Mad in March

New England may not be a hotbed of college hoops, but if you’re anything like me, March Madness is one of your favorite times of the year. Often times right in-line with St. Patty’s, Boston’s favorite holiday, March Madness provides us with a marathon of college hoops right when we need it most. In a Guinness-fueled rage, we’re practically encouraged to wager whatever we can scrape together on such mortal locks as Samford v. Kansas - and there’s no feat more impressive, than being the guy at work who ‘had’ that 14-seed over the 3-seed. Will folks care? Unlikely. Do you have seven other brackets with the 3-seed that are now an absolute mess? Of course you do. Doesn’t matter. March Madness is the king of I-Told-You-So’s, busted brackets, and notifications of new deposit activity on DraftKings.

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The Northeast isn’t synonymous with college basketball, but be sure to remind any non-local that UConn is very much within our precious confines, and that they will absolutely torture whichever sad Midwestern team they support. I love UConn’s odds to go all the way again this year (shocking, I know), but I’m nervous about their second round matchup (two underseeded teams in FAU and Northwestern). Boo Buie is an absolute freak and he has one of the best names in sports, so should Northwestern win, I’ll have to swallow my pride and hop on the BuieWagon. Iowa State should also prove formidable - my two favorites to cut the net aside from UConn are Iowa State and Houston. I won’t touch on my favorite upsets here in this post, but know that that’s coming soon. I wanted to dedicate a whole post to the magic that is March Madness, and sit here and spew for a few moments. So - raise a glass all around, to the greatest event in sports; the harbinger of longer days, warmer weather, and beers outside.