Day three. Here we go. Kansas State and Syracuse kick things off at 12:15 (CBS). Then it's Zags-Buckeyes at 2:45…
Greetings, Kotaku readers. Welcome to your Friday night open thread. You've survived another week! And good for you.

In my opinion, every night belongs to Nancy (and Ann) Wilson, because Heart is one of my favorite bands of all…
St. Louis! Memphis! 6:50! Then Lehigh-Duke at 7:15, Ohio-Michigan at 7:20, and Purdue-St. Mary's at 7:27. Followed…
Time to do it all over again. Here come Texas and Cincinnati at 12:15, followed by N.C. State and San Diego State at…
Need someone to vent to? A should to cry near? (We don't want to get our shirts wet!) This week's open thread starts…
Hey there, Kotaku and welcome to Thursday night's open thread. Did you enjoy tonight's Kotaku Melodic? I hope so.…
Congratulations! You've now spent more than an eight-hour workday watching basketball. The final stretch begins with…
No more slack in the brackets; the staggered start times are clumping together now. At 6:50, you get Western…
Here comes the second batch of the first round, starting at 2:45 with BYU-Marquette. As national productivity…
Here come the Murray State Racers and the rest of your early-early games, starting with the 12:15 Murray…
Hi there, Kotaku friends. Welcome to the hump-day open thread. I hope your respective days have been productive and…
Hey there, Kotaku friends, and welcome to your Tuesday evening open-thread. I hope your Tuesdays have been…
Greetings Kotaku-eers, and welcome to a new week of evening open threads. I missed doing these last week during the…
You have Johnny Appleseed to thank for the United States' bounding hegemony over the belt line of North America, so…

As you settle in for a night of jokes about how Jonah Hill used to weigh more than he does now and maybe a Brad…
I had this whole great thing written breaking down each game with the most mind-blowing analysis the world had ever…
We get a bunch of weird things in the office, especially because we share the editorial space with our sister…

Binoche, who turns 48 today, is probably most famous in the US for her role in Chocolat. I found that movie kind…
Before you carve another work-week notch into your belt, take a moment to find a little Friday zen in this week's…