We haven't had a true buzzer beater yet, but Aaron Craft's three pointer with .5 seconds left is the highlight of March Madness thus far. After struggling at the line in the 2nd half, Craft made the one shot that counted at the end, and led Ohio State to a 78-75 victory over Iowa State.  Jim Nantz gives us a solid call on the buzzer beater, although I'm a bit disappointed we can't teleport Gus Johnson for these moments.  At least he avoided the easy pun by calling the shot "crafty."

And even better for Aaron Craft, that shot is sure to get him a higher seed in Grantland's most hated college basketball player tournament next year.

When the news came out that Sports Illustrated is planning a new website edited by Peter King, comparisons to Bill Simmons' Grantland were inevitable. Further details that have emerged on King's venture aren't going to diminish those.

There are plenty of difference between King and Simmons... and SI and ESPN. For starters, King's website will be football-only while Grantland covers not just sports, but pop culture. Nevertheless, the unique model of Grantland and its loose association with ESPN has been a success for all parties involved. After his own contract renewal, ESPN granted Simmons his own website to go in a completely new direction that hadn't been seen before at a major sports media company, and in spite of early skepticism, the model has worked.

That leaves two important questions: will this plan work for King's site as well, and if so, is it a model that can be more widely applied?

The NHL's official site is taking highlights in a familiar, pixilated direction. If you were a gamer back in the early '90s, these highlights might hit you right in the nostalgia. In celebrating the 20th anniversary of the incredibly popular video game NHL '94, the NHL has been offering a series of highlights with an NHL '94 twist. 

Patrick Kane's spin-o-rama goal recently received the NHL '94 treatment, including the classic scoreboard and unforgettable organ soundtrack and sound effects. 

All Times Eastern

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
NCAA Hockey Championship Selection Show -- ESPNU, 9 p.m.

College Softball
Baylor at Texas -- Fox Sports Net, 1:30 p.m.
Auburn at Alabama -- ESPNU, 3 p.m.

Curling
Women's World Championship, Riga, Latvia
Gold Medal Match -- Universal Sports, 8 a.m.

Cycling
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7 -- Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
Malaysia Grand Prix -- NBC Sports Network, 4 a.m.

Formula 1 Pre-Race -- NBC Sports Network, 3:30 a.m.
F1 Extra -- NBC Sports Network, 6 a.m./Reair, 3 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Biloxi, MS
Final Round -- Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

European PGA Tour
Malaysian Open, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Final Round -- Golf Channel, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)

LPGA Tour
Kia Classic, Carlsbad, CA
Final Round -- Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

PGA Tour
Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando, FL
Final Round -- Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m./NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Spotlight Coverage -- Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

IndyCar
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg -- NBC Sports Network, noon

Indy Lights -- NBC Sports Network, 11 a.m.

MLB Spring Training
Tampa Bay vs. New York Yankees -- MLB Network 1 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Texas -- MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh -- MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Chicago White Sox -- MLB Network, midnight.

Baseball Tonight -- MLB Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
Chicago vs. Chivas USA -- UniMás, 5 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series, Fontana, CA
Auto Club 400 -- Fox, 2:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Fontana -- Speed, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Fontana -- Speed, 6 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime -- NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NHL
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh -- NBC Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

NHL Live -- NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight -- NHL Network, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Live -- NBC Sports Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive -- Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines -- ESPN, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters -- ESPN, 9:30 p.m.
The Lost Son of Havana -- ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Sony Open, Miami, FL
Men's and Women's Third Round -- Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

The last day of the first weekend of the tournament again sees a national doubleheader on CBS followed by an entire slate of games staggered throughout the rest of the evening.  It's the Big Ten's stage was once again as this time it's Ohio State and Indiana who play in the national windows.  Full schedule after the jump.  All times Eastern...

Yes, this happened as San Diegans woke up and were hoping to watch some basketball and breakfast on CBS affiliate KFMB. Instead of the NCAA Tournament and Michigan vs. VCU from Auburn Hills, MI, viewers were treated to the cartoon, Liberty's Kids for an hour before joining the game in progress. Apparently there was no warning or correction to TV programming guides that had listed the game starting on time in the San Diego market.

As expected, people anticipating to see the NCAA Tournament reacted angrily. The station's official Twitter account said nothing about the preemption while viewers were left holding the bag.

As Ourand stated in a later tweet, if CBS knows about a preemption ahead of time, it will make arrangements for an alternate station to pick up the feed. However, in this case, CBS apparently had no prior knowledge of KFMB's plans to show a cartoon for an hour.

Normally, a preemption would occur if there's breaking news or a prior commitment to other programming, but outright joining a basketball game halfway into the game to run a cartoon is practically unheard of. We'll see if there are repercussions for KFMB down the line.

h/t Voice of San Diego

This clip comes to us courtesy of Golf Channel's coverage of Wednesday's Pro-Am at Bay Hill.  Reporter Steve Sands is walking with Phil Mickelson, who tells him a short story about a dumb question he received about "looking forward to playing at Augusta" from a guy at MasterCard.  It's a "Here's Your Sign" question if there ever was one and Mickelson has some fun at Sands' expense as well.

Asking a top golfer if he's looking forward to the most important, most prestigious tournament of the year?  You might as well ask Tiger Woods if he's looking forward to staying faithful to Lindsay Vonn.

Wait a minute, that doesn't work at all...

H/T Devil Ball Golf

He's criticized social media for years. He even said "Tweet is for losers," in a video on his own NBA/Turner Sports-managed website two years ago. To anyone and everyone, Barkley has made it known that he hates Twitter, Facebook and any other form of social media.

Now comes word in an Adweek article that Barkley may finally cave and join Twitter. Granted, the account would be part of a Capital One advertising campaign that's currently airing throughout the NCAA Tournament on CBS/Turner, however, just getting Chuck on social media would be a tremendous coup.

After New Mexico’s mind-boggling loss to Harvard on Thursday night, Loboland.com editor and longtime writer Dennis Latta actually QUIT HIS JOB. He wrote the most ridiculous, over-dramatic, over-the-top and over-the-next-top-after-that goodbye letter that I wasn’t sure if I was reading about sports, or if it was the note I wrote to my 8th grade crush after he rejected me for the 33rd time in a row.

Latta has been covering the Lobos for 33 years and in that time New Mexico never reached the Sweet 16, so it's not like he's accustomed to any kind of great success covering the program. Nevertheless, after the upset loss against Harvard, he took his ball and went home like a child. In-between EIGHT “I was wrong’s,” Latta says things like:

All Times Eastern

Arena Football
Philadelphia Soul at Arizona Rattlers -- CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. West Coast Eagles -- Fox Soccer Plus, 4:30 a.m.

College Baseball
Texas A&M at Mississippi -- ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
ECAC Championship, Atlantic City, NJ
Brown vs. Union -- Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.

Hockey East Championship, Boston, MA
Boston University vs. UMass-Lowell -- NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Face-Off Classic, Baltimore, MD
Colgate vs. Navy --ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Virginia vs. Johns Hopkins -- ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.

College Softball
Texas A&M at Tennessee -- ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

College Wrestling
NCAA Championship, Des Moines, IA
Medal Round -- ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Final -- ESPN, 8 p.m.

Curling
Women's World Championship, Riga, Latvia
Page Playoff -- Universal Sports, 8 a.m.
Semifinal -- Universal Sports, 1 p.m.

Cycling
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 6 -- Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
Malaysia Grand Prix, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Qualifying -- NBC Sports Network, 4 a.m.

Golf
Champions Tour
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Biloxi, MS
Second Round -- Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

European PGA Tour
Malaysian Open, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Third Round -- Golf Channel, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)

LPGA Tour
Kia Classic, Carlsbad, CA
Third Round -- Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

PGA Tour
Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando, FL
Third Round -- Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m./NBC, 3 p.m.
Third Round Spotlight Coverage -- Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
St. Louis vs. Miami -- MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Chicago Cubs -- WGN America, 4 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Seattle -- MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Boston -- MLB Network, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)
Washington vs. New York Mets -- MLB Network, midnight (same day coverage)

MLB Tonight -- MLB Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
DC United vs. Columbus -- NBC Sports Network, 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series, Fontana CA
Qualifying -- Speed, 1:30 p.m.
Royal Purple 300 -- ESPN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Indiana at Chicago -- WGN America, 8 p.m.

NBA GameTime -- NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NHL
Vancouver at Los Angeles -- NHL Network, 4 p.m.
Boston at Toronto -- NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Hockey Tonight -- NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight -- NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive -- Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Clemente Effect -- ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Sony Open, Miami, FL
Men's 2nd Round/Women's 3rd Round -- Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.