NCAA Tournament 2014: Real-Time Bracket Updates and First Four Scores Tracker
The 2014 NCAA tournament is as wide open as any in recent memory, which means that college basketball fans should be engaged from start to finish.
There is no clear-cut favorite to survive March Madness, and the possibility for an upset exists within essentially every game on the bracket.
Here are all the tools that you need to follow the NCAA tournament, complete with an interactive bracket that will update after each and every matchup.
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All Your Bracket Essentials:
| Tue, March 18 | (16) Albany 71, (16) Mt. St. Mary's 64 | 6:40 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Tue, March 18 | (12) NC State 74, (12) Xavier 59 | 9:10 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Wed, March 19 | (16) Cal Poly 81, (16) Texas Southern 69 | 6:40 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Wed, March 19 | (11) Iowa 65, (11) Tennessee 78 (OT) | 9:10 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (11) Dayton vs. (6) Ohio State | 12:15 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (15) American vs. (2) Wisconsin | 12:40 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (9) Pittsburgh vs. (8) Colorado | 1:40 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (12) Harvard vs. (5) Cincinnati | 2:10 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (14) Western Michigan vs. (3) Syracuse | 2:45 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (10) BYU vs. (7) Oregon | 3:10 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (16) Albany vs. (1) Florida | 4:10 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (13) Delaware vs. (4) Michigan State | 4:40 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (10) Saint Joseph's vs. (7) Connecticut | 6:55 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (15) Wofford vs. (2) Michigan | 7:10 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (12) NC State vs. (5) Saint Louis | 7:20 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (12) North Dakota St. vs. (5) Oklahoma | 7:27 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (15) Milwaukee vs. (2) Villanova | 9:25 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (10) Arizona State vs. (7) Texas | 9:40 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (13) Manhattan vs. (4) Louisville | 9:50 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 20 | (13) New Mexico St. vs. (4) San Diego State | 9:57 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (14) Mercer vs. (3) Duke | 12:15 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (11) Nebraska vs. (6) Baylor | 12:40 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (10) Stanford vs. (7) New Mexico | 1:40 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (16) Weber State vs. (1) Arizona | 2:10 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (11) Tennessee vs. (5) Massachusetts | 2:45 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (14) LA-Lafayette vs. (3) Creighton | 3:10 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (15) Eastern Kentucky vs. (2) Kansas | 4:10 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (9) Oklahoma State vs. (8) Gonzaga | 4:40 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (9) George Washington vs. (8) Memphis | 6:55 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (16) Cal Poly vs. (1) Wichita State | 7:10 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (11) Providence vs. (6) North Carolina | 7:20 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (12) Stephen F. Austin vs. (5) VCU | 7:27 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (16) Coastal Carolina vs. (1) Virginia | 9:25 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (9) Kansas State vs. (8) Kentucky | 9:40 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (14) North Carolina Central vs. (3) Iowa State | 9:50 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 21 | (13) Tulsa vs. (4) UCLA | 9:57 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 22 | 3rd Round - TBD | Noon | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 22 | 3rd Round - TBD | 2:30 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 22 | 3rd Round - TBD | 5:30 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 22 | 3rd Round - TBD | 6 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 22 | 3rd Round - TBD | 7 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 22 | 3rd Round - TBD | 7:30 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 22 | 3rd Round - TBD | 8:30 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 22 | 3rd Round - TBD | 9:30 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 23 | 3rd Round - TBD | Noon | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 23 | 3rd Round - TBD | 2:30 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 23 | 3rd Round - TBD | 5:30 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 23 | 3rd Round - TBD | 6 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 23 | 3rd Round - TBD | 7 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 23 | 3rd Round - TBD | 7:30 p.m. | truTV | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 23 | 3rd Round - TBD | 8:30 p.m. | TNT | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 23 | 3rd Round - TBD | 9:30 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 27 | Regional Semifinal - TBD | 7 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 27 | Regional Semifinal - TBD | 7:15 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 27 | Regional Semifinal - TBD | 9:30 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Thu, March 27 | Regional Semifinal - TBD | 9:55 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 28 | Regional Semifinal - TBD | 7 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 28 | Regional Semifinal - TBD | 7:15 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 28 | Regional Semifinal - TBD | 9:30 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Fri, March 28 | Regional Semifinal - TBD | 9:55 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 29 | Regional Final - TBD | 6 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Sat, March 29 | Regional Final - TBD | 8:30 p.m. | TBS | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 30 | Regional Final - TBD | 2:10 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Sun, March 30 | Regional Final - TBD | 4:55 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
| Sat, April 5 | National Semifinal - TBD | 6 p.m. | TBS, TNT, truTV | March Madness Live |
| Sat, April 5 | National Semifinal - TBD | 8:30 p.m. | TBS, TNT, truTV | March Madness Live |
| Mon, April 7 | National Championship - TBD | 9:10 p.m. | CBS | March Madness Live |
Picking an accurate bracket is never an easy exercise, but the parity that has existed in college basketball this year makes things even more difficult than usual.
The No. 1 seeds all have their merits, but they have obvious weaknesses as well. Florida doesn't necessarily have a player that can take a game over. The same can be said for Virginia. Wichita State is undefeated, but its quality of opponents has been questioned. Arizona closed the season on a somewhat uneven note.
With that said, all of them were ranked in the Top 25 prior to the regular season, as Jeremy Lundblad of ESPN.com highlights:
While there is little doubt that those teams deserve top seeds, many have questioned the seeding choices in other portions of the bracket. Louisville was a potential No. 1 seed that was saddled with a surprising No. 4. Michigan State is a No. 4 as well. Either of those teams could easily win it all, as could several No. 2 or No. 3 seeds.
Michigan State is a particularly trendy pick after winning the Big Ten tournament, but as head coach Tom Izzo pointed out, it wasn't long ago that the Spartans were viewed as potential also-rans, according to Gillian Van Stratt of MLive.com.
"There are people around here that pronounced us dead a week ago," Izzo said. "All of a sudden, we went from the ugly duckling to the prom queen."
Whichever team wins the title this year will have to earn it, perhaps even more so than in most previous years. There is no easy road to the top, and that fact will unquestionably captivate college basketball fans in the coming weeks.
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