right after all the teams were known for round 1 of March Madness
March 1993
Illinois I think
64
march 13, 2012 and ends 4/2
Final Four basketball starts right after March Madness. The Final Four will start in late March to early April.
March Madness, which refers to a basketball fever phenomenon, originated in Illinois in the late 1930's. The expression first appeared in the Illinois Interscholastic, the IHSA's magazine, in 1939.
The 64 teams were announced Sunday, March 16th. The play-in game is Tuesday and the actual tournament begins the following Thursday, March 20th.
To create bracket picks, all you need is to choose who you think will win each of the 63 tournament games. For each pick you get right (ie: each team you picked that wins) you get points. As the tournament goes on and teams start to dwindle, the points for each correct pick increases. In tournament pools, usually the person with the most points at the end wins. If you're not sure what teams to pick, you can check out professional bracket picks on sites like ESPN or NCAA.com. These sites also offer easy to use bracket grids you can just fill in with your picks. For novices, team rankings also help in the bracket making process.
get on out of it
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