and don't forget another day of ncaa basketball here on cbs tomorrow.overage gets underway at 12:00 and it is texas and oklahoma. and the night session begins at 7:00. north carolina takes on long island university. i'm otis livingston. thanks from the verizon wrap up show. we'll see you back here tomorrow night.

the ncaa, forget about it. the junior college. san francisco city college for the first time in 49 years won the state championship. the last teach they did it, led by the mvp brad dugan, the court named after him. over the weekend they did the thing. edging at the buzzer on a tip- in. ventura college was the host site. citrus came up short. >> relief. you know, we haven't celebrated, seemed like the last eight years. this is what we were waiting for. a lot of relief. a lot of excitement. >> city college finished 32-1. winning their last 27 games. spring training, on the negative side for the a's, andrew bailey, their closer suffered an elbow injury. he will be going to alabama tomorrow to be examined by an expert. he had 51 saves in his first two major league seasons. chris carter, they are waiting for him to blossom. he went the distance. cleveland won 9-8. giants lost. matt cain has inflammation in his elbow. >> thank you for telling us. >> when does the regular season start? >> soon. >> good night everybody.

in the ncaa tournament.i'm sure in the recruiting message that they were given, they told guys you'd have a chance to play. they're keeping it clear. gus: first they brought you real coke taste. zero calories. now they're bringing you the most impressive ncaa experience known to fans. get in the game at cokezerosocialarena.com. all you see in the stands, scarlet and red with a smattering of syracuse orange and marquette blue and gold and george mason green and gold. [whistle] 20,174. and standing room only. so we will advance ohio state. that brings up a pretty serious match-up, the buckeyes and wildcats. ohio state and kentucky. from newark. [whistle] what are the keys match-up-wise in that game? len: as i said, i think inside, kentucky will play some zone. but they mostly play man, at least from what i've seen lately. comes down to getting help from josh haralson inside against jared sullinger, if, in fact, that's the match-up that john calipari is going to go with. but by the same token, you cannot forget

mary's awaited its fate for the ncaa tournament coming up late in sports. >>reook lt r o radar this evening. you can see some of the heavy rain pushing from alamo into daille, westward int san bruno and san mateo. that rain just rea iing palo f your monday morning sw ch i commute? a look at your forecast coming up. ni >>> two bart cars derailed today completely off the tracks and the monday morning commute could be challenging. nbc pay area's monty francis is in concord with the very latest for us. >> reporter: well, diane, good evening. crews brought in a crane and are now working to clear the tracks of those derailed cars. you can see behind me there's still a few of those derailed cars on the tracks. the transit agency now says it could be all night before the tracks are completely clear, and that could spell trouble for the morning commute. the derailment happened at about 9:20 this morning on a train bound for san francisco international airport. just after it left the concord station. there were 65 people on board. bart officials say the train was tra

d day for the ncaa selection committee, would st.cket to the most coveted ticket in sports. in true fashion, they had to wait until the very end. well, it was the only team not invited. st. mary's is left out. their won shining moment will have to wait another year. >> it doesn't make a lot of sense to me right now, how we're not in. but we aren't. that's reality. we have to deal with it. i felt we got snubbed three years ago. we had a really, really good team that year. this year, to have it happen again, it's tough. that's the only way i can explain it. >> obviously we want to be in the ncaa tournament. our guys are mature enough to turn the page and take it as a slap in the face and get ready to go. >> the gaels did get a bid to the nit. for the first time since 1991, no men's teams were selected for the ncaa tournament. san francisco wins its first state title in 43 years. deeann parker tipped in the winner with two seconds left on the clock. back to the big dance, the ohio state buckeyes, kansas is the top seed in the southwest.

the cha beat the wild 3-2. >>> it was a long day in the ncaa tournament but a really good one.we will go with that. >> we are also cooking, right. >> i did not have a good day. >> it wasn't a good day for a lot of people but that's what the ncaa tournament is all about. >> well, what happened dennis? >> well, you know, sometimes i make mistakes. >> are you out? >> no, i'm not out. all my four teams are still alive. >> my team has done a lot. >> ,, i love america, i love my pet bald eagle brock, my bison sara, i love my pick-up with the custom constitution paint job... i celebrate jury duty... i love america so much, i'm making an all american jack combo two jumbo patties, with melting cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickles, plus fries and a drink for only $4.99. i've celebrated every american tradition...except one... spring break cancun yo!!!!!!!! try the all american jack and enter to win >> little rain tomorrow too, right, roberta. >> not a little a lot. 2 inches. >> when will it start? >> by the morning commute. >> something to look forward to. to. >> david letterman is coming

this was a great, great ncaa second tier regional. >> -- great, great ncaa second tier.wins over ohio state. >>> brandon burdgess the layup for 72-71 lead on florida state and they hold on, smart is a young coach. vcu will play kansas in the regional final and santa clara has a couple options that they will have to play. santa clara wins tonight and kevin foster had 35 points. giants and a's winding down training camps. the scores today, not very nice in favor of the home teams. alex gordon, you off of bumgartner. that special that we have been pumping up all week, this is -- you are excited about this? it's just going to be me. >> i've been working hard on the this. >> i'll be more of a clinical technician tomorrow night. no. no really. sometimes we are crazy here just having fun. when i work clinically, i'm good. i'll be okay, i'll give you another lead in. can matsui bring his magic. >> don't give it all away. >> it will be clinical. >> billy bean is being portrayed on screen by brad pitt. how does he feel about that? we will have that tomorrow. it's a good show. jaso

years there are no bay area men's teams in the ncaa tournament. so, once again, the stanford women get center stage. the cardinal earned its 8th 1 seed in the program's history. they'll play the 16th seed uc davis on saturday at naples pavilion, uconn is the other number 1s. why do they like their chances to win it all. >> i like to call it sister hood of stanford. not just neck and i, we're all included in our sister hood, the number 1 leader and the big sister. i consider my little sister you know being freshman, so it's a sister to stanford and i'm excited about how close knit we are going into the tournament because we can put it all on the court and be happy with what we do. 87 ncaa tourname >> takes it and the hoosiers take it. >> keith smart hits a game winning shot in the ncaa tournament in 1987, putting indiana overseer cues. it was coach bobby night's final championship with the hoosiers. i talked to the general today. take me back to that particular moment. >> reporter: we were down by a point. darryl thomas had the ball under the bucke

john's on sunday. >>> extra drama in the men's ncaa tournament. west took san diego state to double overtime as they outscored the owls 10-3. billy white with the put-back. san diego has a super so for in leonard. he takes it wide as the aztecs win 67-64. san diego never won an ncc tournament ever until this week. now in the sweet 16. the only men's team still alive in the big tournament because florida beat ucla73-65 today. >>> well, opening day for the giants is still 12 days away. but the ball club learned today that closer brian wilson strained his oblique and that he may not be ready for the march 31st season opener in la. wilson, of course, led the majors last year with 48 saves. but that bit of bad news didn't seem to carry over on to the field in scottsdale today. giants three solo homeruns to beat kansas city. rock starts it off in the second inning. his third homerun this season. then in the fourth buster takes the same pitcher bruce chin deep for his third homerun of the season for hem. aubrey huff adds another and giants win 3-1. barry

ncaa tournament in 1987, putting indiana overseer cues.t was coach bobby night's final championship with the hoosiers. i talked to the general today. take me back to that particular moment. >> reporter: we were down by a point. darryl thomas had the ball under the bucket. keith caught it had his feet shot and hit a makeable shot. that cut that was made by keith smart and the pass that was made by darryl thomas will forever be in my memory as the two best plays i ever saw in basketball. >> keith smart with a few less hairs 24 years later. tonight's game again the sacramento kings didn't make it get any better, you have to play some d. marcus thornton throws down two of his career high 42, sacramento led by as many as 22. too much thornton who can bomb from outside. the kings win by 4 tonight. >>> city college and san francisco was tied at 81 with citrus college with 2 seconds left. lincoln high grad den parker wins with a put-back. it's the first state title since john kennedy was president. he came home to a hero's welcome on campus today.

mary's goes to the ncaa tournament as they beat weber state. the gales on sunday. >>> the national player of the year award may have been locked up tonight. 52 points as byu beats new mexico. that is an all time byu career scoring record hitting seven three pointers and broke his tournament scoring record of 45 points. byu30-3. and i don't know. this guy had everybody excited. >>> women's basketball. strand veer and stanford. these guys could just walk out in the first half and still go to the ncaa tournament but they have to play this. they think they are going to make money. the pac-10 tournament is just empty seats. a quick positive highlight from me. stanford wins as they are in the finals tomorrow where they will play ucla. nicky caldwell, kevin the body guard says she is the most attractive coach in all of college basketball. i'm not looking and kevin says look at nicky caldwell. i like to see the zone defense. there is the difference with the kids you produce today. i prefer, look at that defense and he is going for the looks of the coac

d day for the ncaa selection committee. would st.h to get a ticket to the most coveted tournament in sports. they had to wait until the end. >> when you don't hear the name, it's devastation. it was the only team invited. st. mary's is left out, despite winning a share of the season's conference title. they will have to wait another year. >> it doesn't make a lot of sense to me right now how we're not in, but we're not. that's reality, so we have to deal with it. i felt we got snubbed three years ago. we had a really, really good team that year. then this year to have it happen again, it's tough. that's the only way i can explain it. >> obviously we want to be in the ncaa tournament, but two years ago when we played the nit, it was a great experience r. guys are paure enough to take it as a slap in the face and get ready to go. >> the gaels may get a bid for the nit tournament. >>> now, no bay area men's team was shreked for the tournament. but we have good news. -- wins its first title in -- years. parker tipped in the winner with t

highlights of the ncaa tournament as day two gets started today. you are looking at pictures of oakland. it is 4:41. >>> it is 4:44. you are looking at a picture of the bay bridge. rainy again we will check in with christina and mike in a minute. students with ties to a school in sendai. they visit them in japan and they feared the worst. until they got an e-mail saying all of their school friends survived. it's a relief, but the teacher gets emotional thinking about the road ahead for his colleagues and friends. >> the teacher said it's a miracle. >> the teachers are asking for uniform and book donations so students can get back to school. students are supposed to visit and canceled their trip to japan and are raising money to help victims. >> whenever a large earthquake is in the movie. are we prepared? if you think your house will be standing, think again many homes are not seismically safe. >> when it comes to the nuts and bolts of seismic safety -- >> the uplift will be at the end of the panels. >> james gillette has it down. >> he has been re

a couple of playing games in the ncaa tournament. a lot of people thought uab didn't belong and they were right. it was a lead early and the game was never in doubt. a career high 22 and nice defensive effort. get on the floor. clemson over alabama 70-52 and the team gets west seed. the big fan and watching unc asheville and arkansas and 16 seeds and he can dunk and he would rally the bulldogs as they step back three to tie it at 72. little rock with the final shot for the win and one of 10 shooting and he goes to overtime. asheville wins it 81-77 and they move on to face, yikes, pittsburgh. the a's closer andrew bailey does not need surgery. that's the best news the a's could have gotten. they went to see the specialist in birmingham and the diagnosis, no ligament damage and no word on when bailey might be back. the cactus league and former a's and giant great off the first pitch. anderson with 5 and 2/3 and brett jackson homered and the cubs pull away for the win. the giants 5-4 over the d-backs. aubrey huff homered in that game. >

round 2 ncaa tournament stanford hosting st. john's. red storm surprised the cardinal early.s to rolling. st. john's with 8 point lead. 3 straight moves. finish with 22 points. jump started the the run for them. roof is on fire. indeed. passing lane coast to coast. she has 14. more from roof. off balance. collision. it goes. cardinal who out under way. peterson comes on for 3 as stanford is going away 7 75-49. advance to meet north carolina saturday in spokane. pro warrior reach the point where they are just drifting to oblivion play off hope faded and can't hang with good teams ncaa and spurs are really, really good. first quarter. 1,000 times. parker to duncan. lay up. this time he land on the foot. he leaves with sprained ankle could be out for awhile. parker feeds him for the dunk. career night for the rookie who follow this is with authority. 15 points. kids. warrior down 20 early in the fourth. at least they made a run. didn't give up. williams 3. then wright brings the warriors within 7. spurs consummate team. 28 of steal. dunk. spurs win. warriors have lost 26 straigh

. >>> college basketball madness continues in a few minutes, at the ncaa tournament. google is getting in on the objection. kiet do shows us the action that brings the 3d experience to all of us. >> reporter: this year for the big dance, google has taken march madness to the next dimension. n]♪ >> reporter: the mountain view company has collected all the venues that will be hosting an ncaa game and rendered them in high resolution 3d. from the alamo dome in san antonio, to verizon center in washington, dc, that's 14 stadiums in all. >> we're always trying to add new data, new information, new satellite imagery and new buildings to create more and more realistic world. you might call it a mirror world of the one that we live in. >> reporter: peter birch is the guru of google earth and he took us on a vip tour, using their liquid galaxy device, an array of eight wrap-around flat screens. but at home, you use your computer. reliant stadium in houston got the royal treatment because it's the site of the final four and championships. here, you can even go inside the stadiu

it's just unknown as to what will occur in terms of the ncaa at this juncture. cindy: another hire made today. georgia tech opting to go with brian gregory from dayton. he only had one losing season. what can yellow jackets fans expect out of gregory? >> well, i don't mean to be negative nick here, but this is an odd hire, because it the problem with the j first is sometimes that sometimes it is not so we have to wait for most of my friends. they get late to school and they call their parents. they are calling. i also do after school program and when i have to go back to the home i have to wait for a long time. it is not valuable in the given schedule. so my solution for this is they should have a scheduled time set and they should manage the time so it should be available for everyone. >> thank you very much. >> my name is aaron thomas. i ride the j but i wake up at 6:30 sometimes because i don't know what time it is going to come. i stay on 29th street. i am thinking i will be late. i already got in trouble for truancy. the j will be coming like 30 minutes. so

. >>> more thrillers in the ncaa tournament.d more coming up next in sports. >>> good evening. both the giants and the as going split squad today. this is the last time they'll get together in arizona. they'll play a few more exhibition games against each other at the end of the month, but back here in the bay area, that's coming in a bit. defense helping out madison bum gardner today. two innings where four runs were scored by the a's. aubrey huff in this game, he had two hits and three runs batted in and despite a late four-run surge by the scgiants, oakland s too far out in front. they win it 6-4. giants at mesa. taking on the cubs. randy wells retiring 18 straight at one point and burris going down swinging here. it went to extra innings where wellington castillo brought home the winning run. 3 3-2. chicago takes this one in ten. tomorrow, the giants back to full squad while hosting the rockies and oakland's other game, brian fuentes burned for three runs in the ninth and the a's lose 4-2 to the diamondbacks. spring training

. >> looks like the ncaa tournament st. mary's, suddenly nit never sounded so good. that's because the cal bears got run over and run down today by the trojans. cal is against usc tournament finals. bears take demand. 21 points for crab, cal jumps to an early lead. marcus simmons, watch this buzzer beater. eight at halftime. ufc 70-56. hope to give the call to mit. >>> and semis of the western

. >>> who is the only bay area teen in the ncaa tournament? i am dennis o'donnell. the as are dealt a devastating blow in spring training. tell you what happens next. ,,,, [ female announcer ] for a limited time, get sizzler's 6oz, fresh cut, tri-tip steak plus our endless salad and dessert bar for just $10.99. news in marin county. police on the scene an armed bank robbery in corte madera [ music ] >>> we are continuing to follow breaking news outs of marin county. joe vasquez is there. joe, what's the update? >> dana, we are learning a little more information. we will show you this but try not to push in too tight because this is an active swat situation. we don't want to give anybody an advantage who is watching t.v. this situation has been going on since 4:30. a young man according to a witness somewhere between 20 to 25 walked in saying he had a manifest owe. he was upset with the back and upset with his own financial situation. he started to post homemade paperwork on the side of the bank window. you might be able to see it in the distance there. there are som

island university blackbirds they'll be playing the north carolina tar heels in the second round of the ncaa championship tournament. go blackbirds! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very nice. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ rhythmic clapping ] very good. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] very good, all right. ♪ very good.

but advancing to the ncaa tournament for the first time since 1997, with a three-point win. >>> i'm steve bunin. that does it for this espn news update. >>> tina fey may be a dead-ringer. but the gig goes to actress julianne moore. moore will play sarah palin in

the ncaa tournament, 32 more play tomorrow. in round one.he tournament this year, however, it's still lots of fun. pick your favorites and watch them go. the brackets are filled out. we all have them. you can play along with us. go to the website, nbcbayarea.com and search brackets or go to csnbayarea.com, find the brackets, fill them out and compare and contrast the morning team. there are some professional basketball team analysts. only a few more hours to go. you can't fill them out after teams have played and lost. so do it now. >>>y especially want to do it now, because it's st. patrick's day. maybe luck will be on your side. luck's on our side in the weather department. clear conditions now. it's cold, but the relentless rain we've seen over the four past days are finally going to subside for today. looking towards mostly clear conditions. partly cloudy by the day's end as a system of low pressure finally pushes onshore. a big time weathermaker we're expecting to arrive into the bay area sometime tonight around 8:00 p.m. it will really

colorado one of those teams which many people said should be in the ncaa tournament.sed to play for the warriors. buddy of michael jordan. his son cory had 22 points tonight for colorado. shannon sharpe, no relation there, 89-72, cal finishes 18- 15. their season is over. santa clara, had 1200 people they beat air force and will play the win orphhawaii, scheduled to go tomorrow. villanova's frank wright, excuse me, jay wright, frank is his brother in law, the anchor for channel 2 and the wildcats knocked off by george mason. here we go. villanova with the ball down two. >> fires. off the tom of the backboard. no. george mason. >> that's it. george mason knocks off villanova. one of the few finishes that really had gus yelling. stanford women, the bay area team waving their flag proudy. look here that bronco -- excuse me the stanford women. they, of course, are perennial final four team. ranked second in the nation. they have to get through uc davis first and they will be lucky to host the first two games if they keep winning. >> we know that we need to play against an

that's what the ncaa, that's what i mean.id at byu, as i was telling jackie last night 80 percent or 90%, of this stuff is a predicate did on i'm gambling a dollar or two. >> please don't tell me charles barkley is broadcasting the ncaa tournament. he doesn't know anything about college ball? >>gary: people don't even listen anymore, they put him on because now cbs and tnt are sharing these early games. i felt sorry they have a couple guys who've been there all season long for cbs and now the c'mon true tv. he doesn't know what he's talking about. when people flip around, so good here is a bookworm let's stop and listen to him. he's there because he's in the hall of fame. >> a 25 year-old could kill someone and you would say he's young, he'll grow well. >>gary: sometimes a young person will make a decision that they'll regret the rest of their life. >> i'm looking at you. i'm playing. my point is, it's easy to sit on your couch and say somebody else made the wrong move, somebody else's stupid. think back when you're 25, how m

stamford ncaa west women's semifinal.y. >> (music) (music) >>gary: is always you when this is cool. while this week we showed you wrestling them show the music videos. they're nice and relaxed and the players talked about making this video. >> that's what happens when you give stanford kids down time. it was a lot of fun and what to desert and join it. it's one of those things i can check off list now. more than anything it was cool to do it together. just kind of something we can all share off the court. it doesn't really involve basketball in a sense. something fun. >>gary: to get its baseball by the day, sponsors from all over the region say, give me a taste of kron. spring training, the day's most publicized acquisition hitting only 260, vern glenn reports. >>vern: that is godzilla, this is the opened as burial godzilla. and if they in designated hitter has had since 1994. unlike his reptilian version, he is expected to do damage with his back. it was a nickname like that, here's how was new teammates welcomed him the

people talk about guards all the time in the ncaa tournament charlie. it's like having a quarterback in football. i'm a basketball guy but my sips in football you can't have a good quarterback if you can't block him. you can have great guard played if you don't have big guys to rebound and defend in the posts those guys are only so effective. you need a college team to win at the highest level. >> charlie: you say syracuse, connecticut, kansas and pivotsberg and you're predicting kansas. >> just like last year. they wound up losing to northern iowa in the second round. if you recall last year we had identified all those mid majors but boy watch out for cornell or northern iowa. this year we don't have the say kind of power among the smaller conference teamedz we had -- team weeds last year. oakland can give texas a hard time and open up that bracket in the west but not quite as many as we had. i think kansas and ohio are the best. they are playing the best right now heading into the tournament. they're efficient offensively and they're very very good de

obviously want to be in the ncaa tournament. but two years ago when we played the n.i.t., it ways -- was a great experience, we're mature enough to turn the pain and get ready to go. >> after -- as for the teams in, ohio state, kansas, pittsburgh, and duke. meanwhile, four pac-10 teams made the field. washington, usc face virginia commonwealth commonwealth, and ucla battles michigan state. >> earlier this morning, duke and north carolina meeting in the acc championships. early going, all blue devils. later in the half, smith miss. plumlee, for the one can -- one-hand jam. singler, the jumper. duke wins its third straight acc championship. >>> a little baseball. a's have the pitching staff they need to be successful. the question is, can they bring the rummer? beautiful -- bring the lumber. beautiful day for baseball in phoenix. matsui, his second of the spring. this is why they brought this guy inch mammoth blast. gives the a's the lead. next inning, derrick barton, not rusty. the a's brought out the lumber today. in the fifth,

north carolina reaches the sweet 16 for an ncaa record 24th time.ll play friday in newarck against marquette. >>> buckeyes face kentucky friday in new jersey. >>> now last wednesday, the warriors flew and blew a huge lead to dallas. still lost that game after that big lead. tonight golden state played those same mavericks and they found a different way to lose. mavericks pay sarakazits returned. he made 17 in the night. unlike last wednesday, the warriors led for about two minutes tonight. although monte ellis led. mavericks beat the warriors for the sixth straight time. dirk nowitzki, he shoots he scores. dirk with 20 and 101-83 is your final. and the mavericks stay in texas to play in san francisco tomorrow where they never win. >>> and the giants put the squad today to get a few more looks at a few more players. giants and mesa to play the cubs. giants take the lead in the first one. fonteno delivers this single. 2-2 in the 10th inning when cubs castro singles off giants reliever josh bates. cubs win 3-2. in scottsdale, baumgartner gave up two in

great games today in the ncaa tournament. >> this is the second round, but the bay area shut out forthe first time in 20 years, but at least it gives us a chance to focus on the fantastic finishes of the day. we start in denver, 14 seeded morehaed state. town by two points that's d emonte hearter in the 13th. >>> another close one out there today in tucson, temple in the white jerseys lost its last 11 ncaa tournament games. today against penn state, hernandez off balance he still hits it. giving temple with the lead. >>> and tied ball game, second left butler white jerseys and that's sean vanzant. he fall, throws the ball. butler just by a whisker of old dominion. >>> 13th seeded princeton. dark jerseys on a mission to beat kentucky. kentucky didn't make a field goal until there. brandon knight and the wildcats avoid the upset. and the oakland a's meet the cubs today 6-5. giants play the angels tonight down there in arizona. >> that was a close game. >> yeah. >> that's the way they play them. >> they are all good games. >>> some experts now say as early as tomorrow, a nuclear fall ou

. >>> coming up, march madness at its finest on day one of the ncaa tournament.ou're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. in a largely symbolic vote, the republican controlled house has voted to end federal funding for national public radio. the bill is almost certain to fail in the democrat-controlled senate. >>> controversial former haitian president jean bertrand aristide is headed back to his country after seven years of exile in south africa. american officials tried to keep aristide away from haiti until after this weekend's presidential runoff amid concerns he could destabilize the process. >>> in a scathing new report, the justice department says new orleans police officers have often used deadly force without justification, made unconstitutional arrests and engaged in racial profiling. the city's mayor called the findings sobering, but not surprising. >>> in the wake of japan's nuclear crisis, american poison control centers are getting reports of pe

the butler bulldogs, the last year cinderella team in the ncaa finals has advanced to the final four with another upset against second seeded florida. that's comomomomomomomomomomomom >> alan: a livermore mother has been sentenced to five years in prison on four felony counts for having sexual relationships with two boys. hub, who is heard with three children, was arrested last year after police got a tip she was having sex with boys younger than 15. >> all the rain in clear lack caused the evacuation of the town. you can see how high the water level is out there. caused more than a foot of water to flood the area. leigh glaser is here. i'm ready to see the sun. >> leigh: everyone is. a little break in the clouds today, so we are expect something dry conditions overnight tonight. we have one more storm system that will sneak in here tomorrow night to bring us more light rain. here's a live shot from the high definition east bay camera. a few clouds and clear patches. live doppler 7hd. the rain from this morning has pushed out of the bay area. maybe a little mist and drizzle but that'

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after stunning villa nova in the ncaa opener.nd. long pass for the tie. no. washington holds on, 68-65. and marquette, 11 seed never really threatened by 6th seed. kind after surprise. and odom, the steal, steps in with three. marquette 47-29. crowder beating johnson odom hanging and hitting. marquette. 66-55. they'll play syracuse next. and who needs feet when you can do this? wow, bcu cheerleaders getting it done and so do the hoops teams. and georgetown skeen and rodriguez, so much for hoya paranoia. they move on 74-56 the final score taking out georgetown. not the ncaa, but at least you're playing. cal and colorado round two of the nic. mike montgomery's club jumped out to a 5-0 lead and all bumps after that. roberson from alec burkes, bears close to one at the half. the and et a great season for cal and 60 in this game and cannot handle it and cory higgins, highlight real jam, cal's season comes to an ends 89-72. still more hoops. golden state trying to avoid a season sweep against the suns and warriors had support in the va

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he chose arizona and tonight the wildcats played memphis in the ncaa tournament.ill barton steals the inned bound pass, but joe jackson is in for the foot back. memphis is down for just one point. they foul jackson with five seconds left, so he made the first, intentionally missed the second. rebounded and chance to tie it for in new block. the man who would have gone to memphis ended up winning it for arizona. they will play text next. georgetown leading scorer. rams came out bombing. they made 15 of 25 from long distance. joely rodriguez will give you a lead. they are headed into the round of 32 after many questioned whether they could be in the tournament at all. he had a college named after him and now everybody is talking am a little rev lyings of their known against villanova. nova up 1. george mason stepped back to give the colonials a two point lead. final chance for ngo nova. >>> george mason making the statement. we are back and ready. >> and? the founding father is smiling down. >> i have been forced into a lot of comparisons. this is my favorite shirt

pick up your upsets and let the madness begin, the field is set for the ncaa tournament.before the 68 teams were announced, there were conference championships to be won. let's start in the big ten. top ranked ohio state keeping things rolling against penn state. the buckeyes locked up the number one seed overall in the tournament with a decisive win 71-60. it is their second straight big ten title. a classic acc championship duke and north carolina. nolan smith leading the way for the blue devils. duke wins it 75-58, the top seed in the west. the other number one seeds are kansas in the southwest and pitt in the southeast bracket and for the first time ever, there are four playing games, played tomorrow and wednesday night. nba, the only thing uglier than this guy's hat was the way the knicks played against the pacers. dante jones pick pockets chauncey billups and up to george for the alley-oop. tyler hansbrough took a bite out of the big apple. a career high 29 points. pacers ending their skid 106-93. if that was ugly, the bucks were simply unwatchable. celtics held the

rematch of the 2006 ncaa title game in which florida won. ucla and john wooden put this torment -- tournament on the map. bruins in transition. game tied at 39. later in the half, irving walker, the circumstance -- circumstance -- circus shot while falling down. then walk for three and that would be the dagger. florida marches on to the sweet 16 with a 73-65 vibe. >> to the east, vuk and west virginia. the mountain years ended the first half on an 8-0 run. brown gets the roll on the three. west virginia up eight at the half. but the wildcats claw back. great ball movement. knight to jones. throws it down. game now tied. then jones, kicks it out to miller. he gets the triple. puts kentucky up five. the wildcats survive, 71-63. they're moving on. >> the southwest region, richmond defeats moorehead state, and in the west, san diego state survived in double-overtime over temple. moves on. in the southeast, in the second butler and pittsburgh, tied at 70, and byu and gonzaga. still underway, 56-4 # that -- 56-4 # that score. >> brian wilson has b

. >> butler has owned the cinderella tag in the ncaa tournament.e will call virginia commonwealth cinder-fella. how the rams koed >>> well, from -- there is a new cinderella in town. they were one of the final four teams to get into the ncaa tournament and it is going to the final 4. vcu facing kansas and the rams came out smoking. he rattles home the three. he had 26 1k3* vcu up 10. he is also money from deep. the rams hit 9 three's in the first half and lead by as many as 18. the jayhawks rally in the second half. a nice reverse. he had 20. then off the steel and taylor goes flying to the jam. they would cut the lead to two. vcu answers. joey rodriguez to burr jess. and the rams shock the world moving to the final 4 to meet butler knocking off the final seed 71-61 the final. >> nobody thought we could win going into the game, but these guys knew we could win. they talked about how nobody thought it mattered. >> great story. in the east final, kentucky and carolina into the first half and brandon knight buries the three. kentucky up 8. the reverse

the ncaa and nit tournaments are not only the post season events. there is the 24 college insider.com tournament which includes two local schools. santa clara will host idaho on wednesday. and there is also the college basketball inn i havational. that includes san jose state. they will travel to nebraska to face crayton tomorrow. >>> a frightening scene along a bart rail line after two cars jumped the track. >>> and new video continues to come in from japan. an update from the latest strategies. >>> we have good news for bart riders in the east bay. we will bring you an update from the station where a bart train derailed. >>> the situation in japan continues to grow dire. it's all amade on the ktvu -- it's all ahead on the ktvu morning news. >>> well good morning, to you. welcome to monday march 14th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. let's check your weather and traffic. >> we do have a cloudy, drizzlely morning. very mild with lows

the final invitation to the ncaa tournament and saint mary's was left out.hile they played ball they stifled their ♪ ♪ hello sunshine ♪ sweet as you can be ♪ iove waking up [ chuckles ] ♪ to your morning melody ♪ i can tell it's gonnae ♪ a sweet day [ female announc ] wake up to sweetss with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey for a yummy sweet ste that's just right. and the 10 natural whole grain oats treat ur heart sweet. because they can help wer your cholesterol. you are so sweet to me. ♪ you're sweet to me bee happy. bee healthy. college hoops with 37 of the final 68 teams invited today. unfortunately saint mary's was not one of them. as they watch the show it is tough for the seniors, but the gails had their chance and they did not come up with the big wins they needed. late season losses to san diego, utah state and twice to gonzaga and losing in the wcc tournament finals to the zags. coach and players are obviously disappointed. >> doesn't make a lot of sense to me right now how we are not in, but we are. that's reality, so we have to d

it turns out tressel knew about this months before and the ncaa was not notified then. >>> how aboutformer new york giant running back tiki barber wants to return to the nfl. the 35-year-old has not played in five years but was one of the best in the league when he retired. they have no interest in resigning their former all-time rusher. >>> from football to football, a man wearing nothing by a bright green thong ran out on a soccer match in london. after parade willing down, he was taken down with a vicious neck tackle. the streaker was arrested and the player was given a red card and booted from the game. a player is automatically ejected for attacking anyone on the field and i guess that includes a streaker. never has playing the role of peacemaker been so costly. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> narrator: early today sports is brought toy by ice blue aqua velva. >>> clauses, contracts and lawsuits, your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, everyone loves a stupid criminal story, and this morning we have a winner

>>> coming up, a trio of upsets in the ncaa tournament and an inspiring story of one college athletewho refused to let anything stop him from reaching the top. you're rauching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. in brazil, on president obama's first stop on a three nation tour of latin america yesterdayç he declared his support for latin america's largest economy saying the nation can serve as a model for pro democracy movements around the world. today obama heads to chile where several hundred people protested asking the president to apologize for america's involvement in chile's 1973 coup which ousted a democratically elected government with a military dictatorship. >>> yemen's embattled president has fired his entire cabinet amid mounting protests calling for his end to his three decade long rule. that came after members of his own tribe demanded his resignation yesterday over the government's recent attacks on unarmed protesters. just this morning three army commanders, including a to