three. and that one s off. in the hands with five seconds. and this most improbable tournament run comes to an end with a uconn championship! the huskies once again are in basketball heaven. good morning. it s tuesday, april the 8th. welcome to morning joe. with us on set, msnbc contributor mike barnacle, msnbc political analyst and visiting professor to nyu darryl ford jr. and willie geist. what a game last night, man. it was. it was a good game. kentucky had their chances. couldn t make free throws, couldn t make shots, turned the ball over down the stretch. uconn as a seventh seed wins 60-54. they re the highest seed to win since villanova beat georgetown in 1985. kentucky made a run to come back, give them credit. they just couldn t get over that
facebook said 2.7 million people changed their profile picture on tuesday. they can t say it s all for the equals sign but there s a lot more picture changes than normal. when the housing market went bust a lot of homes were abandoned or sold in foreclosure. in today s american journey report tom foreman shows us a neighborhood where community leaders are trying to help homeowners who have stuck it out. reporter: when the housing crash came, no place was hit harder than georgetown south, a distant suburb of washington, where the foreclosure rates shot to 30%. some homes plunged in value from $300,000 to just $40,000. people moved out. crime and squalor moved in. this board back here were french glass doors. inside hardwood. brand-new cabinets. reporter: but the community never lost its voice. meg carroll is part of an aggressive effort by some 50 churches, synagogues and mosques called v.o.i.c.e. and their
a rare collection of letters will be up for auction in late may, actually. an anonymous donor is selling 250 letters including an angry note from john lennon to paul mccarty after the beatles broke up, but the letter generating the biggest interest is marilyn monroe, she penned a note to her mentor before her suicide in 1962 and in part monroe wrote, i am so lost. i mean, i can t get myself together. sounds krazzy but i think i m going crazy. the items will be exhibited april 8th through the 16th at a gallery in new york city. half of the ncaa elite 8 bracket is set as march madness roars on. last night the darlings of the tournament florida gulf coast university the 15th seed that beat georgetown and san diego state couldn t beat the florida
seconds to go. elijah johnson strips it, goes all the way for the go-ahead lay-up. 10 seconds to play. purdue down one point. robbie hummel launches the three. it doesn t fall. kansas rebounds. running on the fast break. so they are up by three. but purdue gets one last shot, and a pretty good look. glass, iron, does not go. kansas holds on to win 63-60 in a tight game. and they get now 11-seeded nc state. yet? because nc state beat georgetown yesterday. final seconds, georgetown needs a three to tie. jason clark puts one up at the buzzer. off the mark, though. the wolfpack hangs on to beat georgetown 66-63. so that sets up their game with kansas coming up on thursday. six seed cincinnati, three-seed florida state in the late late game. dion dixon, big steel giving cincinnati the lead right there. there s the game changer.
beat georgetown, purdue, last night knock off florida state. but who do they got coming up next? the big dog next. not funny anymore. we both like their head coach. looks smart now. a lot of people maybe didn t watch the selection show. the biggest controversy of the day. selection sunday, because they got in. one thing quickly here. cool that the nba players are doing today. an effort for japan. some player did it last night. some donating money per point. $1,000 per point. a couple guys got together, said pe we want to do something to help the relief effort. guys like that, laker star, gasol, donating $1,000 starting every point scored. 26 points. derek rose, chicago bulls 24 last night. marcus, 14. mcgee, wizards, 13. in all, last night $77,000 raised for the relief effort in japan.