Well its that time off year, the time when productivity at works drops because everyone is consumed with the NCAA march madness tournament. Either with watching the endless amount of games on the first weekend or with filling out and keeping track of all the brackets they have filled out. It is truly March Madness!
If you were clueless like me a few years ago, don't worry I've got a few tidbits and conversation pieces.
Tidbits
1. The tournament starts with 64 teams, and goes 6 rounds to crown the champion. That is a lot of basketball!
2. The teams are broken down into regions, West, East, Midwest and South. The games are played mostly on neutral sites. The March madness bracket is based off these regions. I've never won a bracket pool maybe some of you have had more luck than me.
3. The teams are seeded in each region 1 -16 and the 16seed plays the one seed and so forth. No, 16 seed has ever won against a one seed. Though it seems like UNC Asheville came close today to knocking off Syracuse.
4. The four #1 seeds this year are Syracuse, Kentucky, Michigan state and, UNC.
Those are a few tidbits don't want to overwhelm you all now.
Those conversation pieces If you happen to be going to a tournament party or out with coworkers go something like the following:
1. You could say "I wonder how far Syracuse is going to go since their starting center Fab Melo (That is his real name, guess he's Brazilian and his full name is Fabricio) is out of the tournament due to eligibility concerns".
2. You could mention that, "locally Harvard is playing in its first tournament in something like 66 years".
3.Lastly you could throw out a, "I wonder who is going to be this year's Cinderella team?"Last year's Cinderella was Virginia Commonwealth a low seeded team that made it all the way to the final four.
Well everyone this is just a quick guide to the chaos of March madness, when generally sane people turn just a tad crazy.
Enjoy the games!
