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The first week of the NCAA Basketball Tournament has been put to rest.  Here are the highlights:

In workplaces all over America, folks spent Thursday morning scrambling to get their NCAA tournament brackets filled out before it was too late. Not so at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.  That's because employees at ESPN -- which had been promoting its bracket challenge front and center on its website  -- are banned from any bracket activity while at work...

When you are watching the NCAA Tournament this month, expect to see many shots of cheerleaders, particularly during timeouts. And why not? These young (mostly) ladies are athletes in their own right, and add a lot to the ambiance. Here's a preview of the cheerleading squads that will be represented this March...

The Big East snagged a record 11 spots for the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, including a one seed in the Southeast region for Pittsburgh, who had been the Big East's  regular season champions. Rounding out the top seeds were the defending NCAA champions Duke Blue Devils in the West, Ohio State in the East, and Kansas in the  Southwest...

Jacob Tucker attends Division III Illinois College, and, at 5'11, stands about a foot shorter than slam dunk champion Blake Griffin.  Yet, judging from this video, the guard with the amazing 50-inch vertical leap can match just about any of Griffin's award-winning dunks...

Taiwan isn't exactly a basketball power, but that could all change if the rules of the game are amended to allow giant robot seals onto the court. For some reason, Taiwanese engineers have constructed a robotic seal that can throw a basketball through a hoop with 99 percent accuracy from ten feet out. The video is below the jump (and begins where the robot seal starts hitting two-pointers). Read M

If you know anything about sports, you know that magic that is March Madness.  Check out some of the all time greatest game winning shots.

Wow... this guy is pretty amazing!  When I am at the gym I can barely stand on one of those balance balls -- check out what this guy can do on a basketball.  Yeah -- I am kind of jealous! SportsNation - 3 Feet High Ball Jump @ Yahoo! Video