Infostrada Sports’ Databox - April 2005  

US College Basketball: March Madness
> A 64 team knockout tournament marks the conclusion of the Men’s NCAA college basketball season.
> The nationwide attention the tournament receives has become known as the ‘March Madness’.
> The bracket is divided in four regional sections that each send a champion to the Final Four.
> The 2005 Final Four were Illinois, Louisville, Michigan State and North Carolina. The latter became champions.
> The first tournament took place in 1939 with Oregon defeating Ohio State in the championship game.

Golf’s Padraig Harrington
> His first name should be pronounced as ‘pôhdrik’.
> He was born on 31 August, 1971, in Dublin, Ireland. He started playing golf at the age of four.
> Won his first title on the European Tour in 1996, by triumphing in the Peugeot Spanish Open.
> In 2005 he won the Honda Classic, marking his first tournament victory on the US PGA Tour.> As of April 2005, Harrington is the highest ranked (sixth) player in the world to have never won a Major.

Credit: Empics

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