The Hampton Pirates earned their right to play as a No. 16 seed in the 2015 NCAA tournament by defeating Manhattan, 74-64. And the Cinderella hopefuls showed how fired up they were after a made free throw by mimicking the dugout stomp from Major League. To refresh your memory, here's the clip from Major League that they're mimicking:[truTV, YouTube]Read more College Basketball news on BleacherReport.com

The tournament is finally here. The round of 64 is sure to offer the thrills, sounds and excitement that come along with the most electrifying event in college sports, March Madness. Bleacher Report college basketball analyst Jason King joins Adam Lefkoe to discuss the keys to the game for Kentucky vs. Hampton after the Pirates advanced out of the first round.Read more College Basketball news on BleacherReport.com

Who says teams that finish under .500 on the season can't win NCAA tournament games? Hampton had a losing record at 16-17 but got the NCAA tournament started with a 74-64 victory over Manhattan in Tuesday's First Four game in Dayton, Ohio. Quinton Chievous led the way with 15 points and 13 rebounds before leaving with an injury, while Reginald Johnson added 15 points, five rebounds and five assists. Shane Richards spearheaded Manhattan's offense with 17 points. Hampton ...

Hampton's Quinton Chievous not only has an incredible name, but he can also dunk.During the Pirates' play-in game against Manhattan Tuesday night, Chievous put a Jaspers defender on a poster with a powerful one-handed slam. Off of a pass from teammate Brian Darden, Chievous took one dribble and leaped into the air to throw down the vicious jam as the Jaspers defender watched helplessly.[TruTV]Read more College Basketball news on BleacherReport.com

Indiana limps into this NCAA tournament with one win and one cover in its last five games, while Wichita State is 9-1 straight up and 6-3-1 against the spread over its last 10 contests. So it's one team lucky to make the tournament against another that's probably unhappy it got seeded so poorly when the No. 10 Hoosiers take on the No. 7 Shockers in the Midwest Region Friday afternoon in Omaha, Nebraska.   Opening spread The Shockers opened ...

Davidson enters this NCAA tournament riding a 10-1 straight-up and 9-2 against-the-spread run, while Iowa comes in on a 6-1 SU and 5-1-1 ATS run. Two teams playing some cash-worthy ball as of late meet when the Wildcats and the Hawkeyes play the South Region's No. 7 vs. No. 10 game Friday afternoon in Seattle.   Opening Spread The Hawkeyes opened as one-point favorites. (Compare lines and consensus on the Odds Shark matchup report.)   Why Pick Davidson to Cover the ...

In one of the most even round-of-64 games from a betting perspective, the eighth-seeded North Carolina State Wolfpack meet the ninth-seeded LSU Tigers in an East Region matchup in Pittsburgh Thursday. Both teams seem capable of pulling off an upset in the next round, most likely against the top-seeded Villanova Wildcats. But until then, the slightly favored Wolfpack will try to knock out a Tigers team that has gone 7-1 against the spread as an underdog ...

The third-seeded Iowa State Cyclones hope to continue riding their late-season momentum into the NCAA tournament when they face the 14th-seeded UAB Blazers in a South Region matchup in Louisville Thursday. The Cyclones have won five straight games, capped by a 70-66 upset victory in the Big 12 Championship Game against the Kansas Jayhawks as 2.5-point underdogs.   Opening spread The Cyclones opened as 12.5-point favorites (compare lines and consensus on the Odds Shark matchup report).   Why pick UAB to ...

It has begun.Tuesday kicked off the beginning of March Madness, as Hampton took on Manhattan in the first play-in game for the right to play Kentucky in the round of 64. Hampton junior forward Jervon Pressley started things off on the right foot with a powerful jam during the first half. Pressley spun around a Manhattan defender on the baseline and finished the one-handed dunk while being fouled. The excitement didn't last long, though, as he ...

If you don’t have brackets, mascots and basketballs dancing through your head as you go to sleep at this time of year, then you’re doing it wrong. The NCAA tournament gets under way Tuesday in Dayton with the First Four games, and the real thrillers start Thursday when everyone in America starts taking longer lunch breaks at work and spends their afternoons watching hoops. With that in mind, here is a look at some of the essential ...