The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has been set!

Midwest

1. Kansas vs. 16. Lehigh

2. Ohio State vs. 15. UC Santa Barbara

3. Georgetown vs. 14. Ohio

4. Maryland vs. 13. Houston

5. Michigan State vs. 12. New Mexico State

6. Tennessee vs. 11. San Diego State

7. Oklahoma State vs. 10. Georgia Tech

8. UNLV vs. 9. Northern Iowa

West

1. Syracuse vs. 16.Vermont

2. Kansas State vs. 15. North Texas

3. Pittsburgh vs. 14. Oakland

4. Vanderbilt vs. 13. Murray State

5. Butler vs. 12. UTEP

6. Xavier vs. 11. Minnesota

7. BYU vs. 10. Florida

8. Gonzaga vs. 9. Florida State

East

1. Kentucky vs. 16. Eastern Tennessee State

2. West Virginia vs. 15. Morgan State

3. New Mexico vs. 14. Montana

4. Wisconsin vs. 13. Wofford

5. Temple vs. 12. Cornell

6. Marquette vs. 11. Washington

7. Clemson vs. 10. Missouri

8. Texas vs. 9. Wake Forest

South

1. Duke vs. 16. Arkansas-PB/Winthrop

2. Villanova vs. 15. Robert Morris

3. Baylor vs. 14. Sam Houston State

4. Purdue vs. 13. Siena

5. Texas A&M vs. 12. Utah State

6. Notre Dame vs. 11. Old Dominion

7. Richmond vs. 10. Saint Mary’s

8. California vs. 9. Louisville

There’s your brackets, good luck!

The start of the race did not do anyone any favors. Going into the first turn on the first lap, series rookie Takuma Sato pushed too far into the corner and ran into the back end of 2008 champ Scott Dixon and 2009 Indianapolis winner Helio Castroneves. Further back, KV Racing driver Mario Moraes spun the tires going into turn one and spun into Marco Andretti, causing Moraes to go airborne and have his car land on top of Marco’s. All of the drivers involved were able to walk away.

With Dario Franchitti, Alex Tagliani, and Ryan Hunter-Reay battling for the lead, the rain began to threaten. However, before the rain started, Dan Wheldon got into the back end of Alex Tagliani, who spun in front of Tony Kanaan and hit the wall. Soon after, the race would be red flagged due to heavy rain. However, after over 30 minutes of rain delay, the race was resumed with Ryan Hunter-Reay in the lead. From then on, the race would become a timed race, resuming with 36 minutes left.

As drivers began to switch between rain tires and slick tires, Hunter-Reay was trying to hold off the charge of two of the drivers of Team Penske:  Will Power and Ryan Briscoe. Briscoe would take the race lead from Hunter-Reay, but one lap later he would hit the wall and lose the lead to Hunter-Reay, and bring out a caution. After the restart, Will Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay would battle back and forth, with Will Power taking the lead and never looking back and winning at Sao Paulo.

Here is a rundown of the rest of the finishers:

1) 12 Will Power

2) 37 Ryan Hunter-Reay

3) 14 Vitor Miera

4) 2 Raphael Matos

5) 4 Dan Wheldon

6) 9 Scott Dixon

7) 10 Dario Franchitti

24 Mike Conway

9) 3 Helio Castroneves

10) 11 Tony Kanaan

11) 22 Justin Wilson

12) 8 E.J. Viso

13) 23 Ana Beatriz (Rookie)

14) 6 Ryan Briscoe

15) 7 Danica Patrick

16) 78 Simona de Silvestro (Rookie)

17) 34 Mario Romancini (Rookie)

18) 77 Alex Tagliani

19) 19 Alex Lloyd (Rookie)

20) 06 Hideki Mutoh

21) 18 Milka Duno

22) 5 Takuma Sato (Rookie)

23) 26 Marco Andretti

24) 32 Mario Moraes

The next race for the IZOD IndyCar Series will be on the Streets of St. Petersburg on March 28th at 3:30 pm ET on your local ABC affiliate.

Quinn, who was drafted in 2007 by the Browns, becomes a prime example of an over-hyped collegiate player. The Notre Dame-alumni was expected to go in the first five picks that year, but his value dropped drastically as teams became cautious about his ability to adapt to certain situations.

While splitting time with Derek Anderson over the past few seasons, Quinn failed to flourish under head coaches Romeo Crennel and Eric Mangini. In fourteen career games, he has just ten touchdowns with nine interceptions. The Browns signed former-Panther Jake Delhomme earlier this week, potentially as a replacement for Quinn.

The move is an interesting one for Denver, as quarterback Kyle Orton is a restricted-free agent. They give up a bruiser in Peyton Hillis, alongside two potentially valuable draft picks. Perhaps this is another plan of head coach Josh McDaniels?

Jay’s reports are unconfirmed, but given his liability as a journalist, do take it for what it is worth. We will have news upon any new word.

We know brackets are a fun way to stay in tune with the game, and we’re here to help. Our staff sports numerous people with years of March Madness experience, alongside proven finishes in nationally-recognized tournaments.

So if you need help filling out your bracket, feel free to ask any question to the SFC formspring. We will be answering questions as we get them, and will only answer them if they pertain to sports. Feel free to ask away!

Cleveland Cavaliers 97 San Antonio Spurs 95

New York Knicks 99 Atlanta Hawks 98

New Orleans Hornets 135 Golden State Warriors 131

Dallas Mavericks 125 Minnesota Timberwolves 112

Memphis Grizzlies 107 New Jersey Nets 101

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NHL:

Dallas Stars 4 Washington Capitals 3 (SO)

Los Angeles Kings 6 Columbus Blue Jackets 0