How to listen to 2019 NCAA tournament games for free using Google Assistant

The 2019 NCAA tournament is drawing to its always-thrilling conclusion. There are only fifteen games left, as the Sweet Sixteen round starts Thursday and goes into the weekend. 
Every game can be seen on TNT or CBS, or streamed online using a ca…

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What is this madness? A bunch of NCAA Crock-Pots just went on sale at Walmart for less than $25.

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For college basketball fans, the first day of spring isn’t the thing that makes March a top-tier month: It’s March Madness season, baby.

Walmart is making sure fans are prepped for game day by putting a load of NCCA team-themed Crock-Pots on sale. Regularly $49.99, you can grab one for just $24.50 and prove that you are indeed the biggest fan in the friend group. (And if your team gets booted, well, at least mini hot dogs will be there.)

Big March Madness contenders like Tennessee, North Carolina, and Michigan State have a Crock-Pot on sale — or if you’re more of a college football person, prep for next season with models sporting the logos for Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, and more.  Read more…

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American hero Sister Jean says God’s a bigger fan of the NCAA than the NBA

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From the Book of Sister Jean, Chapter 1, Verse 3: “God is probably a basketball fan, more of the NCAA than the NBA.”

The word is truth, especially when it’s spoken by Loyola-Chicago’s Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, the school’s basketball team’s chaplain. On Friday, the internet celebrity and 98-year-old nun gave her own press conference ahead of the Ramblers’ game on Saturday night, delivering one gem after another.

Asked if God was a basketball fan, Sister Jean had this to say:

“He probably is. And he’s probably a basketball fan more of the NCAA than the NBA.” Read more…

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Amid the greatest NCAA basketball upset ever, a Twitter hero emerges

Happy Saturday, everyone! While many things in the world are very bad today, if you were on the Internet last night, you probably caught wind of a pretty cool historic moment in college basketball: UMBC — University of Maryland, Baltimore County — knocked off the overall number one seed in the annual NCAA men’s basketball […]

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Your March Madness guide if you know nothing about sports and everything about ‘Game of Thrones’

Madness is upon us. 
And yes, that means March Madness, or if you’re non-sports fan, that time of year where a whole ton of people flood Twitter with ALL CAP TWEETS and congregate in dive bars to yell about basketball. It’s one of the best times…

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Barack Obama’s March Madness picks are here, and people have THOUGHTS

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Barack Obama has filled out his brackets, people, which means March Madness may now officially begin.

On Wednesday, the former POTUS, basketball fan, and Cool Dad of America™ carried out the very important tradition of sharing his NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament brackets to his 101 million Twitter followers.

“Just because I have more time to watch games doesn’t mean my picks will be better,” Obama joked, probably recalling last year’s brackets, which were ruthlessly dissected and mocked by the good sports people of the internet.

Just because I have more time to watch games doesn’t mean my picks will be better, but here are my brackets this year: https://t.co/ETRchPcZxF pic.twitter.com/gnNXw0Ysxr

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6 things more likely than winning Warren Buffett’s March Madness challenge

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It’s March, my friends. That means Daylight Saving Time, feeling the warmth of sun for the first time in months, and — of course — basketball.

Yes, it’s time for March Madness, the month-long frenzy where 64 teams compete in an unforgiving NCAA tournament that spurs both incredible memes and unforgettable champions. It’s also time for those pesky brackets, you know those things you do with your coworkers this time of year where you pretend you know about basketball but really just pick teams based on mascots or jersey color.

Each year, business mogul Warren Buffett offers one lucky basketball fan $1 million a year for life to anyone who can pick a perfect bracket. This year is no different. And that sounds amazing, no? All you have to do is utilize your expert knowledge of collegiate basketball and you can be set financially for life. Read more…

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FanDuel’s new March Madness game lets casual fans pick teams instead of players

 Over the last year or so daily fantasy sports companies like FanDuel and DraftKings have shifted their focus towards building products that are simple enough for even casual sports fans to play.
Today FanDuel is announcing their latest product designed for casual sports fans, called Bracket Pick’em. The game is dead simple – users pick five NCAA teams at the start of the March… Read More

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Hulu Live TV finally adds game start notifications with launch of new March Madness hub

 One of Hulu’s big promises with its Live TV service was that it would take advantage of being a digital platform to offer new experiences to viewers that wouldn’t have been possible with traditional television viewing.An example of this Hulu touted ahead of launch was mobile push notifications for games – but in the many months following Hulu Live TV’s May 2017 debut,… Read More

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