Mens March Madness Basketball Is On. Are You Watching? [VIDEO]

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This year marks the first one in over four decades that I didn’t fill out an NCAA mens basketball tournament bracket. No one at work was organizing a pool, and I just wasn’t feeling it this year.

To my surprise, I’m not alone. I read a survey today that said 58% of Americans don’t care about March Madness at all and won’t be watching. Another strange stat I read today is that about a quarter of people who did fill out the brackets do so randomly, with no real thought or research put into the endeavor. No wonder why I’d usually rank in the upper percentiles every year in the ESPN bracket stats – and I watch virtually no hoops until this tournament each year.

I did watch the second half of the Bradley Missouri Valley Tournament championship game. By the time you read this, Bradley will either have pulled off a colossal upset of Michigan State or fallen out of the tournament in 1-and-done fashion, as expected. I will root for the Big Ten teams, hoping for long runs by Michigan and/or Michigan State (sorry, 3 of my 4 sisters graduated from MSU). I’ll always root against Duke. Either way, I’m usually one of the very few mens hockey players who actually gives a rip about basketball.

Are you watching this year?

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