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March Madness The Synchronized Frenzy
March Madness The Synchronized Frenzy | By JAR
One of the most striking tournaments and that put people into a crazy commune is the March Madness. This event is a term that born, in the wake of tournament, in which 65 different teams of basketball participate, and where every teams have the aim to win the grand prize, the big trophy.This tournament, is well known as March Madness, thanks to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), that offers to the winner team, the title of best team, becoming the national champions of college basketball.
Beyond a simple tournament march madness represents the wishes of 65 teams, who are willing to give their best, each one with their bands, and their followers, the euphoria that is triggered in each game and the anxieties that are created in the last minute, seeing who can score more points, plus the nerves before hearing the last-second buzzer, all this and more is what accounts for this unique event, which fully reflect the American tradition of millions of fans, in a synchronized frenzy each year.
Of course, the stakes for this championship run across the planet, and many sites organize their own competitions to reward those who are capable of hitting all results.
As mentioned before this is not just a tournament because unlike other sports tournaments in march madness, there is a greater sense of closeness to the team, and the victories and defeats, that live the teams and spectators with passion.
The March festival ends with the Final Four, which brings together the top four teams. The format is the same used in European competitions, two semifinals and a final.
The Format Of The Tournament
March Madness is a tournament played mainly in March, but extends to April being the NCAA tournament a celebration for nearly three weeks. It is an event that will gather 65 male basketball teams, who want to fight for the trophy. Besides this gather a total of 64 women's teams, playing for a chance to achieve the same goal.
Within men tournament, it makes a round opening, where teams 64 and 65 play against each other. However, it is something that do not takes place in women tournament, as there aren't 65 teams only 64.
An interesting aspect of this tournament is that advancing rapidly, for example, only the first 2 days of the tournament, 32 teams are eliminated, from this point of view we can say that there are no second chances, so those who fail trying to win a match will be eliminated, and must return to home.In the second 2 days there are only 32 teams, and will be only 16 games to held, this stage of the tournament is known as the "Sweet Sixteen".
Once the other teams are eliminated, and only 4 teams remaining, will be the semi-final round, better known as the final four. This is one of the most attractive stage for many of the gamblers and bettors, because that's when actually the teams will be played by the title of champion and by the magnificent cup.