Completely confused as to whats happening in College Basketball? My roommate came to me today with questions about March Madness, brackets, seeds, upsets, and overall what it all means.
Impress your boyfriend...
- March Madness: a popular term for season-ending basketball tournaments played in March, especially those conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and various state high school associations
- "The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held every spring featuring 65 college basketball teams in the United States."
- bracket: the diagrammatic representation of the series of games played during a tournament usually leading to a single winner, are so named for their resemblance to square or curly brackets
- seed: ranking of a team, usually in a tournament (ex: in the Midwest, Louisville is a #1 seed, meaning that they are ranked first in their bracket for the tournament and played the #16 seed, which is Morehead State)
- upset: when a higher-seeded (better) team loses to a lower-seeded (inferior) one
Here are the important dates for the 2009 tournament:
Selection Sunday: March 15, 2009
Opening Round Game: March 17, 2009
First Round: March 19-20, 2009
Second Round: March 21-22, 2009
Third Round: March 26-27, 2009
Fourth Round: March 28-29, 2009
Final Four: April 4 & 6, 2009 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
Opening Round Game: March 17, 2009
First Round: March 19-20, 2009
Second Round: March 21-22, 2009
Third Round: March 26-27, 2009
Fourth Round: March 28-29, 2009
Final Four: April 4 & 6, 2009 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
GO MICHIGAN STATE!
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