Are you ready for some B-Ball?

2010 NCAA March Madness begins with the highly anticipated Selection Sunday official picks on March 14 when college basketball team match-ups are announced at 6 pm ET on CBS and ESPN — followed by the opening round games on March 16.

The national championship is then determined during a month-long battle of skill, determination, and dazzling performances by top competing college teams leading up to the final four games played April 3 - 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

2010 March Madness Tickets & Venues

NCAA March Madness tickets are already on sale for top venues nationwide:

Opening Round: March 16
UD Arena, Dayton, OH

First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 18 and 20
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA

Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI

HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA

Spokane Memorial Arena, Spokane, WA

First and Second Rounds: Friday and Sunday, March 19 and 21
HSBC Arena, Buffalo

Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL

Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI
Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Regionals: Thursday and Saturday, March 25 and 27
East: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY

West: Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT

Regionals: Friday and Sunday, March 26 and 28
Midwest: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO

South: Reliant Stadium, Houston TX

Final Four: Saturday and Monday, April 3 and 5
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN

Tiger reportedly plotting return at Palmer event
Golf superstar reportedly has hired ex-Bush aide Fleischer to plot strategy

JESSICA RINALDI / Reuters Tiger Woods has hired a former aide to George W. Bush to help plot a strategy for his return to golf in two weeks, the New York Post says.

Tiger Woods has hired a former aide to George W. Bush to help plot a strategy for his return to golf in two weeks, the New York Post says.

The Post reports "two sources in the golf community" say Ari Fleischer, now a sports PR consultant, has been meeting Woods in anticipation of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which starts March 25 at Bay Hill in Orlando.

"They were in his living room this week going over a strategy for how to handle Bay Hill in two weeks," one source told The Post.

The other source told The Post, "I would be shocked if he didn't play the Arnold Palmer. 

Fleischer, who served as Bush's press secretary from 2001 to 2003, in 2008 formed Ari Fleischer Sports Communications. Fleischer worked with Mark McGwire when the disgraced former slugger made his first public admission that he had used performance enhancing drugs.

[The Packers and the BCS have been among Fleischer's other sports clients.]