The opening day of the first round of the NCAA tournament shocked the Big East — three teams lost and another won in overtime, thrilled double-digit seeds — three of them won and wore out fans with three games going overtime, including BYU's 99-92 double-overtime win against Florida.

TALLADEGA — Slicker looks aren’t just for paint schemes anymore. At least not as far as Jeff Gordon is concerned. NASCAR, along with 25 teams, rolled into Talladega Superspeedway on Tuesday with a new look. It was a one-day test session of the new spoiler — a throwback to the stylings of old, but without a loss of any aerodynamics or technology — adopted by the sanctioning body. It is set to replace the wing that came with the new generation car.

All the players can win is a championship, a lousy title. But you, you could win $1 million or a new car or, at FOXSports.com, $1 million plus a year’s supply of chicken wings, the heart-attack helper coming compliments of Hooters, where, if you ask nicely, they might be willing to just drop your ascending aorta into the deep fryer. All it takes to claim your prize is correctly predicting the outcome of 63 consecutive college basketball games, which, mathematically speaking, is about as probable as Dick Vitale giving birth.

Troy and UAB both will play in the NIT.

The NCAA tournament is missing some of its monuments.