Read more 2009 NCAA Tournament stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/38806/2009-ncaa-tournament.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:52:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/55644/sports-edgier-fare-dominate-the-white-house-tivo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you judge a man by the channels he turns to, then President Obama is sporty, but with a hip edge. There’s no chance he passed up a replay of Monday's NCAA men’s basketball championship on his flight home from Iraq, sources tell Politico, but Obama is equally likely to...http://www.newser.com/story/55644/sports-edgier-fare-dominate-the-white-house-tivo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 10:15:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55492/tar-heels-trample-spartans-to-take-title.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, and Danny Green can head to the NBA feeling good about their decision to return to school. The upperclassmen led North Carolina to its fifth national championship with an 89-72 blowout of Michigan State tonight in Detroit, reports the AP. "We've been working...http://www.newser.com/story/55492/tar-heels-trample-spartans-to-take-title.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 23:07:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55443/dont-dismiss-spartans-in-unc-rematch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRationally, Michigan State shouldn’t have prayer in tonight’s NCAA basketball title game, writes Chris Dufresne in the Los Angeles Times . Earlier this season, North Carolina didn’t just beat the Spartans, it demolished them 98-63—and the Tar Heels have only gotten better since. “Cold hard facts say North Carolina hangs...http://www.newser.com/story/55443/dont-dismiss-spartans-in-unc-rematch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 11:44:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55336/unc-cruises-to-title-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a classic case of men vs. boys, North Carolina never gave Villanova much chance to breathe, let alone whip up a fresh dose of Final Four magic. Ty Lawson scored 22 points, Wayne Ellington had 20 more, and the Tar Heels eased to an 83-69 win tonight over the...http://www.newser.com/story/55336/unc-cruises-to-title-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 22:51:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55327/michigan-st-upsets-uconn-heads-to-final.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Spartans promised their downtrodden state something good, and boy, did they deliver tonight. Raymar Morgan broke out of his late-season slump with 18 points, Kalin Lucas added 21 and the smaller Spartans ran roughshod over Hasheem Thabeet and Connecticut in an 82-73 upset in the Final Four. The Spartans...http://www.newser.com/story/55327/michigan-st-upsets-uconn-heads-to-final.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 20:07:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55243/ncaa-tourney-as-boring-as-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the '60s and '70s, the NCAA tournament was boring because UCLA seemingly always won. These days, "instead of UCLA winning it every year, there are now between five and nine UCLAs that can win it every year," Charles Pierce writes for Slate. "It's just as sterile and dynastic as...http://www.newser.com/story/55243/ncaa-tourney-as-boring-as-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55086/detroit-hopes-for-ncaa-boost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDowntown Detroit will be hopping this weekend, as hoops fans overrun the city for the Final Four. But outside the carousing along the city’s spruced-up main drag, things look as dire as ever, the Washington Post reports. One in five residents are unemployed, and abandoned homes and factories line the...http://www.newser.com/story/55086/detroit-hopes-for-ncaa-boost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 8:03:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54724/obama-dc-elite-are-ncaa-washouts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama may be a gifted politician, but a gifted bracketologist he is not. NCAA brackets across the nation’s capital were shredded this weekend, the Hill reports, as a slew of upsets took down all but one of the tournament’s top seeds. Just one member of the president’s final four...http://www.newser.com/story/54724/obama-dc-elite-are-ncaa-washouts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 8:24:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54713/tar-heels-top-sooners-to-make-final-four.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlake Griffin might be the nation's best player. North Carolina brushed him aside with a total team effort. Ty Lawson scored 19 points and Danny Green added 18 to lead the top-seeded Tar Heels to a 72-60 win over Griffin and Oklahoma today in the South Regional final. North Carolina...http://www.newser.com/story/54713/tar-heels-top-sooners-to-make-final-four.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 29 Mar 2009 19:06:14 CDT