other”? Please help. It has been driving me nuts for MONTHS!

  9. Mirabelle says on March 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pm :

    It gets less depressing after the first 30 seconds or whatever they kept playing here. The second movement in particular.

  10. Macey says on March 20th, 2008 at 7:50 pm :

    The NCAA Brackets are Out! 03.17 2008 Read more here: http://video-info.info/BBC/The_NCAA_Brackets_are_O …

  11. Marvyn says on March 20th, 2008 at 8:40 pm :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHBy738MUGs&feature=relatedHere he is rapping.

  12. Leola says on March 20th, 2008 at 9:31 pm :

    This reminds me of the “Christopher Walken is Watching You Pee” posters peole were putting in bathrooms. (same picture).I even put a bunch up at my old university.

  13. Rebecca says on March 20th, 2008 at 10:22 pm :

    Eh… needs more cowbell.

  14. Roxy says on March 20th, 2008 at 11:12 pm :

    I always need help around Christmas getting thing done on time.

  15. Joss says on March 21st, 2008 at 12:03 am :

    Thank you! Finaly! The curse is broken..