With Marquette slated to take on Washington tonight, Dwyane Wade will be on the hardwood as well. This gem comes from Wade’s March Madness days when he scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half to lead the third-seeded Golden Eagles to a 77-74 victory over second-seeded Pitt back in 2003. The more I watch it, the more amazing it gets.

On a day where every almost game so far has gone down to the wire, Murray State provided the first moment that’s a lock for the “One Shining Moment” video. Check out the shot, and after the jump, more of our Day 1 coverage of the Big Dance…

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Alright, so not everyone was feeling my top 10 favorite St. Patrick’s Day kicks yesterday, but you’d be crazy not to love these. Yesterday afternoon, Ray Allen (a.k.a. @greenRAYn20) tweeted a pic of the shoe he was going to wear last night, a player exclusive version of the Jordan Hallowed Ground. Read More »

In case you were wondering, there is still NBA basketball being played tonight, as the Magic head to Miami to take on the Heat. But one thing that’s interesting is that almost all the top schools in the country are represented on Miami’s roster. The question is, who do you think is going to win? Read More »

*Dime’s NCAA Tournament Day 1 coverage*

Luke Harangody, a.k.a. “The Other Tyler Hansbrough,” a.k.a. “The Other White Meat,” a.k.a. “Lenny,” just saw his career at Notre Dame end with a whimper.

The most decorated and accomplished player the Fighting Irish have had since Austin Carr, ‘Gody was a 20-and-10 beast for three of his four years. But he’d only been past the NCAA Tournament first round once, and his team missed the tourney altogether last year. Read More »

As you’re surely glued to you T.V. watching No. 2 Villanova take on No. 15 Robert Morris in OT, I figured I’d pull up the footage from the last time a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed in the NCAA tournament. The year was 2001, and it was 15-seed Hampton who defeated 2-seed Iowa State, 58-57, after Jamaal Tinsley missed the winning lay-up.. Check it out.

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Rather than go into bunker mode and crank out a monster running live-blog for the first two days of the NCAA Tournament, we’re switching it up this year. For the opening-round action, every hour or two hours we’ll have updates on the games going on at the moment with other observations, predictions and analysis. Think of it like Big Dance Smack, all day long…

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* We get it started with BYU vs. Florida. The two questions going in: Exactly how good is BYU point guard Jimmer Fredette (21.7 ppg), and how will Florida stop him? Billy Donovan said the other day that Fredette impacts the game more than John Wall or Devan Downey. Read More »

With March Madness upon us, I figured it’d be as good a time as any to show what some of the kicks are that teams will be wearing. You already know that Jordan Brand takes care of their own, so before Cal takes on Louisville tomorrow night, check out the Jordan Icons that they’ll be wearing. Read More »

One of the 800 rumors to see the light of day around the NBA trade deadline was of a proposed deal sending T.J. Ford and Brandon Rush to the Bobcats for D.J. Augustin, Gerald Henderson and Nazr Mohammed.

At the time, Charlotte reportedly decided against making the move, mainly because T.J. is slated to make $8.5 million next season and then-owner Bob Johnson was hesitant to take on that much cap space on a borderline starter. Read More »

Yes, this doesn’t really have anything to do with basketball. And yes, the connection to March Madness is tangential at best. But we don’t anticipate any complaints…