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March Madness

March Madness is my favorite part of the basketball season and is probably my favorite way that any sports season is ended. March Madness is the NCAA tournament that has 64 teams and 6 different rounds. This tournament is always very fun to watch and it is fun to pick the brackets for who you think is going to win. This is something I have been doing every year for a while. I am usually pretty good at this but this has been my worst year in a while.

This years tournament has had more upsets than I have ever seen. The most shocking of which made history when the 16 seeded UMBC beat Virginia the overall 1 seed.  This also happened to be who I had picked to win the tournament and my bracket was already done for before the second round. Then there is also Loyola Chicago who has made it into the final 4 tied for the highest seed to make it there. This was overall no ones year for picking a bracket.

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  1. ThomasMarch 28, 2018 at 7:19 PM

    I also enjoy picking brackets, but I just lost my champion, Duke, so this year's ride is over for me. I agree that this was nobody's year for picking the perfect bracket because of all the upsets. Although my bracket along with many other were ruined early, this has definitely been one of the most exciting March Madness tournaments in a while.

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