in c double-a, the first day coming to a close, georgetown hoyas playing eastern washington. the hoyas trail at the end of the first half. robert burton has the latest on maryland and their matchup. robert: valpo is a team that you cannot look past, 13-3 in the league. the terps trying to get back to what maryland used to be, back to back final four appearances in the early 2000's. senior leader dez wells is telling the young guys to cherish this. >> this is something we want to be up to last and joke about in 30 years. robert: there has already been talk about a possible sweet 16 matchup with kentucky wildcats. however, mark turgeon says we need to take this one day at a time. robert burton, abc 7 sports. tim: some bracket busters, a great first day. there was one overtime, four upsets, and a lot of headshaking by the so-called experts. georgia state coming back from 12 down. hunter, the coach son, knocks down the game-winner. georgia state up stats -- upsts baylor. uab-iowa state. uab upsets the cyclones, 60-59. and baseball fans, the nationals and tigers got into a great p

eastern washington head coach guaranteeing victory on thursday. man, the games haven't even begun.orgetown needed bullets material, they got it. >> it registers. no doubt it registers. we'll show up and play the game tomorrow. we'll see. >> reporter: eastern washington head coach sent a shout across georgetown on wednesday during a radio interview and then later in front of tv cameras didn't back down. >> i want them to know that their coach believes in them, is confident in them and is sending them out on the court to be fearless. >> reporter: the hoyas heard it and digested it. >> whatever it is that they want to discuss, hope flip they bring it to -- hopefully they bring it to play tomorrow. game on. >> reporter: this is fun, right? autographs, greeting young fans. >> it was awesome. >> reporter: cotton candy. georgetown about a seven-point favorite coming up on thursday but jonson knows he will be in moss till territory. we are treating this game as a road game. in portland, dave owens, wusa9 sports. >> reporter: so the georgetown eastern washington game is a late one. it tips

so he's giving me all of the straight scoop on these eastern washington eagles. of course, we don't know much about them on the east coast, but here's what i found out. this is a very good basketball team. they like to get up and down the court. they average about 80 points a game, third in the nation. they've got the nation's leading scorer in tyler henry and team like this we know a little undersized and yet they can get up and down the floor. they have given georgetown problems before. miami of ohio did it three years ago, vcu did it two years ago and now georgetown is back in portland hoping it doesn't happen again. we are right outside of the team hotel. in moments they'll come up right next to me and jump off the bus. we'll have that for you a little bit later, but for now, frank, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, dave. >>> also headed out west is the gw women colonials going to corvallis, oregon, to play gonzaga friday night. they were supposed to leave earlier, but apparently coach had a dry cleaning issue. gw 29-3, first time in seven year gw is b

john thompson, iii has been saying how much he's impressed with eastern washington. he's had 24 hours to watch film. he's even more impressed. >> it's a where he impressive group. they're -- very impressive group. they're one of the most offensively efficient teams i've seen this year. they have multiple people that can really score. the shooting is unbelievable. they do a great job of spacing and they have a poised presence. >> reporter: how scary is that because they will be here obviously six hours away. they'll have people here in large number. they're an undersize group, but they can spread you out in a lot of different ways like some of these smaller teams have done. that's a scary thing. >> it is, but this time of year every team is good. all 68 teams are very good. every one has won their tournament or they're from a multi tournament league. >> reporter: georgetown will have to practice with the portland trail blazers practice because thayer plane arrived too late, either way singularly focused on eastern washington university. we'll see. from portland dave o

. >> and that is how far eastern washington might be.er than them, i promise you that. different bulldogs. >> what do you think of that? >> probably the wrong bulldog to be honest. >> yeah, the wrong bulldog. here are some arizona fans in the house. hopefully they will be feeling like them later on tonight. back to you guys in the studios. >> hopefully they would show up for the game. >> all right, dave. we'r i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on! make your house the house when you get more from verizon fios the tv service rated #1 in hd picture quality and signal reliability based on customer satisfaction studies plus america's fastest, most reliable internet. and for peace of mind, get a price quote in writing and professional in

's eastern washington --eastern washington's coach guaranteed a win today on the jim rome show. >> i heard about that. we're going to show up and play tomorrow. we will seal the court. >> when i signed off on the jim rome show, i said, hey, jim, we will talk to you soon and we are going to win. i want my team confident. tim: 15 guys on the other bus were listening as well. the maryland terrapins do not play until friday afternoon. mark turgeon wants to get them mentally ready for a very, very dangerous valpraiso. >> very good rebounding team, which is something we are pretty good at, but not great. that challenges their, and they have good players, well coached. they will probably show some things that we have not seen, but this time of year you play really good teams. tim: the wizards playing the jazz in utah late game out west. the jazz are playing better right now. they lead by one late in the second. nationals-marlins. the nets lost to the fish, and giancarlo stanton hit this home run. stay focused, guys, find the ball. miami beats the nats. spring training for the cameramen as w

they lead 50-35 over eastern washington. back to louisville. verne? verne: thank you, ernie. that's what we can refer to as a baby bracket. arkansas-wofford. north carolina held off harvard and won to advance. chievous. jim: ernie just spoke about georgetown. they've had a funny year. sometimes they come out and put it to the opposition. and other times they miss a few shots from the outside and had some struggles but looks like they're starting to play better late in the season. verne: arkansas just won. 69-39 7:40 remaining. chievous has 15. trapped. [whistle] jim: here comes the show. look at how tight they get. it's just upstairs. very infrequently they have to dribble much to get their dunks. they just look for one another and that's a domination. 40-18 in the paint. verne: darden backs away. andrew harrison out to guard. here's his brother aaron harrison crossover and guess who's there? and the foul is going to be called underneath on dakari johnson. well, jim pick the team you feel is the best kentucky team. the 1954 bunch declared ineligible. pitino led them to a nati

eastern washington, nothing else. tim: you have to have fun, march madness. the redskins signed colt mccoy to a one-year deal. it with the same situation as last year. jay gruden has already said that rg iii will be his starter. really likes the tenacity of colt mccoy, and i think kirk cousins is underappreciated, but that will be the depth chart in 2015. the nationals and tigers in lakeland, florida, stephen strasburg on the hill, looking sharp. made a case for the opening day start in the national league east. the nationals win 6-4, strasburg with his first win of the spring. the ncaa tournament that started tonight. winning the honor to play kentucky in louisville thursday night. head coach a joiner, what are your chances? >> i told you that i have jesus on speed dial. hey, jesus? first of all come you cannot play, psalm not worried about you being hot, fine. hello? hello? i guess he will get back to me. it's a heck of a mountain. tim: good luck coach, 16 seed. a 16 seed has never, ever beaten a number one. leon: it's bad when jesus hangs up on you. tim: d

they lead 50-35 over eastern washington. back to louisville. verne? verne: thank you, ernie. that's what we can refer to as a baby bracket. arkansas-wofford. north carolina held off harvard and won to advance. chievous. jim: ernie just spoke about georgetown. they've had a funny year. sometimes they come out and put it to the opposition. and other times they miss a few shots from the outside and had some struggles but looks like they're starting to play better late in the season. verne: arkansas just won. 69-39 7:40 remaining. chievous has 15. trapped. [whistle] jim: here comes the show. look at how tight they get. it's just upstairs. very infrequently they have to dribble much to get their dunks. they just look for one another and that's a domination. 40-18 in the paint. verne: darden backs away. andrew harrison out to guard. here's his brother aaron harrison crossover and guess who's there? and the foul is going to be called underneath on dakari johnson. well, jim pick the team you feel is the best kentucky team. the 1954 bunch declared ineligible. pitino led them to a nati

i'm more surprised that eastern washington is a 13 seed. a are a very good team. robert: fourth-seeded maryland will take on valpraiso friday. hoyas will play eastern washington in portland. and virginia will play 15th seed belmont friday. hockey, the caps on the ice after a big letdown against the stars. braden holtby pulled after four goals, but he was there today. the caps on the power play, john carlson fires and scores. thing looking good so far. in the second, still 1-0. piuck bounces out to nate schmidt, the slap shot deflects off the defender, 2-0 caps, and they win by that score. baseball ats=-asnats-astros, the last time they faced each other, it ended in a tie. dan uggla gets the meatball over the plate and drives it deep. the astros about three runs in the bottom of the fifth. george spurrier drives in the third run with the bases loaded. that is three losses in a row for the good guys. the final round of the pga turner met. -- tournament. the approach from over 100 yards away lands on the green and roles right into -- you guessed it -- the cup. green

stay focused on eastern washington and nothing else. >> it's business time. this time it's either win or go home. we don't play again if we don't win. it's all business, no fun at this point. >> reporter: now coming up later on news 4 at 5:00 we'll tell you what they need to do to avoid an early exit. from georgetown, i'm jason pugh news 4 sports. >>> the maryland terps are the number 1 seed. they are now getting ready to face new mexico state in college park this saturday. and a lot to celebrate at george washington as well. the women's team is on the 6 seed of the tournament. they are in the same region as the terps, which mean they could play each other if they both win their first three games. if you don't want to follow on your phone, there's a building you can check out right now. take a look at this. this is the hotel in indianapolis where the men's championship game will be played this year. the hotel plastered this 44,000 square foot bracket on the side of the building to keep up with all the march upsets ups and downs and >>> now for a look at the s

stay focused on eastern washington and nothing else. >> reporter: you can tell just by the players edemeanor, they are acting like they've been there before. we'll see if it translates to the court 9:57 thursday night. nick giovanni, wusa9. >> this is georgetown's fifth appearance in the ncaa tournament in six seasons. if they win thursday, they'll take on the winner of fifth seeded utah and 12th seeded austin. >>> coming up on wusa9 news, voter turnout is said to be heavy in israel while benjamin netanyahu's prime minister post is in real danger. >>> plus, from mexico with love. we'll tell you why the new james bond film puts the country in such a positive >>> there may be new evidence syria is carrying out poison gas attacks on its own people. according to activists, an attack took place near the turkish brdzer last -- board are last night. the activists say six people were killed, including a manual, his wife, and three children. cbs news has not confirmed the use of chemical weapons. the syrian military is denying claims of an attack. >>> in israel it could be the end of an era. it's ele

they take on eastern washington in portland tomorrow night. that's where we find our dave owens.re on their preparations. >> reporter: hey, thanks. everybody talking upset here in portland because eastern washington comes in the third highest scoring team in the nation and they're relatively close. six hours away, sure to have fans here in large number. they're also confident. listen to what their head coach jim hayburn had to said to. >> thanks for making this one the one you did today. good luck. >> we're going to win. >> my man, rack him. jim, you win, we absolutely will talk again. >> whoa. a shot across the -- of georgetown if i ever heard one. the hoyas will have an opportunity to respond to that coming up little later when they have their official media availability. that's going to do it for now here in portland. back to you. >> thank you so much. the virginia cavaliers also dancing. they are the second seed. they take on belmont friday in charlotte. our frank anrahan is in north carolina with more. down here in charlotte north carolina it's all about speed, nascar hall o

they left campus very early to get ready for their matchup against eastern washington after missing outaa tournament last year georgetown isn't stopping to smell the roses. they know what this trip is all about. >> it's business time. this time it's either win or go home. we don't play again if we don't win. it's all business. no fun at this point. >> the message has been pretty consistent. you know since the pairings came out. let's just stay focused on eastern washington and nothing else. >> it's never too early to talk quarterbacks around here. tonight sources tell me there is still a chance the eagles could sign tim tebow if they can trade their third string quarterback. he worked out with phil yesterday. meanwhile, here in washington the redskins they resigned eded colt mccoy. he had four touchdowns and three interceptions last season winning two of the four games he played in including the big win against dallas a mid-december neck injury ended his season though. jay gruden said rg-3 is the starter going into camp but i'm told it will be an open competition come august. >>> baseba

the hoyas taking on eastern washington in portland oregon. eastern washington's coach predicted a win before the game. he was wrong. georgetown won that game 84-74. see, you can't trash talk like that. georgetown is a strong team. they play again on saturday against fifth seeded utah. >> and now to the -- there is my tweet. you probably saw my facebook post and tweet shortly after they lost to ohio state. i was literally standing up for the last ten minutes of this game. it took overtime to decide this in the end, ohio state moved on. so vcu, there's always next year for us. we'll do it. >> yes. you've been consistent. >>> here is a look at today's games. virginia takes on belmont on trutv, maryland takes on valparaiso at 4:40 on tnt. go terps. and i want to mention fairfax county schools open on time morning just in. fairfax county schools on time. >>> i'm richard jordan at the live desk following a developing story this morning. we just got in new video overnight from a huge fire in chicago. this was in the archer heights neighborhood. take

i think all the so-called experts say georgetown will advance and beat eastern washington. history isn't good. they didn't qualify last year and the four years before, that the hoyas were knocked out three of the first four years in the first round. >> the teams that are in this tournament are very good. they're playing well. they feel good about themselves because they just won their conference tournament or very good team from a good conference. you have to play. you have to go out and win. tim: you have to play. that's the big thing. and if you look at their history, georgetown didn't make it to the tournament last year. and three of the four years previous to that they were knocked out in the fir we all remember that. leon: remember that one, yeah. all right. alison: ok. another sports story coming up that you know about. he had just finished his rookie year. leon: had a great year too. still ahead, find out why an nfl standout is calling it quits as his career as just started to gain speed. alison: san francisco 49ers linebacker chris borland has announced his retireme

thl play eastern shore washington in portland, oregon, thursday. in spores we'll tell you why -- sports we'll tell you where maryland didn't have a happy reaction when the announcement came down. back in te can't wait. thanks. >>> a disgraced virginia lawmaker has been charged in a sex scandal. we are going to reveal the major development with the woman at th >>> there's no such thing as a free ride. a dispute over that got a metro st >>> whoa! . >> a racer survives a horrific crash. fine out how fast he was going [ crashing sounds ] >>> some seriously strong winds tore scaffolding right off a skyscraper today in portland oregon. that sent the heavy debris falling on to the streets below. witnesses were shocked and had to run for cover. luckily no one was hurt there. >>> whoa! >> wow. that hot rod was going 280 miles per hour when it crashed. somehow, the driver walked away. larry dixon has s a three-time national hotrod association champion. but his car went airborne today in gainesville, florida, and ac split in half before crashing into a wall.

one game that turned out right, though was the georgetown/eastern washington game pap 13 seed eastern washington. jim hayford predicted his team would win and he was wrong. georgetown won 84-74. the hoya play again term tomorrow. my vcu rams a short run. saw my facebook. devastated losing to ohio state in a crazy overtime thriller. a lot of you posted condolences. appreciate that. ram fan, looking forward to a great next year with smart and halve ig havoc, add virginia takes on and maryland and valparaiso. >>> and developing now from the live desk a heartbreaking discovery in hollywood, florida. the body of a 3-year-old that had been missing for about a day was just discovered outside his father's home. police had been searching for him about 24 hours. the boy's mother saying that the boy had been with lis father and stepmother on thursday morning. that was just before he went missing. yesterday the mother made a frantic plea for help then this morning police saying that they no longer needed help from the public shortly after announcing they discovered his body. that 3-year-old, ther

georgetown playing eastern washington at 10:00 p.m. first game of the day, 14 seed northeastern versus 3 seed notre dame. >>> and you don't have a lot of time if trying to get your bracket in today. in fact some websites are already locked in now. if you're trying to get ahead of your opponent "the washington post" put up three upsets. it says you should consider terps fans. sorry. but you are first on their list and the game against valparaiso tomorrow because of the crusaders strong defense. uc irvine over louisville potential upset. 7'6" center could stop louisville's ability to score. austin with their shooting also a team to consider here over fifth seeded utah in their game today. all right. the hash tag trending today that could make you lo >>> we told you art sol other eclipse rapping tomorrow night with some islands in norway promises a view. star gazers gravitating to the region. one man got more than bargained for, attacked by a polar bear camping. he'll be okay. some friends camping with him shot and killed that bear. >>> a

they're facing eastern washington state. while hoyas hold a much higher seed here 4 over 13, the eagles coach said, quote, we're going to win in an interview on the radio yesterday. eastern washington is the top scoring player in the country right now. georgetown also has lost to a 10 or lower seeded team in each of the last five tournaments they have played. >>> you have just hours now left to finish your brackets if you're still working on them. you can search ncaa on the nbc washington app for a list of tips to help will you fill out the bracket. sometimes you just have to do it with your heart. we know a lot of you will be watching and we're learning it could come with a huge financial cost. jobs firm challenger grid christmas how about that, say workers distracted by the tournament will cost the companies $1.9 billion this year. that's an estimate, of course. the firm made the prediction based on a stat from the ncaa that says merely 23 million americans are college basketball fans. and one from the company website says

keep in mind the hoyas are confident for the first round game and know that eastern washington is a tough out. eastern has the leading scorer in the country, tyler harvey. believe me georgetown is very aware of first round wipeouts and the hoyas have lost to a double digit seed in the past five tournament appearances. meanwhile, another terrific story locally as the american university women who are going to the ncaa tournament for the first time ever! the american team which won the patriot league tournament championship will open against third seeded iowa and they are thrilled to be hitting the road for march madness. going to the big dance. alison: good for them. tim: more on this coming up at 6:00. leon: you know about this you know, offices all across the country buzzing about brackets all this week. tim: sure. alison: what your odds really of picking perfection? listen to this a professor at depaul university says the odds are less than one in 9.2 quintillion? by the way that has 18 zeros. in fact, you have a better chance of winning the mega millions lottery two times in a row by b

robert: portland, the hoyas survived eastern washington. next up is utah, a five seed. just like georgetown, they smell blood. here is john thompson iii. >> you enjoy winning when the moment is over. we are still in the moment. if we have any other mentality going against a team as tough as utah, as pleased as utah, we will be in trouble. -- as poised as utah, we will be in trouble. robert: louisville-cincinnati the wildcats up. andrew harrison with the opening. drive strong to the bucket, lays it in, and one. kentucky improved to 36-0 with the victory. number 11 ucla cruised past 14th seeded uab this afternoon. ucla, who many thought should not be in the tournament, advances to the sweet 16 with the 92-75 win. the terps women are cruising through the ncaa tournament. they took on new mexico state. we picked this up in the first half. brionna jones was a monster down low. she grabbed the rebound, puts it back, gets the foul. she finished with 22 points, 12 boards. a nice afternoon. the good look in the corner, she had 19 points. maryland wins 76-67. they will face undef

stay focused on eastern washington and nothing else. >> it's business time. it's win or go home. we don't play again if we don't win. it's all business, no fun at this point. >> i like that, all business. so has gw. the women have had one heck of a season, 29-3, atlantic champs getting a workout today as they get ready to head west to corvallis, oregon, to play gonzaga, colonials the sixth seed in the spokane region. >> a sign of a good team is you're playing your best basketball this time of year. we had a great regular team, went through the a-10 tournament, played great basketball. i think the team should be full of confidence because i think we're ready for this moment. >> gw/gonzaga friday night at 7:30 and at 6:00 our dave owen joins us live from the benson hotel in portland where he awaits the arrival of georgetown. >> i can't wait to see your bracket, by the way. >> www.wusa9.com, check it out. >>> at 6:00 what did a metro station manager post on .f neighbor that has him under investigation? wait until you see who -- on facebook that has him under inv

we start with georgetown they took on eastern washington. eastern washington's coach predicted a win before the game. he was wrong. georgetown won 84-74. pretty decent win i'd say there. they play again on saturday against fifth seeded utah. and i let you know he how i felt about the vcu game. it was crazy to go in to overtime. it hurt. a lot of you posted your condolence condolences. i appreciate that. for rams fans, though, we can always look forward to next year. it was a pretty outstanding game for our team. and -- >> you were standing up the whole time. >> at the end of the game i was standing yelling at the tv. but we have a good team in place and they will do well p. meanwhile, virginia maryland, they start their dance today. virginia takes on belmont maryland takes on valparaiso at 4:40. >> that's when i'll be yelling, 4:40 this afternoon. and i've heard from a lot of maryland fans from the area who are with me. go terps. >>> a movement to put a woman on the $20 bill is starting to go viral. >> here is how you see the $20 bill now wi

and sac state had their tournament hopes ended by a loss to eastern washington in the big sky semifinals of the sharks' players half this star player was stripped of his kaftan ship the player was very angry when you're not winning everybody gets mad. debt sharks are clinging to hope to make the playoffs. raiders signing a host of players. you really have to date to find out who they are. >> this is more than football for me. my grandfather was laid to rest and a black and silver raiders blanket. >> gary: chris a culver will start over. he is most well- known for his super bowl that few years ago and made anti-gay comment. and he had possession of brass knuckles. he can guard somebody so this will give them a chance. kohlberg will be in a washington uniform. the sensors are gone on the weekend and jason and bit too good at a fun time jason apple bowman bip roberts. northern california and nobody is in the ncaa tournament for monica the woods . 7 >>> the tv host candidate for what he said about the first lady. >> what is wrong with people? >> i don't know. >> unbelievable. >>> and then me

let's just stay focused on eastern washington and nothing else. >> it's business time.n this time it's either win or go home. we don't play again if we don't win, so it's all business. no fun at this point. >>> this chris borland story has rocked the nfl. it had us wondering how many players in the nfl have wit dwi game with healthy years still ahead of them. not many. in fact less than ten according to "usa today." his retirement at the age of 24 has sent shock waves throughout the sports world and has everyone talking about it today. even a near-guaranteed huge payday down the line, borland says the chance of suffering head injuries is too risky. he suffered a concussion in training camp last fall but coffered it up in a bid to win a spot on the field. he doesn't want to take any chances. redskins ryan kerrigan plays the same position and was asked today on 106.7 the fan if he's worried about the longtime risks of playing football. >> you recognize it's a possibility, but i don't think a lot of guys and probably myself included really give it extensive thought just be

eastern washington relatively close. they play fast and furious. georgetown has been upset by teams like this in the first round. we'll hear what john thompson iii has to say. now to charlotte with frank. >> reporter: in charlotte the number two seed virginia cavaliers facing belmont friday afternoon at 3:10. defensive-minded cavaliers will arrive later tonight. they have to practice tomorrow and play friday trying to advance out of the east region and move forward. they made the sweet 16 last year. want to go further this time around. we'll have more at 11:00. >> we are all over the place covering local teams. we are waiting for your brackets. you can postthem online at wusa9.com. >> all the local teams, this is the first time we have three local teams in a lot of years. >>> they crossed the finish line tail wags and all. unique link between this year's iditarod winner and man who came in second. the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to-drive. go for it. okay. wow... woohoo! i'm dreaming... pinch me. no, not while you're driving. and, right now, you

georgetown fourth seed and a team very few know about in eastern washington. hoyas happy to be a four seed. they'll play thursday night. the hoyas have been dealt early losses recently to lower seeds. remember florida gulf coast in ohio? meantime maryland disappointed as a fourth seed, now the have to focus on 12 seed valparaiso, the game in columbus, ohio. as for virginia, the top seed, made it to the sweet 16, this year feel snubbed, a two seed playing friday afternoon against belmont in charlotte, north carolina. these teams recognize the immediacy of the situation especially for a young team like the terps. >> we're going to have a meeting just to have dez, evan, coach, rashad to speak on what to expect going forward. >> just got to go out and give it our all, play hard, there's nothing after this. >> what's the purpose of winning 29 games, only lose one real game all season, dominate the conference and you give it to a team that didn't win the tournament or conference in duke. >> the first four starts tomorrow night. you have until thursday to get your br

georgetown plays eastern washington. that's tonight at 9:57. that is, in fact, the last game of the day. georgetown and eastern washington. leon: you're not going to dye your hair, are you? tim: i might. i like that look. leon: like the worst billy idol ever if you did that. march madness. you know what that means. fun or frustration for those of you with brackets especially those like mine that got blown up big time. 66% of workers spend at least one hour of the day following the games. that's probably underestimating. the ncaa makes it easier to do that now. its live on-line feed. there's a boss button. hit it, it looks like you're hard at work. alison: that's funny. leon: by the way, odds of getting a correct bracket 1 in 9.2 quintillion with the 18 zeros after it. it doesn't matter. alison: that's clever. leon: i like that. that and a wife button. alison: leon! leon: there you go. alison: all right. let's go back to the news now because coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 tonight, in just the last hour, we spoke to the roommate of that universi

they'll play eastern washington in portland, oregon on thursday. and a heads-up the ncaa men's college basketball tournament begins tonight in dayton ohio. fans are being warned to watch out for fake tournaments. the tournament is a popular time for people to sell tickets across the web but experts warn people want to go go to a game should visit a special ncaa website to buy authentic tickets. this is perfect in time for st. patrick's day. when compared to people in other states, residents right here in the nation's capital are some of the drunkest in the nation. d.c. ranks third among states in binge drinking. that comes from the centers of disease control and prevention which looks at the prevalence of binge drinking in bars per capita. speeb speaking of drinking, they are offering the sober ride campaign this st. patrick's day. the program runs until 4:00 tomorrow morning. call 1-800-200-taxi. thank them for doing that. jummy: one last look at the forecast. jummy: there's a house that could be yours for a dollar. the home owner in maine of this

i read somewhere not many people know about this but eastern washington is often called the florida gulff the northwest. which is -- i'm totally kidding. i lived there. it's horrible. no it's lovely but not beachy. they have a big challenge ahead of them. eagles head coach believes that they are the better team. take a listen to what he had to say and how georgetown responded to it tonight. >> it's great. we're not just happy to be here. if you're in a pool and you can put the eagles in. we play fast. we're going to win. >> any reaction to eastern's coach guaranteeing a win in the game? >> yeah i heard about that. we're going to show up and play tomorrow. we'll see you on the court. >> might you make your players aware of that comment, too? >> they actually made me aware of it. they heard it before i did. >> yep. >> wow. exactly. he knows what is going on there. he plays tomorrow night. and it's been five years yet their first opponent hasn't won a game in the big dance since 1998. however, the crusaders won a school record 28 games this season. that's all that really matters. they are n

. >>> right now georgetown down by one to eastern washington. virginia faces belmont tomorrow at 3:10. >>> the circus is in town. we're not talking the redskins. we're literally talking about the circus. caps on the road in minnesota here. they're going for their third straight win. let's go second period no score here. 4-4, ovechkin with the puck scores on his own rebound shot first of two goals on the night. 1-0 caps he also moved one ahead of sid crosby and john tavares here. caps capitalize on a mistake while a defender can't handle the puck. ninth of the season for him. 2-0 caps. they win it in st. paul for the first time 3-2, winnipeg up next. but tomorrow guys it's really about how this dance continue. uva, what do you think? >> the fun is just beginning. >> you know doug a lot of weather time wasn't enough for him. >> driving to the maryland game tomorrow. going to be a tough drive, i think, especially out 70 tow ♪ ♪ ♪ you're only young once. unless you have a subaru. (announcer) the subaru xv crosstrek. symmetrical all-wheel drive plus

hoyas gladly take the fourth seed in the south season taking on eastern washington thursday night at0:00 out west. >> this time around we get another chance at it and i don't plan on going home any time soon. we seen it happen before and don't want that to happen again. we are motivated. i'm motivated. i'm going to fire the guys up. we'll be ready to play. >> virginia also may be motivated, getting 2 seed in the east region get the belmont bruins 15th seed in charlotte friday afternoon. >> i just feel like at some level it's disrespectful. what's the purpose of winning 29 games only losing one real game all season, you dominated the conference? i believe the best conference in the country and they kind of disrespect you and give it to a team that didn't win a tournament or the conference in duke. >>> big night for the women of maryland, the terrapins, terps likely a top seed. gw would have to win the top 10 and so is american in the patriot league. we'll have more on the women's tournament tonight at 11:00. >>> the redskins signing a safety, two year deal jeron johnson. they need it.

for example in the south regional division, if eastern washington wins the tournament, i'll have to rideorse shirtless like vladimir putin, (cheers and applause) i'll do it! but if georgetown wins, my evil twin will host the show. i have no idea what that will be like. it will be fun. and, of course, the better the teams, the harder the dares. if number four seed maryland goes all the way, i'll be forced to wear a boston celtics jersey for the entire show. (audience reacts) and i hate the celtics. and if kentucky takes the crown, i'll be baby birded, which means someone will have to chew up some food and feed it into my mouth. which i'd prefer to wearing a stupid celtics jersey. (applause) the bracket will fill up with dares all this week. the first 32 are up now at thenightlyshow.com/dares, and we want you to help us fill in the rest. so tweet us your dares with the hashtag "dare larry," and i'll look forward to making an ass of myself for you. we'll be right back! ♪ (cheers and applause) (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little gi

and they are facing eastern washington state. the hoyas hold a much higher seed here. four over 13. the eagles coach said, quote we're going to win in an interview on the radio yesterday. eastern wall has the top scorer in the countrynow. also georgetown has lost to a 10 or lower seeded team in each of the last five tournaments they have played. >>> rooting for our local teams. thank you, aaron. >>> we can tell you about the royals. they're still in town and prince charles and his wife camilla will spend some time at the white house meeting with president obama and the vice president. and they will also visit president lincoln's cottage and retired soldiers home there on the same grounds. and then spend some time talking with a sexual assault response team are or s.a.r.t. as it's known. and then tonight receive teddy roosevelt conservation award in northwest d.c.. >>> police are looking for some man. how he was able to rack up charges on a local >>> 41 outside our studios right now and we're anticipating -- i'm not even going to say. >> we'll leave it up to chuck bell to give us the

it will be tonight, the hoyas against eastern washington. 9:57 p.m. that game in portland, oregon. and for hockey fans, the caps play the wild in minnesota tonight while in baseball, geogonzalez and anibel sanchez each pitched two hit baseball today and each looked sensational. nats and tigers played a scoreless 10 inning game and in spring ball, that's it. it's over. scoreless tie. maureen: more to come. doug: here's an update on the advisory areas north and west of the city from before sunrise to 2:00 p.m. pink area, winter storm warnings. expect precipitation to move in the form of snow. early in morning for the rush. changing to rain during the day and ending. maybe an inch or so. grassy areas but roadways for the morning commute should remain just wet. a little more snow on the grass north and west and a lot more up in the mountains. steve rudin will be watching the latest computer model graphics. if anything, i think we'll maybe call for less than more. i think we're on target. i don't think it's going to be a big deal. but he'll have that and the updated snow prediction map

. >> mark it down, georgetown, eastern washington 10:00 on thursday. stay up late. maryland/valparaiso is friday at 4:40 in the afternoon and a very special game on overtime tonight on wusa9 at 11:00 as we get our bracket fix on. >> thank you so much. >>> today marks four years of war in syria. u.s. secretary of state john kerry spoke of possible negotiations with syria's president drawing strong reactions from protesters outside the white house. stephanie ramirez takes us inside that protest. >> reporter: outside the white house dozens of protesters called for the u.s. and international community to end the civil war in syria that has ill canned more than 2 -- that has killed more than 200,000 people and forced millions more to flee according to the united nations and other groups. >> stop the killing! stop the hate! >> reporter: these protesters want syria's president out saying he's the reason for isis' growth in what many call mass genocide. >> to sit and watch and precontinued there's nothing happening is beyond me. >> reporter: basil asad came from virginia to

sacramento state will be hosted by eastern washington where got a little controversy brewing with thisk sharks. >> gary: gordon their most well known player didn't like what wilson said. as one of those big things when not everybody record your words and he was the gm he was told to shut his mouth by the captain of the sharks sent joe thornton. i've been here every day working hard he needs to stop lying and shut his mouth. you cannot say that to a gm guest. but the reason he went off like that is that wilson told season-ticket holders that job corps and was stripped of his captaincy because the pressure was too much form. someone's got to go if they don't make play yards and a probably be the general manager of they don't make the playoffs. >> gary: the raiders james daugherty is a brand new guy beside with oakland but it wasn't just about football. the tweeting today my uncle was laid to rest and a black and silver casket and a raider blanket. this is very personal some ring to may barry's personal to may very personal to me >> reporter: william howe and the forty-niners also way fra

oregon is playing eastern washington, basically playing a home game, they have less favorable ods becausefavorable situation. this is what we have that affects what the payoff is if you pick the right upset or favor. >> the odds of picking a perfect bracket is 1 in 9.2 quintillion. >> yes, someone will do a "you within a billion dollars if you get it correct." buffet and quicken loans did that but they know you will not get it correct. >> the odds are overwhelming that no one on earth will get it correct. >> you can check that out over on up shot. if i was going to do a bracket, that is the one i would do. rachel maddow show starts now. >> i do the monkey picking stocks. >> i pick the mascots that i think might win in a fake fight between the mascots. there is a team in the tournament called wolford i think that i have never even heard of. >>> going all the way! happy march madness. today we leashed about a thing that democrats and republicans agree on. and i should say this is the first time ever that both parties have agreed this much about this one thing. it is really interesting. a ne

the federal defender for eastern washington and idaho she had taken part of this. we later went out to the airport to my i had a couple of beers together, flew to denver together. i knew she was very well thought of both for trial work and her legal skill. she had recently paneled her 1st capitol case, had gone back on her own time taking a leave of absence from her job to cocounsel a case in south carolina, i believe the susan smith case, a woman who are driven a car into a lake and the children died. and so i knew she had that experience. i knew i knew she was a tireless worker, literally tireless. i am not tireless. i i approached her, and she said she did not want to do it. >> who else was on the team. >> well we wanted an attorney to take over the role of developing the mitigation themes. in the normal case a noncapital case you have a trial where the only question is did he do it and what did he do. then it goes to a judge to here evidence or something along those lines to make a decision as to the sentence. in a capitol case you have a separate penalty phase

eastern washington's coach predicted a win before the game. got on national radio and was wrong when he said that. georgetown won 84-74. they play again on saturday against fifth seeded utah. and i let you know how i felt about the vcu game. wasn't so happy about it. devastated was the word i used. they lost to ohio state in a crazy overtime game there. a lot of you posted your condolences on facebook. i appreciate that. for himrams fans time to look forward to next year. we have an incredible team in place. smart is stirkcking around. >> really committed to vcu. your team played so well. ohio state -- overtime -- all right. after just one day of the tournament only 272 perfect brackets remain. that's from the more than 11 million filled out on espn.com. one in like one trillion -- you can forget about thinking spring. i'll think spring until it arrives. we're being takinge ing tracking another winter storm. who is seeing the worst of it and how much snow you'll see in your neighborhood. >>> plus breaking news on the roads. part of the bw park

remember eastern washington coaches guarantee of a victory yesterday, john thompson iii remembered as >> when someone guarantees a victory, you know, you think of joe namath you know, you think of muhammad ali, larry bird in a three-point shooting contest. >> people that can actually impact. >> i look and say that's who was guaranteeing the victory, okay so our guys just came out and played. >> wow. >> don't mess with him. all right. hoyas and utah tip off at 7:45 tomorrow. jo top-seeded maryland women also in action tomorrow. they begin the tournament in college park against new mexico state. the terps practicing today at the xfinity center. maryland winners of 24 straight. if they win tomorrow they could face princeton, who happens to be undefeated on the season. president barack obama's niece is on that princeton team. he picked them to upset maryland in his bracket, something brenda frese was asked about today. >> he has strong know i mean which makes sense. he wants to keep a happy home. so, you know maybe, you know, one of these days, you know if there isn't a family member rela

sther's they're facing eastern washington state. and while the hoyas hold a much higher seat, eagles coach said, quote, we're going to win in an interview on the radio yesterday. also georgetown has lost to a 10 or lower seeded team in each of the last five tournaments they have layplayed. >>> the national weather service is set to announce this year's spring outlook and flood assessment today. the yearly assessment by noaa will provide insight on what kind of spring we can expect. i hope at least a warm one. but storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell says we have to get through a little patch of winter weather first. >> and i have a visual for you for tomorrow's snow. all right? so here's what we're thinking tomorrow. small ruler. no big yardstick. so tomorrow small ruler not the big pat collins snow stick that we've been using so much this winter. there are winter weather advisories posted for northern maryland, northern montgomery county high spots of loudoun countys out towards frederick county, virginia, panhandle of west virgin

punched a ticket to portland where they'll face the nation's leading scorer tyler harvey from eastern washington virginia fans meanwhile were hoping for a number one seed but their loss in the semi in the acc tournament knocked them down to a two seed in the east. cavaliers tell on belmont friday afternoon in charlotte as a result. now that the brackets are set, about to be a money maker for someone. how about a $2500 grand prize up for grabs with our wusa9 bracket challenge. just sign up on our website and see how your brackets stack up against the 9news team, that includes myself, mike, andrea. so either study up or you can follow the andrea philosophy and just go by team colors. i don't know how you do it, andrea. i'm willing to bet your bracket will be better than mine. >> i think they're the fifth seed tigers have seen. >> all right, nick, thanks. >>> serious problems for social security. the agency is declaring some living americans dead. >> while still sending checks to thousands who are dead. coming up on cbs this morning, scott pelley will be there with a preview of his 6 "minutes brook

eastern washington georgetown, everybody had this as an upset pick.ou remember i asked this question, posed it yesterday. would this be another groundhog day performance for the hoyas in the ncaa tournament? we got that answer late last night, early this morning, an emphatic no. >> it definitely was like we said all week. we heard the comments their coach said and their players said. it was a personal game. we wanted to come out there and crush them. >> reporter: georgetown's performance thursday night was part mind and muscle. they faced a long ball assault by the nation's leading scorer and his mates and they with stood it. >> they took a lot of tough shots and made a lot of tough shots as we knew they, would but we with stood the run and it worked out in our favor. >> i told the guys we need to come out and have a chip on our shoulder regardless who we play. >> reporter: freshman bradley hayes brought the brawn. the 7-foot tower of power was just bigger than everybody else and eclipsed his season high point total in less than a half. >> before the

they're playing on the west coast in oregon against eastern washington which is a spunky team basically. they have less odds. they have less favorable odds than most four seeds do because they're in not a terribly favorable situation. this is the dynamic pricing we have that affects what the payoff is, if you pick the right upset or favor. >> the odds of picking a perfect bracket is 1 in 9.2 quintillion. a number that i was unfamiliar with until i read that number off the screen. you know, i didn't read it just there, you know in the script earlier. but it's basically impossible to get the whole bracket correct, right? >> that's right. you know that's why you see sometimes, somebody will do a -- you win $1 billion if you get it entirely correct. >> yes. >> they never have to pay that out. >> buffett did that. i'll promise you $1 billion if you get this correct. buffett and quicken loans. they know no one will get it correct. >> the odds are overwhelming that no one on earth will get it correct. >> all right. neil irwin from the upshot. check that out at the upshot website at "the new yo