11 more days! Selection Sunday is March 13th and Round One goes March 15th, 17th & 18th.

On March 13th, the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Selection Committee will select two teams to play the opening-round game March 15th in Dayton, OH. The winning team will be a 16th seed in the first round.

First- and second-round and regional sites will be placed in the bracket by the committee March 13 as well.

March 17 and 19 first-/second-round sites: Boise, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Tucson

March 18 and 20 first-/second-round sites: Charlotte, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Worcester

March 24 and 26 regional sites: Chicago and Albuquerque

March 25 and 27 regional sites: Syracuse and Austin

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The NBA has approved the purchase of the Cleveland Cavaliers by an investor group led by Dan Gilbert, chairman and founder of Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest online lender and Michigan-based home mortgage company Rock Financial. The thirty NBA owners unanimously approved the purchase, which was completed earlier today. Gilbert becomes the fourth owner in the 35-year history of the Cavaliers franchise.

In addition to Gilbert, the new ownership group includes David Katzman, Vice Chairman of Quicken Loans and Managing Partner for Camelot Ventures, and Grammy-award winning recording artist Usher Raymond IV.

“I am excited about becoming part of this ownership group and this team,” said Usher. “I will be actively involved with the Cavaliers on many levels, including the game experience and our role in the community. I plan to spend a lot of time with the Cavaliers and look for Cleveland to be my second home town. I know all the partners in the ownership group feel the same way.”

“Ownership of the Cleveland Cavaliers is an honor and a privilege,” said Gilbert. “It also entails a responsibility to the fans and the community. We intend to have a positive impact on as many people as we can throughout northeast Ohio.”

“One way to do that is by winning,” said Gilbert. “We will focus on excellence at all levels of the organization and do all we can to bring a championship home to Cleveland.”

“Another way to have impact is through community outreach. We intend to be a leader in the NBA in community involvement,” continued Gilbert. “We will include the entire organization in ways that contribute to the region’s many areas of need.”

“We will look for fun and exciting ways to deliver the best fan experience in the NBA and to enhance the arena as one of the area’s premier entertainment facilities. Usher is the “ultimate entertainer” and will be assisting us in this area,” said Katzman.

NBA Top 5 Power Rankings by ESPN's Marc Stein - Week 17

It took a lot longer than we expected for the defending champs to get back up here, but Pistons are 20-6 since Jan. 1. Which suddenly makes them the league's hottest team.

Nabbing Nazr was a steal, but hold off on saying it might have been the league-best move on deadline day. The same tag, remember, was slapped on the summer signing of Brent Barry.

Suns have clearly solved their Can't Score Without Nash problem. But they can't rise higher until he's back in uniform.

For much of the season, Dallas' D was actually ahead of its offense. But Van Horn doesn't arrive at the best time; Mavs have allowed 100-plus points in eight of 12.

As poorly as they played in Milwaukee, Sonics enjoyed a fine February. They went 8-3, after an 8-7 mark in January.

NEW YORK (CP) - The NHL's veiled message to the NHL Players' Association was clear Tuesday.

Get back to the table and negotiate a deal sooner rather than later, or the NHL may try to open shop next fall with replacement players. The owners made no threats, but said if no deal was forthcoming, they would have to look at their options.

And replacement players are an unspoken option.

''I think that we can move forward and plan to play a season however it happens this coming year,'' Edmonton Oilers chair Cal Nichols said after a five-hour board of governors meeting wrapped up at a Manhattan hotel. ''I think that in itself is what our fans want to see, so we'll just see how it works out in the summer.

''I think everybody still has a preference to work with the union and try to negotiate something and hopefully that's where it takes us.''

Plan A is to negotiate a deal with the NHLPA in time to save the NHL entry draft and conduct a normal off-season in order to re-launch the game and try to win back fans.

Plan B, at least in its early stages, could definitely see the use of replacement players if it's clear a deal can't be done.

Commissioner Gary Bettman tried to downplay the topic.

''We discussed a variety of options and I don't want to focus on any one because it would seriously be misconstrued and be potentially inflammatory,'' he told reporters. ''The fact is there are lots of options.''

He later added: ''Hopefully it's an alternative proposition that we never have to focus on because our commitment remains making a fair partnership deal with the players.''

The NHL could pick up the phone as soon as Wednesday to try and resume labor talks.

''We're going to invite the union back to the table soon and I assume that they will discharge their legal obligation to bargain in good faith,'' Bettman said.

''The more the damage, the less money we're going to have to ultimately pay in players' salaries,'' he added. ''So I think it's in everybody's interest to move forward as expeditiously as possible.''

The players, who held their own meeting Tuesday in Toronto, sang a different tune.

''It's important for both sides to take a little time to reassess,'' NHLPA president Trevor Linden said. ''Obviously the process at this point hasn't worked and we'll step back and have a look back at how we can move this thing forward.

''To get right back at it and start firing proposals, I'm not sure is the right way to do it.''

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