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[@steveanderson8826]

When he talked about 100 Million brackets, I think he was referring to how many brackets are filled out by fans, either for betting purposes, or just for fun, to see if they can predict the winners. You guys should DEFINITELY fill out a bracket for the tourney this year. Even if you know NOTHING about college basketball, it doesn't matter, you can still do pretty well. The upsets are amazing, like when a 14 seed beats a 3 seed in the opening round, its just MADNESS. Also, for many Americans, those first couple of days of the tournament, are great days to take off of work, sit in a pub or sports bar, and just enjoy as many games as possible on all the screens while enjoying a frosty beverage. Good times all around.

[@antmj2335]

They’ll never read this, they never do

[@steveanderson8826]

@@antmj2335 LOL, what a salty post. And not true, OB Mike has replied to several of my posts in the past.

[@antmj2335]

@@steveanderson8826haha I’ve scrolled through comment sections in the past and rarely I see a response, but maybe they used to more?

[@antmj2335]

@@steveanderson8826I am salty because I’ve commented before with no response or like from these guys 😂

[@steveanderson8826]

Yeah, they’re big time now, so maybe too much. I’ve followed these guys since way back (few years) and they are much bigger now. Good for them, they put out a lot of great content.

[@oregonchick76]

You might find it funny that March has become "vasectomy season" in the U.S. Urologists report a 30-50% increase in scheduled vasectomies during March Madness and some are now advertising to get men in during the tournament. The idea is, it gives men a perfect excuse to sit around for days in front of the TV while they recover and their wives won't nag them about watching so much basketball when they got the vasectomy partially for their wives' convenience.

[@royboy1984]

The opening round of this tournament is my favorite sporting event ever. Love when the underdogs beat the power houses!

[@officialzacht]

rooting for another Loyola

[@jonm7888]

First two rounds are all about the upsets.

[@tejida815]

Only if it’s one of my favorite teams.

[@rukus9585]

Opening round its the perfect appetizer for the drawn out, addictive tournament.

[@kevinm8871]

Yup. Outside of my main team Villanova, I don't watch much college basketball before the tournament. But those opening days where it's just nonstop high stakes basketball all day for days on end is awesome.

[@rukus9585]

@16:35 Mike nails it. He's spot on that one conference's number 3 is another conference's number 1, had they competed in that conference. Kind of like sparring partners.

[@sikksotoo]

Each section of the bracket (1-16) plays in a different location/region. So Thursday has 4 games each in 4 locations. Same on Friday. Saturday and Sunday have 2 games each in 4 locations. Start times are staggered throughout the different regions to maximize the TV watching experience.

[@dave2042]

Duke is in North Carolina. Duke vs UNC is quite possibly the biggest rivalry in American sports. The player who went #1 last year from Duke was Paulo Banchero. 100 million brackets is not an exaggeration. Everybody fills out tournament brackets, sometimes for betting, sometimes just for fun. March madness videos would be great for reactions.

[@lazyblazer]

Agreed. The best rivalry in American sports. But also, fuck Duke!😂

[@Kojak024]

I’m think there is only a few miles between the two schools too

[@LeeAkrish]

Ohio State vs Michigan is larger and so is Alabama vs LSU but Duke and UNC is probably 3rd.

[@Heidi51616]

Only in NC. Not in the nation.

[@lazyblazer]

@@LeeAkrish I'd disagree

[@TB-tr3cm]

Games are all played at a neutral site. Usually in professional sports arenas. 14 different locations when all is said and done. Final 4 and championship final played in an indoor football stadium. This year in Houston. Many business offices throughout the U.S. run office pools with brackets. There are always upsets. The first round is crazy. Living on the West Coast I can watch games from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm. For the first few weekends there are games going on at the same time on 4 different channels so you can jump around although all networks show the others scores at the top of the screen. So, you can see if there is a more competitive game going on so can switch to that game.

[@craigplatel813]

Or you just live in a sports bar to see all the games on at once.

[@joshuabolton3866]

This year you guys should do brackets and put in a prize pool

[@MoeDavinci]

By Brackets he means that people across the US fill out which teams are going to win each and every tournament game up to the winner. So my bracket might have different conclusions to every game compared to your bracket etc. It's basically picking the winners of the games.

[@ZMtnShadows]

You guys should fill out brackets this year and follow March Madness. You organize a pool for you and all your followers on any number of online sites that organize bracket pools. It would be a fun way for you three to interact with your online followers.

[@dougbowers4415]

The first two rounds are played in eight locations around the country. That means in the first round they’re eight teams playing in four games in each location. The second round are the winners of the first round so that there are four teams playing in two games at the same location that the first round was played. The third and fourth rounds go to different locations and there are just four of them. The third round is referred to as the Sweet 16 and the fourth round is referred to as the elite eight. These rounds were intended to represent the four major regions of the country, the east, the west, the Midwest, and the south. Assignment to these regions doesn’t necessarily follow any rhyme nor reason but it’s only an excuse to name the brackets. The winners of those four regional tournaments then advance to the final four with the winner of that tournament declared the national champion.

[@robertdedrick7937]

The 64 teams play at 4 locations . Divided into 16 team pods . The winners of those 4 pods/locations play in the final 4 (semi-final) and then the Natty, national championship.

[@dougbowers4415]

Nope. The first two rounds play in 8 locations. The next two rounds play in four additional locations with the final four being played in a 13tg location.

[@Zenon0K]

Another reason he didn't mention why that 100+ million bracket is the "big" number (you'll see why it's actually much MUCH bigger) is because the tournament it's is so "pervasive" in American culture. Everywhere you go people are doing it. The bar. Your office. Your church. Your group with the lads. Every school/classroom does it from primary through your whole school career. EVERYONE that has grown up American in the past 30-40 years has paid attention to a tournament seriously at least once in their life. That girly girl that would never have watched a physical activity in her entire life are checking scores and channel flipping just like the dweeb is at 6-7-8 years old because their is a $50 Toys R Us gift card or pizza party for the most accurate class schoolwide. Your husband will bring home cases of craft beer from his garage workmate pool, you'll win Chilli's gift cards from your supermarket's bracket, and your kids will be bringing home cases of chocolate bars because their friggin croquet team is doing a bracket. It's EVERYWHERE. 100+ million is just online brackets filled out in online forms. Not paper brackets, forum discussions, informal betting, not to mention the old school Vegas betting.

[@DeadSparko]

My school never did them lmao neither did my church or work rip

[@SonnyDazeNYC]

To better understand the competitive levels of the 68 teams in the tournament. Here's a comparison: -All teams in the EPL and Championship (44) -Top half of League One (12) -Top 8 teams in League 2 -Top 2 teams in the Conference -Top team in National League North & National League South (2)

[@christophermckinney3924]

Duke is in Durham NC, University of North Carolina is in Chapel Hill, NC, and North Carolina State is in Raleigh, NC, all are in the ACC and they are just a few miles from each other in what is called the research triangle. So they are big rivals.

[@rebeccahanson6941]

I used to work for a very large company, we had hundreds of offices across the country. One particular march we received a company wide email from the Big Boss telling everyone to get off the NCAA website because it was clogging up our computer systems. Lol 😂😂😂

[@sgiovanny39j]

I remember filling out a brackets in middle school. Our teachers would hand out brackets for students to fill out. My school would give out prizes to kids who got the most correct. March Madness is definitely a big deal.

[@TheLwaller09]

March Madness is something you definitely need to experience with some experienced Americans who love basketball. Just sitting and watching it. The first 2 days of the actual tournament (Thursday and Friday), all the games are broadcast on 4 channels. They broadcast 8 full length games per day on each channel. There are always 4-6 games happening at the same time. A lot of people take the first 2 days of the tournament off work.

[@pearlady22]

The guy explaining March Madness has a great voice.

[@Reindurr417]

I could listen to him all day!

[@vegasviking86]

He's a Football Manager streamer on Twitch. Fun guy. Awesome youtube vids too 👍

[@Comedyhacks]

You guys would love march madness one of the best sporting events in the USA the bracket has a scoring system and there is a lot of office pools or friendly pools where everyone throws in 5 or 10 dollars and usually first wins all the money and second gets there money back or something along those lines

[@jharvey5067]

"100 Million Brackets" refers to the number of sheets where people filled out a bracket with who they think will win each game in March Madness down to the tournament winner. It is typically betting, but sometimes for fun.

[@titleloanman]

100 million was literally how many brackets are filled out. You guys are sleeping on how crazy Americans are for college sports lol

[@TheMaxmurphy1973]

Literally, every time you guys try to figure things out on your own, you get it all wrong, lol 😆

[@ThommyMckGoaty]

It’s so irritating in every video 💀

[@kimyettayoung9358]

It’s hilarious to listen to them break down something. Only to let the video explained it the right way. 9:42

[@JohnWick-qr4yc]

Yeah Dave trying to explain how it’s corrupt to let a 5th seeded Acc team in over a 2nd or 3rd team in a garbage conference was absolutely ridiculous lol some of those conferences are lucky that automatic buds are a thing otherwise they would never make the tournament

[@mrgmusicclass]

The brackets comment referred to betting pools where people put money up for à cash prize and each fill out the bracket as they predict the winners. This is VERY big in the US. People whove never seen a game fill out brackets for money and bragging rights. It's an extremely popular office pool game every march. All the sports internet sites offer brackets and prizes as well. I think it's the largest gambling event in us every year, as people who don't normally watch sports or gamble will fill out brackets and participate in office pools. Cindy in accounting might win by picking teams based on uniform color. Lol I'm kind of shocked Daz has never participated in that.

[@SE-gs6gd]

Brackets are your picks for all the games and yes people bet on them. Most of the action goes down in March hence March madness. The sky blue NC team is UNC Chapel Hill. Edit: most of these kids don’t go to the NBA or look to go into the NBA they may just want to play college basketball at a high level

[@keef5]

That first Thursday-Sunday are the best 4 days in sports

[@Konzong]

You guys should check out the 'Fab Five'. A group of five freshmen that went all the way to the College finals in 91. One of the greatest final ever.

[@amycarcaterra8177]

that timeout he called accident screwed up their chance to move on.

[@ThunderPants13]

They made the finals in 1992, not '91. They lost to Duke. 1991 was Duke over Kansas.

[@ThunderPants13]

@@amycarcaterra8177 You're thinking of Chris Webber's TO in the 1993 finals vs North Carolina. He called a TO when Michigan didn't have any left, leading to technical free throws for UNC, which extended their lead near the end of the game.

[@amycarcaterra8177]

howard was one now he the head of michigan basketball men's team. theire is an espn documentary.

[@philaunitebirdgangtakeflig5453]

yall were talking about how there's 5,000 or so kids in the NCAA playing basketball. Thats just division one there's 3 divisions I believe. you also should take into consideration all the kids who played in highschool with dreams of playing in the NBA that didn't get any offers to play in college. Plus the kids who wanted to play in highschool but weren't even good enough for that. the percentages of athletes who actually make it to the professional game are absolutely mind boggling. its like winning the lottery twice.

[@KimsPicks]

You guys are AMAZING THANK YOU! Great video !!

[@MovieGuy808]

It’s a very complicated system but if you follow a single season you’ll begin to understand it very quickly.

[@PDXurbia]

Another unsaid thing is that no one except paid experts have time to watch every conference.. so for many fans nationally, it'll be the first time you've watched many teams all year. Eg someone watching Duke doesn't watch many west Coast teams.. Or an Oregon fan can't watch North Carolina since they will probably still be at work due to time zones and when these games are played. So it's a fun way to see matching or teams you'd usually never see.

[@willpenland8505]

There are fake websites that make it look like you are working with a boss button that pulls of pie graphs and spreadsheets but then when you exit and the boss leaves it’s just streaming March madness haha. Nothing gets done in school or work when March madness starts

[@spinpop01]

The 100 Million comment is actually about all of the Office Pool's that people participate in. Also, most of the Major Sports Websites (ESPN, CBS, etc) will have online free tournaments. When you do a Bracket, you have to guess the winner all the way to the final tournament. So odds of winning are not that good.

[@philaunitebirdgangtakeflig5453]

13:39 the brackets he was talking about was related to betting. You can fill out a bracket basically predicting what you thinks gonna happen throughout the entire tournament. once you figure out whos playing and what the seeding is of course. its a game to see if anyone can fill out a perfect bracket. its never been done before to my knowledge people have come close though. president Obama used to host an annual march madness bracket show, where he would fill out his march madness bracket on live television lmao. there's a whole science dedicated to this called "bracketology" its a big thing in America every year. "will someone finally fill out a perfect bracket?" that's why there's 100 million of them every year or so like he said. still might be an exaggeration tho.

[@DeniseRinehart]

The games are played at regional neutral venues somewhat near the two teams so the fans can go. The exception was at the height of the Covid pandemic when all the games were played in Indianapolis, Indiana. That city was selected because of it having enough courts to have 4 games a day. Between the professional, multiple college, and even two large high school courts and since no fans were allowed the seating capacity wasn't an issue.

[@emobx02]

March Madness makes for great storylines. I’ve been to a Final Four semi final and final, and there’s nothing like it. It’s such a fun time of year.

[@hrussell9677]

It is also popular in the work place to pay a small amount and pick the final four, and then the winner and win the pot (or split it).

[@dsboyce1977]

Some years I’ll take vacation from work for the first two days of the tournament and spend all day watching the craziness. It’s awesome.

[@gracielynn9623]

In the USA, the teams that typically dominate in basketball for college are Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Kansas and Gonzaga. For american football it’s usually Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and LSU. The powerhouse schools for baseball are typically Vanderbilt, Auburn, Mississippi State, Clemson and Oklahoma.

[@SeminoleMoments]

The first Thursday and Friday of the tournament are two of the most fun days of the year. Work productivity shuts down.

[@mattpoules9225]

locations where the games are played are printed on the blank brackets ( some, not all) or info sheets of the NCAA Tournament ,ESPN bracket, CBS bracket, etc,etc

[@aresee8208]

When he says 100 million brackets, he literally means people have filled out 100 million brackets. As far as possible combinations for any one bracket, there are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 possible combinations for the 64 team tounament. That's a lot more than 100 million.

[@ashleyshort6141]

The opening Thursday and Friday of the tournament is the greatest sports event in the world. 32 games starting at noon on Thursday until midnight. Then again on Friday. Then the second on Sat/Sun. 4 days of beer, food, ball, and not working. It's our greatest holiday.

[@christophermckinney3924]

There are always a couple of teams that do better than expected and everyone roots for them.

[@smack5075]

So glad I didn't miss this video! Dave has been referencing this video for a few days. I thought it was a straight to Patreon video!

[@dougbowers4415]

Players in college cannot be paid by their college or university institution but a recent change in the rules allow for players to be renumerated for their NIL which stands for name, image, and likeness. This means a player can sell their name, image, or likeness for advertising purposes or for use on merchandise.

[@robertstuart480]

Y'all should react to some of the "One Shining Moment" videos. My favorite is obviously from 1994 when my home-state team of the Arkansas Razorbacks won it all.

[@tobybostick5570]

Warren Buffet once offered a billion dollars to anyone who could predict a perfect bracket.

[@spiceynacl5507]

You guys should react to the best buzzer beaters and/or upsets in March Madness history.

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

There's nothing like NC State's 1983 Cardiac Kids and Coach Jimmy Valvano's run to the national title. I'm a lifelong Tar Heels fan and Lorenzo Charles's game-winning shot still makes me cry. The Cinderella Story of 20th Century sports.

[@tejida815]

Right after the Super Bowl, sports fans start concentrating on college basketball and the NFL Draft. I usually do 4 brackets. I submit a very important bracket with in a group of friends. I came very close to winning, but ended up 3rd. Frankly, I never want to be last. It’s great for some teams to even get invited. I root for all the schools in Philly and we include Villanova. There’s sports history associated with the Big Five, the Big East, and the Palestra. The tournament is called The Big Dance. Teams must survive and advance.🏀 There’s the Sweet Sixteen. Elite Eight, & Final Four.

[@erikchristensen516]

"a few years ago, back in the eighties" gave me a chuckle.. little after 18 minutes

[@gregorywilliams1308]

The games are played in different cities. It starts in 6 cities to start the tournament , then it goes down to 4 cities, then 2 etc. The final 4 is played in the same city.

[@Rathana81]

These colleges also have a huge alumni following. People actually take time off of work to go to these games during march madness, it's like a mini vacation. As suggested by many people in the comments consider watching selection Sunday.

[@tonyplove]

There is a spike in vasectomy appointments just before the march madness tournament.

[@tyreedillard]

The Final Four will be in Houston this year. This will be the 3rd Final Four Ive volunteered to work in. Its always a fun time in the host city where its held.

[@robertdedrick7937]

FYI college football has 130 teams from 10 conferences.

[@Lonewolfmike]

And one thing that happened a few years ago was a 16 seed beat a 1 seed for the first time in history. The NCAA tournament wasn't always the biggest thing in town, it used to be the NIT tournament. The NIT still goes on, but it doesn't have the coverage March Madness has now. As for all of the games they happen in regional cities. They don't play all of the rounds of games in one city. That really doesn't happen until the Final Four. The First Four takes place in Dayton, Oh and then those teams travel to the region where their bracket is.

[@timbeatty8411]

There is a hundred million brackets bet on every year. Great reaction guys.

[@seanhennessy9447]

On the Steph Curry side, he did go to one of those smaller schools. The Tourney really exposed him to fans, but he was still one of the top scorers already.

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

Davidson is small, but has a long history of good teams.

[@philaunitebirdgangtakeflig5453]

11:09 every college has a reserve team/ practice squad team/ freshman squad/ development team. whatever u wanna call it. but yes aside from the 15 players that sit on the bench or play in the games there is another reserve team.

[@areguapiri]

"Filling out the brackets" refers to the millions of people betting by trying to choose which teams will win each game up until the last team remains as the champion. Each person betting gets a bracket showing all of the games, and he must choose the winners. Whoever chooses the most winners wins the betting competition.

[@borisbalkan707]

The tournament was my favorite sporting event as a kid. I'd skip school to watch games. Now it's just the NFL unless my college makes the tournament.

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

The cool teachers would bring their TVs or radios to school for the games. I carried a transistor radio and ran a long earphone wire under my long hair and down my sleeve.

[@krayzy932]

There are only 60 draft picks in the NBA Draft each year. Around 95% of college players never play professionally. Championship teams often only see two or three players go on to play in the NBA.

[@DreadedLad88]

Duke and North Carolina are both in my state of North Carolina... Both schools are "powerhouse schools" and are located quite close to each other. The rivalry between the two is has historically been a huge deal in college basketball for the last century.

[@btnhstillfire]

Its so big I used to skip school to waych the first 2 days of the tourney. They start at like 9am in the first rd bc they have so many games to cover. Also, in high school when I did go to school on day 1 a few teachers would actually have one of the games on the tv for us to keep track of.

[@adamgt4037]

the Tournament commitee has done a great job with not being corrupt in their picks over the years

[@derred723]

For context also remember for decades and decades there are people going to these schools who become alumni with a rooting interest. So hypothetically say you graduate from UCLA (a college in LA, California). Well now you'll probably root for them if they make the tournament. And maybe you marry a woman who went to The University of Arizona. So now both of you have a team to root for. Or maybe your daughter gets into stanford and you're proud of her so when they make the tournament you take an interest. Also what if you go to a very small school but on this year they defy the odds and make the tournament, and win a game. A huge upset. Well then now you're the underdog with an interest. And What if they do it with two outstanding freshman who are still gonna be their next year? You might have two or three years of making the tournament in the future.

[@samuelskillman6169]

The reason some only get one team in is because the best teams are usually in the "power" confrences so usually 60 % of the teams will come from those 6 of the 32 confrences.

[@jameswilson7790]

You're wondering about the money involved. The television money is used to finance the general scholarship funds of the universities whose team made the tournament. The four teams who go through to the national semifinals equally divide a huge amount of money. The arena revenue is divided between the cities and the NCAA.

[@ripro83]

Duke is in Durham, NC which is also nearby Chapel Hill which is where UNC is located. Also nearby is NC State. Those 3 are colloquially known as Tobacco Road. Also down the road past Greensboro is Wake Forest located in Winston-Salem, N.C. and all four are in the ACC but there are also several other mid-majors nearby. If y'all ever want to watch a good doc that does a solid job of explaining the world of Duke basketball while also covering March Madness and the cultural obsession with it, I highly recommend watching I Hate Christian Laettner, an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. It specifically focuses on Laettner who was one of the best college players of all time, but it really gives great insight into that world. Super entertaining, it has great footage of some classic NCAA games, and as an added bonus, it's narrated by Rob Lowe. And as always, loved the vid.

[@ros9162]

March Madness is so huge that they would give us brackets to fill out in school.......... They would pause the curriculum just for basketball. Craziness.

[@cjames4478]

Fill out brackets even if you know nothing. You can win a lot of money for being lucky. Warren Buffet offered a billion dollars to anyone that's picks a perfect bracket. Which is obviously impossible. A few people have kind of close

[@loganleroy8622]

He literally means 100 million attempts at filling out the what will be the correct bracket are made each year by people across the country. The permutations for the chance of filling out a perfect bracket is 1 in 2^63 which is an astronomically large number. Each conference tournament is played over the course of 4-5 days in one location. Once the tournament starts the games are played at neutral sites all across the country. The higher ranked seeds, get a game located closer to where they are from but there are multiple games being held at that location with fans from across the country. So for example one of the neutral site cities hosting a set of games may be Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The University of Kansas, which is typically one of the top 10 teams each year will probably be playing their first two games at that location. Often they end up playing in cities within a 4 hour drive from their school like Kansas City, Tulsa, Omaha, or Oklahoma City.

[@thereallyst]

-No exaggeration, not all brackets are for betting purposes, some are for fun or office pools. Some people do multiple brackets. -The tourney is about money. NO mid to lower tier conference is going to get more than one bid unless it's an anomaly. The rest that don't get a bid go to the NIT tourney. -Each one of the 4 brackets play in different regions of the country. When you hit the sweet 16, then they all come together in one spot. -Unless you make the basket during the foul, and you only get one shot called an "And 1".... -About 2 or 3 players of great team at most will be drafted or picked up. A good majority of the rest are going to be the next bag boys and lawyers of the world. Some may extend playing by going to another country, but even that doesn't last long...

[@harrythehermit3685]

He mentioned the 350 colleges/universities, in NCAA Division basketball. There is a lot more basketball being played in NCAA Division 2, with 300 colleges vying for championships; 438 for NCAA Division 3; and 230 NAIA schools vying for a championship. Granted bracketology is mainly for the Division 1 tournament.

[@Cargeorge996]

Chattanooga was the only 13 seed that made the sweet 16 in the 1997 NCAA tournament averaging 80 pts a game out those 3 rounds.

[@matthewbaringer1486]

Everyone fills out their "bracket." They pick every game up to the championship. Then each "pool" determines a winner. There are different ways to score it

[@willvr4]

Only 60 people get drafted into the NBA every year and not all are from college (but most are). You use to be able to enter right out of high school (kobe, lebron, garnett etc) but now the NBA requires you to be 1 year removed, so most go to college. There is a big trend though for kids to just play 1 year overseas to make money if they think they have NBA potential but it's a big risk unless you're projected to be a top tier pick.

[@JoeBlow_4]

No, there are four locations for the 64 teams. An arena is picked for each region; North, South, East and West. When each region is done and they are down to the final four teams, then they go to one location.

[@amycarcaterra8177]

Usually games start around 12:00 on four different channels. scores for each game will be on top of the tv. a ton of money especially for networks and grocery stores Big East automatic bid is at Madison square garden, must get your ticket a year in advance soldout. when one game for the big east tournament ended around 2am but the game was at least four hours.

[@officialzacht]

The best time of the year for us college basketball fans

[@Alex-kd5xc]

I’m not even a big college basketball fan and I still love March madness.

[@officialzacht]

@@Alex-kd5xc I only said that because I know there are a select few who don’t like college basketball.

[@d-phil8585]

Can you imagine if the FA Cup was done like March Madness? Maybe not from the beginning, considering how many teams there are, but maybe when it reaches 64 teams...

[@GeronFletcher]

March madness is the greatest sporting event on earth in my opinion. It’s so unique

[@keef5]

There’s 12 cities that host the tournament. Like 8 of the for the first 2 rounds

[@thseed7]

Mike gets it. Tournament is awesome because of the David vs Goliath/Cinderella teams. Few years ago, my Wichita State Shockers made it to the Final Four for the first time in decades.

[@joels5150]

Yeah, a bracket in March Madness-NCAA Tournament is a form of betting, where you pick each team you think will win from a given matchup. As of the current structure the bracket includes 64 teams (4 regions of 16) that are determined after a set of 4 play in games to determine the 16th seeds in each bracket. There are 4 rounds of games that eliminate half the teams from the brackets each round, culminating with the Final Four (the team that won their respective brackets. Coming as close as possible to guessing the correct winners of each game in the tournament determines how successful a particular bracket is. Point are awarded for each winning pick of a game and those point values double each round, so that picking the correct Final Four, and subsequent semifinal and national championship winners is worth more than getting a perfect bracket through the first round. The entire tournament is broken up into the 4 regions (different sites spread around the country). The Final Four is located at a different, predetermined location; usually a major stadium somewhere in Indianapolis, Georgia, etc). So, no, the entire tournament is not played at one site. To get a sense of how crazy it can be, this video might be worth reacting to, it’s a sampling of some of the craziest finishes in the history of the tournament kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmHMiHWpbciLfbs

[@robertdedrick7937]

The better "precieved" conferences get several teams in the tournament. The lower "precieved" conferences only get one team in .

[@kylebrown3949]

It’s like the FA cup in the sense that it’s a tournament. But it’s the end of the season, it determines the national championship. It’s more like the playoffs then the FA Cup. It’s how we determine the best team in the NCAA. the winner of march madness is a kin to the premier league champion. It’s also the fact that it’s during the day. The first two rounds on that Thursday and Friday are absolutely magical. 4 games are going on at a time. Think about jamming the entire FA cup into 3 weekends as well, instead of each round being spread out over several months

[@vodriscoll]

100 million brackets means that 100 million people fill out a bracket. In just about every job site, people fill out a bracket, pays a fee, and the person who correctly guessed the most game winners wins the money.

[@christophermckinney3924]

The super conferences may send numerous teams that have beaten each other up all season. It usually takes a minimum of 20 wins out of maybe 32 games to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Or a top 25 ranking.

[@richhill39]

This is the most exciting time in all of sports! Better than the superbowl Fifa, and baseball. Definitely watch the first weekend. 100 million brackets are filled out. Its not possibilities of outcomes. It's a completed form before the tournament begins. Great!

[@pacman7687]

So American lmao

[@dougbowers4415]

When he referred to 100 million brackets been filled out he referred to the fact that 100 million bracket forms which each include the entire 68 team field are turned in sometimes for betting purposes and sometimes just for fun. There are some bracket contests that are sponsored by a company and there is no fee to enter. There are others that require an entry fee. Lots of brackets are done at work where are you might pay a dollar or five dollars to get into the contest and the person who is closest to the best at the end wins the entire pot.

[@TheLwaller09]

Mike nailed it - at large bids are the BEST 32 teams that DONT get an automatic bid. Yes, a team that finishes 2nd in a smaller conference might have a good record, but that doesn't mean they're better than the #5 team from a major conference. Put that small conference team in the ACC and they would lose a bunch more games than UNC. Generally, the smallest leagues only get 1 team in the tournament, and that's the automatic bid for winning the conference title. What is tough is sometimes you'll have one of those small conference teams that's been good all year long and has dominated almost everyone they've played, but they get upset in their conference tournament and all the sudden their automatic bid is gone because of one bad game, and because they're in such a small conference, they may not get selected for one if the remaining at-large bids. It happens somewhat regularly. A few years back there was a team that went like 30-4 in the regular season, but they got upset in their conference tournament, and the team that beat them got the automatic bid, and their record was like 14-16 on the year. But they got to go because that's the rules of how they select. You have to win your conference tournament if you want a GUARANTEED spot. If you don't, then you have to sweat it out and see if you get picked as an at-large. So it is possible that you could not win a game all year long and then come your conference tournament, you catch fire and win a handful of games and make the NCAA tournament over all the other teams in your league that you've lost to all year. Have to win your conference tournament, especially in smaller leagues. That's the golden rule.

[@seanhennessy9447]

Regarding the players, most of them will never sniff the NBA, or even think they will. The best ones will only play a single year in college and then go to the NBA. They used to be able to go right from high school, including guys like Lebron and Kobe, but not anymore. The draft is only 2 rounds of 30 picks, and there are many international players that get picked as well.

[@ZMtnShadows]

When he said hundreds of millions fill out brackets. He really means hundreds of millions of folks are filling out their "bracket" and playing in pools.

[@user-wr9ej6xe4j]

100 million brackets is not an exaggeration. Some fill out 2 or 3

[@amycarcaterra8177]

Villanova loss and the gal played her flute in tears while playing on

[@TTURaider_rED]

A lot of offices or friends have bracket challenges. Some for fun, some for money. My friends and I put in $20 each and the bracket with the best winning percentages wins the cash.

[@rockgoddess1864]

The NCAA March Madness bracket is a bracket containing all 64 teams who earn a spot in the tournament. He’s probably not exaggerating when he says 100 million are filled out. Many people fill out the brackets choosing winners in each matchup, and the ultimate winner and a score (at least my office adds a score so it’s a tie, the score is the tie breaker. Points are awarded for each round winner. Someone else here can probably do a better job describing it but it’s a big deal here and the first round, with so many games going on, and upsets, is exciting.

[@dcinlv3420]

The sports books in Las Vegas the first weekend of play are insane.