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The Mock Selection participants returned to NCAA Headquarters on Friday, Feb. 13th for an 8:30am continental breakfast. Following the nourishment, attendees picked up where things off the prior evening by focusing attention on an incomplete Bullpen. Just 10 at-large spots remained and 27 teams were still in contention. BUBBLICIOUS Dayton, [.....]

The Mock Selection Exercise began at 2pm on Thursday, Feb. 12th. Scott Barnes, Chairman of the NCAA Basketball Selection Committee, spoke to us about the general duties of the committee and our role as stand-ins to experience the selection process firsthand. The actual committee met prior to our arrival in [.....]

With preliminary coursework complete, participants arrived in blustery Indianapolis on Thursday February 12th for a 2pm roll call. Located on the western edge of downtown, the NCAA Headquarters lies adjacent to the NCAA Hall of Champions. Known more for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis pulled off a recruiting coup in [.....]

March Madness is big business, but the business of choosing the NCAA men’s basketball tourney bracket is even bigger. What transpires in the week leading up to Selection Sunday by NCAA bracket crunchers ultimately sets the table for the most exciting month in sports programming all season. CBS and Turner [.....]