March is a pretty spectacular month if you ask me. Living in
the tundra of Iowa the weather is bound to change, Easter, a much needed Spring
Break, and oh yeah only about one of the greatest sporting events occurs. You
know what it is; it’s the NCAA Men’s/Women’s Basketball tournament. What makes
it so enjoyable? Hmm. Its basketball, it’s 2 week non-stop games, it’s some of
the greatest athletes competing to prove their school, it’s the dunks and
‘buzzer-beaters’, the upsets and
Cinderella stories, but it all revolves around one thing: your March Madness
bracket.
The science of picking which NCAA team you think will
survive the razzle-dazzle to ultimately win the National Championship, also
known as Bracketology.
There are various ways fans go about making their selections
on who will go on to win the “Big Dance.” For example, some fill out 20 so they
can gloat to friends about how their bracket was perfect (which is always
annoying cause it’s like well ‘every squirrel finds a nut eventually Todd’).
Some pick the team which they favor and would like to see win. Or some may take
my sisters approach of picking the team that has “prettiest colors and
uniforms,” which worked out to her advantage in 2006. Some are just basketball
guru’s that know their hoops. One thing is for certain and that’s being able to
pick which major teams will be majorly upset (pun-intended). I must ask you, the readers, what is exactly
is your scheme?
The upsets we know as “Bracket busters.” Thanks a lot
Georgetown. We can agree on not foreseeing Gonzaga going down in the fashion
they did. I should’ve known a guy named Kelly with hair longer than my mother’s
wasn’t going to pull it off for his team. All jokes aside, if you are a college
student, fluent in social media, you can’t escape hearing about the tournament.
Whether it’s your friend’s bracket is ruined, a 1-seed goes down, or Kevin Ware
breaks his leg social media exploits it. Between March 29 – April 4, the
hash-tag “MarchMadness” was ranked 7th and Kevin Ware was ranked 4th
in the top ten trending topics.
P.S. How did your bracket fair? Mine is still alive with
Louisville taking all the marbles.
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