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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Bracketology: So It Begins


Football is over.  Baseball is still meaningless.  Basketball is just getting to the point of effort being seen.  Hockey is just kind of cruising along.

Basically, this is a slow time for sports fans.  Around mid-March each year, though, the sports world gets shaken up by the annual March Madness NCAA tournament.


I'm not even a big fan of basketball in general, but I've loyally filled out a bracket for probably the last 15 years.  It is just too much fun not to!  Though skill does play a role in selecting which teams will advance, there is enough luck involved that even the most rank amateurs can fill out a bracket and win their classroom/office pool.

Will you go for the favorites...or the Cinderella story?  Do you like the standards (Duke, North Carolina, etc.), or are you a fan of "new blood" each year?  NCAA basketball has probably the most interesting championship setup (the huge bracket) of any playoff scheme every conceived.  Though some teams will gripe about missing out while others will thank their lucky stars just to be in the big dance, once the tourney begins it is a spectacle like no other.


Of course, if you think you have perfection running through your veins this March, try the Yahoo! Sports Bracket Challenge, where a perfect bracket would net you a cool billion (yes...with a "b"!) $$$.


Brackets can be joined now, while the teams will be announced on March 16.  What have you got to lose?!