March Madness

It's an annual tradition around my house. Just before the Mens NCAA Basketball Tourney starts, the kids and I fill out our bracket to see who will be the champion. It doesn't really matter who wins the tournament, but bragging rights do go to the one in our house who gets the most right picks in the 64 team tournament that eventually crowns the champion of the NCAA Basketball season.

 

Now let me tell you, if you have never filled out a NCAA basketball bracket before, there are many things to consider (especially for those of us who don't pay a lick of attention to the regular season!). Some things you must consider....

1. The win/loss record of the team

2. The geographical location of the team

3. The team name (pick the cool sounding ones)

4. The team city...is it a place you'd like to visit? Do you even know where the team is located?

5. Team logos

6. Team mascots

7. Whether or not you have visited that place before

8. Whether or not you'd like to visit the place the team hails from

9. Team colours

10. If they have any Canadians on their team

11. Whether it could be a big enough upset to help you win the bracket

12. Gut feeling

Yup, those are just a few things to consider. Now I don't want to give away all my trade secrets so we'll leave it at that.

You can see the gears working as Abi, Noah and I fill out our respective brackets. Then the bantering begins as we compare our picks. Trash talk, checking the scores and counting up the points we earn are all part of the fun.

Go Kansas!

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