and therefore first hernia appearance ever against montana state and grambling coach dante jackson says he can't wait to show the nation what his boys can do >> always say, you know, when you walk a grambling, you know, you read a football school know if no one has no blacks but at that also want people to understand we played basketball a grambling awesome. i want to feel like we're we're, we're making are all basketball history now and we're trying to set the traditional we're basketball is going to be great for a long time >> and the women's field, good hype 68 teams, one dream start in their quest to knife the women's game is shattered you are shipping attendance records all season first game of the women's tourney presbyterian at sacred heart they're fighting for the right to face top seed is south carolina than columbia facing vanderbilt the winter or that one, i'll play baylor and kate that you it's tough to argue that in all of college hoops this season, caitlin clark is the biggest star all right hands down her iowa will play on saturday for the first time, but i have to say go

grambling coming back from down 14 against the montana state bobcats. they won in overtime, 88 to 81 for their first ever ncaa tournament win. >> and then it was colorado against boise state. the buffaloes closing strong, winning 60 to 53 are not good for the boys in boise. >> guys, no, but go buffs. my colorado peeps. all right. round one in the women's tournament begins on friday and millions of fans cannot wait. >> yeah. so we've talked a lot on our show about iowa star caitlin clark. people have flocked in record numbers to watch her on tv at a time when her sport is more valuable than it has ever been before. da da silva. millions of fans are filling in their men's brackets, but women's college basketball is having a moment of its own. >> steep three by moore buries it. >> that's all we've been saying. give us a chance to be seen and you're going to like what you see. >> tv ratings up 48% this season. all five power conferences are seeing record high ticket sales, with thousands of fans lined up to see some of their favorite players at tipoff. cele

grambling state university with this win to earn their way into the tournament.from boca raton, florida. good morning. how are you doing on your bracket? how confident are you? >> reporter: i've long since given up. it is a futile attempt to think i can master my brackets. but i will tell you this, what is not futile, i was on this campus a year ago, they were a number nine seed and i was thinking how far are they going to get. they haven't been in the tournament in two decades. they made it to the final four. one of the beautiful things about this, you have the dominant players like uconn on the men's side, south carolina undefeated on the women's side, expected to wreak havoc throughout the field. it is the faus, the upstarts that make this tournament so special. >> here's hadley on a fade. >> reporter: college basketball season is on the rise nationwide. >> buries it. >> what a shot. >> reporter: with schools like vanderbilt and presbyterian punching their way into the big dance, as part of the first four for the women. late theatrics from grambling state in o

grambling now has a date with purdue and the first round tomorrow, colorado, meanwhile, make taken care of business against boise state. they want that when 62, 53 the buffs attend seat in a trendy picked upset florida in the first round tomorrow. of boise state. meanwhile, you got to feel for them there now oh in the tournament, it's the worst record of any school ever >> are the >> accident, it's gonna get started just after noon eastern today. you can watch all the games across our sister networks, t and t, tbs and true tv. now know coach in this year's march, madness has a more compelling story than long beach states dan monson. >> he >> was fired by the school last week after 17 seasons on the sidelines. but he was allowed to remain with the team to the end of the postseason well, the 49ers then went on a run for the ages, winning the big west tournament to get an automatic birth into the ncw attorney. and speaking with reporters yesterday, monson, well, he couldn't help but make light of his situation >> sika, you guys see the seinfeld when when when george constanza was trying to

. >> history continues to unfold the first four, grambling state erased their 14-point deficit against state to force overtime the tigers kept it going and the team booked their trip to the round of 64 to play top-seeded purdue that ot thriller was followed by boise state. the buffs pulled away to score their first tournament win in three years. so they had face seventh seed florida on friday. and talk about gram bbling stat. 11 years ago, they went 0-28 they are clearly right on track, culminating in a historic appearance that victory, we'll keep watching to see if they'll keep on going >> this is what makes march madness so fun you see the upsets, underdogs taking, making history >>> and now to the l.a. dodgers showing their star player's right hand man to the door the interpreter for dodgers' dual threat shohei otani was fired wednesday. his dismissal comes after otani's reps allege he had been a victim of a theft of a massive amount of money. he initially said that otani had agreed to transfer money to pay off gambling debts then a day later saying that otani had no knowledge of th

grambling state in. >> the gaels are playing grand canyon.might add that president biden actually listed st. mary's college in his brackets. the president of nbc here. >> go gaels. we will cheer them on. >>> we have more ahead at 630 this morning, including a safeway in the north bay overrun with teenagers shoplifting. up next, a request from the police chief to the ceo of safeway himself. >>> the hidden camera found in a bathroom in a starbucks in the bathroom in a starbucks in the south bay, and the man was taken thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr positive, her2 negative metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. both of these can lead to death. tell your doctor if you have new or worsening ch

and the colorado buffalos are moving on. >> grambling and colorado come with the final two teams toff. meanwhile come on the women's side -- >> the first time is always those sweetest presbyterian, its very first win in the ncaa tournament! >> presbyterian and vanderbilt punching their tickets to round one to ran and both tournaments to expect millions of viewers and fewer eyes on the work, productivity during the tournament known to drop across the country. some employers are actually encouraging in office watch parties. >> we are really big into getting together and connecting with people. so we can watch sports. it gets everybody in a good mood, definitely. everybody comes in the office willing to work. >> will: if you do clock in and don't want to miss the action, for those whose offices may be more strict, there is a feature built into march madness livestream, a boss button to switch your screen to look like you're working when needed. this year takes you to pretend hr videos, if that doesn't work, dawn staley may be able to help. the head coach of undefeated south carolina te

face number seven, texas next on thursday, to more games tonight on our sister channel, true tv, grambling state their first-ever attorney appearance facing montana state is 640 east during then it's colorado, boise state, 910 >> how would >> anthony edwards follow up the doug heard round the world 24 hours after unleashing the thunder on the jazz, the 22-year-old is timberwolves taken on fellow western conference powerhouse denver man did more dunking, of course, soaring for the put back. jammy scored 30 on the night, two-time league mvp nikola jokic and the nuggets, though they weren't messing around joker dropping 35 points, grabbing 16 boards in a game that went to the buzzer, edwards would happen but chance to play here again, but it is no good nuggets escape with a 1151. when finally, the release spring training facility in clearwater, florida as a field of dreams for one lifelong fans, 74 year-old, michael hopkins has wanted to play on that field since he was nine years. there's all not as a player, only as a groundskeeper in during a recent heart surgery, michel's doctors discovere

last night grambling making some school history, jbeil kfar coming through with that collage, lay up here to tie the game with 37 seconds left, we'd go to overtime in the extra period. the tiger's pulling away from montana state and 88, 81 grumblings coach dante jackson. well, he was all fired up about making the first round >> routable. >> march has made all >> baby we've got to find a way to flat i had one last room, so we like to just fall where they may vary paints like this. the witness >> all right. so grandly now, the day with purdue and the first round tomorrow colorado. meanwhile taking care of boise state six i see 253 involves a tent seat and a pretty trendy pick the upset florida in the first round tomorrow, boise state. meanwhile, there are no 0.10 in the tournament. that's the worst record heard of any school or the accident. it starts just after noon eastern. you can watch across our sister networks, t and t tbs. and true tv now know coach in this year's march madness aza, more compelling story than long beach state's dental monson. he was fired by the school last week

tonight we have grambling making its first ever ncaa tournament appearance taking on montana state where winner gets to face first seed purdue and reigning player of the year. and then it's colorado versus boise state where the tin seed. the florida gators away. once that's all done, we will finally get that first round action tomorrow. let's turn our attention now to the women's tournament. 2 games tonight on espnu. i know the names and will showdown between sacred heart and presbyterian. will likely need the power of prayer to be there opponent south carolina. the team is undefeated this year. every bit the power house in vanderbilt columbia going for the 12c. columbia ecstatic with their selections just days ago. that is the power of march. >> michael: speaking of, how is your women's bracket looking? >> it is pristine for now. it is on your screen. i've got my eye on usc. i've got stanford going to the final four lead by all-time winningest coach. and for the national championship, all-time leading scorer caitlin clark and iowa. i see them handing south carolina on their first loss o

while late theatrics in overtime grambling state -- >> it is over here in dayton >> reporter: finalizes go, uconn! >> reporter: the uconn huskies looking to defend their national title. >> we want back-to-back rings, man. >> reporter: even the school's mascot, jonathan the husky, revealing his bracket strategy, picking all dogs to win and all cats to lose but what about owls? florida/atlantic university from boca raton became a household name last year en route to a stunning final four appearance >> we're extremely excited to advance to the ncaa tournament for the second year in a row we don't take it for granted we know how difficult it is. >> reporter: but make no mistake, the biggest star power anywhere in basketball is iowa's caitlin clark. >> this for college basketball history -- >> reporter: who just broke the all-time ncaa scoring mark and according to tic pic is college basketball's main attraction, is causing final four ticket prices to reach historic levels the company it sold six times as many women's tickets to the final four than men's tickets not counting the national ch