March Madness: Three things to know about NCAA tournament on Tuesday

1. PARTING GIFTS: Her name is Roxanne Chalifoux. She is a senior at Villanova. And she plays a piccolo in the band.

The Wildcats, the top seed in the NCAA tournament's East Region, may be three days gone from the event, but their spirit lives on in one of the most memorable images of the tournament this side of Georgia State coach Ron Hunter's perch and plunge.

Chalifoux was caught on camera playing through tears as N.C. State knocked off the Wildcats. Then on Monday she explained the heartbreak to nearby WIP radio in Philadelphia before going on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to play with the house band, The Roots. That brings new meaning to the term "upset win."

2. SPECIAL IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE: They are a vanishing breed among NCAA championship contenders: Players who stick with a sport in addition to basketball all the way until college. Some coaches like what playing multiple sports does to an athlete. Some rarely recruit prospects who don't devote all of their training to basketball.

But three Sweet 16 teams are led by upperclassmen who excel in sports other than basketball. Find out what makes Wichita State's Ron Baker, Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein and Notre Dame's Pat Connaughton so unique.

3. MOUNTING A THREAT: Maybe it's just a quest to poke holes in what seems like the inevitability of Kentucky winning the national title, but people are talking themselves into West Virginia being the ideal team to knock off the Wildcats. Even if built on faulty logic, this much is clear, the Mountaineers won't be intimidated by the Wildcats. Or shamed into dressing up for their on-court blue-blood company..