March Madness:

Get ready for the unpredictable excitement of the March Madness 2020 NCAA tournament!

Let’s prepare for the nationwide tournament and ensuing chaos that closes out the year for college basketball athletes and their organizations. Last year, the number 1 seed from the South region, Virginia Cavaliers, held on to claim the title.

Who will walk away as NCAA champions this year?

 

The Bracket:

Come Selection Sunday, a total of 68 collegiate teams will qualify for tournament play. However, the bracket has only 64 available spots which teams may fill. The first round of elimination games that begin the tournament is known as the First Four.

The First Four has been played since 2011. The reason as to why the tournament starts this way is because of the league expansion of the Mountain West Conference to NCAA Division I in 1999. In their second season, the conference received an automatic tournament bid that increased the number of teams to an uneven 31 automatic qualifiers, and total amount to 65.

From 2001-2010, this issue was solved with a single opening round game. The decision made in 2011 expanded the structure to four opening round games. The First Four games are played between the four lowest seeded automatic bid teams, and the four lowest seeded at-large bids.

Automatic qualifiers earn their invite to the tournament prior to Selection Sunday. Each of the 32 Division I conferences host a conference tournament, in which winners will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

After finishing the regular season and conference tournaments, there is a selection committee that decides which remaining 36 teams will qualify for the at-large bid. Their decision is announced on Selection Sunday.

After the First Four, the 64 teams are split into four regions with teams seeded from 1-16. A couple teams hopeful to make the cut are University of Alabama Crimson Tide, and the Florida Gators

  

Important Dates:

March 15            Selection Sunday

March 17-18       First Four

March 19-22       1st/2nd rounds

March 26-29       Regionals (Midwest, West, East, South)

April 4/6             Final Four and Title Game

Predictions:

Forecasting your March Madness bracket is a fun, challenging task that offers a cash prize for any perfect contestants. To say this is a difficult goal to obtain, would be quite the understatement.

Challenging tasks are overcome by the world’s most determined people on a moderately frequent basis. Climbing Mount Everest, flying into outer space, or even winning the lottery. It seems though no matter how unfavorable the odds may be, when there is a will – there is a way.

The cliché may not be the case when it comes to the challenge of predicting results of the March Madness bracket. Appropriately named “March Madness” for the chaotic nature in which games are finished and played in entirely.

Big name NBA players today contributed to the madness during their NCAA tournament campaigns. Steph Curry in 2008 and Kemba Walker in 2011 both had memorable runs in their tournament experience.

Looking at the numbers alone, even when supported by the utmost intensive research throughout the season, predicting all of the winners in the 64 team bracket is nearly impossible. It is commonly said that there is better luck flipping a coin for every matchup to determine the winner while filling out your bracket. While we are sure there will be upsets and heart-stopping endings, the excitement could come at any moment in the tournament, to any team.

The Kansas Jayhawks had a strong year, and we’re predicting them to continue their high level of play throughout the tournament and win it all.

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