NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
How the first NCAA tournament was played in the shadow of impending world war
Kentucky and UConn square off for the NCAA men’s basketball championship Monday night. The game, and the circumstances, are a far cry from the first NCAA tournament, held in March of 1939. With the world on the brink of war, we take a look at how global events impacted the players of the eventual winners of the tournament, the Oregon Webfoots.
Duke Loses as March Madness Enters Sweet 16
The sweet sixteen round of the NCAA tournament got underway last night, and we’re down to two games in each region of the tournament bracket. Takeaway Sports Contributor Ibrahim Adbul-Matin was in Badger territory. Butler beat Wisconsin and the Arizona Wildcats blew Duke out of the water. “Now we know there will be a new […]
March Madness 2011: Tips for Winning Brackets
It’s national bracket day, and as usual, college basketball fans are busy choosing which of the now 68 teams will make it to the Final Four. It’s estimated the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will lead to 8.4 million hours of lost worker productivity this season. We talk with Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim, co-authors of […]
Takeouts: can a $940 billion health care bill really reduce the deficit?, upsets in the NCAA tournament
Financial Takeout: How can a health insurance reform bill, which costs $940 billion, reduce the country’s deficit by over $1 trillion? Louise Story, Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times tells us that if you read the fine print closely… it doesn’t! Sports Takeout: Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin has the latest results […]