cal men's and women's teams. those brackets out today as well. that coming up in the 6:00 hour. guys? >> okay. thank you. great news for the cal basketball team. in addition to cal and unlv, six other high profile teams are on the way to san jose. syracuse and oregon among them. that means a lot of out of town fans. nbc bay area's scott budman joins us from downtown san jose in front of the shark tank. hotels and restaurants will be buzzing. when does the big party start? >> reporter: is it starts on thursday officially. unofficially is it starts tomorrow when people come to town. we've seen a strong tech industry and we've seen an improved housing economy and these are good times for the south bay and now we have march madness on top of it. the games of course here at hp pavilion but ripple effects will be felt throughout downtown san jose. welcome to the ground floor of march madness. literally. crews hammering in the basketball court that will host teams from around the country here at hp pavilion while the cooking staff is prepared to handle the rush of basketball players, fans and officials. >> we anticipate being sold out for the next fou

. >>> we're hoping the cal basketball team is feeling frisky tomorrow. >> of course every year it seems like a couple of teams seem to come out of nowhere. peak at the right time. cal hoping this year why not us. winning the opener against unlv. probably not going to be able to pull that off so easily against four seed syracuse. pretty good at shutting things off inside. >> when you do something 35 times a year, 40 minutes a game for 30 years, somebody has got to figure it out and they've been successful with it. >> we know they're pretty athletic, you just have to find the open spots that they leave open in the zone so you know we just have to be patient on offense. >> reporter: well we can only pick one game for the upset game of the day. here it is kansas city the west region number 13 lasalle. napping k state. raymond g -- gallowy. they win it. ole miss will win wisconsin and that's who they'll play next time around. >>> most of the time sports all about fun and games tonight we have the sad duty of reporting the passing of a man who is near and dear to everyone in the bay area spor

since the strike began on march 13th we're back in a moment to talk about march madness and the cal basketball team. stay with us. for your first day? yeah. ♪ dad: you'll be fine, ok? girl: ok. dad: you look so pretty. ♪ i'm overprotective. that's why i got a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> ahmed fareed here. we had madness all over the bay. celebrating in berkley and all eyes were on the seats. barry larkins. first half, miami up 20. shane larkin hitting a three. part of a 28-6 miami run here. still the first, marcus duran, hitting the three at the buzzer. the tigers were sill down three. it was the final game for bob tomlinson. 25 years as a coach at his alma mater. >>> they're going to have to run through a very strong syracuse team coming off a win in montana. of course, we all know where berkley is, but cal wants to make sure the rest of the country does, as well. >> tomorrow will be a fwraet opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves and, you know, put ourselves on that, you know, national scale with, you know, teams like kansas and north carolina and duke. and it's

not just for the thousands of fans in hp pavilion, but for the cal basketball team. the golden bears kick off a big upset. >> best night ever. >> that about sums it up. take a look. all of the blue and gold inside the arena. the game came down in the final seconds. and in the end, 12th seeded cal beats fifth seed unlv. >> so glad we were able to be in the tournament. the last two minutes, which were the most excruciating minutes ever. >> top team, though. >> we'll take it. >> cal advances to the second round on saturday. round one is over, now comes the real hard part, round two. . >> reporter: yeah, the fans are happy. a lot of good fist pumping in san jose. yeah, the magic has arrived. they got to play a team they almost beat earlier this season. and they got to do it 45 miles from campus. here's the highlights of that one. second half, allen crab missing. no big deal. his buddy, robert thurman following with a dunk. unlv had a chance. down three, under two seconds left. a full-court pass, intercepted. cal. cinderella, perhaps, 64-61. >> well, we're thrilled. obvio

>>reporter: cal basketball team gotten hot just the right time. bears with shot at the pack 12 title after the sixth straight win. hosting the university tonight. is in game by freshman wallace. sweet dish here around 2 defender. richard solomon throwing down. cal bears trail early on but go on a 20-2 run. nice save by justin cobb to allen for the 3 pwawchlt up 10 at the half. crab with 15 to led all scorer scorers. no players in double figure. 64-49. 19 and 9 game out of first in the pack 12. santa clara host loyola. last game at home for kevin foster and mark. first half look at this. muscle it up and hammered. he had 26 points. foster santa clara all time leading scorer 5-3. finish with 17 points. broncos with the 21st win quietly. 79-56. women hoop number 4 stanford crushed washington 71-36. 24 points here. threaten state victory for the cardinal and cal won 14 in a row. 73 to 60 over was you. the 26. the harlem shake like a force of nature at this point. cap not be stopped. james and miami heat. they have gotten in on heat. they have gotten i

. >> reporter: the cal basketball team will take its turn on the court for practice in about half an hour. the bears are playing the marquee game here tomorrow. no matter how far they traveled, fans are all trying to give their team a home court advantage. new mexico state university fans came to the big dance today. arriving at hp pavilion with plenty of cheer. the spirit leaders made the trip in style. >> they chartered a flight for the band leaders and players. it's a privilege. >> reporter: new mexico's opponent and its fabs the st. louis university also showed their support. a good luck doll created by a st. louis artist. slu's fans rushed to san jose after winning the atlantic 10 conference title. >> everyone is so thrilled. most of these people just came from brooklyn. they were only home for about 10 hours because we were at the a 10 conference. so it's been minute by minute just go, go, go. >> reporter: san jose and its local businesses are counting on march madness. it means attracting more than alumni from afar but people who are coming with a grown up son. >> he's a huge

never short on opinions and today the nba hal of famer had this bowl prok la nation about the cal basketball teamayed the first half against ucla here, they'll win the championship, but they --. >> no. >> really. >> not the conference championship. they'll win the nca championship. >> i think he regretted saying that after watching stanford jason randall hit four of five from beyond the arc. cardinal by 18 points. got a little chip pi when dwight knocked on the floor. lots of pushing lots of shoving. two players ejected plus six technical fouls. stanford 83-7 spoiling cal's chance. >>> the sharks didn't get into calgary till this morning because of bad weather but rallied to tie the flames in the second period. joe stole the puck. jumbo joe. third period. the flames burn up the ice. to give calgary the lead and the flames burn the sharks four to one. >>> if brian wilson doesn't come back with the jientds we know where he sthands on new york. here's the top five. >> would you ever shave your beard if the yankees wanted to sign you. >> i'm from boston. >> no. 4 the black hawks keep rolling. tied at

>>reporter: cal basketball team gotten hot just the right time.h shot at the pack 12 title after the sixth straight win. hosting the university tonight. is in game by freshman wallace. sweet dish here around 2 defender. richard solomon throwing down. cal bears trail early on but go on a 20-2 run. nice save by justin cobb to allen for the 3 pwawchlt up 10 at the half. crab with 15 to led all scorer scorers. no players in double figure. 64-49. 19 and 9 game out of first in the pack 12. santa clara host loyola. last game at home for kevin foster and mark. first half look at this. muscle it up and hammered. he had 26 points. foster santa clara all time leading scorer 5-3. finish with 17 points. broncos with the 21st win quietly. 79-56 women hoop number 4 stanford crushed washington 71-36. 24 points here. threaten state victory for the cardinal and cal won 14 in a row. 73 to 60 over was you. the 26. the harlem shake like a force of nature at this point. cap not be stopped. james and miami heat. they have gotten in on heat. they have gotten in on the le

>>reporter: cal basketball team gotten hot just the right time. bears with shot at the pack 12 title after the sixth straight win. hosting the university tonight. is in game by freshman wallace. sweet dish here around 2 defender. richard solomon throwing down. cal bears trail early on but go on a 20-2 run. nice save by justin cobb to allen for the 3 pwawchlt up 10 at the half. crab with 15 to led all scorer scorers. no players in double figure. 64-49. 19 and 9 game out of first in the pack 12. santa clara host loyola. last game at home for kevin foster and mark. first half look at this. muscle it up and hammered. he had 26 points. foster santa clara all time leading scorer 5-3. finish with 17 points. broncos with the 21st win quietly. 79-56. women hoop number 4 stanford crushed washington 71-36. 24 points here. threaten state victory for the cardinal and cal won 14 in a row. 73 to 60 over was you. the 26. the harlem shake like a force of nature at this point. cap not be stopped. james and miami heat. they have gotten in on heat. they have gotten i

. >> reporter: the cal basketball team will take its turn on the court for practice in about half an hour. the bears are playing the marquee game here tomorrow. no matter how far they traveled, fans are all trying to give their team a home court advantage. new mexico state university fans came to the big dance today. arriving at hp pavilion with plenty of cheer. the spirit leaders made the trip in style. >> they chartered a flight for the band leaders and players. it's a privilege. >> reporter: new mexico's opponent and its fabs the st. louis university also showed their support. a good luck doll created by a st. louis artist. slu's fans rushed to san jose after winning the atlantic 10 conference title. >> everyone is so thrilled. most of these people just came from brooklyn. they were only home for about 10 hours because we were at the a 10 conference. so it's been minute by minute just go, go, go. >> reporter: san jose and its local businesses are counting on march madness. it means attracting more than alumni from afar but people who are coming with a grown up son. >> he's a huge

. >> cal basketball team talk about finishing. goten hot just the right time. 12 title after the sixth straight win. cal hosting utah tonight. strike up the band. nice game by freshman wallace. 11 point sweet dish. solomon 2 handed slam. 22 run just before the half. nice is save by justin toal whox knocks down the 3. leading all score percent 15 points. no utah player in double figure. cal a winner. 64-46. 19 and 9. game back in the loss column in the pack 12. santa clara hosting last home game for foster and mark. first half. inside. hit the floor hard but got to it go 26 points. foster santa clare all time leading scorer knocking down the three. had 17. right now late in the contest broncos rolling 75-46. women soup number 4 stanford crushed washington 71-36. 24 points here. 13 straight wins for the cardinal. cal now with 14 game winning streak 73-60 over washington state. 26 points here. warriors lost in new york last nature but curry the talk of the nba after lighting up madison square garden for 54 points. he had only 4 points after the first quarter and t

. >>> 6:40 is when the cal men's basketball team is set to tip off against syracuse. they have to get by the number 4 seed to reach the sweet 16 for the first time since 1997. scott reiss is down at the pavilion. what is the key to upsetting the orange tonight? >> you have two teams from good conferences and two historically good coaches. mike montgomery and jim bayheim have combined for over 1,700 victories which is the moment for two competing coaches in an ncaa tournament game. but regardless of pedigree the players have to execute and cal needs a big game from allen crabbe. >> i have grown over the years. people who know me as a shooter, you know, this year, i just tried to be more of a complete player and tried to put the ball on the floor more and get to the free throw line more. try to rebound more. and yeah. i guess i can say i'm trying to, you know, trying to fill out to be a complete player. >> he's had games where he really went off and being spectacular offensively. as time as gone on they have defended him better and put their best defender on him. they'v

that's the last time the cal men's basketball team reached the sweet 16.a feat the bears could repeat tonight as they take on syracuse. for more we bring in scott reiss live from hp pavilion. it's not a small task. >> reporter: no question. syracuse has been to seven sweet 16s over that span. the bears have their work cut out for them. this the second ever meeting between the two schools. the first november of 2009. syracuse won that game 95-73. the orange always tough, playing in a very good big east conference. they have 27 wins this season. but cal will have a decided home-court advantage. >> that gives us a little more energy to play. if you make a big play, your fans are really into it, all that stuff. i mean, it's going to be a lot of fans there. it's not even going to be our fans, some other teams may stay over to look at the games. i feel like it's all up to us. the fans will not be the ones out there helping us win. it's going to be cal basketball out there helping each other win. we'll be the ones who have to make the play. it's up to us to win.

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cal is the 12th seed of the east region. unlv is the fifth seeded team and is five and one all-time versus cal. >>> the mens basketball team was selected for the tournament yesterday. they will play middle tennessee state in the first four tomorrow night in dayton, o high. if they win they will become the 11th seed of the midwest region and play the sixth seed memphis on thursday. >>> a closer look at wall street and why investors are in a selling mood plus a policy change at the happiest place on earth and why some children will not like it. >>> stocks are down slightly on wall street after an early sell off caused by concern that a bail out plan for the mediterranean island nation of cypress would reignite the european debt crisis. the dow down 37, nasdac down seven, s & p down six. >>> this is just in the. trustee overseeing casey anthony's bankruptcy case has filed a motion to sell the rights to her story so she can pay her debts. in a motion filed today in tampa, trustee steven meninger asked a judge for permission to sell the exclusive worldwide rights of anthony's life story. anthony is 26. she was acquitted of murder i

cal is the 12th seed of the east region. unlv is the fifth seeded team and is five and one all-time versus cal. >>> the mens basketball team was selected for the tournament yesterday. they will play middle tennessee state in the first four tomorrow night in dayton, o high. if they win they will become the 11th seed of the midwest region and play the sixth seed memphis on thursday. >>> a closer look at wall street and why investors are in a selling mood plus a policy change at the happiest place on earth and why some children will not like it. >>> stocks are down slightly on wall street after an early sell off caused by concern that a bail out plan for the mediterranean island nation of cypress would reignite the european debt crisis. the dow down 37, nasdac down seven, s & p down six. >>> this is just in the. trustee overseeing casey anthony's bankruptcy case has filed a motion to sell the rights to her story so she can pay her debts. in a motion filed today in tampa, trustee steven meninger asked a judge for permission to sell the exclusive worldwide rights of anthony's life story. anthony is 26. she was acquitted of murder i

basketball in the bay area. >> i'm not sure if we have any luck for the ncaa tournament. as a matter of fact cal men's basketball teamhen lost to stanford last week. tonight in vegas they went one and done in the tournament. cal the second seed in the town. cob hits the big three to given the bears the lead with 1.50 left. check out the washington huskies they can't believe it either. they thought they would be facing cal tomorrow but no. 79-69 is your final. the 20-11 bears must now sweat out selection sunday for that large bid to the big tournament. >>> tonight the sharks scored four goals for the first time since january 27. that's 22 games ago. and they needed every one of them. tonight todd mcclown host. and collin fraizer attacks and this sequence gives the sharks the power advantage. just 90 seconds later, couture one times it for another power goal. 3-0 in the second. couture scores his second goal of the game. kings add two to make it close. sharks win 4-3 to jump from ninth to seventh in the standings. >>> team usa failed to reach a semi final in each of the three previous world classics they're in the brin

basketball in the bay area. >> i'm not sure if we have any luck for the ncaa tournament. as a matter of fact cal men's basketball team to have things figure out they won seven straight games but then lost to stanford last week. tonight in vegas they went one and done in the tournament. cal the second seed in the town. cob hits the big three to given the bears the lead with 1.50 left. check out the washington huskies they can't believe it either. they thought they would be facing cal tomorrow but no. 79-69 is your final. the 20-11 bears must now sweat out selection sunday for that large bid to the big tournament. >>> tonight the sharks scored four goals for the first time since january 27. that's 22 games ago. and they needed every one of them. tonight todd mcclown host. and collin fraizer attacks and this sequence gives the sharks the power advantage. just 90 seconds later, couture one times it for another power goal. 3-0 in the second. couture scores his second goal of the game. kings add two to make it close. sharks win 4-3 to jump from ninth to seventh in the standings. >>> team usa failed to reach a semi final in

. >>> the cal bears men's basketball team is the number 12 seed in the eastern region, but they open the tournament a top, skip and jump from their backyard. the bears face number five seed unlv tomorrow. they're scheduled to tip off at 4:27. mike montgomery says his guys are prepared for the big dance. >> i think everybody is pretty aware that we're not prepared mentally. i think they were disappointed. we played for the conference championship and grant it we didn't win it. but we were right there for the conference championship at the end, and then we get the play-in game. so mentally we were not prepared for that. >> that was last year. this is now he's ready to go. >>> the sharks and oilers. sharks down a goal. this is wristed by the goalkeeper. game is tied am this went to a shootout. dan boyle, rumors about him being traded, great move here. big win for the sharks, 4-3 is the final. they win 3-0 in that shootout. >>> brewers and giants. ryan vogelsong on the mound. he strikes out the side and he strikes out seven in six innings and the game ends in a scoreless tie. nothing lik

the cal bears basketball team has won 7 in a row and they will finish their regular season tonight againstbe at home if he decides to turn pro. >> we think this will be allen as last game at home? i know he hasn't decideed. >> we are going to have home games scheduled next year. we are not playing on the road every game. >> you expect him to come back? >> 's a junior. >>> nba great bill walton rolled into berkeley earlier this afternoon. the hall of famer, who is never at a loss for words also broadcast a game on espn and the former ucla bruin has become a big fan of your cal bears. >> i saw the first conference game of the season. oh, my gosh, cal at ucla. one of the nine worst games ever played. nobody to make a shot. after a slow start after what seemed to be certain boring nothingness, it's all come together. >> how much damage can this team do? >> if they play -- berkeley plays the way they played in the first half against ucla here at haas, they will win the championship. but -- >> no. really? >> not the conference championship. they will win the ncaa championship. that's how good th

. >>> coming up, both the cal men and women's basketball teams placed ncaa tournament games today and, and one lost. >> and the warriors tried to put a spell on the wizards. joe fonzi has basketball and all the day's sports next in sportswrap.

basketball. the cal woman's team is set to play its first ncaa tournament game in texas. some expect the woman's team to make it all the way. and the men's upset yesterday has fanned pumped up. >> i live with a couple of guys and we're all watching it. so yeah, everyone around campus there's some buzz. >> there's a lot of people ripping cal now and talking about the team sos it's fun to be around. >> reporter: the game is sold out and court side tickets have an asking price of $2,000 a seat. >> wow. >>> control towers ordered closed. how the federal cut backs affect northern california and why more cuts may be coming. >> bill martin is updating his forecast. at 10:45 he's back with >>> a small plane made an emergency landing today on a southern california freeway. the single engine cessna touched down on state route 125 in san diego county. the pilot says the plane lost power while approaching ground field airport. one lane of the highway was close -l while they worked to tow the aircraft. >>> investigators say 39-year- old amanda vente was walking along the southbound la

basketball. the cal woman's team is set to play its first ncaa tournament game in texas. expect the woman's team to make it all the way. and the men's upset yesterday has fanned pumped up. >> i live with a couple of guys and we're all watching it. so yeah, everyone around campus there's some buzz. >> there's a lot of people ripping cal now and talking about the team sos it's fun to be around. >> reporter: the game is sold out and court side tickets have an asking price of $2,000 a seat. >> wow. >>> control towers ordered closed. how the federal cut backs affect northern california and why more cuts may be coming. >> bill martin is updating his forecast. at 10:45 he's back with when we will see the return of some rain. >> ripping off i pads at one bay area high school. how a principal came to the rescue to crack down a criminal. >>> a small plane made an emergency landing today on a southern california freeway. the single engine cessna touched down on state route 125 in san diego county. the pilot says the plane lost power while approaching ground field airport. one lane o

cal fans basking in blue and gold glory, men's basketball team gearing up for the ncaa tournament after pulling up a big upset win. cal bears put on a show in front of the home crowd at hp pavilion. holding a last-minute rally for unlv. cal will play number four ranked syracuse at 6:40 tomorrow at hp pavilion. the winner makes it to the sweet 16. needless to say fans are on cloud nine. >> so happy that we were able to win a tournament game and be in the tournament. the last two minutes were two of the most excruciating minutes ever. >> top 32 though. >> meantime st. mary's is now heading home. the gaels knocked out yesterday. the team fought hard against memphis but couldn't get that last-minute bucket shot to win the game. it was so close. st. mary's loses to memphis 54-52. >>> harvard is proving to be a real bracket buster in this tournament. harvard beat number three seed new mexico to clench it's first ever tournament win. final score 68-62. harvard has only and in the tournament three times in its entire history. >>> and no one is happier about harvard's win than bay area native an

cal basketball. both the men's and women's team are playing in the ncaa tournament. ll have the support of a huge crowd at hp pavilion tonight. the 12th seed golden bears knocked off unlv on thursday and will now take on fourth seed syracuse. tickets are going fast. your best bet is to look on- line. >>> the cal women will play fresno state in lubbock, texas. bay area fans are dreaming that cal will eventually take on top seed stanford in the spokane, washington regional. they would advance to the final four in new orleans. the oakland raiders are losing one of its top players. punter shane lechler will sign a free agent contract with the houston texans. he has gone to seven pro bowls. he lives in texas and will reportedly receive a million dollar bonus and up to 10.5 million dollars over the next few seasons. ?iem imagine playing soccer in this. >> the usa have the three points that they so desperately needed. >> that was the scene in denver, colorado as thousands of fans gathered to watch a key qualifier. the u.s. men's team took on costa rica in a blizzard and kept

. >>> coming up, both the cal men and women's basketball teams placed ncaa tournament games today ands you know, one team won, and one lost. >> [ man ] i got this citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. we'll leave that there. you got a weather balloon, with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. go. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is! [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] earn points with the citi thankyou card and redeem them for just about anything. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. . >>> good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night edition of sportswrap. not too much madness left many march for the bay area men's basketball teams with the exception of santa clara in the cbi. in san josi mike montgomery and jim boeheim representing a record 1650 wins combined. allen crabbe made it 11-7, but that is all the scoring crabbe and cobb could manage in the first half. syracuse keep it alive and bears managed to stay within 8 the first ha

team and they are 5 and 1 of all time versus cal. [applauds] [applauds] >> oh, yeah, they are happy and cheering at the st. mary's basketball and selected for the tournament yet, tomorrow night in vallejo. they will play the 6th seed on thursday. >>> and the women's tournament, that happens today. stanford and cal are expected to get high seeds. the number 4 stanford seed packed the tournament tour a week ago on friday. 547 dash >>> then i am going to hand it to a blank one, for somebody who knows nothing about basketball. chances are they will win. >> usually there is a school i have never heard of in there too. >> right, it will be fun. good morning everyone, let's look at what we have now, we are off to a decent start on a monday and we don't have a lot going on, we wanted it to be nice slow and boring also the commute looks good for people who are trying to get out there early and metering lights are not on because they usually come on after 6:00. and looking at the peninsular, getting word of a crash on darting road near dublin and it is a noninjury crash and we'll see how this traffic was moving. mostly cloud can did

team and they are 5 and 1 of all time versus cal. [applauds] [applauds] >> oh, yeah, they are happy and cheering at the st. mary's basketballnd selected for the tournament yet, tomorrow night in vallejo. they will play the 6th seed on thursday. >>> and the women's tournament, that happens today. stanford and cal are expected to get high seeds. the number 4 stanford seed packed the tournament tour a week ago on friday. 547 dash >>> then i am going to hand it to a blank one, for somebody who knows nothing about basketball. chances are they will win. >> usually there is a school i have never heard of in there too. >> right, it will be fun. good morning everyone, let's look at what we have now, we are off to a decent start on a monday and we don't have a lot going on, we wanted it to be nice slow and boring also the commute looks good for people who are trying to get out there early and metering lights are not on because they usually come on after 6:00. and looking at the peninsular, getting word of a crash on darting road near dublin and it is a noninjury crash and we'll see how this traffic was moving. mostly cloud can did i

. >>> also a great day for basketball and lots of it happening today. >> cal has two teams still goingn. the cal men playing in the second round of the ncaa tournament tonight against syracuse. the cal women had their first round, against fresno state. in his bracket, president obama picked the bears to go all the way. cal led by 7 at the half thanks to this effort by boyd to beat the buzzer from 3-point range. the bears outrebounded the bull dogs 51-28. they keep the offense alive on the boards, brandon gets the hoop. five bears in double figures with boyd leading the way with 21. she was one assist shy of a triple and double. they win and advance. >>> johnny dockins team taking on alabama and tuscaloosa in the second round. that was the only hoop for wiwell who was 1 of 6.

team. >> ama: mike shumann is here with highlights. >> mike: a little basketball. lady's first. ncaa tournament, the second seed in the spokane region, cal, facing press know state. cal is a dangerous team. they're going to surprise people. lindsey gottlieb leading the bears. boyd, puts cal up seven. now 61-48. four of cal starters reached double digits. jennifer brandon, two or her 19. cal crushes the bulldogs and face the winner of texas tech and south florida. >> then stanford and alabama in tuscaloosa, first half, dwight powell, followup jam but his only bucket of the game. randolph, the three, bottom. bama up 11. the layup and the file. le alabama cruises to the victory, eliminating the defending champions from the n.i.t. tournament. >> michigan businessing virginia commonwealth. got some help from his teammates like glen robinson iii. monster jam. 78-53 the final. michigan moving on to the sweet 16 for the first time since 194. michigan state and memphis. michigan state led by three at the half. payne, gets revenge in the second. the rebound. slams it home. two star players get in a heated exchange during the time-out. they weren't

. >>> the stanford women's basketball team is joining cal in the sweet 16.rdinal tramped michigan 73-40. stanford now plays georgia in washington on saturday. that is followed by cal taking on lsu. the winner of the two games play each other for a trip to the final four. be a little bay area matchup. >>> let's check in with sal see what is happening on our roads. >> thing are getting more crowded. let's take a look at what we have with the south bay commute. things are getting more crowded but still a decent drive into the valley. that goes for 680 as well and 580. we are getting more crowding over the livermore area. over the altamont pass. now let's go to steve. >>> thank you. mostly cloudy. local drizzle coast and bay. temperatures today 50s and 60s coast and bay. kind of a little system influencing our weather today with a little bit of cloud cover over us right now. temperatures very similar to yesterday's numbers. >>> time now 6:27 a new era for golden gate bridge commuters. we're looking at it lye, what you won't see on your drive to work this morning

. >>> in sports today the cal bear take center stage with both the men's and women's basketball team ing in the ncaa tournament. this afternoon the second-seeded cal women play fresno state in texas. and tonight the 12th seeded cal men will try to advance to the sweet 16. bears take on fourth-seeded syracuse at hb pavilion. tipoff at 6:40. yesterday there was a rash of march madness and bracketbusterring. here's larry beil with the details in this morning's sports. >> good morning. part of the charm of the ncaa tournament is some little school that you couldn't find on a map slaying a giant. like 15-seed >> gulf coast knocking off mighty georgetown. >>> gulf coast has only been in existence as a school since 1997. this is their first ncaa tournament appearance. eddy murray? yes! eagles in charge. florida in gulf coast in ft. myers open up the lead. the slam and the chase. the one-handed. oh, that is good stuff. and florida gulf coast, a sup set of the two seed georgetown, 78-68. here's a game that just crushed brackets everywhere. 12th seed led by marshall anderson shooting down five

larry >>> in sports today the cal bear take center stage with both the men's and women's basketball teamying in the ncaa tournament. this afternoon the second-seeded cal women play fresno state in texas. and tonight the 12th-seeded cal men will try to advance to the sweet 16. bears take on fourth-seeded syracuse at hb pavilion. tipoff at 6:40. yesterday there was a rash of march madness and bracketbustering. here's larry beil with the details in this morning's sports. >> good morning. part of the charm of the ncaa tournament is some little school that you couldn't find on a map slaying a giant. like 15-seed florida gulf coast knocking off mighty georgetown. florida gulf coast has only been in existence as a school since 1997. this is their first ncaa tournament appearance. eddy murray? yes! eagles in charge. florida in gulf coast in ft. myers open up the lead. the slam and the chase. the one-handed. oh, that is good stuff. and florida gulf coast, an upset of the two-seed georgetown, 78-68. here's a game that just crushed brackets everywhere. 12th-seed ole miss led by marshall henderson,

the last tame cal basketball advanced to the sweet 16, tony gonzalez was on the team. that was 997. but a win overseer accuse would put them back in the round of 16. we'll get to the highlights. we'll go to the second half. cal trailed by as many as 14. wallace for 3. the bears down 7. next possession. syracuse trying to beat the press. they could not do it. they turn it over. check this out. looking for allen krabbe. cal is out of the tournament. they lose 66-60. >> i really feel they're that much better. you have to give credit to them. they played the zone really well. we're not used to playing a whole 40 minutes. usually if we play a team, it is only 40 minutes. a whole 40 minutes for a team to do that. it seemed like we could get into a good rhythm on offense. >> the warriors beginning a 5-game home stand. in fact, he passes chris mullen for the most threes in warriors history. fourth quarter, curry getting the steal. he is tripped by cartier mountain and he goes down. rolling his right ankle on the play. curry would limp around for a few minutes and leave the game. he's had so

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. >>> the stanford women's basketball team is joining cal in the sweet 16.ght's cardinal tramped michigan 73-40. stanford now plays georgia in washington on saturday. that is followed by cal taking on lsu. the winner of the two games play each other for a trip to the final four. be a little bay area matchup. >>> let's check in with sal see what is happening on our roads. >> thing are getting more crowded. let's take a look at what we have with the south bay commute. things are getting more crowded but still a decent drive into the valley. that goes for 680 as well and 580. we are getting more crowding over the livermore area. over the altamont pass. now let's go to steve. >>> thank you. mostly cloudy. local drizzle coast and bay. temperatures today 50s and 60s coast and bay. kind of a little system influencing our weather today with a little bit of cloud cover over us right now. temperatures very similar to yesterday's numbers. >>> time now 6:27 a new era for golden gate bridge commuters. we're looking at it lye, what you won't see on your drive to work this

there is one team you can see the colors here, didn't have to travel too far, the cal bears were assigned to san jose, essentially a home game. >> we're big basketball fans, i'm a cal alumni, the two together is really cool. >> they're a good team that deserves to be here. they fought real hard all year. i think they will have a good chance to go up the ladder. >> well, we shall see. cal is playing unlv as we speak, the winner advancing to the second round on saturday in san jose. >>> okay, you could call it green apple, ahead at six, the progress on an ambitious goal. >>> and a woman's emotional search for her service dog after somebody stole the little dog. >>> plus, in the hot seat, responding to an nbc bay area investigation, the california air national guard's highest ranking officer has to explain accusations of a toxic culture. >>> and good evening, in the nbc bay area center, after a lot of sunshine, temperatures are dropping a bit, throughout livermore, and cooler out at the coastline, we'll talk about the weekend weather and how high the temperatures will go. coming up in just a minute. . >>> new developments from the state capitol, follow

basketball tournament. >> both cal and stanford expect to be placed in the team bracket. >>> speaking of fellows, they foundut their fate yesterday. the cal bears earning the 12th seat. they will be facing unlv keeping it close thoem. the bears loss to the the running rebels by one point. a little rematch here. here is hoping for a better result. >> let's hope for the st. mary's gaels as well. they will play middleton tomorrow. winner gets the 11th seed and will play memphis on thursday if they get tomorrow's game. >> an outside guess. are you cheering for st. mary's? >> i think it is pretty obvious, right? that's the one thing i am biased on. >>> coming up, a call for accountability. nut campaign all set to get larry elson ready to pay for the america's cup. >> a car is careening into a bay area storefront. we're going to tell you what led up to that crash. >> get up to the minute the minute you are up on "today in the bay." >>> a budding race car driver killed his own teenage cuz yin. what investigator rs saying about the cause >>> the city of oakland coming up with a new plan to fight crime. how it plans

selection sunday, the day every college basketball team learns it's ncaa fate. the cal bears earned the 12 seed in the east region, setting up a rematch with unlv in san jose. the bears fell by a single point to the running rebels in december. mike montgomery's squad finished the season with a 20-11 record. and good news for the st. mary's gaels. they made the tournament by the skin of their teeth. they'll take on middle tennessee state for the 11 seed in the midwest region. randy bennett's squad finished 27-6 on the season. it is their eighth tournament appearance in school history. >>> and it is not the tournament stanford wanted to play, in but they'll do their best to defend their nit title. the cardinal is the number four seed. they'll host stephen f. austin tuesday at 8:00. stephen f. austin is 27-4 this season, stanford 18-14. >>> how about some pro hoops? warriors and rockets. warriors have been gold for houston this season. looking for his pot of gold. follow the leprechaun. steph curry to andrew bogut. warriors led by 23 at the half. jeremy lin from palo alto

cal is the 12th seed of the east region. unlv is the fifth seeded team. it's 5-1 verses cal. [ cheers ] >> cheers broke out in morago as the st. mary's basketballwas selected to the tournament. the gaels will play tennessee tomorrow night in dayton, ohio. if they win, they will become the 11th seed of the midwest region and play the sixth seed memphis on thursday. >>> 7:51. the ncaa tournament is very important to advertisers as well. total tv revenue from all 68 games expected to top a billion dollars this year. that's more than the super bowl or the world series. but it's actually a better deal to the advertisers -- for the advertisers because there's so many more games around the fans will probably keep watching and seeing those same commercials over and over again. >>> bracket selection for the women's tournament happens today. stanford and cal expected to get high seeds. the number 4 stanford's women team won their 7th straight title about a week ago. cal is ranked number 6. >>> 7:51. hackers actually invited to oakland city hall. how this invitation could actually help some homeowners. >>> and there's a new app for oakland raider fans. th

cal is the 12th seed of the east region. unlv is the fifth seeded team. it's 5-1 verses cal. [ cheers ] >> cheers broke out in morago as the st. mary's basketballselected to the tournament. the gaels will play tennessee tomorrow night in dayton, ohio. if they win, they will become the 11th seed of the midwest region and play the sixth seed memphis on thursday. >>> 7:51. the ncaa tournament is very important to advertisers as well. total tv revenue from all 68 games expected to top a billion dollars this year. that's more than the super bowl or the world series. but it's actually a better deal to the advertisers -- for the advertisers because there's so many more games around the fans will probably keep watching and seeing those same commercials over and over again. >>> bracket selection for the women's tournament happens today. stanford and cal expected to get high seeds. the number 4 stanford's women team won their 7th straight title about a week ago. cal is ranked number 6. >>> 7:51. hackers actually invited to oakland city hall. how this invitation could actually help some homeowners. >>> and there's a new app for oakland raider fans. there'

cal and saint mary's got the >>> well, there are 68 happy basketball teams as they were invited to thebig dance. saint mary's is in, but they will play an extra game. they are the 11th seed in the midwest, so they will face middle tennessee in a play in game on tuesday in dayton, ohio. the winner will get memphis on thursday and auburn hills. michigan. cal will face unlv on thursday. that will be in san jose. the good news is they stay local. the bad ne unlv beatearlier thio earlier this season. >> they are excited about the match up. they are somewhat familiar with them from the standpoint of what we are up against. they are a very, very good team. they are very explosive, talented group of guys. >> here are your top seeds, louisville number one overall. they will play in the midwest. kansas top dog in the south. indiana gets the one seed in the east. gonzaga gets top billing in the west. the warriors hit the road for three games starting in houston. with a win today they now lead the rockets a game and a half of the six playoff spot with 14 games left. the warriors capitalize early.

cal and saint mary's got the >>> well, there are 68 happy basketball teams as they were invited to thebig dance. saint mary's is in, but they will play an extra game. they are the 11th seed in the midwest, so they will face middle tennessee in a play in game on tuesday in dayton, ohio. the winner will get memphis on thursday and auburn hills. michigan. cal will face unlv on thursday. that will be in san jose. the good news is they stay local. the bad news unlv beat cal earlier this season. >> they are excited about the match up. they are somewhat familiar with them from the standpoint of what we are up against. they are a very, very good team. they are very explosive, talented group of guys. >> here are your top seeds, louisville number one overall. they will play in the midwest. kansas top dog in the south. indiana gets the one seed in the east. gonzaga gets top billing in the west. the warriors hit the road for three games starting in houston. with a win today they now lead the rockets a game and a half of the six playoff spot with 14 games left. the warriors capitalize early. curry

getting ready to host some of the games in the n-c-a-a basketball tournament.which starts this week. san jose will host a bay area team --- with caling on u-n-l-v. h-p pavilion hosted the tournament 3 years ago. gary will have more details.coming up in sports. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call to get u-verse tv starting at just $19 a month with our triple-play bundle. get the same great price for two years. plus now get two times the internet speed than before. you get reliable high-speed internet on our advanced digital network. choose from speeds up to 24 megs. [ female announcer ] and with u-verse tv, you can record four shows at once on your total home dvr and play them back in any room. [ male announcer ] so call now. u-verse tv starts at $19 a month with our triple-play bundle, with the same great price for two years. plus two times the internet speed th

cal. they are not just cheering for pam cook, they are cheering for the men's basketball team because theyere selected yesterday. they will play middle tennessee state in the first four and tomorrow in dayton, if they win they will become part of the west region and play the 6th seed on thursday. >>> bracket selection for the women's tournament starts today. stanford and cal are expected to get high seeds. they wanted 7th and cal is only 6. >>> good morning everybody and at the toll plaza, no problems if you are in livermore but it is slow, let's go to steve. >>> mostly sunny this morning by this afternoon we will be talking about rain and we could sure use it but here is some patchy low clouds and upper 60s and lower 70s inland. >>> coming up on mornings on 2, violence in the east bay, police are searching for a man who committed a knife attack. >>> and the pope will be officially inaugurated tomorrow and we have new details we found out about the ceremony, stay with us, we will be right back. >>> we're live in alameda where a st. patrick's day bar fight ends with a stabbing. we'll tell y

cal. they are not just cheering for pam cook, they are cheering for the men's basketball team because theyere selected yesterday. they will play middle tennessee state in the first four and tomorrow in dayton, if they win they will become part of the west region and play the 6th seed on thursday. >>> bracket selection for the women's tournament starts

well, the stanford women's basketball team is joining cal in the sweet 16.top-seed stanford plays georgia in spokane, washington on saturday. that's knolled by second-seed cal playing lsu. the winners of the two games play each other for a trip to the final four. >>> the sacramento city council has form mal ali -- formally approved the arena deal to save the city's nba franchise. >> let's do it, sacramento! [ cheers ] >> the vote came last night during a packed council meeting. the sit would pay roughly half of the $448 million needed to built a new -- build a new arena. sacramento's arena plan will now go before a panel of nba openers one week from today. the committee will weigh sacramento's plan along with a competing arena proposal from seattle which is trying to get the kings to move. the nba will make a decision by the end of april. >>> expect to see a lot of gold and green around the east bay in the coming days. it's all part of the first-ever oakland as spirit week. oakland city hall will have lights and the team's green and yellow colors. the as as

well, the stanford women's basketball team is joining cal in the sweet 16.ounced michigan, 73-40. top-seed stanford plays georgia in spokane, washington on saturday. that's knolled by second-seed cal playing lsu. the winners of the two games play each other for a trip to the final four. >>> the sacramento city council has form mal ali -- formally approved the arena deal to save the city's nba franchise. >> let's do it, sacramento! [ cheers ] >> the vote came last night during a packed council meeting. the sit would pay roughly half of the $448 million needed to built a new -- build a new arena. sacramento's arena plan will now go before a panel of nba openers one week from today. the committee will weigh sacramento's plan along with a competing arena proposal from seattle which is trying to get the kings to move. the nba will make a decision by the end of april. >>> expect to see a lot of gold and green around the east bay in the coming days. it's all part of the first-ever oakland as spirit week. oakland city hall will have lights and the team's green and y

history. 105-103 the final. [ screaming] sanford women basketball team get the top seed in the division and that game on sunday afternoon. for the calomen seeded second right behind stanford in the west. pack 12 co-champ with the cardinal open up against fresno state in texas this saturday. 28 and 3 this seaso season. 2 seed is the best in program history. sought shark fighting for play off spot. no consistency at all facing best in the west. from anaheim. duck just do not lose at home. 12 straight wins. look at the passing here. this is hockey. tick tack toe. goal by peter. 34 seconds later. former shark to emerson. 3-1. todd tries the pep talk. unsuccessful. shark power play the duck. get a shorty. brian there 3 goals 2 minutes 46 seconds for anaheim 5-3 win sharks lost 6 of 7. row, row, stroke, into the cove of. that was coach and squad from the netherlands 1 nothing lead before the dominican republic exploded for 4 runs in the fifth. driving in and 4-1 final. dominican republic against puerto rico in tomorrow night final of the wbc at the park. brought to you by river rock casino. >> thanks larry. [ woman ] don't forget the yard