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The ESPN Events Invitational (previously the Orlando Invitational, Orlando Classic, Old Spice Classic, and Advocare Invitational) is an annual college basketball tournament played over Thanksgiving weekend—Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. The inaugural tournament was held November 23, 24, and 26, 2006.
Bracketology. Bracketology is the process of predicting the field of college basketball participants in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, named as such because it is commonly used to fill in tournament brackets for the postseason. It incorporates some method of predicting the metrics the NCAA Selection Committee will use (such ...
Time is running out to submit your tourney bracket. Scott Pianowski has some final words of wisdom to guide your picks. March Madness: Last-minute men's bracket tips to help your title chances [Video]
The March Madness bracket is the visual representation of all the teams in the tournament and the path they have to follow to the Final Four and the championship game. There are pools or private gambling-related contests in which participants predict the outcome of each tournament game, filling out a complete tournament bracket in the process.
A record 22.6 million brackets were filled out on ESPN’s site, up 15% over last year. UConn was named the champion on 32.3% of brackets submitted on CBS' site, far away the most popular choice.
A scant few — just 0.3% of all brackets — on ESPN have even more faith, picking the Gamecocks to go all the way and hoist the national championship trophy in a few weeks. (UConn is the ...
The ESPN's BPI also considers injured key players, which is also considered by the NCAA selection committee. Bracketology is conducted extensively for the men's tournament, although a few bracketologists also make projected brackets for the women's tournament, the most prominent being Charlie Creme's weekly projections on ESPN.com.
ESPN International owned the international broadcast rights. Sean McDonough served as the play-by-play announcer for the international audience, with Dick Vitale providing commentary. In Canada, the game aired on TSN. [31] Radio coverage in the United States was provided by Westwood One, with Kevin Kugler calling the game. The Championship Game ...