{"id":17389,"date":"2012-03-16T16:17:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T23:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wapreview.com\/?p=17389"},"modified":"2012-03-16T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T23:17:07","slug":"march-madness-2012-on-the-mobile-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/17389\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness 2012 on the Mobile Web"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ESPN<\/a> \"ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n

March Madness has begun. In the US that means the three week long \u00a0NCAA College Basketball Championships, <\/em>an\u00a0elimination tournament to determine the top US men’s and women’s college basketball teams. It’s an exciting series leading up to the final “Sweet 16”, “Elite 8”, \u00a0“Final 4” rounds and the nation championship game.<\/p>\n

This year the men’s tournament began March 13th \u00a0and ends with the national championship on April 2nd. The women’s tourney runs from March 17th to April 1st.<\/p>\n

March Madness is easily the most popular college sports event in the country. \u00a0Many of the 130 games \u00a0in the men’s and women’s tournaments are played during working hours. \u00a0Millions of workers follow the games on their PCs. \u00a0Millions more keep up with the tournament using their phones. Here’s a list of the major mobile web sites for March Madness coverage. Most work with all mobile browsers.<\/p>\n

ESPN Men’s NCAA <\/strong>(image top, left)<\/p>\n

m.espn.go.com\/ncb\/<\/a>\u00a0The number one mobile sports online destination has a particularly attractive and usable March Madness site. \u00a0It has just about everything you could possibly want in the way of \u00a0coverage including live play by play, news, scores, schedules, analysis, photos, team and player profiles and\u00a0the “Daily Line” betting point spreads for upcoming games.<\/p>\n

ESPN Women’s NCAA\u00a0<\/strong>(image top, right)
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\nm.espn.go.com\/ncw\/<\/a>\u00a0ESPN’s coverage of the women’s NCAA Backetball Championships generally miirors their men’s coverage\u00a0feature wise\u00a0with live play by play, news, scores, schedules, analysis, photos and team and player profiles.<\/p>\n

\"Yahoo<\/a> \"MSNBC\/Fox<\/a><\/p>\n

Yahoo Tourney Pick’em <\/strong>(above, left)<\/p>\n

m.yahoo.com\/w\/tourney\/<\/a>\u00a0Yahoo’s March Madness\u00a0site has live scores, game stats, schedules, news, photos, columnist blogs and analysis.\u00a0 But the big draw is the\u00a0Tourney Pick’em<\/em>\u00a0fantasy contest with a $10,000 grand prize.<\/p>\n

MSN\/Fox NCAA Tourney<\/strong>\u00a0(above right)<\/p>\n

sports.mobile.msn.com\/en-us\/NCAABK\/<\/a>\u00a0MSN\/Fox Sports has a dedicated March Madness page with news, scores, brackets, standings, team profiles, photos and video highlights.<\/p>\n

\"MSN\/Fox<\/a> \"Score<\/a><\/p>\n

MSN\/Fox NCAA Tourney Touch<\/strong>\u00a0(above, left)<\/p>\n

extreme.mobile.msn.com\/sports\/cbk\/<\/a> The\u00a0“touch” web version of the MSN\/Fox Tourney site works on most\u00a0smartphones. Compared with the regular version it has more and larger photos, higher quality videos and a live score ticker.<\/p>\n

Score NCAA<\/strong> (above right)<\/p>\n

m.thescore.com\/ncaab\/<\/a>\u00a0As befits its name, the\u00a0Score’s<\/em> March Madness front page shows \u00a0auto-refreshing live scores for games in\u00a0progress and\u00a0results for completed games. \u00a0Click a game to see more details including box scores and the betting line and to add your comments to the live blog.<\/p>\n

\"NBC<\/a> \"NCAA<\/a><\/p>\n

NBC Sports College BB<\/strong><\/p>\n

m.nbcsports.com\/s\/2004\/Home?<\/a>\u00a0NBC’s mobile college basketball page has extensive coverage of both the men’s and women’s tournaments with scores, feature articles, game recaps, videos and some of the best sports photography on the mobile web.<\/p>\n

NCAA March Madness<\/strong><\/p>\n

m.ncaa.com<\/a>\u00a0The official NCAA mobile site has lots of March Madness coverage including reports and photos from the top games and scores for completed games.<\/p>\n

\"CBS<\/a> \"SB<\/a><\/p>\n

CBS Sports College BB <\/strong>(above, left)<\/p>\n

wap.sportsline.com\/s\/showPage.do?pageId=8449761<\/a>\u00a0CBS Sports’ College Basketball page is pretty much devoted to March Madness while the tournament is on . Besides scores and tournament news this site features videos, schedules by bracket, standings, team profiles and\u00a0statistics.<\/p>\n

SB Nation NCAA Tournament <\/strong>(above, right)<\/p>\n

mobile.sbnation.com\/2012-ncaa-tournament\/<\/a>\u00a0The upstart online sports community, SB Nation has extensive blog style coverage of March Madness with photos, videos and reader comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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