The Magic of March

There comes a time of year when all sports fans across the country await. That time is now, when Spring is upon us we know one thing, it's March Madness time. College basketball's NCAA tournament is sure to give fans one thing, excitement. For fans, this tournament is so entertaining because it involves last second finishes, unbelievable plays, and the best of all, upsets. There's nothing better than watching a low seeded mid major beat one of the nations premier programs. Although these top seeded programs are better teams, there is a certain magic to March Madness where any team can win on any given day. At the beginning of every season, every Division 1 basketball program throughout America have making the NCAA tournament one of their goals. Because they know, regardless your ranking, record or even the size of your school anything can happen in March.

Another element of March Madness which gains the fans attention is filling out your own personal bracket. All over the internet you can print out the bracket of the 68 team field and fill it out, picking what team you think will win for every game over the tournament. Submitting their brackets into a poll with a fee forces fans to follow every single game closely. The further in the tournament your picks go the more points you get. Your goal is to pick the most amount of games right, the points for picking the right team goes up each time they advance. The most amount of points is given to the people who pick the National Champion correctly. Why this attracts fans attention is because they put money into a poll which means they can win a large cash prize for winning the poll. Therefore, they are highly interested in games that regularly mean nothing to them. But there comes a game in the tournament when fans forget about their bracket and root for the Cinderella team to go far.

Every year we will be filled with magical March moments and we will continue to get involved in all of these tournament games as if we are there at the arena. This is something sports fans wait for all year and it is a common enjoyment for any fans regardless who your team is.


PICTURED: The 2013 tournament had a Cinderella story yet again. The Florida Gulf Coast University basketball team was the first ever 15th seed to advance to the Sweet 16.