Lauren Skaar and Michael Vartan are engaged. Lauren Skaar and Michael Vartan’s wedding has not been set but they are engaged, confirm the cute couple to press today.

The couple met in a Whole Foods parking lot in 2009 and been in love ever since. Amazing!

This will be the first marriage for both of them. The couple have yet to set a wedding date but are happy to inform press they will wed in 2011. Exciting!

Vantan currently appears in “Hawthorne”.

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BRACKET UPDATE! Here is the final score and March Madness Bracket Update 2010 on Gonzaga University. Gonzaga University won in tonight’s March Madness Bracket latenight game.

Final score on Florida State-Gonzaga was 60-67.

Stop scorers were Alabi with 13 pts, 6 Reb, 1 Ast, and 1 Blck against Boudlin with 17 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Ast, and 3 Stl.

Bouldin said of tonight’s win:

“We play in so many big games like that all across the country that they’re essentially NCAA tournament games really,” Bouldin said. “But after the game, I’m not really thinking about all those other games we had. I’m just really happy about this victory.”

Coach Mark Few said of the win:

“It was a monster challenge. Our guys played with an incredible amount of poise, and they stuck with the game plan.”

Earlier today Wofford loss to Wisconsin 49-53, Missouri defeated Clemons 86-78, Minnesota loss to Xavier 54-65. Also, Morgan fell to West Virginia 50-77, Cornell destroyed Temple 78-6.

Here is the current bracket update of scores:

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D-I Basketball Committee Chairman Dan Guerrero recently spoke about the bracket set up:

“Q. A number of national analysts have criticized the way Duke, they perceive Duke has the easiest road to the Final Four, they’re the No. 3 overall seed. There’s been some criticism of that. Also one went as far as to suggest that this was done in order to raise TV ratings for CBS. Can you address those ideas.

“DAN GUERRERO: Well, I can tell you that if we wanted to raise TV ratings, I would have put UCLA in the field (laughter). No, that clearly isn’t an issue.

“ You know, I would strongly encourage all of you, if you have the opportunity, to go through the mock selection process that the NCAA has put in place for the last several years. It really gives you a glimpse of what the committee does and how they do it. Once you do that, you can see that there’s no overt attempt, there’s no attempt at all, to manufacture something that’s going to be ‘better TV’ or things of that nature.

“ In fact, as we go through the bracketing process, which is the last thing that we do, we don’t necessarily go through it quickly, but we do it such that it doesn’t come out initially the way you see it when it’s in the paper the next day, where it shows all the matchups and things of that nature. We do it in an S curve by seed, and it’s on the computer screen. Until such time as the bracket is actually printed out, and I actually received the bracket at 5:00 p.m. yesterday as I was walking out the door as I was going to do the CBS selection show, I really didn’t even know what teams were matched up against who.

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“As I was driving in the car, I had a good chance to look at some of the matchups. I’m very intrigued, like all the fans in America, about how it all sorted out.

“But that’s what makes the tournament great. It’s going to be fantastic. We provided the colors to the pallet, if you will, for CBS and ESPN to broadcast this great tournament. They’re going to paint the picture. The coaches and the kids on the court are going to create the masterpiece. All we did was provide basically the tools for them to do that.

“Once again, I can assure you, it’s going to be a great tournament.“

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SCORE! Final score on the New Mexico State University NCAA game was 67-70 in a loss against Michigan St. New Mexico State University was defeated in Friday’s NCAA division 1 Men’s Tournament Game.

Kalin Lucas scored 26 points.

Coach Tom Izzo said of tonight’s win the following:

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the years I’ve been in this tournament, the words ’survive and advance’ that everybody preaches is the truth.

“I don’t want to say I’m glad we had a close game, but I learned something about these guys that I had been looking for this year. … We played well early. We struggled in the second half. And we finished the game. We’ve survived and advanced.”

Here is the current bracket update of scores:

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D-I Basketball Committee Chairman Dan Guerrero recently spoke about the bracket set up:

“Q. The at large deal has been pretty roundly dissed as one of the worst since this field got up to 64. So the questions are: what do you think of that general consensus, and now that you’ve had a night to look at it again, would it have been any better if you would have maybe brought some more major conference teams in, and I’m talking obviously like Virginia Tech, Mississippi State and Illinois?

“DAN GUERRERO: Well, first of all, I’m not real sure what the general consensus is. I know that anytime a field is put forward, there are always going to be teams that are elated when the process is completed and there are always going to be teams that are disappointed because they didn’t make the cut.

“When we go through the process of evaluating teams, and we evaluate one team versus another, we don’t look at conference affiliation, we don’t look at major conference, power conference, mid major conference, whatever the case may be. We look at teams.

“We made a choice to put in 34 teams that we thought were the best 34 teams based on a number of criteria. You named a few teams there. I can assure you with the highest degree of confidence that we looked at every one of those teams, their entire body of work, what they did recently, what their schedules were, what their overall record was, what they did on the road, what they did against top 50, if they were from conferences where there are unbalanced schedules, we looked at that. We looked at everything.

“In the end, there are certain factors that will allow a team to move into the field and there are certain factors that keep a team out. “

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“There are 10 individuals that evaluate each of those teams and they vote, and in the end you have a field.

“Once again, you’re going to have teams that are very disappointed, whether they’re power conference teams, if you will, or whether they’re mid major teams. We recognize they work hard all year long, their coaches, student athletes, fans would all loved to have had an opportunity to get in. There were 34 at large spots, there weren’t 35, there weren’t 36, there weren’t 50.

“As I reflect back, I feel good the work the committee did and the field we put out there and I can assure you it’s going to be a fantastic tournament.”

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UPDATE! Here is your NCAA Bracket Update 2010. Your NCAA Bracket Update 2010 of Men’s March Madness Basketball games comes as first round action continues Friday.

Currently Georgia Tech leads Oklahoma ST 60-59 with 1 minute left in the 2nd.

AR-Pine Buff loss to Duke 44-73. New Mexico is tied with Michigan State with 8 minutes left in the 2nd. Florida State loss to Gonzaga 49-53. Utah State loss to Texas A&M 53-59

Earlier today Wofford loss to Wisconsin 49-53, Missouri defeated Clemons 86-78, Minnesota loss to Xavier 54-65. Also, Morgan fell to West Virginia 50-77, Cornell destroyed Temple 78-6.

GAMES TONIGHT

Up later today are
Vermont v Syrcause 9:30 PM EST
Houston v Maryland 9:40 PM EST
Louisvile vs California 9:45 PM EST

Here is the current bracket update:

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D-I Basketball Committee Chairman Dan Guerrero recently spoke about the bracket set up:

“Q. Who do you get the updates from from the school, in this case Syracuse?

“DAN GUERRERO: The updates are provided by the university, generally speaking through their media relations department. I would say that’s usually done in consultation with their medical staff.

“Q. I know Maryland didn’t have a problem with being a 4 seed. Is there consideration to keeping a higher seeded team like that closer to home where it’s easier for fans and family to attend?

“DAN GUERRERO: Sure, there always is an attempt by the committee to place teams, especially in the top lines, as close to home as reasonably possible.

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“One of the things that comes into play, however, and we’ve spoken about this on many occasions, is the whole principle and procedures policy that we must follow.

“When you have multiple teams from any one conference in the field, especially when they’re at the higher seeds, it really impacts the kind of thing that you can do from a bracketing standpoint.
But in answer to your question, we will make every attempt to try to keep teams, especially in those type lines, as close to home as possible.

“Q. Do you consider where a team was last year? Last year Maryland was out in Kansas City. Are you able to look back and say, We don’t want to send a team too far two seasons in a row, or is that not a factor?

“DAN GUERRERO: We actually do look at that. We look at the history of the last several years to determine if, in fact, a team has been, for lack of a better word, disenfranchised. Not consciously. It happens, once again, just because of how the bracketing scenario takes place and where teams are seeded.

“The bottom line is I know Maryland also played in Washington, D.C., a few years ago. It just so happened that that is the way it happened out in this particular year.

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TEXTS! Here are those alleged Joslyn James Tiger Woods text messages. Why is Joslyn James releasing alleged Tiger Woods text messages?

Why has James obtained an official website called s-tingjoslynjames.com to release the alleged text messages?

It just seems so bizarre. Earlier this year, it was Joslyn James who called a press conference when Tiger Woods held a press conference to apologize. While Tiger Woods was trying to move forward, James was trying to bring up the past. In fact, James had been named as an alleged mistress months earlier but had initially not come forward.

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And why more text messages? Did the public not get enough of the alleged Tiger Woods text messages to alleged mistress number two?

The public has not responded well to alleged mistresses still bringing up much the same claims that have been heard for months. In the face of new allegations against other male celebrities like Jesse James, Tiger Woods’ past is being seen as exactly that - an old story being rehashed too much.

James told “Keeler in the Morning” Friday there are even more alleged text messages to come out. Why the staggering? Is this a 3 part movie of the week?

Among the messages are the following, which have can be read online at her website and have been highly edited here:

-On Sept. 8 :”Having a few issues at home. Might be a little later before i see you tonight” followed by another text, “Parent hood melt down:)”
- OK, I would like to …. [another] another girl you trust.
- I want to … slap you
- Have you ever had a …. done to you? … just morbid curiosity.
-”Don’t …. talk to me. You almost just ruined my whole life. If my agent and these guys would have seen you there ….

Woods said in his apology that he’s trying to move on:

“Now every one of you has good reason to be critical of me. I want to say to each of you, simply and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.

“I know people want to find out how I could be so selfish and so foolish. People want to know how I could have done these things to my wife Elin and to my children. And while I have always tried to be a private person, there are some things I want to say.

“Elin and I have started the process of discussing the damage caused by my behavior. As Elin pointed out to me, my real apology to her will not come in the form of words; it will come from my behavior over time. We have a lot to discuss; however, what we say to each other will remain between the two of us.

“I am also aware of the pain my behavior has caused to those of you in this room. I have let you down, and I have let down my fans. For many of you, especially my friends, my behavior has been a personal disappointment. To those of you who work for me, I have let you down personally and professionally. My behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners.”