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College Basketball Fans Score Big With New Ncaa March Madness Fan Zone App Powered By AT&T, Available Today On Android MarketFor Immediate Release
Thursday, February 3,2011
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Kelleigh Beal
AT&T Corporate Communications
404/986-1812
kelleigh.beal@att.com
Gail Dent
NCAA
317/917-6119
gdent@ncaa.org
Track Scores, Chat with other Fans about Teams, Games and More
DALLAS, February 2, 2011 — AT&T* today announced the availability of the new NCAA March Madness Fan Zone app, powered by AT&T. The free app is available today for all NCAA Basketball® fans – regardless of carrier – across select Android devices**.
The app integrates user’s conversations with real-time NCAA Basketball scores, news and rankings through the regular season and Men’s Final Four®. Fans of all Division I teams can post messages on team and game-specific groups, create private groups and invite friends to any group via Facebook, Twitter or SMS.
To join the college hoops conversation, just download the free app and choose the teams that you want to follow. Fans can cheer, rant, make predictions, chat with friends, partake in post-game analysis and even upload photos in posts.
NCAA March Madness Fan Zone is available for free on Android Market today. Fans can text BB to 483353 to receive a direct link to download the app on their phone. (Messaging and data rates apply. Compatible device required.)
AT&T is the exclusive wireless partner of the NCAA.
NCAA, NCAA Basketball, March Madness and Final Four are trademarks owned or licensed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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**NCAA March Madness Fan Zone is available on select devices running Android OS 2.1 and higher.
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