If you would like to compete against fellow IheartPGH readers and basketball lovers – please enter your bracket in to the 2012 IheartPGH bracket challenge.  We moved over to Yahoo sports this year – the Yahoo site seems to be much easier to use.

March Madness kicks off right here in Pittsburgh this year with some of the games being held at the Consol Energy Center.  Tickets for these games are sold out but you can watch online.  Wednesday practices are free to attend.  A detailed schedule of practices and parking info is available here.

Round 2: Thursday, March 15 @ Consol Energy Center

Session 1, Game 1 – 12:40 PM: (truTV)
#8 K-State vs. #9 Southern Miss

Session 1, Game 2 – 30 mins following Game 1: (truTV)
#1 Syracuse vs. #16 UNC Asheville

Session 2, Game 1 – 7:20 PM: (TNT)
#7 Gonzaga vs. #10 West Virginia

Session 2, Game 2 – 30 mins following Game 1: (TNT)
#2 Ohio State vs. #15 Loyola (MD)

Click here to enter your bracket in the IheartPGH Challenge 

• all brackets must be submitted by tip-off on Thursday, March 15, 2012
• you may enter up to 3 brackets
• if you want to tweet about it – please include your twitter name in your bracket