And there's a lot of it... but then again, there are a lot of commercial breaks.
Start with Inquirer and Daily News recaps of the Penn-Texas A&M game, along with columns by Sam Donnellon and Mike Jensen.
After the jump, what other papers are saying about the local teams.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/sports/ncaabasketball/15aggiescnd.html?ex=1331611200&en=11e62beedbcaa51b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
In Chicago, Villanova is getting ready for tonight's big game against Kentucky. Jay Wright says Mike Nardi is "close to 100 percent," but Shane Clark's knees are in quite a bit of pain. Curtis Sumpter, however, is at full health and has the full attention of the Wildcats' younger players.
Meanwhile, Phil Sheridan and Dick Jerardi attend the trial-by-populism of Kentucky coach Tubby Smith. Jerardi also notes all the Philly connections in the Chicago sub-regional.
In Winston-Salem, John Smallwood reports on Michigan State's win over Marquette and Boston College's win over Texas Tech.
Back in Lexington, Mike Kern reports on Louisville's emphatic win over Stanford.
In New York, Marc Narducci pays a visit to CBS' NCAA Tournament studios to see how the men and women behind the scenes decide what games we see, and talks to Jim Nantz and Billy Packer about calling four games in one day.
And here at home, a columnist in the Villanova student paper laments the lack of Cinderellas.
The New York Times, venerable publication that it is, calls Penn an 11-seed and misspells Ibrahim Jaaber's last name.
The Dallas Morning News highlights Joseph Jones' two putback slams that gave the Aggies the lead for good.
The Houston Chronicle says A&M had an "epiphany" after Penn took the 39-37 lead in the second half.
The San Antonio Express-News says the "seasoned" Aggies were "inexplicably jittery" for "three-fourths of Thursday's game," and hails Joseph Jones for doing something about those jitters -- if not the ones in his stomach.
A bit about that Duke-VCU game. Mike Krzyzewski says getting to the NCAA Tournament is "not a birthright." Betwen that and Carolina's brief scare against Eastern Kentucky, Raleigh News and Observer columnist Caulton Tudor looks back on the last time Duke and UNC got knocked out in the first round: 1979, the same year Penn made the final four (in part by beating the Tar Heels). It's worth noting that on his (quite good) podcast last week, Tudor predicted that Duke "should get to the third round." The Syracuse Post-Standard's Kim Baxter, writing for ESPN.com, profiles Rams hero and Raleigh native Eric Maynor.
And with Oregon getting ready to play Miami (Ohio) today in Spokane, news that incoming Ducks AD Pat Kilkenny paid for 55 students to attend the game out of his own pocket.
