I swear, there's a conspiracy at work. Half of the first-round NCAA Tournament games are going to be shown in High Definition. For the first time in history, all three Iowa universities got in at once. But NONE of them are going to be shown in HD: NCAA First Round HD/SD Viewing Guide Thursday March 17, 2005

12:15 PM Wisconsin-Milwaukee #12 vs. Alabama #5 HD 12:45 PM Niagara #14 vs. Oklahoma #3 HD 2:55 PM Penn #13 vs. Boston College #4 HD 3:15 PM Texas-El Paso #11 vs. Utah #6 HD 7:10 PM Chattanooga #15 vs. Wake Forest #2 HD 7:25 PM Winthrop #14 vs. Gonzaga #3 HD 9:40 PM Creighton #10 vs. West Virginia #7 HD 9:55 PM UCLA #11 vs. Texas Tech #6 HD

12:20 PM Eastern Kentucky #15 vs. Kentucky #2 12:40 PM Pittsburgh #9 vs. Pacific #8 2:50 PM Iowa #10 vs. Cincinnati #7 3:10 PM Montana #16 vs. Washington #1 7:10 PM Nevada #9 vs. Texas #8 7:20 PM Utah St. #14 vs. Arizona #3 9:40 PM Fairleigh-Dickinson #16 Illinois #1 9:50 PM UAB #11 LSU #6

Friday March 18, 2005

12:15 PM North Carolina State #10 vs. Charlotte #7 HD 12:25 PM Ohio #13 vs. Florida #4 HD 2:45 PM University of Central Florida #15 vs. Connecticut #2 HD 2:55 PM New Mexico #12 vs. Villanova #5 HD 7:10 PM Louisiana-Lafayette #13 vs. Louisville #4 HD 7:10 PM Vermont #13 vs. Syracuse #4 HD 9:40 PM Old Dominion #12 vs. Michigan State #5 HD 9:40 PM George Washington #12 vs. Georgia Tech #5 HD

12:30 PM Iowa St. #9 vs. Minnesota #8 12:30 PM SE Louisiana #15 vs. Oklahoma St. #2 3:00 PM St. Mary's (Ca.) #10 vs. Southern Ill. #7 3:00 PM Alabama A&M/Oakland #16 vs. North Carolina #1 7:20 PM Northern Iowa #11 vs. Wisconsin #6 7:25 PM Delaware St. #16 vs. Duke #1 9:50 PM Bucknell #14 vs. Kansas #3 9:55 PM Mississippi St. #9 vs. Stanford #8