Once again, the so-called “March Madness” is upon us and it’s time for basketball fans and non-fans alike to put together their picks for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (aka, “the final four.”) Last year, we had a small but enthusiastic group participate in the picks here at EMUTalk.org, and the victory went to Honolulu “Rob” Blue. Maybe it will be you this year?
The rules are simple:
- Visit the EMUTalk.org Tourney Pool page, which is a Yahoo! sponsored/maintained site for the Men’s NCAA Basketball tournament. By the way, I couldn’t find a similar bracket set-up for the Women’s NCAA tourney yet– when I do find it, I’ll set up a bracket/page for that too.
- Make your picks. I believe the brackets will come into shape on Sunday evening, and I believe you’ll have until next Tuesday night to finalize your choices.
- Sit back and watch. I’ll post updates here as they come available.
There’s no real wager here– just the pride of victory and the (possible) joy of having your name, real or pseudonym, mentioned on the site.
By the way, while it is unlikely that the EMU men’s team will have to worry about the tournament. Despite the promotion during winter break about it being “championship week” and how the basketball teams were playing for the title in their half of the MAC, both teams are pretty much in the middle of the pack. The men’s team is 17-14– respectable and a definite improvement over last year (and I suspect it secured Ramsey’s contract for another year), but the only way they’re going to the “big dance” is if they luck out and win the tournament.
The women’s team is a much better 22-7, but I have to assume that they too will have to win the conference tournament to go. With the MAC, I’m assuming the chances of getting an at-large bid are slim. Though I don’t know– I haven’t been following the women’s team as closely. Maybe someone who knows better can comment.
