March Madness

          Hello, March Madness has started and I wanted to explain what it is and what my thoughts are on it. The NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament played each spring. There are 68 college basketball teams. The tournament is organized by the NCAA it was created during 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Played mostly during March, it is known as March Madness or the Big Dance it has become one of the most famous annual sporting events in the United States. The tournament teams include champions from 32 Division I conferences and 36 teams which are awarded at-large berths. At-large teams are teams chosen by the NCAA committee in a nationally televised event on the Sunday before the First Four play in games. The 68 teams are divided into four regions and organized into a single elimination bracket. Each team is ranked in its region. Each weekend eliminates three quarters of the teams, it goes from 64 teams to thee Sweet Sixteen. for the last weekend of the Tournament a Final Four. The Final Four is four teams that has beat every team they have played. These four teams, one from each region compete in for the national championship.

          This year I am in a league with a couple of my friends. Right now there are four teams left. The Florida Gators, the Connecticut Huskies, the Wisconsin badgers, and the Kentucky Wildcats. To make it to the Final Four Florida beat Dayton, Connecticut beat Michigan State, Wisconsin beat Arizona, and Kentucky beat Michigan. I've had really bad luck in this years bracket, I had Michigan winning it all. Now since it's down to the Final Four I predict the Gators are going to beat the Huskies and then beat the Wild Cats in the Championship Game. 

Links 

http://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/2014/3/29/5562604/march-madness-2014-arizona-wisconsin-score

http://www.cleveland.com/marchmadness/index.ssf/2014/03/five_things_about_the_final_fo.html

http://www.oregonlive.com/march-madness/index.ssf/2014/03/march_madness_2014_uconn_stuns.html