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March and April are the favorite months in every sports fan year. From spring training and the World Baseball Classic, to the NBA and Stanley Cup, the spring is full of sports. But one event tops them all, the NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA is a monstrous tournament. 64 teams are selected, 31 of those being automatic bids, and the teams are arranged into four regions and seeded from one to sixteen, with the winner of each region sent to the Final Four. This year, the Gophers made it in as a number 7 seed, but lost to Texas in the First Round.
Every year, the NCAA Tournament is held in various stadiums throughout the country; this year, Minneapolis was one of the host cities. Four first round games and two second round games were played. Going to a NCAA tournament game is quite a privilege. (quote on someone who has gone)
March Madness is the favorite event of certain sports fan everywhere. Some like it for the drama and buzzer beaters, and others like it because it’s the climax of the College Basketball season; but most, including many people here at Simley High School, like it because they like to fill out the bracket.
All over the country, office pools are set up and money is thrown in the pot. Here at Simley, multiple pools are set up. Mr. Haala organizes the staff pool each year (quote). John Atkins ’11 also set up a pool in which the winner gets a nice sum of money. “It was only $5 to get in, which is pretty cheap, but the winner is going to be paid like $60”
Certain bracketeers are rather successful and doing rather well in the tournament. John Atkins’ was leading the pack after two rounds and explained how he made his picks “I basically went chalk because I knew there were going to be upsets, but I had no idea where. So I went with the odds and picked the favorites.”
Other bracketeers are not as successful in their picks. Kyle Dickinson ’12, a participant in John Atkins’ pool, did not fair too well. “I picked Wake Forest to reach the Championship Game, but I watched them lose in the first round”