Sixty-eight teams arrive with one goal.  The underdogs shock the favorites.  Shots are made at the buzzer.  Triumph and victory are followed by heartbreaking losses.  History is made.  One champion is crowned.  March Madness is under way.

Every year, as the end of March approaches, basketball fans from around the country wait in anticipation for the start of the largest basketball spectacle in the world:  the NCAA Tournament.  Known as March Madness, it features the top 68 college teams in the country.  For many, an integral part of the March Madness experience is filling out a bracket.  Each bracket predicts the winner and loser of every single game.  As the tournament proceeds into the later rounds, each correct prediction is worth more points.  In each bracket group, the person with the most total points at the end of the tournament is the winner.

According to pregame.com, over 30 million Americans participate in March Madness brackets every year.  For the first time, McLean High School will be joining those 30 million Americans, by creating our own March Madness bracket group, for which any McLean student or teacher is eligible.  The winner will receive a pizzaand bragging rights as the bracket master of MHS.  If you don’t have a lot of basketball knowledge, don’t worry!  The worst bracket will also receive a prize.

Signing up takes just a few seconds and creating a bracket is easy and fun.  The surprises, twists and turns of March Madness make anything possible.  Who knows what will happen?  Make your guess today.

Link to Group: http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/ncaabracketchallenge/groups/2581

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